Design Process
Team Design
Team names
Firstly, I started by writing down lots of different team name ideas to help me create themes for my teams.
I then chose the three that I liked: Manta-ray, Dragonfly and Falcon.
Initial design sketches
Next, I sketched out the initial design ideas for each of the three teams.
Manta-ray
Dragonfly
Falcon
Development sketches
Then, I asked my peers which designs had the most potential and based on their feedback I developed the rough sketches into more finished drawings.
Manta-ray
Dragonfly
Falcon
Digital Logo Designs
For my final logo designs, I first roughly sketched an outline in photoshop. Next, I went over the lines in more detail and added a basic colour scheme.
Manta-Ray
With the Manta-Ray design, I decided to change the colour scheme to better match the other team logos as they all incorporate different shades of grey.
Dragonfly
Falcon
The digital design process was much simpler than for the other logos as I already knew what style and design aesthetic I was trying to achieve. although I found that I had to trace the outline from one of my paper-based design sketches as it was too difficult to reproduce in photoshop without.
HUD Design
Sketchbook Work
For the hud elements, I designed a selection of different designs on paper and asked my peers which ones they preffered. Next, I took the most popular designs and developed them further on the computer in Adobe Illustrator.
Digital Design
Colour scheme
I used Adobe Kuler to help me choose a colour scheme that looked aesthetically pleasing and created a selection of different HUD elements in these colours. I then once again asked my peers to help me decide which colours looked best.
Final Design and Design elements
For my final design, arranged all the HUD elements in their chosen colours on the mock-interface so that they fitted together and flowed into each other.
Most of the elements of the HUD are static – such as the speed gauge, the lap time and map. The other elements such as the low battery warning and direction arrows will only show on the hud when needed.
The value of peer feedback in the design process
Peer feedback is important in any design process as design and the creative arts are largely subjective. By allowing a section of people to offer their feedback and criticism it will help to make sure the final design looks better.
However, it is also important to make sure that the design too influenced by others as this could also spoil the thing that makes it good. so a balance must be made between the original idea and any feedback.
Final Evaluation Process
how does it compare to professional standard work
Compared to professional-quality HUD designs, I think my HUD is perhaps not quite as well polished due to the fact that many of these designs have multiple people working on them with more time than I had for this assignment.
If I was to do this project again, I would make sure that the teams and the HUD design work and fit together better than they ended up doing.
In my opinion, this HUD is not very effective as it is quite difficult to see and interpret the information presented by the numerous dials and gauges on the steering column. An improvement to this could be to increase the size of the icons as the HUD doesn’t take up too much of the view.
This is an interesting HUD design as is mainly made out of text based gauges. I think this HUD design works because it has an easily understandable design. If I was to improve it, I would perhaps make the box where the dials and gauges are located a little smaller as to not encroach so much on the gameplay.
I think that this hud is effective because it relays the essential information whilst not being too overcrowded or taking up too much space. The only improvement i could make would be to add a map into the HUD.
