Author Archives: Virpi Väinölä

One great image, a hundred words and the video: LUOVA Luova helps self-directed art hobbyists tackle a lack of ideas and the fear of starting a piece. As a drawing companion app, it aims to inspire and get people drawing while encouraging a positive growth-mentality. It helps artists to avoid external pressure and insecurity byContinue reading “LUOVA”

At the start of the final year I knew I want to focus on learning more skills on creating and designing digital content, as this is relevant to my career prospects. During this project I did learn a lot about creating user experiences, designing UI elements for mobile, the constraints of the platform and itsContinue reading “CRITICAL REFLECTION”

Own progress timeline is one of the features that encourages the user to shift their mindset to more positive and helps them to recognise their own strengths and accomplishments. Whenever the user has drawn something, it is saved to the user’s own progress timeline along with the process gif, tags and comments the user hasContinue reading “VIDEO: OWN PROGRESS”

Whenever the user wants to quit – no matter if it is after a completed prompt path or after one stage, the user has the option to share their image along with its process and tags to the community. The community consists not only of people’s finished artwork, but of the process behind it, andContinue reading “VIDEO: Community”

  I found out in my research that when people can see their own personal improvement and accomplishments, it makes them feel more confident and helps them to overcome their insecurities. One goal of my app was to shift the user’s mindset towards more positive and growth-oriented thinking, and thus along with own progress timeline,Continue reading “VIDEO: Tagging and feedback”

  Recording one’s work at different stages: Each prompt path is split into smaller stages, making it easier for the user to take one step at the time. For example, a full colour watercolour image with line art is split into three stages: sketching, line art and colouring. Luova provides customised support for each ofContinue reading “VIDEO: Drawing process and supporting materials”

Time: During each prompt the user can choose how much time they have available at the moment, thus allowing the application to find a suitable prompt that fits the timeframe the user has available. Ideally the application would collect data on how long the users approximately spend drawing different prompts, thus maintaining a database usedContinue reading “Video: Prompt paths, media and time”

Login / register: The username is also the user’s artist name, displayed to other users in the community. Background questions: The purpose of these questions is to find out what media the user has available, what they are familiar with and what subjects the user usually draws. This determines their comfort zone for the application,Continue reading “VIDEO: Application setup and notifications”