Have your fine artists team up with 3rd year CS students.
Then you teach them to model 3D using Maya/3DSMax + ZBrush/Sculptris(free alternative to ZBrush) and rig models for use in games.
"You didn't tell if he actually is interested in programming at all. Because if he isn't, he will never be."
This is a lie.
I wasn't interested at age 12. I became interested after I started studying it at age 19.
Take a look at this chart.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3039778526_e5637e8d97.jpg
Can you see that to get in the zone you will have to have high skills and high challenge?
I believe, that at least when writing boilerplate code, the distraction of your mind makes you go from "BORING" to "The zone".
I have also found one other factor:
Listening to new music, distracts more than music you have heard over and over again. Especially new lyrics will tie up your brain in a disruptive way.
So, listen to familiar music, or to music without lyrics.
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Have your fine artists team up with 3rd year CS students. Then you teach them to model 3D using Maya/3DSMax + ZBrush/Sculptris(free alternative to ZBrush) and rig models for use in games.
"You didn't tell if he actually is interested in programming at all. Because if he isn't, he will never be." This is a lie. I wasn't interested at age 12. I became interested after I started studying it at age 19.
Take a look at this chart. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3039778526_e5637e8d97.jpg Can you see that to get in the zone you will have to have high skills and high challenge? I believe, that at least when writing boilerplate code, the distraction of your mind makes you go from "BORING" to "The zone". I have also found one other factor: Listening to new music, distracts more than music you have heard over and over again. Especially new lyrics will tie up your brain in a disruptive way. So, listen to familiar music, or to music without lyrics.