It was great Michael. Felt wierd being out there. It’s been about 6 months. It’s a Robot foot, by the way… I modeled it from a picture i saw.

The product idea itself is the most important IMO…a great sell sheet with great renders of it being used or place where it supposed to me (in a room, on a person, in the car, etc) is the way I pitch my ideas…Not always 3D, but a colored drawing and I hire a great product developer from France to work with me. Then I move to a sell sheet (1 or 2 pages) with the drawings and benefits of the product…I have never had a video, but will do my first one this week with a prototype that is not great, but works…

Alan,
Merit of the idea itself is definitely key. I shared this link on another thread recently; http://www.edisonnation.com/video_categories/ar...
Daniel does a great job of explaining this fact. Hope it helps.

Jerry thanks for the info about Eggies. That’s what I was wondering, if our drawing will be accepted just based on merit and not how it’s presented.

Greg that is really cool, I’m not sure what it is but really cool!

John,
That is simply beautiful!
How was the ride..?

I agree with Greg. I love to do 3D models. It’s like having your product right in your hand. You can spin it around and look at it from any angle. Alot of times i can see what won’t work by seeing it from any angle. There is nothing like it.

Hi Alan!

I believe Eggies was sent in with only a sketch….Betsy can confirm that for me. :)

I really enjoy seeing there are so many creative people out there.
Jane I also rework my description and drawings over and over until I’m tired of looking at it. CorelDraw is such a great program for it. Greg and Michael I am still learning Google Sketch up and will be very happy when it finally becomes natural to work with. I have also submitted movies which you’re right Michael is a great way to make your idea pop. I would be interested to know if any ideas were accepted with just a scan of a rough drawing on a napkin which is usually how they start.

Hi Alan,
It seems like my prototypes have done well, but I also have done well with a simple Google sketch up.
I am currently working on a submission for ASOTV 4, which found me in the shop yesterday…cutting, sanding, boring, bending, grinding, burning…ouch! etc. My Son helps with the video demonstrations.
If a picture can say a thousand words, then I like to think that a prototype says a thousand pictures.
Good Luck!

If Bandai is any example, apparently I wait until the very last day and realize that its my wife’s birthday and nothing gets submitted, lol.

For most things, if I can capture it with a model, then I use my 3d modeller to render an object. Once I made a semi-photorealistic scene of the item. I’ve submitted one app that was as much business model as app with just text. My first two submissions here I made as full-on sell sheets.

Hi Alan! I’ve kind of done the same thing you have, but I can’t say the visualization process was a long one. I picture it and then as soon as I can, I sketch it out and then make it prettier with CorelDraw (and my graphic pen). I try to make it a bit like a sell sheet, but focus more on making it look possible, useful, desirable and just point up a few features with each sketch. I might do 2 or 3 drawings to show all the features and not make each view too cluttered. I figure the pictures are the easiest way to get the idea across. I work on the description as I do the drawings, right on the form EN provides. If everything looks OK, I submit it. If I think of an easy way to do a prototype, I might do that after I submit it and add a few pics &/or a short video of the prototype as I explain it. I usually leave myself out of the picture though :-)
I always go back and re-word a few sentences and maybe re-work the drawings up until it reaches G3.
The process has gotten me R4’d, R5’d, R6’d, R7’d and R8’d. lol
Still holding out hope for a green ending one day!
good luck to you!!!!