1. 24th Oct – Spent the lesson organising my time in a time plan schedule.
25th Oct – Made a list of some favourite and not so favourite 2D characters of mine so that I
may take inspiration and get an idea of where I want to go with my project.
26th Oct – Started mood boards and mind maps with images and text, as a visual document
of the theme I would like to pursue. This included anatomic reference that I can link to when
designing my final character.
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31 Oct – Finished my mood boards and mind maps. Added more images and refined my
mind maps.
1st Nov – Generated several sketched ideas for a character, using my mood boards and mind
maps from the previous lesson.
2. 2nd Nov – Produced a final design sketch.
14th Nov – Began to produce character profile in power point including skills, game outline,
appearance etc.
15th Nov – Continued work on character profile.
16th Nov – Presented character profile to the class, and recorded it ready for upload onto
Moodle.
21st Nov – Scanned in final idea. I then began to trace over it in illustrator using the pen tool.
22nd Nov – Continued to work on illustrator. Began adding colour and some shading to my
character.
3. 23rd Nov – Continued to refine illustrator character until finished.
28th Nov – With my finished illustrator character, edited it (redrawing the wings, making
frames) in order to make it animated. Then tested that all elements worked as intended in
flash.
29th Nov – Made a quick and simple flowchart. Began to make flash presentation, using a
few placeholders. Inserted the basic foundations such as menu buttons etc.
4. 30th Nov – Continued to create flash presentation, mostly just making sure that the
JavaScript was correct and that all functions worked correctly. Also adding some colour.
5th Dec – Sketched out a basic picture of my character from a different angle, then used this
as reference to produced this is illustrator using guidelines so that it would be in proportion
with my initial illustration.
6th Dec – Added all my imagery to the flash presentation, began to change colours and dress
it up a bit etc. Made scene with the character profile information.
7th Dec – Made intro for the flash presentation. Added sound effects and music.
5. 12th Dec – Made the moving graphic that interacts with the titles when you click them in the
flash presentation. Touched a few other things up a little.
13th Dec – Created logo, implemented into flash. Proofread work, made sure all the files
were organised and that everything just generally worked. Fixed up any little flaws.
14th Dec – Began to work on evaluation. Did not finish in time. Although the deadline has
passed, I will have to put in extra work to get it finished and uploaded ASAP.