Assignment: Exquisite corpse
For this assignment you should create 3 separate animated GIF files that when stacked on top of each other create the complete body of a person - or - creature - or - animal - or - thing - or - robot. The 3 images should portray the head, torso and legs of your "being". Each file should have dimensions 300 pixels wide by 200 pixels tall. Save each body part both as a .psd file and "Save optimized as" a .gif file. You should turn in:
body.psd, body.gif
torso.psd, torso.gif
legs.psd, legs.gif
Background:
Animations attract attention and can enliven a web page design. Animation techniques can include motion, zooming, fading [in or out], spinning, color changes, selective revealing and more.
Exquisite corpse is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. It is a technique invented by Surrealists in 1925, and is based on an old parlor game called Consequences in which players wrote in turn on a sheet of paper, folded it to conceal part of the writing, and then passed it to the next player for a further contribution. Later, perhaps inspired by children's books in which the pages were cut into thirds, the top third pages showing the head of a person or animal, the middle third the torso, and the bottom third the legs, the game was adapted to drawing and collage.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse
http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/
http://www.futureofthebook.org/itinplace/
Do a Google search for "animated gif" to find many archives of free images.
http://k10k.net
under issues select "Font Cockpit" and "Fun Fun Fun"
