Avatar - Development ideas

I haven't posted a blog about my avatar for along time so I thought that it was about time to share my work. Since the end of week 27 I took Roma's advice and created a gannt chart to make my timing easier and I have to say that it really did help. I am ahead of my schedule at the moment and about to start my environment design on 3D Max. Since week 28 however I have been working on my initial ideas for my identity idea. The work that I did mainly involved sketchbook i.e. research and sketches.Below are a few images that I have taken from my sketchbook showing the process of my ideas.

Back at my review meeting I was told to add images of my sketchbook to show people my work away from the computer.


Initial Ideas
The camera - I love to take pictures and photography has always been a great passion of mine, however there is no sense of identity that I could add to this image.
Ballet shoe - I always love dancing and I thought a ballet shoe would be the best way to portray this. This image could work well as an identity.



Initial Ideas
Laptop - I couldn't live without my laptop its what I live and work with all the time however like the camera there is no way I could make it my identity, its just an animation.
Straighteners - As my hair is naturally curly I need my straighteners. I loved this sketch because it was so easy to create an image. I like this idea but then I would have to think what environment would work well with this sketch.



After choosing my sketch I liked I then developed the ideas further by giving the sketch a different look. I choose the pencil as my avatar so I developed my ideas by giving the image a more feminine look.
I have been evaluating my work as I have been going along to help me improve my work. I have designed my final look for my avatar on Photoshop doing a series of experiments to see what gives the best look.