Greenwich Music & Art Camp Completes Original Animation, "Market Marathon"

Greenwich Music & Art Camp Completes Original Animation, "Market Marathon"

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In the first week of July 2014, campers who attended the Greenwich Music & Art Camp's afternoon program formed a Digital Animation Club and became determined to make their own cartoon.  These students created the characters, settings, conflicts, titles, and soundtrack for an original animation titled "Market Marathon: Lime vs. Lemon."  The 2-minute stop-motion cartoon was made using "LapseIt," a free app for iPhones and iPads.  The campers invented make-shift studios using upside-down chairs, yard sticks, masking tape, construction paper, and the campers' own electronic devices.  The students became Directors, Storyboarders, Cartoonists, and Animators to bring this original story to life.  The animation project is the first of its kind for the Department of Parks & Rec, with 30 middle school students and 15 elementary school students contributing to the short film's final version, now available on YouTube and posted at GCartooning.blogspot.com.  This fall, the Department of Parks & Rec is offering a Digital Animation Club workshop this on Monday afternoons at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center.  For information on this program contact GreenwichCartooningChronicles@yahoo.com.

How to draw... MINIONS!

How to draw... Minions! by Krista

• First you draw a big oval for your minions body and head,
• Next you do two big circles for the glasses and then, two more circles smaller than each other. Then a very small circle smaller then the on inside.
• Draw a v and a upside down v over the big circles, after conneting them with two going the opposite  sides
• then dots inside the c's
• next four lines for the hair on the top of the head
• After draw a small J that is sideways for the mouth
• Now two lines on each side of the minion and a big U conneting the two lines for the overalls then a L conneting on the overalls and one on the opposite side
• Now two more lines over the L's for the arms next draw three little fingers 
• Next two circles next to the L's 
• then two more lines on the bottom of the minion and do the same next to it to make legs then you draw to oval on each leg for feet
• Finally draw the pocket and instead of the G you can do any letter you want for your minion. 

How to draw... A BANANA SPLIT! #Bananaitsday

How to draw... A BANANA SPLIT!  By Unanimous


The banana split was made by a pharmacist in Latrobe, PA named David Strickler.
David made the banana split in 1904!!! Over 110 years ago.


                                           How to draw a banana split

1. Draw a big smile as the container holding the banana split
2. Draw a lamp shade figure with a circular figure around it to create the stand on the bottom of the container
3.Then draw your first banana in top if the container
4. After that draw three scoops of ice cream
5. Then draw the drizzle on top of each scoop of ice cream
6. Draw your whipped cream on top of each ice cream scoop
7. On top of the whipped cream, draw tiny lines for the sprinkles
8. Lastly, draw a cherry on top of the whipped cream on the the middle scoop of ice cream

How to draw... FRUITS! on #FruityFriday

Fruits on #FruityFriday                                                             By Christopher

How to draw: Watermelons

1. Make your base. (In this case it is a semi-circle.)
2. Complete the semi-circle by connecting the un-grouped parts together by putting a straight line.
3. Make a smaller semi-circle inside the bigger one.
4. Put dots-symbolizing seeds.

How to draw: Clementines(Inside part)

1. Make your base. (In this case it is a circle.)
2. Make a smaller circle in the center of the big circle.
3. Split up the clementine. (Try to make it even for every split.)

How to draw: Pineapples

1. Make your base. (In this case it is a circle.)
2. Decorate it by putting in diagonal lines.
3. Put a smaller circle on top of your big circle.
4. Make a tree top.

How to draw...PANCAKES!

How to draw... Pancakes! By Ralph

1. Draw a large thick oval for the top of your pancake stack

2. Draw a thin curved line at the bottom of the oval

3. Draw another line exactly like the first one

4. You can draw more lines to make as big a stack as you like

5. Make two squares on top of the stack for butter

6. Make the maple syrup dripping of the pancakes

7. You can make the pancakes any kind you like; blueberry, chocolate chip, etc.

How to draw... A CAKE!

How to Draw a Cake by Hunter

1. Draw two parallel lines.
2. At the top of the parallel lines draw to semicircles facing towards each other so they form an elliptical  shape at the top of the cake.
3. Draw a circle that is larger than the cake at the bottom of the cake, so that part of the circle (this will be the platter) is behind the cake.
4. Draw two concave lines going down from the platter draw another circle like you did the top of the platter.
5. Draw texture lines along the cake to be frosting. You can add candles or decorate the cake in any way you want, you can add tiers or designs on the frosting.

How to draw... POPCORN!

How to draw a very cute popcorn bag.

1st. You want to draw the spikes.
2nd.You want to draw the base like a rectangle but the top is off for the spikes.
3rd. You need to to do big puffs for the popcorn.
4th. You do the eyes like a puppy's eyes.
5th. You do the nose which is a corn kernel.
6th. You need to draw a mouth which looks like a right side up D.
7th. Last but not least you put a little popcorn in the mouth.
8th. Your done!

- Lucineh