This is my next exhibition idea:
Set up in RAW gallery in the right corner by the window. It'll be like a Monarch Park room with a table and chairs with a board game and colouring in pages and activity books. A TV will be playing whatever I have finished, 360 turnarounds of the characters, animatic, and visual novel rough playthrough videos. On the wall I'll hang up a tshirt prototype that's been printed and a page of other merch concepts. I could also possibly frame an image and hang that up as well. I think I also want a nicely printed pitchbible hard cover book and maybe a deck of cards.
I chatted with Chris and Rachel about what stuff could be printed at SIT printery. They dont do tshirts but there are these transfer sheets for 100% cotton white shirts. They need a long time to dry.
The activity books can definitely be printed at SIT with a shiny cover and rough paper inside.
The pitchbible hard cover is made through Blurb in Indesign.
For my board game characters, Rachel had a good idea to use the sticky paper to stick the characters on a 3D printed piece of plastic that's of the exact shape and able to be connected.
I want the board game to represent the first episode or maybe Monarch Park the city itself, like a map. I need to look at my old Bratz game for inspiration as I dont know the ins and out of making board games. Instead of all the cards I could 3D print objects to collect as rewards etc.
I also need to look into how I'd print this out nicely, Unless I just make it up? put in on cardboard or even 3D printed plastic, then it could be any shape I want. Then make a box for it as well. Researching into what I could do with a 3D printer would be good. Also into board game design and goals. Could be as simple as snakes and ladders but Monarch Park version? I was also thinking about a pack of playing cards also but that might be a bit too much, not sure how that'd be printed.
The activity book can be pretty simple too, look for some generators for crosswords and word searches and dot to dots. There must be some for free online.
Narrow down what I actually want done. What's most important?
Plan of attack:
- research activity books, board games, 3D printers, pitch bibles, tshirt merch
- draw mock ups and multiple versions of each
- Use Maya to sculpt the board game assets needed
- converting images into outlines for colouring pages
- put together the pitch bible
- choose the tshirt design
- be doing the animatic
- do a rough visual novel in storyboard pro
- get a nice table and chairs
- frame an image (put in the riverton exhibition?)
- turnarounds of characters
- TV book
- Get everything printed
- maybe some window art stickers
- mat on the ground?
