Teaching & Learning English
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
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
This Scratch animation is the result of a two-week project to digitally perform Act III Scene III of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
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
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
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
If you don’t know wings of fire, please go to the fandom page about dragons. That might help you get some context for all this. And the pages on RainWings, LeafWings, NightWings, HiveWings and SeaWings might help. But I can’t be bothered to link them so do that yourself. Also for the pictures I edited … Read more
I’ve made two artworks of this weird nonbinary teenager in the span of a month. Thats two more than my favorite character. Anyways, enjoy some wonderful art made by yours truly. yes they are blue in the second art
Story background: Reef Town A remote coastal town. Quiet. Tourists pass through, take photos, leave. The locals keep to themselves. Underneath, it’s run by a cult called the Void Gospel. They control the drugs. The docks. The businesses. The people. If you’re labeled “useless,” you disappear. There’s a system. A form. A number that decides … Read more
