ArtUp GR3

Problem statement

Process of studying new drawing technique for an artists consists of different parts. One of the most important steps is to get handle on typical drawings. At the same time artist needs to receive a constant feedback to understand what he does wrong or right.

User Briefing

Hello, my name is ________ and this is my team. I'm happy to present you our project ArtUp. We appreciate your help a lot! This is a service for studying a new drawing technique. So, you're an artist who want to study a Leonardo Da Vinci drawing technique. You've never drawn in this style before and you decided to begin with Mona Lisa.

Image	Description
	This is the start screen of our prototype.The short description is given. A sample lesson is offered. Most popular drawing categories/techniques are shown. A search button is provided to find a specific picture or technique.
	The search results. A user tried to find Da Vinci's techniques and paintings using a search button from the main page. As a result, he sees different paintings by Da Vinci. He now can choose one of the techniques.
	Each of the techniques has several levels of difficulty. On this screen the user can choose a picture within the techniques he chose on the previous screen. Pictures are grouped by the level of difficulty.
	After choosing one specific painting/picture the user can read its description in order to decide whether he wants to redraw it. If yes, he can press the "Start" button and start the training process.
	This is the first step of training. The user needs to make initial preparations.

Tasks

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We offered 3 tasks:

(1) Try the first lesson from the main page

(2) Find Leonardo Da Vinci's drawing techniques

(3) Draw a picture of flower and get a computer feedback

(3) Try to redraw Mona Lisa and get the final feedback

Usability issues

	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3
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Users can't find the "Try lesson" button on the main page.
Fix: Change button's color and form

Users commented that main page overwhelmed with pictures
Fix: Rearrange and reposition pictures on the page

Users commented that there are too many steps between the first choice of the technique and the beginning of drawing

Prototype iterations

Since GR2 we decides to put more attention to the following details:
1) user understanding of how to do initial preparations
2) steps users needs to take to find necessary technique
3) structure, design and interface of the main page
4) process of choosing level of difficulty

So we decide to refine our paper protypes according to this aims.

Child pages