Collaborative Studies 

Project 1

I was sorted into group 1 with Jay, Pastel, Alyse and Logan.

On our first group meeting we compiled a questionnaire sheet so as to have a greater understanding of our individual interests and personality's. 

Here is a transcript of my Questionnaire

Interests:
Doctor Who, Sewing, Reading, Computer Games, Animation, Drawing 
 
Favourite Movies, Books and/or TV Shows:
The Secret Garden (book), Harry Potter (books), Platoon of Power Squadron (webisodes), Dr Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog (webisodes) 
 
Favourite Location:
Venice 
 
Favourite Colours:
Dark Purple and Dark Blue 
 
Creative Strengths:
Animation, Illustrator, Drawing 
 
Favourite Music:
Alternative Rock - Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs, Oasis 
 
Least Favourite Chore:
Clothes mending

Favourite Quote:
"What's the point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes". - The Fourth Doctor 
 
What Scene Would you Paint:
My Aunties overgrown garden 

What Event in Time Would you Visit:
The building of Stonehenge so I can finally know what it was for
 
Favourite Superpowers:
Flight or the ability to control the air 

What Character/Person Would you Most like to be:
Sarah Jane Smith form Doctor Who 
 
What do you Miss the Most From Childhood:
I miss the way that so many thing seemed so easy to believe and utterly plausible. I miss the imagination I had back then. 
 
What Would you do if you Won Lotto:
Buy my parents a Porsche and go on a world trip 
 
Favourite Food:
Nana's shrimp cocktail recipe

Least Favourite Food:
Caramelised Onions

What Combination of Two Animals Would you Most Like to be:
Magpie and Galapagos Tortoise

Are you Clean or Messy:
It's more of an ordered chaos
 
Ninja or Pirate:
Pirate
 
How Would your Friends Describe you:
Shy, Kind, Nerdy 
 
Whats your Desired Outcome for this Project:
Everyone happy and good marks
 
Your Idol:
The Doctor or my older brother 

Images:

Based on these questionnaires we entered into discussion on possible ways to present our team profile and discovered that we shared a common interest in superheroes.

 From that, the idea of having superhero trading cards based on our personalities was sparked which evolved into a having a superhero combat computer game that showed our player profiles.

We had originally agreed to design a superhero and super villain that reflect our personalities but have decided to chose which side, good or bad, we would like our character side to be on. We all decided that we would most like to become villains.

For our class in week four, we decided to design the basis of our characters. I conceived the character 'The Stitch Witch' as my own super villain identity and gave myself the power to stop time for short periods, teleportation through the creation of portals, slight precognition and scissor throwing (as well as other sewing related tools and weapons like needle darts and super strong thread etc). These powers were influenced by my love of Doctor Who and sewing.

Below is a sketch I made of The Stitch Witch

We also asigned jobs to each member. Mine was to come up with a layout for the character selection screen.

Of the proposed ideas we decided to have the character selection in the shape of a playing card. Here is the chosen design idea.

 I then moved to designing the card profile itself. I created many variations of the design.

 This was the initial design. Everyone disliked the purple and blue background so it was removed.

The White background was removed, as were the boxes around the Strength, Stamina and Power boxes.

 Some transparency was added and the Strength, Stamina and Power boxers were moved closer together.

 The edges of the boxes were all squared off. The transparency of the background was removed.

The Character in the final card design was made slightly transparent as well.
















The cards measure Strength, Stamina and Power which are aspects that represents the teams evaluation of its other members (these images are the design ideas and do not reflect the final result).

The box at the bottom of the card has space to show the character name, the real name, the powers/abilities and origin story of each person and their super villain counterpart.

The artwork was done by Pastel.

I then took this design and recreated for all the character profiles.

We also discussed how we would evaluate each other. The strength, power and stamina bars on each of the profiles is how we decided to show this, and was why the bars were initially added to the profiles. Power means what you bought to the team and strength is how you applied these skills and ideas. Stamina is the attitude and attendance.

The final video: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1524912294411237&set=o.1489104584661848&type=2&theater

Also our Facebook page where we discussed many aspects of the presentation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1489104584661848/1514059122166394/?notif_t=group_activity