Lateral Thinking 2

the lateral thinking task was to help us branch out with ideas and think in different ways than other people and get a orignal twist of ideas or situation that others wouldnt of thought of. this was very difficult to get your head round at first but then afterward we started to have crazy ways of solving the task.
Match stick pryimid out 10 sticks and then move 3 sticks to reverse the pryimid.
Results

Lateral Thinking

we where given 24 match sticks and were told to remove 8 to create 2 squares that didnt touche
this is how it is done.

Image and Word association

The Task was to create a image aid to do in the style Catch Phase.
to do this we where given a Proverb.
"A Stitch in time Saves 9"
This means "work now saves time later"

We decided to protray using a grandfather clock and a CD as the pendulum using a needle as the hands of a clock.

Name Representation

today we where given the task of representing our names using images with text association. my name is Connor Alexander Stephens therefore i researched meanings of my names however only picked Connor and Alexander to represent.
The name Connor means Strong Willed, Wise, Hound Lover. which is suprising because i really like dogs and have been told i have a strong will. the wise aspect i am not so sure about yet.
Alexander means Warrior or Mans Defender this is also very surprising because i fight in a re-enactment therefore am a warrior in my group. and i also go out of my way to defend my friends through out my life.

i Created wings to give the sense of strong willed and wise being such as angels. then placed a shield in the middle to show my defending qualities. I was gonna have swords crossed through the image and then decided to create my name using swords. i feel this task worked well and that i have actually learnt alot from the meanings of my name

Great EGG Drop

Today we where given the task to drop an egg of a first story second and third and see if we can make the egg survive.  we where given 6 drinking straw and a roll of masking tape. this task was diffcult because you get a very blande idea of rules therefore you get stuck into a very basic way of thinking.
Our group decided to make a parachute using the straws and suspend the egg using tape underneath the chute.
Our chute worked a little it slowed our egg down to safety from the first and second story however when the third hit the railing due to wind and that was our eggs ultimate down fall.

to get our basic idea we brainstormed ways to create drag and therefore slow the egg down.  then sketched our parachute ideas and used our materails to mock out what we where going to make it like and the best ways to do it.
Our group got on with the task at hand very well and had many ideas to add to our disscussions

Word Association

Our Task was to use word Association to get ideas generating in our heads and make us more capable to come up with ideas.

Deformed Demon BIO

Tormented in the underworld for being useless this demons crippled wing has prevented him from taking his right full place as head guardian.

His torrent of anger, flame and hatred will raise his powers beyond belief he glides around the underworld looking for demons more pathetic than himself so that he can one day grow his deformed his wing into strength

Being a weak demon he has scared of other but never willing to show it. Confused individual therefore creating a complex inner being his previous life means he still feels mortal emotions even though he doesn’t have a solid form to show them.

His weaknesses would be everything Good and Light. He cannot feel happiness else his dark hatred will fade and he could possibly be taken to heaven for being too pure.

Demonic Diamond BIO

This demonic diamond is pure evil in a childish way he flies around all day playing pranks and messing with things generally creating chaos without violence.  His burning red eyes seen from the darkness as he watching the havoc he has made. Very sneaky and glides over the floor silently

His Weakness would be cold water due the fact that he is a flaming hot diamond and therefore the temperature change would cause him to shatter ending his.

Evaluation

For our first part of ideas and concepts Unit we where the given the task to create a new Xbox game idea and design characters for it to give a presentation. This covered many criteria in our brief therefore was quite an important mini project for us.

With my Group of AJ, Jodie and Adam we came up with an idea to create and game that goes against most other games in the fantasy market of gaming. This was a very fun task and our group but a great deal of detail into the design aspect with me writing and three page intro to the game and layout with spells and other important things to be involved. AJ and Jodie worked very hard on designing our character for our cover and other aspect of the presentation.

Overall with all the work our group did we had a very strong concept and knew our game this made our presentation very flowing and easy to put to the audience. We all spoke very confidently and were prepared for any questions that mite of been brought up by our class.

This project was very helpful as I learnt how to lead a group toward a deadline effectively without causes stress on any party member I felt that I handled the task well and I would very much like to do another task along these lines because it gave me a chance to express myself in more that just art I was able to express my love for writing stories and use it for a purpose in this course which I didn’t expect.