Minor Project Brief

Type of Project A character design pipeline that meets the brief set Area of study Education, World Culture and myth Creative Task You have been approached as a character designer by Nick Jr to create a character for a series of Leap Pad games to help teach myths across the world starting with Africa for a younger audience (3 - 10). This character has to be able to guide round the audience and quiz / set tasks at the end of individual sections. The character for the African myth has to be a shaman boy to appeal to the target audience set and has to be designed for a 3D format to match the 3D environment of the game. Market Research

Look at other Leap Frog games, cartoons and age group to gain clear understanding of what the boundaries of design are Look at examples of Africa and ways to incorporate this into the design

Learning outcomes To create One character that reflects the brief and understand each stage of design to get one final concept idea To create additional sheets Expression and turnaround To create a full textured and lighted model to show how it would appear as 3D To create a full turnaround of the character