Rationale

1. RATIONALE: -

I want to design games and toys because of the
• Illustrative potential
• Narrative and character
• Interactivity with audience
• Creation of 3-d objects
• I like to design for a young audience
• Varity of potential products
• My experience on placement
• Nostalgia
I am also working with character design to strengthen my use of drawing and communication as well as retaining discipline and consistency throughout the module.


2. CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH / CASE STUDIES

A strong influence on the direction my work will come from my increasing experience at Tigerprint.
Designers that are influencing my work include
• Jamie Hewlett
• John Kricfalusi
• Ben Simpson
• Genndy Tartakovsky
• Kid robot
• James jean
• Garry baseman
• Studio 4°C
• Max Fleischer
• Luke Chuegh
Things such as animals, sci-fi, horror and world history also influence me.


3. PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT:-

Over the course of this project I will be developing my skill with various processes mainly
• Character and narrative illustration
• Visual language and appropriation
• 3-d card constructs, building and adding illustration
• Board game layouts
• Pop-up and papercraft
• Research skills
• Print processes including paper and card stock quality
• Cutters and nets potentially laser cutters and lots of scalpel work
• Packaging development
• I will be using software such as illustrator and photoshop to develop my resolutions and throughout the module


4. DOCUMENTATION / EVALUATION: - what methods will you use to document & evaluate your work, when will you use them and what do you expect to achieve from this?

I will be documenting my work by making use of my blog, each monday I will make progress posts on each project these posts will include
• The weeks 50 hippos
• Photography of 3d work
• Documentation of research
• Self-evaluation of progress

As well as my self-evaluation I will be making use of group and tutor feedback as well as contact with Tigerprint throughout parts of the module including any feedback I can gain during reading week.


BIBLIOGRAPHY / SECONDARY SOURCES:- List proposed sources of secondary research that will support the development of your work.

BOOKS: illustration now, I ♥ You Baby, I will be picking up on numerous books weekly regarding toys, board games and craft skills, including pop-up books and character design and illustration based books.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES: clutter magazine, computer arts projects


WEB SITES:
www.cluttermagazine.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
http://www.boardgamecompany.co.uk
http://kidrobot.com/


PROJECT PLAN:- Provide a detailed timetable of how you will use your time over the next five weeks?

• Week 1, 29th sep - develop concepts
• Week 2, 6th oct- 50 hippos theme horror, develop first animal safari kit, research pop-up game.
• Week 3, 13th oct- 50 hippos theme music, develop 2nd+ 3rd animal safari kit, research pop-up game (5 books, 5 games)
• Week 4, 20th oct- 50 hippos theme sci-fi, develop 4th animal safari kit and complete brief, research pop-up game.
• Week 5, 27th oct- 50 hippos theme sports, take animal safari kit to Tigerprint animal safari kit interim deadline, research pop-up game
• Week 6, 3rd nov-50 hippos theme fantasy, begin development of pop-up game, find appropriate live brief for brief 4.
• Week 7, 10th nov- 50 hippos theme drugs, develop prototypes for board game. Brief 4 concepts.
• Week 8, 17th nov- 50 hippos theme emotions, develop board game visuals. Brief 4 development.
• Week 9 24th nov- 50 hippos theme artistic movements and develop concept for product, start board game resolution, resolve brief 4
• Week 10 1st dec- hippo product resolution, board game resolution,
• Week 11 8th dec- deadline prep
• Week 12 15th dec deadline week