I've just done my first drawing using the Wii, following on from a discussion I had with Stephen Farthing about comparing proprietary software with more informal tools for digital drawing. I've worked out a way to draw with the Wii by using the photo application found in the Wii menu. You can open an image from an SD card and then use some very basic editing tools to draw on top of it, copy and paste sections etc. I am interested in the constraints in place when using such limited tools, and the fact I am subverting them from their original purpose - ie to entertain. The most interesting thing for me, though, is interacting with the drawing using the Wii remote;
- you are drawing in mid air, with no connection to surface
- marks are made in response to your movements
- marks change in scale as you move closer and futher away from the television
- It is difficult to control in any careful way so results may be haphazard
The image produced is not particularly sophisticated and the composition is random - reflecting the playful approach that I had to making it. But I definitely intend to develop this technique .
