Updated: SketchKit Interface Design

The product I chose for this class is a flash website that teaches kids age to 6-13 years old on how to draw. The product includes a drawing stage, a video tutorial and a color wheel. The purpose for this product is to teach kids on how to draw by using the drawing tablet and with the help of the video tutorial kids are able to follow and draw at the same time. With the use of the color wheel they are able to play and experiment with the different color combinations. They would also learn how on mix color and create their own combinations as well. Since my target audience is kids ages 6-13, I made use of the large buttons for easy navigation and interaction.

During the gathering of data, research and interview an interesting fact came into topic. I interviewed numerous kids and other people on their feedback about the entire site and design of the interface and interestingly enough I've found out that the majority of right handed people find the first design hard and uncomfortable to use. This is because I'm a left handed designer and of course in designing the interface I would design something that would be comfortable for me to use. So through the data and research I've gathered I came up with another interface design and this time for right handed kids. So in the beginning of the website kids are able to choose whether they are right or left handed in drawing.


In terms for future work, I was planning of creating like a profile page for each user, where they could see their posted works online in their account and each time they get voted for being the "artist of the month" they get a special trophy and by the end of the quarter they would win a special prize. Ideally I would want to give away drawing tablets as the grand prize because I want to promote kids to learn more on how to draw through the means of digital media.

My inspiration towards this projects comes from my background as being a private art teacher before. I used to teach kids ages 6-10 years old on how to draw life drawing and sketches, so I wanted to create something that would continue that passion.