Students will be able to:
understand how shapes affect our feelings like color does
be able to create a character with a personality
use puppet warp to create an alternate position of your characterÂ
Part 1: Create Character
Create a new AI file / letter size / portrait / two artboards
Read the slide presentation
Watch one video per day (choose 2)
Create your character complete with thoughts behind the character
please choose a cartoon style character
not realism, anime, something with too much detail
You will have a chance for that later
Part 2: Create Alternate positions
Copy and paste character on to Artboard 2
Use puppet warp to create an alternate position based off of the squash and stretch principle
Complete the "What I've Learned" Sections
publish your site
view the published site and turn in the link to the page in google classroom
10 marks
What cartoon is your character based off of?
How does the character's shape language contribute to it's emotion or persona?
What does your Squash & Stretch version imply?
What do you like about your "Cartoon You" and what would you change if you were to do it again?
Kourosh S., 2025
Kai Ritchie 2024
Elias Lumack 2024