Finding

Animation Inspiration

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Finding Animation Inspiration Assignment

1. You will visit the virtual art galleries listed:

Blue Stocking Interactive Gallery (Maya Paris Interactive Gallery)

Kiku Art Gallery (Amatsu Shima)

Aho Museum, Northwestern Michigan Campus

Moya Art Galleries, Patrick Moya

Pirats Art Network Market Place Art Gallery

Galeria Mactelo (Color and Faces)

University of Delaware Art Gallery (Andy Warhol Exhibit)

East Gallery (West Art)

To visit a gallery

Go to World menu –Search

Type Gallery NameEx. Blue Stocking Interactive Gallery

Click on Teleport

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Walk, Run or Fly

To move within Second Life(cont’d)

Walk Run Fly

Blue Stocking Interactive Gallery

Maya Paris Interactive Gallery-

Interactive and animation gallery owned by Maya Paris since 2009.

Kiku Art Galley

Kiku Art Gallery is owned by Masami. Current exhibit is Japanese Christmas Cards by Amatsu Shima.

Aho MuseumNorthwestern Michigan Campus

Aho Museum owned (NMC) since 2004.

Current exhibit is by ArsSimulacra .

Moya Art Gallery

Moya Art Galleries owned by Patrick Moya since 2010.

Contemporary Art.

Marketplace Art GalleryPirats Art Network

Marketplace Art Gallery is owned by PiRats, a french non-profit organization since 2009.

Galeria Mactelo

Galeria Mactelo is owned by Poziciti since 2008.

One of the current exhibits in Color and Faces (musicians potraits) by Kami Kuik.

Art GalleryUniversity of Delaware

University of Delaware sponsores this art gallery since 2008.

One of the exhibits is Andy Warhol photos.

East Gallery

East Gallery is owned by Ernie Farstrider since 2012.

West Art Exhibit is one of the exhibits.

Finding Animation Inspiration Assignment

(cont’d from slide 5)

2. You will select one piece of art from one of the galleries visited, as inspiration for an animation, include name of piece and artist.

3. Write a 300 word document on why the piece of art you selected is good art. Refer to art elements: line, shape, form, value, color, texture, composition, contrast, dominance and EMOTION.

Finding Animation Inspiration Assignment

(cont’d from slide 17)

4. Create a 15 second 640 x 500 animation in Flash based on this work of art. Save as yourLastname.swf. You will present your animation in critique and talk about the piece of art you selected.