Wild Thing Inspired Animation at Reinwood Juniors

Filming Max and the boat with iStopmotion on the iPad

Recently I had the pleasure of working with a wonderful Y3 class at Reinwood Junior School in Huddersfield for four days, making artwork in response to one of my all time favorite picture books, Where the Wild Things Are. The children made a series of amazing collaborative drawings using a range of drawing techniques, they used iPads to create digital drawings and storyboards,  and eventually created a short animated piece which was captured and edited using only an iPad and a selection of fantastic apps.


Wild Things from Fabric Lenny on Vimeo.

Drawings with pen and wash

Cardboard Characters drawn with Posca Pens

More replacement Characters

Animating with the iPad

Editing the film with Cute Cut on the iPad

Apps used during the project: iStopmotion for iPad, Cute Cut, Comic Life, Brushes, Puppet Pals HD and Over.

Crowlees Photography Project - Day 3

It was my third day at Crowlees J&I School today and it has been another super day! The children brought in some of their treasured possessions and in pairs they had to decide how they wanted to photograph them, using the school and its colourful surroundings as a back drop. They explored their school looking for suitable locations and creative angles in which to capture interesting and unusual images of their possessions. The children worked amazingly all day, sharing ideas and discussing how to capture and process their images. By the end of the session they were confidently discussing concepts such as lighting, composition, perspective and depth of field and were excited about creating more photographic images at home!

And here are some of the images the children captured of their treasured possessions...

Throughout the week I have been hanging up prints of the children's images as they have produced them. I am really impressed at the amount of work they have produced and think their work looks great pegged up around school! YR

Scholes Photography Project - Day 4

I have just finished the last day of delivery for the photography project at Scholes J&I School. This final day saw the children processing images on iPads and iPod Touchs, ready for their Montage Print. They also worked in Photoshop on Apple iMacs creating composite images from the hundreds of pictures they captured throughout the project. The children have been amazing, a real joy to work with and their Montage is looking fabulous. I will upload it very soon once it is ready for print. In the meantime here are some images from the final day. YR

And here are a few images created by the children that will feature in the Montage Print

Scholes Photography Project - Day 3

The Y5 children at Scholes J&I School have impressed me once again with their endless enthusiasm towards photography and mobile devices. We have spent another day exploring the school from unusual and interesting angles and it has been such a beautiful day we were lucky enough to be able to take photographs outside. The children have been a pleasure to work with and have produced lots more fantastic images. It is the last day tomorrow which will see us processing the final designs for the montage print. In the meantime, here are some images from today...