Hello and welcome to my site! I've created this blog as part of my Major Project, a place to keep all my trails of thought and creative ideas whilst exploring this project. 

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My major project will be focusing on two different topics that will inform each other throughout. I will be creating the visual development work, such as story boards, concept art and environment designs for a first person animation idea. This animation will be set on Mars, and so I am conducting a lot of research into the red planet. Looking into both fact and fiction to help inspire my work. I shall be exploring historic and contemporary fictional descriptions of Mars, as well as historical and contemporary scientific understandings and images of Mars.

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Alongside this I shall be researching Heterotopias. Heterotopias, or 'other places' is a concept exploring places, worlds-within-worlds, that both exist and don't exist at the same time. An areas or space that is present, yet concealed or restricted in some way. I will be exploring the idea of modern day heterotopias, particularly digital heterotopias such as virtual reality spaces, and how we currently use them, and may use them in the future.