On 06/27/2012,
in art, creativity,
by Daniel Christian
8 fantastic sites to help keep your kids creative — from mylifescoop.com by Pinar Noorata
Excerpt:
The imagination of a child is like no other and if it is fed and nurtured from the beginning, the results could be extraordinarily positive. It’s crucial to keep children’s minds active in their formative years, since that’s when they do most of their learning and retain the most information. It’s also important to encourage a child’s sense of creativity, giving them the freedom to grow and expand their minds. In the past, parents worried about their kids watching too much brainless television and sought to find educational programming they could learn from. Today, the problem is pretty much the same, though the media has changed. Kids are constantly on the computer, surfing the web, but what are they looking at? Are they being productive or simply staring at a screen that inspires nothing out of them? Have no fear because we’ve got a list of some fantastic websites that can put you parents at ease, knowing your child is using their minds and being creative all while they are visually stimulated and entertained.
Also see:
- Top 5 Artistic Apps –– from mylifescoop.com by Stephanie Todaro
Also see:
- Epic: MakerBot is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, scanning art for the world to download and make — from thenextweb.com by Harrison Weber
- Met MakerBot Hackathon: Art To The People!
Picture courtesy of Simon Fieldhouse
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On 05/17/2012,
in art, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, creativity, K-12 related, media/film, play, story, storytelling,
by Daniel Christian
Also see:
- Planet Earth – Narrated by kids — from the blog at launchpadtoys.com — by Thushan Amarasiriwardena
On 05/17/2012,
in animation, art, career development, design, digital audio, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, educational games / serious games, student-related,
by Daniel Christian
Excerpt:
The animation education industy has never been so competitive, with schools competing for students and students competing for a small number of available industry jobs. The job rate and student employability has dropped to the lowest in years, so a top-notch animation education has never been so critical.
All this has made choosing the right animation school extremely difficult. To help students navigate through the world of animation schools, we’ve put together the Top 100 most highly-regarded and sought after animation schools on the planet. This list of the Top 100 Schools in Animation, Gaming and Design was compiled via a mixture of school reviews, industry-reviewed lists like the Princeton Review, and via a survey of the animation industry professionals and recruiters from companies like Pixar, J.J. Sedelmaier and DreamWorks who were featured in our Interview Series. And without further ado, here are your Top 100 Schools in Animation, Gaming and Design:
From the About Us page:
The Classical Kids LIVE! Theatrical Symphony Concert Series brings to life Susan Hammond’s best-selling audio stories for student and family audiences. Over two million children and adults throughout North America and abroad have enjoyed these magically staged concerts designed to bring to life the extraordinary lives and the musical masterpieces of the great classical composers. Having received more parenting, music industry, and educational awards and honors than any other entity of its kind, Classical Kids is proud to say, “We’re making a difference!”
“Far And Away the Best
for Introducing Children to Classical Music!”
On 04/16/2012,
in art, career development, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, programming, user experience (UX), user interface design, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
In Silicon Valley, designers emerge as rock stars — from Reuters.com by Gerry Shih
Excerpt:
The new breed of “user experience” designers – part sketch artist, part programmer, with a dash of behavioral scientist thrown in – are some of the most sought-after employees in technology. Entry-level interactive designers at startups are commanding salaries easily topping $80,000, almost twice the median pay for primarily print designers of about $45,000, according to a recent survey by the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
From DSC:
From my experience with Internet-related work and careers, most people are either gifted in the front end of things (interface design, graphic design, web design, etc.) or in the back end of things (programming, databases, scripting, e-commerce, security, etc.). I have seen individuals who can do both…but it’s rare that someone is deeply versed in both sides of the coin.
What are we doing in higher ed to foster more cross-disciplinary skills/assignments/projects/teams like this?
On 04/16/2012,
in art,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/13/2012,
in animation, art, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, creativity, media/film, music, productivity / tips and tricks, storytelling, tools, transmedia,
by Daniel Christian
Animator creates incredible musical painting with $5 iPad app [VIDEO] — from Mashable by Christine Erickson
Excerpt:
“I really recommend it to anyone who does storyboards, concept art and animators, filmmakers, producers, whatever — this is the future,” says the video’s lead animator and director, Whitney Alexander. (You can see the full making-of here.)
Also see:
A stunning watercolor speed painting by Agnes-Cecile — from thisiscolossal.com from Christopher Jobson
From DSC:
The filming and speed painting allow us to see how these pieces “unfold” and the techniques she uses…very cool. Also see her collection of videos by clicking the image below:
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Book igloo — from thisiscolossal.com
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Massive theater converted into magnificent bookstore — from mymodernmet.com posted by Katie Hosmer
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Addendum on 4/13/12:
- Curl tables by Constanze Schweda — from design-milk.com
