Task 3

Task 3 tasks us with the job of doing a little research into our FMP and how we can create a portfolio. we had started off with the idea of sketchbooks, and had did a little research into sketchbooks. However; the work that I am primarily focused on is not illustration or drawing. I am currently working on a application for tablets. still; I continued to do a small amount of research into the idea of sketchbooks and went onto youtube to have a look at the different approaches other people have done their sketchbooks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfU0LkDaw7M

The Link above takes one to a video describing one artist's personal experience on how he designed his sketchbook, his drawings are very detailed, they do not consist greatly of colour but are heavily designed with their drawings. the amount of detail and time it must take to create such detailed concept arts must be lengthy.

He also talks about how a sketchbook can be used for a personal use where you are able to create several different drawings and yet continue to create another drawing of similar spec to correct the original errors made in the previous drawing.

my FMP primarily consists of an application for IPAD which is heavily based on its ability to help students navigate through the city upon arrival in their first years of college or university. it will consist of a pyramid design to its software, where one option leads down to the final optional selection, which in turn will guide students to their locations.

Although the method of my work will probably more represent a tree diagram, where one selection leads to 2 and that option will lead to 3, and the last branch of options will be the location held within the area. 

Upon deciding that my initial development of the app I wanted to create would be of a pyramid design, I started researching into different types of approaches to developing the app, per say what icons could appear like, or what the front page could appear like, or even the menu's. I had started to look at images similar to the one below, to try and brainstorm the kind of images i'd like to appear. I knew that my app had to be map related as it was a map application for students so I thought how could I go about creating something which symbolizes navigation? 

During this process I also looked at designs of view, I was still trying to work out if it would be better to develop an application in a birds eye view like google maps or to create something different. I looked at diagrams of buildings and architectural design to see the kind of approach I could have, after much consideration I decided against this, as another student in my class had already took upon the idea, this then lead me to something more original and I wanted to then create a map which could be viewed in first person. 

these ideas gained leverage from the popular voting I had in the surveys I sent out to both students and pedestrians in plymouth,  then decided something first person or video like could be used as a potential application.

After the thought process I wanted to have a look at different types of app layouts and brainstorm how mine could appear. this lead me to look at things like the above, layouts of applications on phones, and whether or not mine could follow a similar example, however I did realize that these different designs were awfully similar so I needed to also do something somewhat similar and decided to create my own icons with consist of things of the following....

After much modification and editing these symbols became the final versions of what I put into my application, I decided I didn't want symbols I instead wanted colourful indications of what students could expect and the names of the locations. 

I also during this time period designed several presentations documenting what I intended to do, why I intended to do it, and how I was going to do it. 

In these presentations I had discussed with my peers what I intended to do, these presentational ideas consisted of the factor that students who come down to study in plymouth, normally don't know the city and are completely unaware of what is actually inside the city, so I wanted to provide something to those students to help them feel more comfortable with the city, not only that but during my original ideas generation I had thought to myself that not a single app provides first person images to a user that is capable of guiding them from A - B. this I thought was a wonderful idea as it was completely original and I found that the reception to this idea was fairly positive, not only in my presentation but in my surveys too. 

upon discussing why and what I was planning on doing, I then continued to explain how I was going to do it. I explained that I needed to take out a tripod and camera and take photos from A - B on each journey and that i'd need to modify the images to ensure they fit correctly without problems.