Posts tagged animation
Everything Real Was First Imagined
Everything Real Was First Imagined

A good video game or animated movie can blur the line between fantasy and reality. At the heart of many of these immersive entertainment experiences are unique characters that make us laugh, cry, cheer, and dream. If you’ve ever looked at the credits of your favorite animated feature, you already know that every character is the product of hundreds of hours of work by an army of talented artists. Recently, Creative Art Works joined forces with FunPlus, an international interactive entertainment company, to draw out some of the secrets of this fascinating process.

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animation, cartooning, cartoons, empowerment, graphic arts, Multimedia, Programming, videogames, characterdesignBrian Ricklinart education, active learning, apprentice, diversity, engagement, FunPlus, intern, comics, videogames, design, character, digital, remote learning, NYC, r, animation, anatomy, s, v
Breathing Life into Imaginary Worlds
Breathing Life into Imaginary Worlds

Creating a short animated video is a whole lot of fun. It’s also a whole lot of work. Bringing a few seconds of animated video to life requires hours of planning, patience, and persistence. In this Creative Art Works’ after-school program, students learned the many skills needed to bring their creative vision to life.

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after-school, middle school, Multimedia, OST, out-of-school time, animationScott Lucas, Marketing & Communications ManagerMS 254creativeartworks, middle school, Art, art, artsed, art education, animation, claymation, figures, stop-motion, Bronx, curriculum, film, hon_ritchie_torres, Ritchie Torres, kids, NYC, nycdca, MS254, 6th grade, video, youth development
Short Films, Worthy Subjects
Short Films, Worthy Subjects

The most important connections in our lives are the ones closest to home. This summer, our Multimedia Team created five short films about nonprofits and other organizations that work to improve the quality of life in our city. The subjects include pianos in public places, a grass-roots effort to make improvements to a local city park, an ambitious plan to create murals in Upper Manhattan of 314 North American birds threatened by climate change, and a program that brings soccer and poetry to young NYC residents. Of course, there is also a documentary about Creative Art Works summer Public Art Youth Employment program. 

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cartooning, empowerment, integrated, Multimedia, Mural, Public Art Youth Employme, Public Art Youth Employment Program, public speaking, Summer Programs, Summer Youth Employment P, SYEPScott Lucas, Marketing & Communications ManagerCreative Art Worksaprrenticeship, art, active learning, art education, animation, apprentice, apprenticeship, Department of Youth and Community Development, education, empowerment, galebrewer, Harlem, Hamilton Grange, HGMS, Inwood, Inwood Community Services, integrated learning, Bill_Perkins, Jacob Schiff School Campus, Jacob Schiff Park, Mark Levine, park, PAYEP, PAL, SYEP, summerjobs, summerjobstories, summer, creativeartworks, caw, caw4kids, creatourfuture, public art youth employment program, Public art employment, youth employment, story, structuretone, sherwin-williams, Washington Heights, Audubon, multimedia, mural, film, video, student photography, story-telling, Vanessa Gibson, vimeo, w, New York CIty, NYC, NYCDYCD, poetry, creative art works, youth development, Ydanis Rodriguez
A Little Bit of Imagination and a Whole Lot of Teamwork
A Little Bit of Imagination and a Whole Lot of Teamwork

Stop-motion animation is a multidisciplinary art form that incorporates writing, sculpture, painting and digital video techniques. For this project, students wrote short scenes, built miniature sets, and designed characters using modeling clay. That part of the process is limited only by the imagination of the artist. Animating the characters, by contrast, requires patience, planning, and communication.

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MultimediaBrian RicklinA. Philip Randolph Campus High Schoolartsed, Artspace, empowerment, integrated learning, caw4kids, claymation, Manhattan, Harlem, APRCHS, mixed media, multimedia, animation