My
three favorite storybooks are Shadows of The Ishvara, Rate My Rishi, and Rama’s Bestiary. All three titles do a fair job
of informing on what the topic of the storybook was. Rama’s Bestiary was the best title in my
opinion because of its significance to the story and how it was woven into
it. The introductions of the storybooks
were all detailed and were very descriptive.
The introduction of the Shadows of Ishvara storybook was the most
detailed. This allowed me to more easily
to be drawn into the story. Rama’s
Bestiary’s introduction was interesting in that it was short but it drew the
reader in by being short and by giving tantalizing tid bits to the reader. Rate My Rishi’s introduction was very intriguing
in that it gave the reader the information in the form of an ad. Even though Rate my Rishi is a spin on a
popular website, it managed to give a unique spin to the topic. On the downside to achieve that spin, it felt
like I, as the reader, was uninformed on the topic. My favorite design of the three is Rama’s
Bestiary. When the site is first accessed,
it opens to a page that has a few lines of text. The text gives the feeling that an adventure
is beginning to take place and excitement therefore begins to build. Then it moves to a letter that gives a call to
action for the protagonist. The
background of the site looks like worn paper, which is fitting for the
topic. In addition, the different pages
of the site are neatly laid out. It
would have been nice for links to the next part of the story to appear at the
bottom of each page however. Shadows of
The Ishvara was able to achieve an elegance from the simplicity of the
site. The contrast of the background and
the text made it easy to read the text and minimized the eyestrain that would
have occurred. The storybook, Rate My
Rishi, had a unique design in that it told the story of each Rishi from the
perspective of multiple individuals.
This made the people involved more personable.
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| An old leather journal (Source: deviantart) |
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