Circus Flash And Photshop Projects

First, students draw a character in two to five poses. They will only draw the “keyframe” poses, which will be used in both the Flash project and the Photoshop project.

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The Flash Project

The students will use tweens to finish the motions. They can use motion, scaling, color changes, etc.

Example:

Students must also create a Photoshop version. They can choose either of these projects:

Photoshop Project #1

Students will choose one of their keyframes and add details to it. The idea is to use brush strokes, filters, light effects, etc. to create a painterly image that is more suited to a still image than to animation.

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Student will also create a background for this image

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Photoshop Project #2

Students use their keyframes make a still picture version of the animation.

Students will draw a large background, then they will paste their keyframe characters on the background.They will arrange their pieces to show the whole motion in one picture.

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Bonus: Students can make a copy of their character layer, add a blur filter or smear it with the smudge tool and put it behind the character layer.

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