Lesson 9 - Art

There are a few different ways to create art or animation in Scratch. You can use the Paint Editor or the Pen block.

Paint Editor: Create your own character or drawing, or modify an existing one. Use the bitmap mode to create quick and simple images, or the vector mode for more complicated images (this one is harder to learn, but allows more control and a smoother look). You can read the details on the Scratch Wiki pages: http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Paint_Editor

Examples:

scratch.mit.edu/projects/93085489 Budha cat - shows an edited version of the cat sitting in a meditation pose. The cat was modified in Vector mode, using the reshape tool.

Pen or Stamp blocks can also be used to create art

Stamp Example:

- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/92376433/ based on Shepard Fairey's Hope. This example uses Stamp. It also shows how to use lists. The coordinates of each point in the drawing are kept in the X and Y lists.

Pen Art examples:

- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/86946862/

- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/71964290/

- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/79854612/ - Sine Wave drawing

- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/955219/ - a pretty impressive game for using only one sprite and one script. drawing with Pen.

Activity:

- Try these Pen Art directions by Karen Arrington

- OR create a character in two (or more) poses, and make it walk or dance. This may take a long time. To see an example of a character in different poses, chose the Ballerina from the sprite library, in the Music and Dance category. It has 4 costumes showing the ballerina in 4 different poses. You can create a new project, then click Tips / Step-by-Step / "Dance, dance, dance" to see how to animate. After you are done with the ballerina, the real challenge is to try to create a character of your own.