Doodles from Daily Drabbles: game plan

Project 2: Game Plan Final

game plan

Game Plan

Response

The final is all in loose pages as if they do not belong together. These pages seem to be rather old and crinkly, however, some of the font that was chosen for the monsters in Book of Monsters does not match the overall feel.

Description

There is a page from the Book of Quests which is different from the other pages which are seemingly from the Book of Monsters. Like what, the page from the Book of Quests seems to be rather new and well-polished, unlike the pages in Book of Monsters which are rather old - the edges are even burnt. Lastly, there are annotations on the Book of Monsters, seemingly to be written by humans.

Analysis and Interpretation

The entire feel of this final seems to be rather old and as if from a game - what with Quests and Monsters. There seems to be an idea of letting the audience play and take part in the game where the audience gets to take part in the quest- after all, they know what is going to happen and what needs to be done.

The material that was used was rather fitting, where there are different variations of paper. The old textured paper also gives a sense of old parchment, where these kind of 'ancient' books are usually printed on. Furthermore, the pages from the Book of Monsters are seemingly burnt, and even older. This makes the monsters look even more 'ancient' and in other words, 'stronger'. The Book of Quests page is newer, and even tied with a ribbon, as if it was given to the audience. When Quests are given, people will accept if they are willing to go on the quest to complete.

The annotations on the Book of Monsters makes the pages look more personalised and makes the font on the first page looks less outstanding (as there are a lot of annotations). This makes people wonder what exactly is printed on the Book of Monsters when it was first published. The annotations also make the quest more humanised where it seems that there are people who have undergone this entire ordeal to search for the materials to complete the quest. Furthermore, this kind of explains why these pages are lost. They are probably lost due to some "race" as these people going on the quests took these pages out of the book and did not return them.

Lastly, the addition of the printed analysis and description on each of the pages seem apt and fitting. This makes the pages look like they are torn from the book.

Evaluation and Judgment

Perhaps it would have been better if there were more thinking and exploration done to this project. After all, at first glance, these images does not seem to fit into the idea of a narrative. The interpretation needed for each page would rely on the first page - the page from the Book of Quest. In other words, without the page, there will be no glue and hence, no narrative to the lost pages. In addition, the images could have been better well-polished. Perhaps, doing it digitally would have more impact than to doing it manually. Perhaps, there should be more information about each monster on each page to increase the reliability of this Book of Monsters.

I liked how the pages turned out to be okay after burning it. The art of burning the paper makes it scary for the artist. After all, we cannot control fire and what if the fire goes out of hand and it destroys the entire artwork? Yet, that might be good as well, since I am trying to create the feel of "lost" and what is "lost" without slight wear and tear?

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2: Game Plan

game plan

Research and Investigation

My initial idea was to have a narrative where there is a map, perhaps lost, which says where to find all these creatures. However, as time progresses, I grew bored of my idea and taught of a Book of Monsters instead. What if, this book introduces the mythical creatures, which is part of a game or even an alternate universe like Sword Art Online, where these monsters can be defeated. This book acts like a cheat sheet, like those like Pokemon Guide that the stores sell. However, this book is lost and these pages that I am going to create are the ones that are found.

I researched about the different animals that can aid with my forming the mythical creatures. Using deconstruction which was taught in one of the previous workshops, I can effectively use different parts of the animals to form the mythical creature I want. After which, I also looked at the different prospects and ideas that others had came up with when doing up mythical creatures.

Ideation and Exploration

I was exploring the different types of monsters and how it can presented in these two images above. I was looking at how these monsters can differ - from mythical creatures to monsters that represent mental diseases. It is interesting to note that these images all turns out to be rather fantastical and surrealistic. Somehow, the ones above does not really convey the idea of playing a virtual game.

Composition

Composition, like Prof Nancy had once mentioned in lecture, is important when it comes to art-making. Looking at composition will allow the audience to comprehend the idea better and perhaps make it more convincing. It will also allow me to visualise my idea more.

Final

After painting the mythical creatures and adding in the words, the entire effect of the lost books is not there. The typography has been miscalculated as the words look too much handwritten (my own) and the tone of the seriousness and mystical has been lost. What's more, but just have one side to the pages does not seem like the pages are from a book; after all, books are usually printed on both sides. Furthermore, there is no clear narrative linking all the pages.