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!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Update 09/03/13 - 09/06/13

Sixth Grade

This week sixth graders spent their time exploring the element of art shape. We discussed the differences between organic and geometric shapes, and then took that knowledge to create drawings of made up creatures using only geometric or organic shapes.

Seventh Grade

Seventh graders finished their abstract drawings from last week, and then worked on Notan collages. Notan is a Japanese design concept which means dark and light. Students took colored pieces of construction paper and cut out shapes along the edges. Then using symmetry students flipped the shapes out of the piece of paper so that there was a mirror image of the shape using positive and negative space. Images to come of these soon.

Eighth Grade

Eighth graders spent the week working on their coil built ceramics. The students did an excellent job building a small vessel which we will glaze in the upcoming weeks.

Digital Art

We finally began shooting our stop motion animation videos. Students have been working on their sets and characters for several weeks, and it was awesome to get to finally get out the cameras and begin shooting. I can't wait to see the finished products!