Monday, April 5, 2010
BP9_2010033_Sketchfu
Sketchfu, At first it took me sometime to discover what the big deal was with Skecthfu. It had about 10% of the features of Sumo Paint, if that. It only had about 50% of what MyOats offered on its site. But it wasn’t until I when back out and Googled more on the site that I discovered how to navigate this really cute tool. I was looking for tutorials when I came across page after page of tutorials and many were created by elementary kids. Then I found a page that was created in a Wiki. Unfortunately, the tutorials on the main page weren’t available however a little tutorial with audio was accessible and so was a link for a lesson plan.
Sketchfu is a tool with many possibilities. What makes it unique is that it is recording as you are drawing and once you save your work a little video plays back every stroke you make. When it is played its at 16x the speed in which you drew it, however you do have the option to watch it in a slower speed. Once it is published others can view your work and vote on it in three different categories: funny, cute and impression. I am truly amazed at the creations that I have seen on this sight.
In the classroom I can see it being a great tool to demonstrate how to draw, shade, add detail and much more. I can also see it being used to add a little drama to a presentation such as drawing out words to emphasize them in a video. I was actually able to do this in a video that I created. I only wish I had a drawing pad to create with it. Using your finger on the built it pad on a laptop can be tiring, you don’t have any more control with a mouse, and I haven’t found a stylus that works on the pad yet. I’m just going to keep playing.
References:
Sketchfu: http://sketchfu.com/
Sketchfu tutorials: http://sketchfu.com/drawing/534100-chibi-tutorial-simple-chibi-s-that-are-easy-cute-watch-in-x4
Sketchfu Tips: http://sketchfu.com/drawing/542880-tips-ok-
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