Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Initial Research 1

Initial Research

- looking into LGBT stereotypes and characters in media and comics
- characters in mainstream media
- character types
- D and D character alignments
- LGBT story lines- Dorian in DA inquisition
- Fantasy character types
- started to look into how stereotypes can be damaging and how stereotypes around sexualities link to gender stereotypes
- started to look into how other medias portray LGBT themes eg anime and manga vs cartoons and comics.
- research into different platforms- games, animations, comics, webcomics (homestuck)
- LGBT community
- THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE LGBT CHARACTERS THAT ARE PORTRAYED ACCURATELY

 Dorian being Dorian


Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Initial Ideas for project

Initial ideas for project

Redesigning a character costume
 
Comics/ animation
 
LGBT+
 
Dysphoria/gender dysphoria
 
Gender stereotypes
 
Literature characters
 
Character development
 
Representation in the media
 
Fantasy characters
 
Fantasy costumes
 
Androgynous fashion/image
 
Videogames
 
Manga/ anime
 
Stories
 
Costumes/designs for screen/stage adaptations
 
Short film