Drawing Dreams: Creating Characters with Imagination and Overlapping Designs

Welcome to our art adventure! In this activity, you'll create unique characters by combining human and animal features using your imagination and visual inspiration. Then, you'll work together to design an overlapping piece that brings everyone's hybrid characters into one amazing artwork.

Activity Overview: Character Creation and Overlapping Design

Objective: Create multiple linear character drawings by blending human and animal elements using visual resources, and then combine these designs into a collaborative overlapping artwork.

Materials Needed:

• Drawing paper
• Pencils, erasers, and erasable markers
• Visual resource examples showcasing both human and animal features (digital or printed)

Sessions: 3 sessions, 50 minutes each

Session 1: Introduction & Exploration

1. Introduction:

   • Learn about linear drawing and the concept of merging human and animal features.
   • Look at visual examples where characters combine elements of both humans and animals.

2. Exploration Activity:

   • Practice drawing simple, linear characters by following these prompts:
     • Draw a face using only basic shapes (circles, ovals, lines) and then add features like eyes, a nose, or a mouth.
     • Next, add an animal twist: perhaps animal ears, a tail, or distinctive markings.

3. Student Work:

   • Use the space below to sketch your initial character ideas, combining human and animal elements.
     
     
     
     
     
     

Session 2: Character Development

1. Review:

   • Share your favorite parts of your sketches with your classmates, highlighting the creative human-animal combinations.
   • Discuss what makes a character unique and interesting when blending two sets of features.

2. Development Activity:

   • Choose one of your sketches and refine your character by adding more details:
     • What emotion does your character express?
     • How can you embellish features like hair, clothing, or animal traits (such as stripes or a bushy tail) to show personality?

3. Student Work:

   • In the space below, refine your character drawing, adding details to emphasize the blend of human and animal characteristics.
     
     
     
     
     
     

Session 3: Overlapping Design Creation

1. Overlapping Design Introduction:

   • Learn how independent character drawings can be merged into a single, unified artwork.
   • Explore examples where characters interact or overlap to form one cohesive design.

2. Design Activity:

   • Combine your refined character drawing with those of your classmates onto one shared sheet of drawing paper.
   • Work together to decide how the characters with hybrid human-animal features will interact or complement each other.

3. Student Work:

   • Use the space below to plan your overlapping design and jot down ideas or compositions:

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. Reflection:

   • Write a short paragraph about what you enjoyed most about creating characters with both human and animal features.
   • How did blending these elements influence your creative choices? How did teamwork contribute to your final design?

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Happy Drawing! Let your creativity soar and combine the best of both worlds—human and animal—to create truly unique art!