Interim Review

Yesterday morning at the interim I presented my story board and prototype model to the group and different tutor. The tutor said "a very impressive story board for a very impressive concept and model." She really liked the amount of effort I had put into the story board and I'm very happy with this feed back. She also commented that the idea behind my model was very simple yet effective. That I had discovered a basic idea of what the two magnifying glasses do and have turned it into a great model. I wish I had got a little more feedback on maybe how I could construct my official model or ideas for the picture illusion. I will just have to keep brain storming this myself.

Also last week in class Angela had a play with my prototype and thought it was a really great idea. She also said it was very well constructed. I was really nervous about what she might say so was quite relieved.

I'm so happy to have had such amazing feed back so far but I feel a little behind in that I need to push my idea further and start developing the final model. I don't want to run out of time. More research and further experiments are required.

Written Proposal

This interactive object is mainly focused on the sense of sight. The must have aesthetics for this model in order for it to function are two magnifying glasses facing into each other. They will be attached to tubes. One will be slightly larger as they will slide in and out from each other in order to focus. To focus into the distance, is must be extended. To focus up close, it must be shortened. The tricky thing about this object is that when looking through it, your sight is upside down. This is what will give the model a new and innovative experience. However navigating with it is difficult, but also a challenge which adds to this new experience. The user will focus the telescope into the distance at a piece of paper. In normal sight, the picture on the paper will be a complete scramble and make no sense to the user. However, once looking through the telescope the image will become clear as day light. This will help to create an exciting experience for the user. The telescope may also have coloured filters on it or be three dimensional in order to really add to this experience. The aesthetic must haves in order for it to function are handles,  glasses and be able to become long and short in length to focus it. 

Story Board

My story board took a lot longer than it should done as I was difficult and decided to digitally paint it. This was my first time digitally painting on Photoshop CS5 (or at all) and I think I did an okay job. I don't normally like drawing or painting with hard materials (as I'm no good at it.) However, something about digital art is a lot more alluring to me. Maybe it's that it doesn't make a mess. Or that if I make a huge mistake I can just delete a layer and go back a step as opposed to starting fresh again. Anyway, these are the three images that I really put effort into. Hopefully I can further my skills from here so when more assignments like this come up I have the skills to make it more visually appealing.  I thought this approach to the story board was a lot more polished then just a sketch for example. 

Story Board

Brain Storm Story Board

Planning my story board. I will have about 6-7 frames. It will go through the steps of the aesthetics to the interaction of using the object and then the discovery of the upside down world the object brings. I plan to do my story board on the computer and then get it printed onto an A3 sheet. I also need to write up my 200 word proposal for this assignment explaining my intentions for my object. I still do not have all the details set out for my project but will make the story board with the ideas that I have got so far and then refine my idea more and the aesthetics of my object as I progress further into this project.

Final Board - 25 Variables.

My final board. This is my final board lay out with my 25 different variables. The top right one is my beginning shape. The first two rows have just basic variable changes which create new and interesting shapes which are still very basic and very much keep the essence of the original form. The third row down begins slightly more complex but still very much staying true to the original. It then develops into a shape that more takes the cross essence from the square, but still seeing the essence of the square as the crosses create symmetry, touching each corner of an invisible square. The fourth row down is now much more complicated with many different variable changing. The lines go in becoming thinner but then go out again, being wider. This creates a very new shape from the original as there are now diagonal lines and little squares.
The fourth row down begins with a much more complicated shape which has added diagonal lines. The shapes then transforms to become further complex and an entire new shape of it's own. There are many overlapping diagonal lines, rectangles and the suggestion of a square. I feel this is a good progress from the beginning and when looking at the board you can recognise the transformation of the form, while still seeing its true essence hidden within each new shape developed.

Overall, I'm very happy with the progress my board shows. I feel that I have created whole new forms from the original while still keeping the original forms essence.

Graphs drawn

This isn't uploaded quite in order but here are some graphs I drew when brainstorming for an idea for my beginning shape.

The shapes I started to create were far too basic and not interesting enough. They were mainly just shapes inside different shapes.

These were my final ideas. I decided to add more lines to them so when changing the shapes there would be more that I could do with them. The original shape I had started using was a triangle but I then decided to use a square instead as I liked the idea of how you could parallel the different lines to create some interesting shapes. The top right corner design is the final one I choose to use for my exhibition board. I'm happy with this one as it's still the idea of starting with a basic form and then changing the variables and constructing it so to create a new form which still contains the essence of this original one.

Mini World

I used the Panorama I created for the previous task to create this mini world. I feel I could have improved the blending. It was quite difficult with the trees in the middle. Maybe I will make another panorama and give this mini world a go. However, not too bad for a first attempt.