Friday, July 1, 2011

Challenge for the end of this and next week

Okay. So... I imploded a little bit. Classes started, the schedule went out the window, free time became a charmed memory and describing the state of my apartment as "in disarray" would be a generous understatement. But you know what? THE PROPS MUST GO ON. So with tears in my eyes and a new schedule that makes micromanagement look like laissez-faire governing I say let us proceed with the task set before us!

For the end of this week and all of next week the challenge is:

Things found inside the homes of the working class!

"Blue collar."
"Peasants."
"Rustics."
"Rubes."
"Little folk."

"Plebs."

The lower class are to be found everywhere, from great works of literature:

Please, sir.
to theater classics:
Tomorrow? 
to fine cinema:
A DUCK!

to hit MMOs:

How serene.

And they have all sorts of crap lying around. The challenge this/ next week is to think about a working/ lower class dwelling from a time period of your choosing and develop 5 assets that you would find inside or around the house. Some things to consider:

What is the time period?
Who lives in the dwelling?
What do they do?
Where is the dwelling located (hot climate, cold climate?)

Things like this will help decide what sort of stuff you might find inside the house. For instance, you are Gretchen the cute and quirky hay farmer your house might have this sort of look:

hay bales, cart, containers for storage, axe for fire wood etc.
But if you're ZALZIBAR the dwarven SLAYER OF BOARS, the inside of your house might look like this:

Note the mounted board head, lamp, flour sacks, potions (?) and tools
So, picture your peasant and their house, then draw 5 things that tell us about them and that place. The assets we find or see in a space set the tone for that space so be conscientious!