Possible icons for work icon

I researched different types of images I could use to represent work for the work icon:

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Male Character 3d

3D effect with a drop shadow

Before

The logo will be where the question mark is. This is to compare what the male character looked like before and after.

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Mock up

A rough idea of what background will look like. They all loved the cartoon style clouded background in comparison to the other types of background styles I showed them.

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Hospital Icon

Hospital icon, with and without word. Probably go with the icon with the word Hospital above it as the clients liked this better when we showed it to them.

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Bank Icon

This is what the final bank icon will look like. This is showing it with or without the name bank attached to it to make it even more obvious. I made them in photoshop. The one with the yellow euro sign is more than likely the one I will use.

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Plan of Action for this week

We are having a group meeting at 3 o'clock today before class to discuss the visit to Doras and to make sure we continue on the productive path that we are on, so that we can successfully complete the prototype for the 15th of April, which will lead to the finished product.

I know that I must create the finished college, bank and doctor icon's as well as creating the finished characters and then I must create the finished interface design for each page.

Lauren and Alan must continue to work side by side to complete a bulk of the programming by the 15th.

Stephanie must continue creating the tutorials on how to use the application so our clients will have a clear and concise understanding of how to use it when it is complete.

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Doras Visit 05/04/11

We went to Doras today to show them our progress and ask them some questions that would benefit our project. We started off by having a chat with Tony before addressing a group of about twelve clients.

I showed them the break down or step by step of what will happen when you enter the application for the first time. I then showed them different characters to distinguish what style popped out at them. They all love the original characters. I showed them different backgrounds and they all agreed on the blue sky with the clouds.

Lauren showed them the flash that she had done. This included the password and user name log in and personalizing the character by changing the hair colour. They were all very impressed.

We asked the clients individually, what type of questions they thought should be asked for the security questions. Here are what they came up with:

What was your first pets name?

What time were you born?

What's your favourite singer?

What's your favourite film?

What's your favourite colour?

What's your Granddad's middle name?

What's your mothers maiden name?

What's your favourite television show?

What's your ffavourite band?

They gave us different ideas also e.g. instead of having the logo on the character they choose, they could have the first letter of the name they call the character. Also Tony pointed out that perhaps a school icon would not be the best solution as none of the clients attend school. Instead we are to call it college. The clients all agreed with this they also suggested to call it training but majority ruled on college.

Overall both Tony and the clients were extremely happy with our presentation of our project. Tony said that everything we were producing was very user friendly which is excellent for our target market.

Although their were doubts about the child-like style of the interface design and graphics, they have all been cleared and we are sticking with the original cartoon style. From the clients reactions to the other characters I showed them, it was obvious that they all loved the child-like cartoon characters. They told us that they loved how the colours popped out and grabbed their attention.

Christine Roche, Lauren Murphy, Stephanie Botrel & Alan Spillane