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For the warmup exercise, we had to use 4 black squares to form icons that represented a word. I began by doing quick sketches of different ideas I had for each word which helped me make the choose the best idea i had as it wasn't always the first idea that came to me.

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I was happy with my outcomes for the warmup task as I think i had some unique ideas to represent the words and I found that overall it was a useful exercise to get me simple shapes to represent complex ideas.

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For the main project, we had to makea set of 5 icons to represent household objects. I chose too focus on kithcen appliances and began by sketching the objects, then alternate versions of the objects. After that I broke the objects down into their key aspects that represented them as to get an idea for what shapes i needed to include in my icons. I found this really helpful as it made me think of what was essential to the shape of the objects began to give me ideas for icons.

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I began designing my icons on square paper using graphical shapes to represent the objects. I began with the oven which gave me the style I wanted to make my icons in and continued to design the rest of my icons in the same style.

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I designed the oven icon in some different styles as I wasn't sure which style I wanted to use. Above are skeuomorphic, flat, glyph, and outline icons of the oven. After viewing all together, I decided to go with the skeuomorphic design as I thought it fitted with the industrial feel of kitchen appliances and I also thought it was just an interesting way of representing an object.

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This is the first draft of my icons. After review with my tutor, we agreed that the microwave had too much unused space and didn't work as a skeuomorphic icon as well as the others. While the kettle was identifiable, due the the square shape it meant it couldn't have a spout, which was the main identifier. We also thought the fridge was too simple and agreed and interior view of the fridge could represent it better. With this feedback I went to edit, redesign and change the icons.

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These are my finalised icon designs. Overall I am pleased with my icons as I think they are effective in representing their respective objects. I also think this style I chose fits well and is a unique style for icons which isn't seen very often nowadays.

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These are mockups of my icons on an early IOS home screen. I think the icons fit in well with other icons of their style which I am pleased with.

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After being given the brief our first task was to storyboard an existing ident. While the aim was to break the ident into 4 storyboards I found my ident had to be broken down into 5 frames. I found this interesting as it really made me think of what the key aspects of the ident are which gave me insight into how to storyboard and how to pick out the key aspects of an animation.

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Day 2 - Ulster University Ident Idea Generation

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Day 2 - Ulster University Ident Idea Generation

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To create an ident for ulster university we broke into to groups to generate ideas for the project. We focussed mainly on the positive aspects of the university when brain storming. This was useful for me to not only share my own ideas, but to be able to embellish my ideas through collaborating with others.

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My idea for my ident was to show the collaborative aspects of the university. These are my ideas for the different ways i could make my ident. I found this useful to organise my ideas.

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This is the first storyboard for my ident I made after coming up with the concept of showing the collaboration of ideas which is a key aspect of ulster university. I had the idea to have 4 hands place parts of the logo in the centre of the frame to show collaboration. The storyboarding was really useful for me to visualise the framing and movements in my ident.

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I made the first draft of my ident using paper shapes filmed from a top down perspective to make it appear 2D. I did change a few minor things from my story board like keeping the hands in the shot instead of bringing them back out as I thought it made the ident flow better, and the minor squeeze of the logo before stretching it to the screen size. Overall I was happy with my first draft.

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While getting feedback from my tutors, they suggested that i should add more imagery that backs up my idea of collaborating on ideas. I had the idea to a drawing of of lightbulb that is cut up the same way as the university logo and are not aligned. The hands would then take them off the screen and then it would continue with my original ident. I think this would work in showing that ulster university is a place to bring ideas together.

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I added the changes suggested in my feedback surrounding my concept. I am very pleased with my finished ident and I am happy with how it has evolved from the start of the project.