As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. I share these links about once a month here on my blog. This post includes links related to scenario characters (both generating images and writing characters), instructional design career resources, accessibility icons, and a business simulator built in Twine.
Scenario characters: Images and writing
Miranda Verswijvelen shares tips for creating and writing believable characters in interactive stories for learning.
Do not confuse traits with facts. Ages, shoe sizes and job titles do not make an interesting character. Are they impulsive or thoughtful, trusting or suspicious, assertive or passive?
Elements in backstory and traits that really matter for the story need to be released slowly: through flashbacks, dialogue, or actions. This gradual discovery keeps learners intrigued and invested.
–Miranda Verswijvelen
Episode 70: Community Hour + InGrasp Demo
Recording of Bryan Jones demonstrating the new InGrasp tool for creating custom character images for scenarios for the ONILP (Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals) group.
Create Consistent Characters within ComfyUI
ComfyUI is an AI tool for creating images, videos, and animations. This page talks about the workflow for creating consistent characters for stories.
Cheat Sheets For Writing Body Language
Describing body language is useful both for writing scenarios and for writing prompts for image generation tools.
How to Master Composition in MidJourney: Camera Angles, Poses, and Optical Tricks
Expanding your language to describe images helps you prompt better in AI image generation tools like Midjourney. (This isn’t about character image generation per se, but it is helpful for using AI tools to generate character images.)
Instructional design career resources
Teamed has collected a number of resources for helping instructional designers and others in related roles develop their careers. This includes training, degree programs, resources, coaching, credentials, and more. (My 1:1 coaching is one of the services included in the listing.)
Accessibility icons
The Accessibility Icon Collection – The Noun Project Blog
25 public domain icons about accessibility, including icons for accessibility testing, inclusive design, neurodiversity, screen reader, and transcription.
Business simulator in Twine
Neohaven Noodles is a business simulator built in Twine with a highly customized interface. This is great inspiration to see what’s possible in Twine (with a lot of time and effort).
Additional curated resources
Check out my complete library of links or my previous bookmarks posts.