Animal Farm Painting
I recently pinned this little Animal Farm inspired sketch I made to the classroom wall… And here is a copy of the completed sketch:
Art
Aladin-Man AI-generated Videos
I had a few minutes to spare so tested an AI video generating app with a description of my kids’ famous Aladin-Man character. Here are the results: I’m looking forward to AI being able to produce lengthier videos with more text to editing functions. It’ll be even better if they could be interactive, like … Read more
Aladin-Man AI-generated Art
Ok, I don’t think it’s as good as the art I did with the kids when they were creating this awesome franchise some 6 or 7 (excuse for silly animated hands gesture) years ago, but it is still an interesting experiment: describe the characters in a text-to-image AI and see what emerges. Here are the … Read more
The Cartoon Snack Box
Living in China with kids means accumulating loads of 快递 delivery boxes, old CNC textbooks and snacks. This project explains how I used the boxes and CNC textbooks to make a cartoony box to accommodate the ever-growing pile of snacks. Step 1: Get the materials together Step 2: Construct the shape Step 3: Papermache In … Read more
The Wizard’s Mission: Promotional Paintings
Having been teaching English literature as part of my day job for the last few years, I thought I really ought to put some of this knowledge together to create my own novel. So, for my 50th birthday treat, I set a little book-writing challenge for myself. I took some of the characters and plot … Read more
3D Painting Template Preparation Tool v.1
This tool allows you to upload an image and then stretch it in such a way that, if you take a photo from the correct angle, it will look like it is popping out in 3D. The idea is to enable students to stretch their drawings and then use the stretched version as a template … Read more
Hibernator help
So, a while back I started making a Scratch game of The Hibernator, but this was rapidy eclipsed by @wimpycat01’s awesome 3D work. So, I’m sharing this half-baked project so wimpycat01 can extract the Hibernator sprite if it’s any use. Welcome any interested parties to develop this Scratch Hibernator too 😉 (download .sb3 file)
Christmas Croc (it’s similar to a ‘gator)
The video above shows the painting process and the image below is the final product.
The Gator Guy
Introducing The Gator Guy, a green crocodile from the wetlands of Suzhou. He is very open-minded and mindful even though his brain weighs less than an Oreo cookie 😆 The images above are only psychological play to help the Green Gators beat our competitors. As mentioned at the start of this blog post, The Gator … Read more
Celebrating the Rugby 2025
My team won three trophies last season and has just kicked off this season with a strong win. Time to get painting to celebrate 😃 I call this ‘Rugby Colours 2025’:
The Wizard’s Mission: Cover Design
Having been teaching English literature as part of my day job for the last few years, I thought I really ought to put some of this knowledge together to create my own novel. So, for my 50th birthday treat, I set a little book-writing challenge for myself. I took some of the characters and plot … Read more
