Conrad+Shen+Project++2


 * Final Website: [|View in Safari]**
 * Archive of PDEs: [[file:shen_conrad_project_2_sketches.rar]]**

[|30 Photos]

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

Initially in this project I wanted to work with hand-drawn objects and it's interaction with real and/or hand-drawn environments. This idea was particularly interesting to be because with drawings, it was plausible to create journey between worlds anytime and anywhere. I would use Processing to animate the scenes like stop motion and also use its randomly generative abilities to create environmental effects such as weather or lights. Therefore the compilation of sketches would complete a story to be told.

I wanted to create a child-like storybook aesthetic and experimented with this style for the characters as shown in my 30 photos and Fig. 1. In my set of 30 photos I experimented with navigating a hand-drawn character around a 3D created environment. I found it increasing difficult to take shots in succession for a smooth progression of events. In Fig. 1 are the 3 character sheets I would need to create a constant walking motion across the environment which would also move and flicker with it in Fig 2. Fig. 3 Fig. 4

Alas, that concept was not meant to be followed through with. The more and more I began to experiment and manipulate with code in Processing, the more I realized how difficult it was to accomplish the final that I wanted. And the closer I got to the deadline, the more I realized I would not be able to finish it on time. So instead I decided to deviate to a different concept.

So one early Wednesday morning as I was struggling with a new idea, I realized I could use exactly what I was going through as my concept. Many of the students in our year have to experience a Monday filled with 12 hours of classes. I decided to document the different portions of the all-nighter that would ensue the night before on Sundays. Fig. 3 are slightly different layouts I experimented with using the basis of a moon as the hub for the links to the sketches on the site. Fig 4. is more or less what I decided on in more detail. I traced the drawing for the final to be placed in the site as shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 Fig. 6

Fig. 6 is what a page for each individual sketch would show up in, in somewhat of a gallery format; complete with a previous, home, and next button, along with a link to the source code.