Comics

Online Art. It comes in many shapes and sizes, but these two applications for online art should work for even those of us who have problems with stick people. In this Sub-Thing, we'll be looking at the use of comic strips and online artistry. This week we will have some fun with our work and play around at making comic strips. There are a lot of online comic strip makers and some you can even upload your own pictures to play with. There is a list of them at the end but we will focus on [|ToonDoo] from Jambav. Here's a preview of the easy fun you have ahead: (this practice toon was made in about 4 minutes) The website runs in Flash so be sure you have the latest version to get the full options. If you are a bit out of date you can create using their images but to upload your own to your gallery you need the latest versions of your web browser and Flash player. Other online comic makers are: [|Make Beliefs] - targeted to kids [|Read Write Think] - Kids again [|Comeeko] - loves MySpace [|Stripgenerator] - made for blogs [|Strip Creator] So for this part's Discovery exercise. 1. Go to [|ToonDoo] or one of the other strip makers listed above 2. Find a couple library related comics you like. 3. email, create a del.icio.us bookmark, or embed it in your blog 4. Sign up and create your own comic on whatever you want 5. Don't forget to write about your experience in your blog. Check out some of these online image generators: (Click around and have some fun... be sure to show us your good times on your blog!) [|The Generator Blog] [|Letter James] [|FD Toys] [|Custom Sign Generator] Also try searching for online generators, text generators or image generators!
 * Let's start with comic strips!**
 * An extra bit of fun here: