Storybook 1
Project Runway: Indian Epics Edition
The title of this blog caught my eye since I love the show Project Runway. The introduction was a clever use of the opening of Project Runway, which probably only people who had watched it would understand. I liked how the author of this page used runway looks to represent phases of each character's life. For example, the first collection was "designed" for Ulupi, the Asura Princess, so one of the outfits is a mysterious black dress to represent her trying to lure Arjuna to marry her (shown above). The design of the website was very easy to navigate, and I like how the author put all the image citations on one page so that they didn't distract from the pictures. I want to make my project similar to this one, but instead of using just runway looks, I'm thinking about making a fake "tumblr" page for three different characters.
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Storybook 2
Indian Horror Story
Again, one of my favorite storybooks is based on a popular television show that I watch. This project is a collection of stories that the student wrote inspired by Indian epics. They call the collection of stories "Tales of the Lingering Souls", a modern retelling of stories with a horror twist. There's a total of five parts to the collection, each inspired by a different epic. However, each part is a continuation of the same story that the student has written. The introduction does a good job of giving an overview of the project, and the title of the blog is attention-grabbing. More pictures would have been nice to see, but the pictures chosen go along with the dark mood of the story, as does the background of the pages.
Storybook 3
Law & Order: SSU
To go along with the television show theme, the third storybook I've chosen is inspired by the show Law & Order: SVU. This is my least favorite out of the three storybooks. The introduction explains how the project is to tell the stories of three "Agents" in the SSU, or "Shape Shifters Unit." Each page describes a character from Indian epics. It includes a list of crimes committed by the character and a list of powers. The idea is good, but doesn't turn out as interesting as you'd expect. The design is successful in mimicking the style from the show, but long explanations make for a boring read sometimes, especially if you're not familiar with the show and notice the clever additions.
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