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Project Description:

CBeebies Magic Paintbox is a expressive drawing application for 3 to 6 year olds developed with Simon Oliver and Milo Creative, based on the Get Squiggling programme. The Squigglet character from the TV show is brought to life in the application to introduce and encourage the young child to solve problems and create their own artwork through playing.

There are a wide range of playful ‘tools’ designed to tease the imagination, with magical properties and real behaviours.

A lot of the materials that you can paint with are based on things the child will have come across in the world, like baked beans, mushy peas, mud and gravel - things that have visceral tactile properties, to simulate wet and dry play environments and to stimulate further play away from the computer.

The child is introduced to the drawing tools via a series of five ’stories’, where they help complete the picture and are then rewarded by seeing their drawing magically come to life.

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/getsquiggling/fun/

MY ROLE: Art Direction, Storyboard, Interface Design, Character Design & Animation

Images copyright © 2007 BBC