DIGITAL ART-Period 6 (2024-2025)

Students are introduced to ANIMATION in the digital art field by watching a short video and then learning how to create a simple frame-by-frame animation using Google Slides. For example, a flower growing, a car driving, a cat jumping. Students are to duplicate slides and moving objects slightly to simulate motion. Students first brainstorm ideas on what they would like to create as their animation by sketching out using a paper template to create a short animation. 

The following steps include:
Set Up Your Slides (Open Click on Delete the default text boxes (so you have a clean slide).
Create Your First Frame (Insert an object (example: Style it! (Change the color, add a border, etc.) and Place the object at the  on the slide.
Duplicate the Slide (Right-click on the slide thumbnail → Move the object  on the new slide (up, down, sideways, or rotate it).
Repeat to Build Motion (Keep duplicating the latest slide), Move the object  each time, The more slides you have, the smoother the animation will look!
Preview the Animation (Click  (or faster!), OR:  the slides and click fast through them. Tip: Set  to 0 seconds if you want it to auto-animate.
Add Extra Effects (Adding  (simulate environment movement), Using  moving at once, Creating a  (like a ball bouncing or a rocket launching).

Flipbooks are a great introduction to animation. This project incorporates many skills including story telling, drawing, using scissors and some creativity. For this project you'll need: paper, ruler, scissors, pen or pencil, rubber bands or a binder clip, and tape or glue (to bind the edge of your flipbook). Optional supplies include: Lightbox (for tracing), markers (to add some color to your flip book), a computer (to research) and a printer (to print out a template). 

Steps include the following:
Step 1 = Measure out your template
Step 2 = Design your sprites (Sprites are the individual components of the drawing that come together to form a moving scene. These are the individual drawings that when put together in your flipbook, will give the effect of motion when the pages are flipped.
Step 3 = Trace your frames
Step 4 = Add anymore details
Step 5 = Cut out your frames
Step 6 = Stack and bind your flipbook

As a way to assess students at the beginning of the year in order to organize lesson plans, students take a pretest to illustrate knowledge of digital art by clicking the Quizizz link below. Click on the link below to start.