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I'm still working on my puppet making skills and had never done it before Mr. Whiskers, but it's a skill I'm keen to work on and creating a 3D character from their story, to design through to fabrication is one of my favourite parts of illustration. My initial design of Pearl was maybe a bit too detailed which made the fabrication of her much harder and she lost some of the character with too many details in her face. So I decided to keep to the same aesthetic as Mr. Whiskers which I will continue with all of my characters now.

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First attempt from preparation module

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A leaflet as part of a bigger campaign to end loneliness in the elderly. I will eventually have three different stories and leaflets which will be distributed around the city, Each leaflet, will depict a different way that we can reach out to help the elderly. The pull out page insert will eventually be infographics and not text. I ran out of time to do this, A larger version of the leaflet (which is easier to see details of the storyboard) can be found at: Final Outcome | Karriemannan (wixsite.com) You can also view my work from Preparation for Extended Study (Mr. Whiskers) there.

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Storyboard

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Leaflet pages close ups

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First design from preparation module

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Exploring new design

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Final redesign and development

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More exploration of style

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Kitchen set idea

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Keyframe sketching

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Keyframe and exploring style

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Plotting key frames

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Fabricating Pearl which I only used in one frame as I wasn't entirely happy with how professional she looked. I will keep working on my puppet making skills before including them in my stories.

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Self Portrait (for practice)

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My plan was to laser cut each element and make it from wood however, the final aesthetic of burnt sepia would not have matched the cold grey aesthetic I was aiming for and with the lockdown making access to uni precarious and not knowing if further lockdowns would prevent me from using facilities, I decided to invest in a Cricut cutting machine to cut some pieces to a high standard from home. Some elements of the kitchen are handmade (fridge, kettle, toaster sink, blind) however, I made some of the other furniture and fittings using my cutting machine to make it more realistic and less "cartoon"-y like the Mr. Whiskers story. I wanted to add more elements to give more clues to her character and Jamaican descent but I ran out of time, so decided to stick to a few key items such as a Dracaena Song of Jamaica house plant, a postcard on the fridge and the Jamaica calendar counting down to the day she gets a decent meal.

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First cooker which I remade as it was too big

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Cutting template

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First chair which I remade as it wasn't the aesthetic I wanted

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Chair legs

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First attempt at chair leg which I changed as I wanted it to look more realistic

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Tablecloth template

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Chair fabrication

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Building walls

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Room details

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Harold and Snow will be the third character in my series. It will be a story to promote how animals can help the elderly and their loneliness and how we should care about their animals as much as do for them. For an elderly person, an animal if more than a pet. It could be the only friend or family they have left in the world. In this story, Harold has a fall and has to go to hospital and Snow is left in the house on her own. Harold is calling out for Snow in the hospital but no one checks his house and Snow has no idea where her owner is.

I've started adding more details to this set including a bookcase of world travel books and adventure stories. Harold used to be somewhat of an adventurer when he was younger and never settled down. He got Snow when he decided to settle down in the UK and despite his bad hips from all the mountain climbing he did back in the day, he lived for his four walks a day with Snow now.

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Getting a feel for Pearl in her surroundings. I wasn't entirely happy with the level of my puppet making skills in comparison to my set, so decided not to include her in the story and just lay out her shadow in the storyboard. Until the very last frame where you get to see the character and the smile on her face.

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The short animation I made in second year which was the start of my journey creating stories for the lonely. I didn't realise when I made this, that it would be the very beginning of a huge campaign that I want to keep as my mission to end loneliness for the elderly.

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Evaluation for Extended Study by Karima Mannan