The following is copied from the 3D hybrids blog, which shows an outline documentation to do the research:
Basic Details
Your name
Your Pathway Combination
The title of your etude
A short statement of intentions
- What you initially wanted the piece to be about / for – its conceptions
- How you initially intend to create the etude
Conceptualisation of the work
Describe and depict what the actual concept of the etude is.
Write about:
- The purpose of the etude
- Relevance of the etude to issues of your initial conceptions
- Relevance of the etude to issues of the module and your larger project
- If relevant, who the target audience is
- The relationship between the subject and content of the etude
- Analysis of the separate components within the etude
- The relationship between the virtual work and the expected concrete response to it
- What you expect yourself / the spectator / the user to experience
- The modes of interaction / interface design
- The relationship between the what is being observed and the spectator
Documentation of Technical and Artistic Process
You should include photographs, sketches, video – any material you have used to document your process.
Technical Analysis
Write about:
- What resources you used to create the etude
- Technical advances you have made
- Artistic explorations you have made
- Creative solutions to conceptual problems
- Creative solutions to technical problems
References
You must explore the issues widely, hence the range of different styles of reference in this list.
- Symbolic / representational modes of study
- Visual references
- Historic references
- Environmental / geographic references
- Academic references
- Art / Design references
- Web references to other relevant sites, content
How successful is the etude? (Be positive)
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- Measure against your intentions
- Measure your practical solutions to problems encountered
