I couldn't touch my other pictures at all because my photoshop screwed up! Urgh. I can't even open the application to edit my pictures after feedback. Got to get it up asap... will post the results once I am able to =D
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Well thank goodness we are allowed to use sketches for our prelimary designs (phew), so yup, here it is! Initially I wanted to do a keyboard, but after trying it out, it didn't seem too good so I switched back to this.
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Basically, it is a picture of a stereo set (I hope you can realise it!!!). I had to carefully observe all the details for the first drawing, so it was pretty troublesome.For the 2nd edit, I started to remove all the shadings from the holes and the netting at the speakers, as well as scraping away the words and symbols found on the stereo to give it a slightly cleaner look.
3rd edit: started to remove some of the buttons and reducing the complexity of the volume control design (too many buttons there)
4th edit: to make the picture even cleaner, I only inserted the bare essentials: the cd-drive, volume control as well as the screen.
last edit: reformed the shape of the stereo, and took away the screen because no one knew it would be one anyway. I retained the cd-drive as well as the vol. controls because they are stuff that can be found in any stereo set, quite a common sight to see. For the speakers, I decided to make it simpler by removing the holes, since it wouldn't really affect the impression of a speaker IMO, since many can link it to the stereo.