Character Creation

We've spent the past couple of 3D sessions concentrating on character creation; what goes into building a character.
We made a few odd sketches of different ideas, then chose one we liked the look of to take further.
I had a cheeky little worm, (stop it!), I liked:
...then more sketches. A front, side and top view. I also started to think about how the little guy would move, or creep or slither along:

Then we got out some 'old-skool' plasterscene to model our characters with! Niiiiice. This made it very easy to visualise our creations in 3D, and gave a good oppertunaty to those of us who can't draw to add some accurate shape and detail:

Interaction Task

Given the task of designing an interactive system to go in a room at a website launch, we chose the 'Nike Jumpman 23' basketball site.

To give the exhibit a it of a 'different' approach we (me & coursemate) came up with aseries of large, touch-sentitive screen mounted on the back wall of a basketball court. The screen would be set out with exactly the same positioning as the menu on the website, with a different menu item on each one. (see below)

To select a menu item, the user bounces a basketball off one of the screens. Then further navigation uses a basketball themed rollerball: