Imagination Playground, One - Fun Drawing Games to Exercise Your Creativity!
In this introductory cartooning course, students learn fundamentals of creativity through a series of fun drawing, animation, and story development exercises.
Randy James, MEd
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(351)
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hoursHomework
There is no specific homework or outside reading required for this class. However, there are often group suggestions of cartoons, movies, games, and books, and outside investigation of these is encouraged.Class Experience
Course Description In each class we find inspiration in fun Dadaist drawing exercises and word-games such as "mad-libs", "telephone-tag", and "call-and-response". Students will also create as a group to use characters and stories from their imagination, and help others develop ideas, too! So bring high energy, a goofy sense of humor, and lots of black markers! Class Activities -Scribble art warmup exercises -Faces, faces, everywhere! -Team 'tooning -Word association roundtable -10 second stories -Name is character -WHO (are they)? WHERE (are they)? WHAT (do they do)? Skill Acquisition Younger students (with no previous training) can follow the direction of the teacher to create original cartoon art and characters. - Students create their own illustrations using improvisational techniques demonstrated by the teacher - Students provide verbal responses to questions from the teacher which form the basis of new character names and story plots -In collaboration with others, students contribute suggestions and character ideas to inspire teammates with their own creations This is a live class, and the instructor uses a 2-camera system to emphasize specific illustration styles and techniques. Students are encouraged (within reason!) to spontaneously interact with the instructor and others during most exercises, and the class is often very interactive and lively.
Other Details
Supply List
Required Materials: -White paper or whiteboard -Thick black pens, sharpies, or dry-erase markers
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined December, 2021
4.9
351reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Master's Degree in Education from San Francisco State University
Randy James, MEd
Creativity Coach, Cartoonist, Animator, Word-Nerd
Hi, please call me Randy! As a college professor of game design and animation I mentored the artistically gifted for over 20 years. I have a Master's Degree in education and recently taught over 5,000 ESL classes to more than 1000 VIPKids. Parents routinely praise me for my humorous and creative classes and I love to keep things lively!
Much of my creative arts curriculum stems from experiences as an award-winning cartoon animator and educational game producer in San Francisco. I rely on these professional skills and instincts in the classroom to identify your child's artistic potential, and it's always a joy to nurture their creative abilities.
As a kid myself I always enjoyed language games that reward clever wordplay like "telephone" and "madlibs", and have designed a series of word games and activities that really spice-up vocabulary and grammar classes. Students who may think vocabulary is "booooring!" can abruptly devour their nomenclature (eat their words) as they learn how the English language is alive and composed of fragments from world history!Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$11
per classMeets once
30 min
Completed by 296 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-10
1-6 learners per class
