ANIMORPH

by CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR

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Subject: Visual Arts

Grade level: 3-4
Summary: The purpose of this instructional presentation is to teach students about
positive and negative space. The students will have an opportunity to transform
themselves into an animal, and will be encouraged to fill the negative space around
their chosen animal with interesting facts about the animal. The students may present
the facts with words and/or images.
Essential questions: 1. What is positive space? 2. What is negative space? 3. What
animal will you choose to be?
Learning objectives:
a. Students will be able to define positive and negative space
b. Students will know how to use the internet for research
c. Students will know how to photoshop an image
Standards:
a. 1.4- Investigate and apply a variety of processes
b. 1.2- Demonstrate developmentally appropriate use of media
c. 6.2- Compare and discuss connections between visual arts and disciplines outside
the arts
d. 6.2.1-Explain connections between visual arts and standards-based discipline
outside the arts as guided by the teacher.

Understanding Positive and Negative Space

Can you see the vase in this

picture? The vase is
considered the positive
space in this image.
Can you see the two faces
in this picture? The two
faces represent the
negative space.

LAIN YORK
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An artist who resides in

Nashville, TN

His work is inspired by

eighteenth- and nineteenthcentury texts, political
cartoons, and engravings

Lets take a look at some of the work by Lain York

CREATING YOUR ANIMORPH

First you will need to identify the animal you want to become
Then find a picture of the animal
Find a picture that shows a frontal view of your face.
You will then need to go the Pizap website and sign up

http://pizap.com

Upload your animal picture first

Upload the picture of yourself next
View the following instructional video for procedure on how to photoshop your
face onto the animal.

https://youtu.be/vAphdQBu_80

Here is an
example of
what youre
animorph
may look like.

Researching your animal via the internet

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Go to https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl
Turn on safe search
Type in the name of the animal
Record the facts or images you want to show in
your act.
- Print out pictures

Animorph Rubic
Task

Neatness

Creativity

Facts or Images

References
Abcoolimages. Space Positive and Negative Element of Design. Retrieved from
http://abccoolimages.com/space+positive+and+negative+element+of+design.
Blendspace. a- Positive and Negative Space. Retrieved from https://www.
blendspace.com/lessons/bIDanKjuexXXkg/a-positive-and-negative-space.
Nashville Arts Magazine. Lain York: Eyes on the Prize. Retrieved from http:
//nashvillearts.com/2012/11/10/lain-york/.
Youtube. Comparing Positive and Negative Space/ ArtQuest/ NPT. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGwbVonfA4.