Google Field Trip

Lego Artwork image by Sean Kenney

The BAVC Digital Pathways Open Source class is getting a guided tour of Google! We will be introduced to the various Open Source initiatives in the Mountain View campus, and see what they're up to. Make sure you have your permission slips in class by Wednesday, March 2nd. Without a permission slip, you won't be able to come.

We are meeting at BAVC Monday, March 7th at 11am and leaving in van that will hold us all. Please be on time. Depending on how long our tour goes, we may or may not have class when we get back to BAVC. We should return to San Francisco by 4pm.

See you all then!

If you have any questions about this field trip, feel free to contact myself, Moriah or Naomi.

Inspiration: Master Animators At Work - SYLVAIN CHOMET

In this excerpt from the BBC series "The Secret of Drawing" (2006) director Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville  and  L'Illusionniste ) demonstrates his approach to drawing for animation.  The work shown is an early test scene from "The Illusionist"  (released 2010) .  

The entire episode is available here: http://vimeo.com/12397782

 Drawings from "The Illusionist"

Pencil Tests from "The Illusionist"  

Open Source Animation Software

Some open source animation software solutions:

Pencil

Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

Synfig

Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X.