1. Finding
Animation Inspiration
in
Second Life

2. Watch Second Life video

3. Download Second Life Viewer
• Second Life website
http://secondlife.com/whatis/

4. Create Avatar
Source: http://vrliving.com/c/2012/06/second-life-avatars2.jpg

5. Finding Animation Inspiration
Assignment
1. You will visit the virtual art galleries listed:
Blue Stocking Interactive Gallery (Maya Paris Interactive Gallery)
Kiku Art Gallery (Amatsu Shima)
Aho Museum, Northwestern Michigan Campus
Moya Art Galleries, Patrick Moya
Pirats Art Network Market Place Art Gallery
Galeria Mactelo (Color and Faces)
University of Delaware Art Gallery (Andy Warhol Exhibit)
East Gallery (West Art)

6. To visit a gallery
Go to World menu –
Search
Type Gallery Name
Ex. Blue Stocking Interactive
Gallery
Click on Teleport

7. To move within Second Life
Walk, Run or Fly

8. To move within Second Life
(cont’d)
Walk Run Fly

9. Blue Stocking Interactive Gallery
Maya Paris Interactive Gallery-
Interactive and animation
gallery owned by Maya Paris
since 2009.

10. Kiku Art Galley
Kiku Art Gallery is owned by
Masami. Current exhibit is
Japanese Christmas Cards by
Amatsu Shima.

11. Aho Museum
Northwestern Michigan Campus
Aho Museum owned (NMC)
since 2004.
Current exhibit is by Ars
Simulacra .

12. Moya Art Gallery
Moya Art Galleries owned by
Patrick Moya since 2010.
Contemporary Art.

13. Marketplace Art Gallery
Pirats Art Network
Marketplace Art Gallery is
owned by PiRats, a french non-
profit organization since 2009.

14. Galeria Mactelo
Galeria Mactelo is owned by
Poziciti since 2008.
One of the current exhibits in
Color and Faces (musicians
potraits) by Kami Kuik.

15. Art Gallery
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
sponsores this art gallery
since 2008.
One of the exhibits is Andy
Warhol photos.

16. East Gallery
East Gallery is owned by Ernie
Farstrider since 2012.
West Art Exhibit is one of the
exhibits.

17. Finding Animation Inspiration
Assignment
(cont’d from slide 5)
2. You will select one piece of art from one of the
galleries visited, as inspiration for an animation,
include name of piece and artist.
3. Write a 300 word document on why the piece of art
you selected is good art. Refer to art elements: line,
shape, form, value, color, texture, composition,
contrast, dominance and EMOTION.

18. Finding Animation Inspiration
Assignment
(cont’d from slide 17)
4. Create a 15 second 640 x 500 animation in Flash
based on this work of art. Save as yourLastname.swf.
You will present your animation in critique and talk
about the piece of art you selected.