For our project we plan on creating a narrative of the parallel experiences of two freshmen in Shanghai and Abu Dhabi and their adjustment to their new environment over the year. The images we chose to both illustrate and photograph are depictions of life in each setting, and messages between the characters and their family members will exemplify their feelings and experiences. The narrative will begin with a button to click to view admission letter and to enroll. Text messages and dialogue will occur between events to provide insight into the students’ thoughts and their interactions with people from home. Images will be interactive by scrolling or zooming, for example to give the illusion of walking into campus or looking for someone in the airport. Some panels will include a scrollable panorama of a landscape or city scape. Panels will emphasize cultural and language differences but also highlight the similarity in experiences of each place.
Below are some sketches that the illustrations of Abu Dhabi will be based on. We plan to finalize them in Adobe Illustrator and include photos of Shanghai.
