Update

9/26 Homework

165 Students:
1. If you did not finish the background for the sack project, you will have some time on Thursday.
2. On Thursday we will begin the sack project using the draw tablets. If you have one you may bring it to class. I have tablet that I can lone out during class.
3. Midterm Project, for this we will be follow the Drawlloween calendar. This exercise is meant to break you out of your normal drawing routine or help you create one...

http://drawlloween.blogspot.com/

4. Goal: Draw with red or blue pencil and ink with black liner, one drawing a day, for the month of October. 

5. All of the Black and White drawings will be due on November 9.

6. Each drawing should be full page in your sketchbook.

7. The drawings must follow the spirit of that days theme. (This may require you to do some research so that you understand the topic, if you need to ask about it, please do).

8. I recommend that you start working on the drawings ASAP, that is why I have given you the project a week early.  

166 Students:

On Thursday we will look at your story board animatics. 

9/19 Homework

165 Students:
Go to the UPA tab, read the information and in your sketchbook, draw yourself as a UPA style character, full page, full body, use two pens to ink. We will look at them on Thursday. Have Fun

10/14 Homework

165 Students:

Go to the Sack Drop tab and begin working on the sack drop project. Your goal for Tuesday is to create a sack design and draw a character page for it as demonstrated in class and on the blog.

9/12 Homework

165 Students

Narrative Project

Goal: 

1. Choose one skit from below and storyboard it using only thumbnail characters. (Like the ones I drew in class). 

2. You may hand draw the 1 1/2" x 2" thumbnail boards if you would like, however neatness counts so use a ruler. Or you can go to the bottom of this post and print out the ready made Thumbnail, Storyboard page and use that for the project.

3. Use Red or Blue pencil, only put enough props to support the story, avoid the use of texture, use thumbnail story board, use as may panels as it takes to tell the story.

4. We will review on Thursday.

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The counselor walks on the stage with a big pot, sets it down on a table along with a spoon or ladle, and sets up a "Back in 5 min" sign before walking offstage.

A camper comes along, eyes the pot, grabs the spoon and takes a big, messy slurp. Eyes wide, he/she grabs a friend from offstage and stresses how important it is that they try this awesome tasting soup.

This keeps happening, each new person getting another to try the soup. You can make each have a different personality (e.g. hyper, ghetto, California girl) just for laughs.

The counselor walks back on, seeing the camper grouped around the soup. Spotting the counselor, the campers flee.

The counselor reaches into the pot and brings out a pair of dirty socks and remarks how clean they are after soaking.

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Person 1 walks in acting like he is swatting flies.
Person 2 What are you doing?
Person 1 Hitting flies.
Person 2 Did you Get any?
Person 1 Yeah 5. 3 boys and 2 girls.
Person 2 How can you tell if they were boys or girls?
Person 1 I got the 3 boys from the remote control and the 2 girls on the phone

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Set up the skit by putting a cup of water in a cardboard box off stage.
The first camper stands, doing nothing.
A second camper comes by with the box and water, and says "Hold this for me. I'll be right back."
A third camper comes by and asks, "What's in the box?"
"I don't know, he replies."
They both examine the box and tilt it enough for some water to run out of the corner of the box.
The third camper puts his finger under the drip, and to his mouth. "It taste like grape," then walks off.
A fourth camper, followed by a fifth, and so on, comes by like the third, to taste the water. Each one gives a different flavor.
The second Scout comes back and says, "Thanks for holding my puppies."

166 Students:

Work on drawing Thumbnail Boards,

use your trailer as the basis for the images. keep the drawings in pencil and keep them simple the goal is to show camera angles and stage directions.

9/7 Homework

Homework
165 Students:
1. In your sketchbook, full page, full body, in red or blue pencil, draw yourself as a Simpson character. Ink and color when complete. (Front or 3/4 view only).

 Yep the one below is me...

2. Go to the tab at the top of the blog labeled "Storyboarding" and read/watch the videos. On Tuesday we will complete the leaf drop project and begin a storyboarding project. 

166 Students:

1. Over the weekend please start working on some rough sketches of the backgrounds for your project. Keep them in pencil only. (The image below is from a Road Runner cartoon that shows the evolution of a storyboard drawing). 

2. Go to the tab at the top of the blog labeled "Storyboarding" and read/watch the videos. On Tuesday I will talk about storyboarding as you prepare to develop the look of your animation. 

9/5 Homework

Homework
165
Please revise the expressive drawings based on the in class critique. Keep the drawings in pencil and draw them full page and full body in your sketchbook.
166 
Please work on the first draft of your character designs for your trailer project. See sample character pages below. No ink!