I have continued with my planet doodles and adding every planet in the solar system. Each one has different patterns and colours, in order to provide my target audience with some idea of how creative they can be. The planets purposely do not resemble the real things, however the arrangement of them symbolize space. I am really happy with these designs and can now move onto creating adding extras, that can animate on my instruction manual. I currently have plans for rockets and space ships.

I  have started to create all the assets needed, before I begin the build of my online ‘interactive instruction manual’. I decided to start with the sun and as i’m going down the route of doodle design, I though mocking up more than one idea would be appropriate.

The first sun was drawn quickly, without  much thought. I like the colours and they provide easy connotations of what the image is supposed to represent. After designing this sun, I wanted to create another, with the same colour scheme and basic jist, but with a different element of ‘doodling’. Therefore, I did a little more research and looked at previous doodles that I had created. I decided, going with the more ‘drawn’ look was appropriate. I drew two basic circles and quickly sketched some beams coming off the sun, to look like they had been drawn on with colouring pencil. I like this design more as it is more appropriate to the theme I want to give my product. I will now draw the rest of the planets, with this style in mind and begin working on some sort of product branding.

The orange wasn’t originally part of the colour scheme that I wanted to use, however I will continue to add smaller quantities of colour outside of that scheme and make the main details and presentation follow it. This is due to working on a particular subject that enhances the use of colours. I can’t make each planet look the same, it would take the point of using one’s creativity and imagination, away from the intended proposal.

After plenty of experimentation for the perfect logo, I have decided to settle on the one shown below. The research of doodling as a design really inspired me and I have decided to continue down that route. Therefore, in order to provide some product branding, if all my design elements consist of similar colour schemes and approaches to space, then they will become more appealing to my audience demographic.

The final logo is quite minimalistic, however includes little doodles. I used to spend time in school turning letters in text books into different shapes etc because they were a visual aid already provided. Therefore, I thought playing on the letters and including elements of space was appropriate.

COLOUR SCHEME:

I have decided to use primary colours throughout this project. This is because they are very easy to distinguish between, they are very familiar to my age demographic and they are usually colours already found in school art and craft tools. All the poster paints we had in school were never low on these colours, especially as mixing them would result in making another colour included anyway. I love how bright and eye-catching they are. They aren’t something that follows a colour scheme trend, or colours that might potentially make a difference in the realms of design, they also don’t particularly match. However, they are appropriate to both my subject area, and my audience demographic that i’m trying to appeal to most. I believe sticking with these colours, on a white back ground will give them the justification they deserve, as they will pop and stand out to those about to interact with the product.

Usually when one thinks about space, you have all these dark blues and purples, that represent night time etc. However, I would like to add a modern twist to the way we see space.  It might be easier to learn and interact with, if we detach it from real space itself. One can become overwhelmed by the knowledge and power than run alongside physics, and sometimes it is difficult to wrap your head around things. Therefore, if the learning aids are more visually appealing, they will enhance the experience and potentially encourage children to want to learn more.

 

For the website I intend to create, as the digital instruction manual, I have decided to incorporate Webgl as a basis for animating and texturing the planets. After my tutorial with James on Monday, we spoke through my idea in more detail and discovered that in order to reach out to my target audience efficiently, I need to avoid plug-ins.

Since wanting to create a workshop experience for young children in primary school, it would be more effective if this digital experience was accessible without having to download a particular software or plug-in.  My intended audience of primary schools (buying the kit to accompany science lessons etc) will be more inclined to take part in the workshop, if they have less to pay for and less to access, as a means of the workshop taking place effectively.

I haven’t overly used Webgl before, so i’m spending this evening watching tutorials on the basic stages. http://learningwebgl.com/blog/?page_id=1217 has many different videos that you can progress through, and improve upon already inherited knowledge in the area. I intend to finalise on my designs and then begin the build of this website next week sometime. I want to complete each stage of this project thoroughly before progressing onto the next step, in order for things to work more fluidly. However, due to continuing the research of this, right the way through, there will always be space and inspiration for things to take a new turn.