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I will be doing a retelling of Prometheus in a pottery esque style.

With my Character selection UI, i made a lot of shifts from the beginning. Firstly i added a large amount of space between elements separating the player section from the selection section and separating the two major area within selection. this really seemed to relax the look from the original allowing a more casual and relaxed viewing of the screen. my second major shift was in the font used, to allow for easy reading of smaller text without breaking my intended hierarchy. i found a font to use on my smaller text that created more space and added a blockier shape to the letters so each letter can be easily separated from the rest. i made a few minor changes to allow buttons on the screen feel more button like using normal added features and creating a three dimensional feel to other part. My final major shift involved color. i worked mostly in the grey scale until late in my iterations i used highlighting color for specific sections and for selected areas but shifted away from it for the structure. in the need i took my main highlight color the golden yellow hue and darkened it and reduced its saturation until it felt like it fit naturally into the structure without clashing or over blending and i really like the result. the small color hue really allowed for a softer viewing without a forced contrast between color and gray scale. 

above are the weapons tables from firstly advanced dnd(first edition), and fourth edition dnd. These show a definite increase in understanding of how much information can really be displayed and what the job of the page is. the second page no longer tries to tell absolutely everything and thus actually gets more across.

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This most easily explains the issues with lines and with color values. Which parts of this map are roads? which are buildings? what even is the purpose of this map? it is very hard to read and discern what each line means. 

The connections between people section was confusing both in its explanation and in its placement within the article, it seemed to have little to do with actual interface design and only made use of a single paragraph.

The issues i have are that the screen says almost nothing about each character, their is now full display to even hint at their play style only a close portrait. i hope to improve the representation of character strength and weaknesses so as to not depend on prior experience. 

I really like that this character screen puts the characters in a environment like the game itself. the full display of the character especially against the backdrop gives a good sense of their personalities and hints at how they will play in the world. i’d like to adopt the clear personalities, full display and environmental representation. 

People playing the game. or watching others play. 

i made the logo very simple in color and shape as the YouTube logo is generally fairly small and recognized more by shape and name then by any more complex system and the use of simple shapes to make a full scene was really important to the medium i will be presenting on.

Finally i would say i disagree with the idea that ideas and concepts are entirely out there in the world and controlled by an outside source “manipulated by the media”. One might be told what it means to be patriotic, it might be shown or explained or presented in specific ways, a definition might be made in a logos or pathos way, but personal context and subtext persist. one can be told that Guy Fox was a terrorist or hero, and it has been shown in both lights many times over, but that doesn't change someones view on his actions in its entirety each piece of media can influence person context and subtext but it will not wholeheartedly change it, outside sources can only influence how the individual presents external symbols not internal.