Process-Centered Design in Co-Creative Support Tools for 2D Art

Abstract

In 2D illustration an artist makes a series of decisions throughout the process, with those choices becoming more granular over time. These decisions vary in scope and impact. Given this formulation of a creative process, I observe that there exist portions of common workflows where an artist is largely following through on the logical conclusions of prior decisions. These are the specific areas of these creative workflows where I believe that co-creative tools can be implemented while retaining creative control over the completed artifact. My work so far has been in implementing such tools for steps in illustration and frame-by-frame animation. I intend to design further process-centered co-creative systems and study their usability and impact in the context of existing workflows.