April SchoolArts Magazine & Apex Computer Art

The April issue of SchoolArts is out and it contains an article about Apex Art's Computer art class!

Last year, the Computer art students collaborated with Ms Lane's kindergarten class from Douglas Elementary Arts and Science Magnet in Raleigh. Her artists drew the tigers and our computer artists brought them to life.

Check out the video below and then click here to read the article online!

25 Talking Tigers Singing!

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This is the full version including all 25 Singing Tigers!!

Seven Talking Tigers Singing!

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I received an email from Jordan Lane, a kindergarten teacher at Douglas Elementary Arts and Science Magnet in Raleigh. She asked if our class wanted to collaborate with her class. She had some tigers that needed animating. We pounced on the opportunity.

Soon we were dropboxed a folder full of tiger paintings. Our animators went to work, learning about dialog, selecting songs and setting the tigers to music.

Here are Seven of the Talking Tigers Singing!

Talking Tiger Sings Old Time Rock and Roll

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Talking Tiger Sings Old Time Rock and Roll is a collaborative effort between the kindergarten artists at Douglas Elementary Arts and Science Magnet in Raleigh and the Computer Graphic artists at Apex HS

This is the first song completed. There will be 20 altogether. Stay tuned!!

Talking Tigers

Today, the Computer Art class kicked off a lesson about animating dialog. What makes this project interesting is the email I received from Jordan Lane, a kindergarten teacher at Douglas Elementary Arts and Science Magnet in Raleigh. She asked if our class wanted to collaborate with her class. She had some tigers that needed animating.

Check back in about two weeks to see what these tigers will be talking about!