The student experimented with making a short animation about gravestones and ghosts. They used layers to design gravestones, add flowers, and create a character holding flowers that was merged with the gravestone layer. A ghost was also designed to stand out against a black and white background. The finished product was a short animation. For their final game project on ghosts, the student plans to incorporate the simple character design and blue color scheme used for the ghost in the experiment.

1. Experiments
Abigail Long

2. Process
I used the biggest pencil possible to make
the entire background black, then changed
it to 1 and added white dots on a separate
layer to make it look like space
Using another layer I designed a gravestone and used it
as a template for all of the other gravestones.
I made the ground green (like grass) and added
flowers to all of them except one
I made a simple looking character for the animation
and added the same flowers from the grave on a
different layer, moved them around to make it look
like they were holding them and merged the layers
together.
I designed a ghost that didn’t melt into the
background, which was black and white.
The finished product was
a short animation.

3. Reflection
• What elements of your experiments will you
include in your final product?
• Refer to the brief: Ghost Game
The character I designed was quite simple which will reflect in
my work.
I like the lighter blue I used on the ghost, and I plan on using
a similar color scheme for my game.