Directed Study

Personal development project

For the PDP I worked in a group four with Jack Moore, Georgia Roan, and jade Phillips. I was in charge of drawing the character designs; I did full character sheets for characters including alternative outfits. The idea we used we had already come up with prior to this project but hadn’t used it for anything. So we had already got characters in mind or designed. I asked every one for any sketches they had drawn of their character so I could draw it up. The scenario we had come up with took place in a fantasy world where supernatural beings such including all but forgotten races that lived before humans, magic users, psychic users. The characters are a part of a travelling circus that promotes the acceptance of the supernatural; they are constantly on the run from the Inquisition, a faction of soldiers whose goal is to wipe out the supernatural. I designed the characters in standard outfits that they would wear to blend in when visiting towns, and a circus outfit that they wear during performances. In order to protect their identities they all wear masks when in circus gear, all of the members of the crew have stage names also as a proportion all of them are different types of birds, as birds represent freedom, this being what the crew want for the supernatural races.

Helen McCarthy project  

I was really looking forward to having a go at this project, as it was to do with a topic that I am very interested in. I was enthusiastic as I had enjoyed all of Helen’s lectures so far and was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with her. I was really stuck at first and didn’t know what direction to take my project, so I wrote a list of the things about myself, like what I liked or disliked, quirks etc. I chose to look at a fantasy theme, as I enjoy fantasy games, specifically final fantast games. My favourite animal is a Red Panda, so I combined the two and made a mage Panda creature, I chose to make her a red mage from final fantasy, as it is my favourite class.