Imagined Journey

Instruction

Complete the book. Bring it in for hands-on use.

Purpose

Finish the project.

My Interpretation

See above and previous progress posts.

Instruction

Further the prototype for the book.

Purpose

Reach a final design and presentational look.

 

My Interpretation

I decided to bind the book with thread and create a tightly wound spine, or as tight as I could get it. I used standard needles and cloth thread, not the strongest, but what I had. I made the cover out of chit board and covered it with a faux brown leather to give the exterior a mild and unassuming look, a contrast to the fun and colorful insides.

Instruction

Finalize the storyboard ideas and visuals for the book pages.

 

Purpose

Work towards a final product.

 

My Interpretation

I did all my illustrative work in Affinity Designer using vectors and similar tricks for the look. I wanted a clean, stylized and fun vibe, lots of colors, but never too flat and stark. I wanted to include lots of detail for the eye to get caught up on because I made the pages 12″ by 12″. I struggled a lot working within the most detailed pieces, as my iPad began to lag a lot in such cases. Unfortunately, due to time constraints and availability of resources and how the final product looks, I completely dropped the idea of an interactive element. I felt it would cause too much distraction, as well as printing out the extra pages necessary would be an extreme hassle that I did not have the time for.

Instruction

Create some prototypes for what your project will display.

 

Purpose

Discover how you can make your idea into a reality. Practice.

 

My Interpretation

For my project, I wanted to do a storybook of sorts. I am playing with the idea of making it interactive (having sliding pieces, having textured areas, having pop-up pieces, and having fold-out pages). I do not want to distract from the story how it made me feel. If the interaction becomes too difficult or distracting, then I will remove it. Anyways, for the prototypes, the sliders were easy to understand, the horizontal one was the most effective. The diagonal and vertical ones didn’t work and the multi-layered one worked, although it was shoddy. For the pop-ups, I explored how different kinds of pop-ups impacted the shape of the book. Most normal pop-ups and kirigami can only be viewed in a 90 degree angle shape, and opening the book all the way would tear it. I came up with a tab idea that allowed for more freedom in plcement as well as shape, all while allowing the book to open wide.

Instruction

Create a prototype for your idea for the project

 

Purpose

Flesh out what you are able to do, explore ideas, and see if they are realistic and effective at conveying your journey.

 

My Interpretation

I want to do a story/book. I’m not sure how to convey it exactly yet, but I am planning out the story to see how it will flow. I want to emphasize the confusion, heat of the day, exhaustion, and strange ending of my journey in a fairytale kind of setting. For my first real location, the oval, no one was around, so it was desolate and reminded me of a dessert, but with trees. I got lost here twice. Next was the street sidewalks, but class just let out and tons of people flooded the areas, making me uncomfortably close to strangers I didn’t want to be near, represented by the monster express pages. Next was passing by Curl Market and it’s fire dome, it always looked like some sort of beast to me and was always flaming. After that was the scrapyard outskirts pages representing the green area where Curl Market resides. People there mind their own business having fun, playing catch, walking dogs, tanning, and most importantly people watch. It’s easy to be in the way here. Finally, I ended with the Tom W. Davis clock tower warping me into severe confusion because the instructions on the last two steps(which included the tower and the treasure) made absolutely no sense to me, and I figured it out in a very underwhelming and generic end.

Instruction

Create a mind map for all the senses you experienced on your journey to treasure.

 

Purpose

Find out just how much you remember from the walk, how it impacted your mood, and how you could interpret it. Remember every detail you can.

 

My Interpretation

I split my mind map into three main sections: Instruction, External, and Personal. Instruction focused on the steps themselves, how I handled them, and how they were structured. External focused on things outside of my control like weather, time, etc. but most of the section was dedicated to the experiences of each location that I visited in the past. Personal was where things that directly were caused by me took place, such as what I was wearing, what I was holding, and how I felt.