Due Friday, January 11:

Your rotoscoping animations of the Human Walk and/or the Unicorn are due to be finished as of January 11.

New rotoscoping Flash files:

Unicorn

Human Walk

Due Friday Nov 30

Finish all animation frames of the horse.

Rotoscoping

Here is a flash file of a horse galloping largeHorse.fla   Here are some other animating .gif files that you can import to Flash walk unicorn

The largeHorse Flash file incorporates a running horse and you can create layers for the various body parts and draw your animations on top of the still frames from the animations.  Then you erase the layer with the imported animations, and you have your own animation.  Likewise you can import the other gif files into a new Flash file and do the same thing.  It will map the individual gif movie frames to individual Flash timeline frames.  Find any animated gif file on the web and import it and trace over it.

due Friday Oct 19 

Do the first two sound synchronization animations.  Click here to get started.

Your animations can be abstract, you do NOT necessarily need to get carried away with trying to draw animals or people.  DO try to capture something emotional about the sound, and convey that in your animations. 

due Tues 10/16/07

Final animations of the Creation of the World are due, send me the .swf file.  Some students are working on longer more complex animations, and will need until this date to finish.  For those of you who have done an animation, and have extra time, then do another or rework and refine the one you have.

due Fri 10/12/07

Final first draft of complete animation is due, send me the .swf file.  This must be as complete as you can make it.  Then you can complete the final details of the animation for next Tuesday.

due Weds 10/03/07

begin work on an animation lasting 30 seconds on the theme of Creation of the Universe or Creation of the World.  Make sure you have completed the first four tweens or scenes by Weds.

due Thurs 9/27/07

--using your new skills in Flash animation, create an interesting animation of 250 frames, with one keyframe every 25 frames.  Please give it some kind of storyline, humor, or other interesting aspect.  You may use motion tweening if you can remember how to do it from class, if not, just use shape tweening.

-consult this if it helps: -Flash Animation Tweening 2

due Tue 9/25/07

--click this link:  FaceIt , and click the image that you see.

--Flash Animation Tweening Lesson 1  The assignment is in the lesson: Make a really cool, artistic and intelligent animation, save it, publish it and send me the .swf file.

due Weds 9/19/07

--What time is it exactly when the hour and minute hands of a clock cross?  Give me any time other than 12:00, and explain your answer.  Hint—this is NOT a simple problem.  Email me your answer AND explanation.

--finish the clock projects in Make Your Own Clock Project 2.  For each clock, label it with your name plus Clock2A, Clock2B, etc.  Use the file/publish command to create a .swf file, and email me those .swf files, NOT the .fla file.

due Wednesday 9/12/07

--fill out survey

--try to install Flash at home, consult First Class Notes

--make a start on Make Your Own Clock Project 1

Basic Skills

First Class Notes

Make Your Own Clock Project 1

    --basic Flash skills, drawing tools

Make Your Own Clock Project 2

More Flash skills,

  --importing pictures, transparent gifs

  --timeline animation, tweening

--Using Photoshop to extract transparent images from pictures

--Make Your Own Deck of Cards

--Make Your Own Font Project

--Neon Sculpture and LED jewelry

--RotoReliefs Discovery

--Block Playground Discovery

--Face Animator

Flash Animation and Code

    --animated comics

    --sound synchronization

    --moving backgrounds

Fluppets--Live Performance Flash Puppet Show

Digital Photography

    --photonovellas

    --Panoramic views, stitching images together

Digital Movies--one minute movies

Background:

Creative artists are using technology to enhance traditional art techniques and invent new methods of expression.  Many major museums have started entire departments of New Media and regularly support exhibitions of digital art.  In addition there are hundreds of web sites that display digital art to a worldwide viewing public.  Students who enjoy drawing, painting, moviemaking, animation, graphic novels, etc. are encouraged to take this Digital Arts course.  We will explore software for making images and movies, and also experiment with ways of using computer technology to make images come alive and become interactive.  We may also experiment with digital sculpture and electronic jewelry.