Unit 2 Report of my Audience for the SpaceRobo

Unit 2 Report of my Audience for the SpaceRobot.

The idea behind the SpaceRobot was to create a mascot for a children’s club activities.  This character is to appear in all television, poster and internet advertisements.   

Because the aim was to create a mascot character for children’s club activities, it had to be cute/child-friendly so that it could appeal to the target audience (children).

Upon researching my target audience, I looked at multiple options.

Most mascots had simplified designs, chubby round bodies, and bright eye-catching colours.

So, when I was starting to create my mascot, I knew I wanted it to be round, appealing, and not too overly complicated.

I also took inspiration from cartoons like South Park because their designs were cute, appealing and already popular with kids and adults alike. Plus, the simplicity of their designs meant they would be easy to create from scratch.

Other mediums I looked at were games and movies. One of these was Rocket League.

This game was interesting, as they were robotic cars that rode around and kicked a football. Which reminds me of my concept – a robot running around and playing extreme sports.

Animation wise, I looked at the movie, ‘Monsters vs Aliens’ because they had different types of monsters, aliens, and robots that I could use as a reference for how my mascot would move and act.

Here is the character I have come up with:

Self-evaluation:

Some strengths of my design are that it is you are able to recognise what it is and I can make the model move and walk, however it lacks detail, depth, and I need to add colour and texture for it to be complete.

-Lacking detail

-No depth

-Add colours and textures

(Reference used:

https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-mascot--cms-25937