- Preferences
- Possessions
- Passions
Preferences: I assume this point to mean your own personal preferences in terms of things such as clothes for example that can obviously be easily shown on your avatar.
Possessions: Your favorite possessions could be evident on your avatar. For example, if you cherish your headphones or you can't live without your phone, these could be easily included in your avatar creation. Alternatively, if there is one particular item that sums you up as a person, your avatar could simply be a modified version of this object. We were shown some impressive examples of this in the lecture; one for example being a little ketchup bottle character.
Passions: If you are passionate about something then it is likely to be a big part of who you are and you'd probably want to show this in your avatar. If you are passionate about art for example, your avatar could be holding a paint brush and colour palette or something similar.
My ideas:
My two main passions in life are Hereford United (football) and music. I intend to show my passion for Hereford United by having my character wear a Hereford shirt or perhaps a scarf.
In order to show my love for music, I think I will have my character sporting some headphones or an I-Pod or something similar.
My character's attire will display my personal preference in terms of clothing, and obviously the Hereford shirt/scarf will show my preference in terms of football teams.
With regards to appearance, at this stage, I plan to work with my actual appearance as opposed to something enitrely different like an object. I would like to create my avatar with a big smile as I feel this will reflect my personality somewhat - and the fact that I smile a lot!
I'm glad I did the mind map of myself yesterday as I think this helped a lot with these thought processes.
I'm looking forward to starting the 3D avatars and I'm hoping I can create a good quality, digital version of myself that shows who I am. I'm also hoping there's not too much drawing involved! I did actually get an A in art at GCSE but I can't draw characters for shit.
