Animation (Wick Editor)
What is Wick Editor?
Wick Editor is an online site that allows you to draw animations and cartoons and turn them into a movie.
THE CHALLENGE: Use wickeditor.com to draw and an animated cartoon frame by frame like the pros do! Think of this project as creating a digital flip book.
THE DETAILS:
Watch the 5 minute tutorial to get started (below).
Using wickeditor.com and a drawing tablet, begin drawing your animation. This is much like creating a digital flip book. Draw a character and scene one frame at a time. The nice thing about creating a digital animation is that you can copy much of a drawing from one frame to the next.
Be sure to save your work at the end of each day.
When finished, be sure to export your animation as a Mp4 file so it can be put in your google drive and then onto your presentation slides. The tutorial on how to do this is below and here.
Getting Started with Wick
How to Save and Export your animation
How to Save on Wick Editor tutorial made by Mr. Wolfe
How to move frames in Wick Editor
From Rachel Witemberg
STEAM U Levels:
GREEN CIRCLE (1 PT.)
Will receive at least a blue square if perseverance is shown and a presentation is completed.
BLUE CIRCLE (2 PTS.) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE....
Create an original animation that has been exported as a movie file and can viewed by the class.
Include techniques and tools used within Wick Editor that you needed to learn in order to make your animation.
Communicate to the class how animations work by creating drawings and using frames to create movement.
BLACK DIAMOND (3PTS) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE AND BLUE SQUARE...
Your animation should include 'extras' like music, effects, etc.
Animation should be at least 10 seconds long.
Animation should have a message and tell a story. There should be purpose.
Communicate your process model and intentions of the animation.
Student Examples:
Jillian G and Maddie F (8th grade, 2023)
Posterized (Raph K., 2022, 8th grade)
Computer Jumper (Eva D., 2021, 8th grade)
A Day in the Life of a Rock (Nishant, Lawrence, Wade, 2021, 7th grade)
Get your Vaccine! (Bella & Dylan, 2021, 8th grade)
Esther (8th grade, 2021)
Luke C (Semester 1, 2017-18, 8th grade)
Floris and Emma (6th grade, 2nd Semester - 2017)
Jared and Josh (6th grade, 2nd semester - 2017)
Kyle, Charlie, Shane
Colin (2nd Semester, 2017)
Aidan (Semester 1, 2016-17)
From Alan Becker (Professional)