exchange 1

mostly explained our briefs and plans, as many of us were still at the
research stage nobody found it that useful to have this early on.
Being a little unsure on what exactly my briefs aim was didn't help
but groups were friendly (we were merged with another group as many
were away)

For all other exchanges my friend Chis was the only one that showed up, most of feedback fitted with everyone else we had talked to about project. Mostly talked more about what he was working on.

week 1 Tuesday

missed lesson due to timetable confusion, caught up with readings and
made sure to check what happened in the lesson with peers

week 1 Friday

In group, still unsure on aims of research but looking into stress in
city with team mate Jeremy

week 2 Tuesday

Further research explore some new ways people get stressed

Week 2 Friday

Getting more of an idea of project but is still all research based and
insight based, feels odd trying to create insights into peoples lives
that we have made up.

Week 3 Tuesday

Decided to do it comic style as we are both primarily illustrators and
it would tell the story in a more fun and interesting way


Week 3 Friday

Had some issues with the ideas being broad enough and thought maybe an
idea change might be a good idea but after talking to teacher
discovered we were focusing too much on our persona and not enough at
the target audience in general


Week 4 Tuesday

Jeremy was sick today but sent through sketch ideas which critiquing
group liked, was confused on 5 ways to well beings part in the project
but better understand it now.

Week 5

Finalising Ideas and looking into how to visually represent it in presentation and dossier

Week 6

Jeremy put together lots if great visuals for presentation and handled presentation as it is one of his strengths, I put together dossier which though layout is not one of my strong points it was good experience.

Week 7

We picked a new project and Bobbie joined our group. To play to our strengths as we are all primarily illustrator, we chose a brief that could potentially have a visual solution. The Syrian refugee brief fitted this and was one of the more interesting projects as well as it potentially having a really positive impact.

Week 8

Exploring storybook idea which would fit our ideas but looking to do something more than that as well, we are looking at some sort of translating toy which would help with communication

Week 9

Looking into having a toys to life book potentially, very keen on giving the refugees a possession. Conceptual figure was done by bobbie, Jeremy has done character concept and I've looked into some storybook concepts though the story is not progressing well.

Week 10

We are working on a toys to life interactive book, I have started sculpting characters based on Jeremy's Concept designs, we are trying to create a story which is completed by having both a refugee and a New Zealand kid together which is great in concept but difficult to create.

Week 11

Changed to toys to life game as the idea did not seem as finished as it could be, this really feels allot better and Jeremy has a lot of knowledge about this sort of game. For this Jeremy has started work on an animation cycle and Bobbie is creating the backgrounds. 

Week 12

Final presentation set up by Jeremy, Bobbie finished up Backgrounds and added Jeremy's animations to them. I finished up model painting which took far longer than I expected it to and put together the dossier. Project actually came together really well and is one of my favourite projects so far.