GIFS- 7th grade Graphic Arts

7th Grade graphic arts students recently created their own animated GIFs. They drew the frames and paced the animations and used an online gif creator (gifmaker.me) to finish the animation. They turned out awesome. Check them out below!

Gifs part 2

7th Grade digital art students started the grading period out with a GIF project. First they drew a character that served as an alter ego for themselves. Some students chose to do animal versions of themselves, superheroes, athletes, or just them in a different outfit. Then we used the digital painting software ArtRage to create a background painting on the computers. We put all of the images into photoshop and edited everything and created frames of animation. Lastly we used gifpal.com to create our GIFs. I'm really proud of the work that these students did. Check out the great animations below.

STOP MOTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We've finally gotten our animation unit done and uploaded to youtube (LMS art on youtube). I'm really excited about these videos as they are 100% student created. Students were asked to create a short scene or a narrative through the medium of stop motion animation. First we created small cubee sculptures that would serve as our characters in the videos. Next students spent time creating a set for their video, students had to create large drawings that served as a background and floor for their videos (much like a green screen in a movie). Then we got out the digital cameras and the students shot their videos one frame at a time--moving their characters a fraction of an inch at a time. Students then put all 100+ images into photoshop and edited them. Lastly we used windows moviemaker to edit the individual images into one short video. The project took a long time and a lot of work and I am very pleased with the result. Check them out!

GIFS!

As part of our animation unit, digital art students practiced basic stop motion animation techniques by working on simple gifs animating a lego character that they designed earlier in the year. First the students designed their lego avatars, then we took pictures of the legos which were uploaded into photoshop and edited. Then students chose a background, either from an image they found online or one they drew themselves, and superimposed their lego character onto the background. Then they created an animation which consisted of 10-20 frames. Lastly we used an online gif creator (gifpal) and animated them. This helped us get a better grasp on animation and also allowed the students to create a gif of their own. Stay tuned for our stop motion animation videos, which will be coming soon!