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3yr
added comment inPart 4 - The Power of "What If"
Once you get to a point where you have a question, how do you actually go about getting ideas down?
Let's say my what-if was "what if dinosaurs were still alive and got domesticated?"
what ideas would i generate first? and how would i go about doing research? I surely know nothing about modern-day or old technologies, or even invented technologies to resist stretches
I'm unsure what questions to ask myself to come up with a good design for a t-rex saddle, for example, and looking at real life saddles would just lead me to copy-paste the saddle onto the t-rex.
Is it just an issue of asking more questions, am i worrying too much, or something else entirely?
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3yr
I suppose the easiest way to respond is to look at the question you've asked, and to identify all of the smaller questions within it:
- How do saddles work? So for example, looking at real-world saddles, how do they stay on the animal's body, and how do they allow the person riding them to maneuver?
- What kind of materials exist that could be used? You mentioned stretchiness yourself, that's one avenue to consider and explore, finding various materials that could suit that need, though you might consider stiffer materials and see what the benefits might be. If material stretches too much, it might not provide as snug and reliable a fit compared to a purpose-made saddle.
Observing a saddle is definitely the first step, but it's not a matter of just copying it - it's about looking at physically what the interactions are between the saddle and the animal and the rider, and digging for more questions. This definitely is a skill in and of itself, one that develops through practice, and it's more one of thinking rather than drawing from observation. Drawing a saddle may well help you explore what a saddle is (that is, doing a direct study of one, both on an animal and off an animal, with and without a rider, etc.) but it's just a tool to get your brain juices flowing.
