Here is the first design for what the page could look like. Y'all feel free to make designs as well. Let me know what y'all think.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Comp design 001
Here is the first design for what the page could look like. Y'all feel free to make designs as well. Let me know what y'all think.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Progress Update
hey y'all,
Welcome to the new blog. I hope it is convenient for you to go check and attribute to the progress of our site. Please read the mission statement, the content, and user base posts. Please make comments and suggestions where needed. I think for now, the concept of the site is pretty good where it stands. I see it growing and developing a lot in the future, but for now it's good to keep it simple and once it's up and working, we can add on to what the site can do. It's only going to get better from here. :)
The next part to focus on is to get the content of the form just right. This may take some trial and error, but it is necessary. I'm going to post what I have so far for the form over the weekend. We can edit from there and then whip up a quick form and give it a test drive among friends and family to see where things work and what doesn't. I'm really excited. Feel free to sketch out page designs on your spare time. Mike, you have"clean design skills," right? LOL. Check into this blog for updates. They may come at anytime. Muahaahahahahahahaaahaaaa.
P.S.
The working title for the site is build-a-toon. That is very much subject to change. We need a name that doesn't exceed 3 syllables and is simple and clean sounding. Please comment if you have any suggestions concerning the title.
Thanx,
Kim :)
Welcome to the new blog. I hope it is convenient for you to go check and attribute to the progress of our site. Please read the mission statement, the content, and user base posts. Please make comments and suggestions where needed. I think for now, the concept of the site is pretty good where it stands. I see it growing and developing a lot in the future, but for now it's good to keep it simple and once it's up and working, we can add on to what the site can do. It's only going to get better from here. :)
The next part to focus on is to get the content of the form just right. This may take some trial and error, but it is necessary. I'm going to post what I have so far for the form over the weekend. We can edit from there and then whip up a quick form and give it a test drive among friends and family to see where things work and what doesn't. I'm really excited. Feel free to sketch out page designs on your spare time. Mike, you have"clean design skills," right? LOL. Check into this blog for updates. They may come at anytime. Muahaahahahahahahaaahaaaa.
P.S.
The working title for the site is build-a-toon. That is very much subject to change. We need a name that doesn't exceed 3 syllables and is simple and clean sounding. Please comment if you have any suggestions concerning the title.
Thanx,
Kim :)
Userbase
- cartoon fans
- youth
- teens
- social media users
- family
- friends
- friends of friends
- associates
- illustrators
**Please add to the list if it seems needed.
Content
- Info describing what the site does
- Form with option buttons, text boxes, and a place to submit reference sketches
- Character examples
- Site creators' profiles
- Link to page from the site to seek freelance work
- copyright information
**Please comment if you have suggestions or ideas to add.
Mission Statement
My mission is to build a site where users can custom design their own cartoon character and have it produced as an illustration, animation, or merchandise.
The user has little to no limits and much control to what kind of character they want to design. On the site, the user submits his character idea by filling out a form. The from will include a wide range of options to what the character is, its identity, its personality, design, and aesthetic. Not only in this form will the user select provided attributes for his character, the user can enter in specific information concerning the the certain design elements and the unique characteristics of his character. At the end of the form, the user will choose what he desires to be made of his character let it be an illustration, animation, or applied to merchandise. Reference sketches my also be submitted in the form and examples of different character attributes will be shown to aid the user. An e-mail address will also be required on the form so that the product may be delivered to the user.
After the information from the form is submitted, the team that creates the site goes to work. All the details entered into the form are laid out and used to create an appropriate render for the user's character. A finish design of the character will be made and sent to the user for approval or disapproval, in which case the user will be asked to give feedback to what he'd like changed. From there on, the final product is produced and then sent to the user. Illustrations and animations made for users can be shared on social media sites. Because of the tedious time it takes to animate, animations will not exceed 5 seconds in length. Both illustration and/or animation will feature the character displaying its custom made personality, its name, the name of the user who submitted the idea for the character, and the name of the site in which it was made.
The user has little to no limits and much control to what kind of character they want to design. On the site, the user submits his character idea by filling out a form. The from will include a wide range of options to what the character is, its identity, its personality, design, and aesthetic. Not only in this form will the user select provided attributes for his character, the user can enter in specific information concerning the the certain design elements and the unique characteristics of his character. At the end of the form, the user will choose what he desires to be made of his character let it be an illustration, animation, or applied to merchandise. Reference sketches my also be submitted in the form and examples of different character attributes will be shown to aid the user. An e-mail address will also be required on the form so that the product may be delivered to the user.
After the information from the form is submitted, the team that creates the site goes to work. All the details entered into the form are laid out and used to create an appropriate render for the user's character. A finish design of the character will be made and sent to the user for approval or disapproval, in which case the user will be asked to give feedback to what he'd like changed. From there on, the final product is produced and then sent to the user. Illustrations and animations made for users can be shared on social media sites. Because of the tedious time it takes to animate, animations will not exceed 5 seconds in length. Both illustration and/or animation will feature the character displaying its custom made personality, its name, the name of the user who submitted the idea for the character, and the name of the site in which it was made.
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