Canal Quarter - Woking

1. Woking’s Canal Quarter: Development Of My App

2. Title: An App for Woking’s Canal Quarter
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The purpose of my app is to look into colours both inside the Light Box and around
the Light Box near the Canal.
I also wanted to look at the architecture of the Light box as I like the harsh edges
and angled walls of this building, therefore I will incorporate both these elements in
my final design for my app.
I have done a colour study in my sketch book, as this will help me get an accurate
colour to some of the colours in the pictures I took, it will also help me decide
where the bright colours are that I could use as I want to add an element of fun to
this app whilst also making it aesthetically pleasing, these are some of the purposes
of my app too.

3. Design: An App for Woking’s Canal Quarter
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I have researched into Rowan Leckie, as inspiration for my final app design, as I really
like the idea of dribbling bright colours over black line drawings.
I incorporated Rowan Leckie’s style of art into my app ideas by drawing the light box
in a simple line drawing and going over this in black biro to emphasise these lines, I
wanted to include Rowans use of bright colours into my illustrations therefore I
studied the colours of parts of the exhibition inside the light box, such as the multi
coloured stripes across window panels and the coloured lights in the ‘cloud’
exhibition, I then dribbled these colours over the line drawings I had done. I was
pleased with the outcomes as the dribbled paint looked like the strips of colour
across the window panels of the Light Box.

4. Aesthetics: Artwork
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The artwork for my app will vary from each slide, however I will adopt the same
concept as I will have a simple drawing of the Light Box with dribbles of
watercolour paint over them in the colours of elements of my photographs. The
slides will vary as the angle of the Light Box will change slightly and the distance
from the Light Box will change as it will get closer as the slides progress, the
coloured dribbles will also change as the slides progress.

5. Aesthetics: Typography
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I want to keep my text styles quite simple, as this simple style will fit with the idea
of keeping my illustrations simplistic and aesthetically pleasing.
I will keep the colour of the text black as again I feel this will in-keep with the
professional style I am going for. I will keep the text all in capitals and all the same
size throughout as this will give the app the professional feel I am aiming for.
LIGHT BOX LIGHT BOX
LIGHT BOX

6. Aesthetics: Colour Scheme
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These colour swatches are focused on the
greenery around the canal, however this
shows how the blues and oranges link to the
coloured strips on the window panels in the
Light Box.
I have tried to get the colours as accurate as
possible using ‘Adobe Kuler’, as I can make
swatches for records and adjust colours.
The colour swatch to the right were focused
on the colours I had photographed from the
‘cloud’ exhibition in the Light Box, as these
colours are a key feature in my final app
designs so I needed to use Adobe Kuler to
get the colours as accurate as possible and
learn about which colours compliment each
other.

7. Storyboard
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I have created a story board in my sketch book one showing the
completed slides and another showing the transition between
slides and how slides will fade in and out of the screen.
These are my three separate slides showing the Light Box
getting closer and the dribbles of paint changing colour, I will
have each slide fade out then the next slide fade in, I will do
this by the image gradually appearing in a rectangle shape then
fading out showing the whole image.
As you can see from this initial story board I have combined
the bright colours from elements of my photographs as
dribbles over the simple line drawings of the Light Box, I will
keep the text black on the animation as this will keep it looking
professional and in – keep with the simple black lines in the
line drawings behind the coloured dribbles.