The challenge was to use a motor and various other materials to create a drawing machine. Victoria and I decided to use a yogurt cup at first because it is small and light weight. We attached 3 markers as feet and tried a large popsicle stick to throw off the balance and send the machine …
Makeology
There were three quotes that really spoke to me while reading Makeology. First, I felt like the most important idea is that Maker spaces give children more opportunities for explorative play. A quote from Dale Dougherty is used, “‘Think less about the products youth create and allow more time for this type of exploration, as …
Scratch Examples
I am currently working on learning to use Scratch. Here is a starter example where I am working out code and trying to see how I can incorporate my own artwork into an interactive animation. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/145669781/ My final project is an interactive digital interpretation of a self portrait. Where I use letters as a medium to …
HTML Code Poetry
I have two websites to view my HTML code poetry. I struggled a lot with being able to write code that changed font type, size and lateral location on screen. Even though that was something I found difficult I was able to find code to add my gif or a background image and animate the …
GIFS: Experiments with Photoshop
We see GIF's all the time. It's a different thing to make them! These are some images I animated by using photoshop. I'll be posting soon with a more refined version of some personal animations. These were all experiments, figuring out the program. For this project I first started to experiment with movement and images. …
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