Fine Arts
Projects run by digital:works aim to make use of all participants' creative strengths. Time can often be limited and teaching new digital technology from scratch is not always possible. Using artforms that participants are already familiar with can be a way of maximising their creative input in a short amount of time.
We have used young people's drawings and sketches as a basis for digital illustrations and as models in animated films and interactive games. We have also used tracings of photographs by young people who don't feel confident drawing or using digital technology as a way to encourage everyone to make a creative contribution to a project.
When making stop-motion animated films, characters can be modelled from plasticine, paper and clay. Set and background design from drawings, paintings or sculpted rooms are vital to setting the scene in any animated film. We have even used cut out paper silhouettes in an animated film to put the emphasis on the background scenery and storyline.
For example projects see:
Surrealism Animation
Brick Lane Film
Discovering Water Safety Film