Painting with a Difference
Painting with a Difference is mobile application that can assist children ages 6 to 12. The project encourages children to express their innermost thoughts and emotions through visual means such as coloring and drawing.
THE PROCESS
Little Room for Creativity of Children
Children are cut off from their natural creativity and have a difficult time expressing themselves as a result.
Design Theme
Paint Your Feelings
Sub Theme:
• Express their feelings
• Enhance their creativity skills
• Improve mental wellbeing of target users
Primary Actions- Create virtual bot that will ask how children feel for the day.- Curate special program/activities dependingon how they feel.- Create online Platform where target users can paint and draw.
Product Features
The app will have activities for kids like painting and drawing. They can choose from many different things to do. The intended audience, users will be rewarded with a customizable avatar after completing an artwork.
• "Winning Streak" feature that awards users for a run of completion in order to keep kids interested. At least five completed artworks will be used as a metric. Where kids can earn a reward or coins that can be changed to upgrade their avatar. It will also include an online store in which children can spend the coins they earn to purchase various upgrades for their avatars.
• Bonus Points If they show it to their parents, they will be awarded extra points. Need to develop a feature describing how children can earn double points by demonstrating their work. It will strengthen the bond that they have with both of their parents. In addition, the phrases or names that appear on the badges will be encouraging and lighthearted in order to make them more accessible to children.
The Solution
To let children explore their feelings and discover all the boundaries. Deep enough that the activities can be therapeutic but also self-exploration for the kids.
Painting with a Difference is a mobile application, an interactive platform for children having a hard time expressing their feelings. This project is created with the aim of building a simple and easy to use mobile application that can aid children from 6 – 12 years old. The product will aim to help children express their feelings using colors and drawing.
Sources
- https://www.wired.com/story/joy-liberation-game-character-customize-avatar/
- https://screentimelabs.com/blog/the-10-most-popular-apps-for-kids/
- https://readyplayer.me/avatar
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/robynshulman/2020/03/10/this-is-what-happens-when-we-close-doors-on-creativity-in-the-classroom/?sh=d8aa4151e6bc
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613695/full
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/robynshulman/2020/03/10/this-is-what-happens-when-we-close-doors-on-creativity-in-the-classroom/?sh=d8aa4151e6bc
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613695/full
