This is one for the gamers. Tell an original story/scene by reappropriating screenshots from your favourite game! How? Here’s some ideas: Overwrite the text/add elements to the picture/”fake” screenshot art!

This is from my favorite game Animal Crossing. This worked perfect because you earn points in the game but they are considered Bells or Nook Miles. It tells a extra story by saying “Please use my death for fake internet points from strangers online.” It creates a twisted kind of meme to leave a person laughing or questioning why they just got told that in thr game, but its just a overwrite to create screenshot art.

Landscape paintings often look like lonely places. What if we took some inspiration from Arrowhead altered art and added people or other characters to Bob Ross paintings? After all, every painting needs a friend.

Name this flower – search up on the net then come back and name it

Make the eyes twice as big

Using Adobe photoshop or a comporable program, create a clipping mask with text. Use an image from earth or grass and use the lasso or selection tool to add blades of grass outside the mask. Add a drop shadow or bugs to make it appear more realistic. 

This assignment originated from Lynda Barry AKA the Near Sighted Monkey. 

While watching the Tame Impala video I’m A Man, make four separate drawings on a single piece of paper divided into quadrants. For each drawing you make, set a two-minute timer to tell you when to stop. Choose one of the band member puppets to focus your attention on and make your drawing about. Make each drawing in a separate pose. Do not stop the video while drawing! Try to capture the energy and motion in each of your drawings. Do a cartoon-style drawing, not a fully rendered fine-art work. Focus on capturing the essence of the character in each different pose.

You know how those anime characters have oversized eyes? Like Alita: Battle Angel? Do you think they’d look just as creepy on other people? Let’s find out! Take a photo of someone and use an image editor to give them big bug eyes. “All the better to see you with…”