APD - Week 8 - Play and Body

Play and Body: 

Theme

In responds to this week's theme play and body, I was planning to make an interactive work using our facial features to create own emojis.

Context

The related work is called outfit makeover game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGZu9f_-Jdo ). This game is created by Supersonic Studio, in the game you can match the virtual character with fashion clothes, accessories and even furniture. At the same time, I get inspiration in my life. In our daily communication with friends online we often use some emojis to express our attitude or even words. However, due to the limited availability of emoji, sometimes we cannot find the suitable one. Therefore, I was wondering if it is possible for people to create their own emoji during chatting. people can choose different facial features, which can be emotional or funny, absurd, or quirky.

Methods

I used adobe photoshop to create a series facial part. Here ppl can combine any of these expressions.

Response

The Final animation is here:

https://youtu.be/7mZMlYpAaKU  

Reflection

According to Eva Hornecker (2011), ‘The boundaries between "the digital" and our everyday physical world are dissolving as we develop more physical ways of interacting with computing.’ The so-called body play or physical play is no longer required in the traditional sense of sports. In this project, the use of technology allows people to freely dispose of virtual body parts and express real emotions on the Internet, which is also a kind of body play as well.