Creaza
The tool that I chose to create my digital story artifact was Creaza, and
I chose this tool because it looked very interesting, and because when I first
opened it up to look at this web page I found tutorial videos and a relatively
simple yet efficient set up for making web cartoons. The actual tool part of it
worked very well and had a very clean look to it, as it looked like a legitimate
story making software that you may find on someone’s computer. When you open up
the tool you see four things, the slide viewing box in the center, a formatting
tool bar on the top, a list of character props etc. on the left and a row of
your slides on the bottom. Also, I was able to upload pictures that I wanted to
use in my story, and place them in easily and effectively. This easy to use
design is what really influenced me to use this web tool. The process I took to
making this story was a simple one; I just started experimenting with the tool
to create a story, which happened to be about a boy and a unicorn, and took off
with the idea form there. The first thing I did was try to make the story as kid
like as possible; however I quickly found that the story was becoming
increasingly dull and boring, so I tried to add some comedic flare to it,
turning the stereotypically boy and his dog story into something that somewhat
made fun of that fact that it was a boy in his dog story. Also, I made the story
sillier by adding random ramblings between the father and the mother, and also
by adding plot twists and emotion. Some of the issues that I had with the tool,
were that the database of objects and characters they give use is very small and
limited, stretched out between multiple categories of cartoons that could be
chosen to create. Also, I had trouble trying to figure out how to upload
pictures at first, but then I found the button that said upload and had no
trouble after that. Overall, this was a great tool that was fun and easy to work
with and I would definitely use it again if I had a project where I would need
to create a cartoon.
I chose this tool because it looked very interesting, and because when I first
opened it up to look at this web page I found tutorial videos and a relatively
simple yet efficient set up for making web cartoons. The actual tool part of it
worked very well and had a very clean look to it, as it looked like a legitimate
story making software that you may find on someone’s computer. When you open up
the tool you see four things, the slide viewing box in the center, a formatting
tool bar on the top, a list of character props etc. on the left and a row of
your slides on the bottom. Also, I was able to upload pictures that I wanted to
use in my story, and place them in easily and effectively. This easy to use
design is what really influenced me to use this web tool. The process I took to
making this story was a simple one; I just started experimenting with the tool
to create a story, which happened to be about a boy and a unicorn, and took off
with the idea form there. The first thing I did was try to make the story as kid
like as possible; however I quickly found that the story was becoming
increasingly dull and boring, so I tried to add some comedic flare to it,
turning the stereotypically boy and his dog story into something that somewhat
made fun of that fact that it was a boy in his dog story. Also, I made the story
sillier by adding random ramblings between the father and the mother, and also
by adding plot twists and emotion. Some of the issues that I had with the tool,
were that the database of objects and characters they give use is very small and
limited, stretched out between multiple categories of cartoons that could be
chosen to create. Also, I had trouble trying to figure out how to upload
pictures at first, but then I found the button that said upload and had no
trouble after that. Overall, this was a great tool that was fun and easy to work
with and I would definitely use it again if I had a project where I would need
to create a cartoon.