I can develop an idea into a plan,
and picture the next steps in my work...

1. spark an idea... 

  • Great ideas can come from anywhere.
  • The 5 senses: Sight, Touch, Taste, Smell & Sound, are powerful ways to stimulate ideas.
  • Pay extra attention to the elements of art around you: Line, Color, Space, Shape, Texture, Value & Form
  • A special trick that designers use when they feel stuck is to change their environment, even if it's just to move to a different place in the same room and look around from a new perspective.

2. document your idea...

  • Ideas can interrupt you anytime! If we don't document ideas as soon as they pop up, they can get lost just as fast as they showed up.
  • Your memory has enough to think about, don't trust that it will hold on to a new idea.
  • Make sure you have an easy way to document your idea quickly: Post-it notes, sketchbooks, pen/paper, cell phone notes, etc. 
  • You can come back to the details later. Don't worry about solving every detail. Write down the basic idea and what led to it. 

3. organize your ideas...

  • If you have ideas scattered everywhere, you need a way to bring them all together.
  • Start by making a 'BIG IDEA' folder, then place all ideas related to the big idea into the same place.
  • Bring your idea to life by organizing your notes into steps under your 'BIG IDEA'.

4. make room for your best ideas...

  • We can have a lot of ideas pop up, but there are always a few ideas that really stand out from the rest.
  • If you want to find your best ideas, you need to be willing to put aside the other less amazing ideas that can distract your mind, and make space.
  • Make a habit of going through your lists of ideas and pulling out the ideas that don't stand out as great, or that you never see yourself following through on.
  • By forgetting some of the less amazing ideas, you're making more time and space for the best ones!

5. act on your idea!

  • Once you have your best idea in focus and organized, it's time to put it all together and bring it to life! 
  • Million dollar ideas are worth nothing if they're never acted on. 
  • Organize a sequence of steps to take to start giving life to your idea, and get going!

how does ok go come up with ideas? Watch this video to see how the band brings art, music, motion and science together...

explore more ideas for creating...

Ok Go Flip book Challenge #1
Ok Go Flip book Challenge #2

looking at flip books 

click for the entire ok go flip book challenge 

​Flip books are a form of Stop Motion that uses Bookmaking as the art form instead of Film, but they are created in the same way, with the same idea. Ok Go's 'One Moment' video incorporates a flipbook that makes it appear like the lead singer is in the book singing 

artist feature: artists who explore a moment in time

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New Orders, Evertime 01, 2018. Ori Gersht, Archival pigment print, 13 3/4 x 18 inches.

ori gersht/ isreali /1967

Ori Gersht is an Israeli photographer born in 1967. Gersht's work explores split-second moments in time. Through his photography, Gersht suspends time for his viewer, allowing us to experience and explore a moment our minds and eyes wouldn't otherwise capture. 
If you want to see more, CLICK HERE for a Yancey Richardson Gallery Exhibition featuring Ori Gersht's work
OR visit Ori Gersht's artist website HERE
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Galloping Horse, 1878 by Photographer Eadweard Muybridge
​FUN FACTS!  
-->The famous Galloping Horse, 1878 was a sequence of photographs created by by photographer Eadweard Muybridge.  Muybridge set up a line of cameras with automatic shutters that tripped as a race horse passed by. Galloping Horse was created to demonstrate whether a trotting horse ever has all four feet on the ground at any point in time. This resulted in a series of images that when combined, recreated the precise positions and movement of a horse in motion. Muybridge has been celebrated as the 'Father of Motion Pictures,' and Galloping Horse last sold at auction for close to $500,000

here are some more artists whose famous works represented or captured a sense of motion... 

harold edgerton

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Diver, 1958, Photograph Gelatin Silver Print, Harold Edgerton

hokusai

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1829?1833, Hokusai

HENRI CARTIER- BRESSON

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Rue Mouffetard, Paris Henri Cartier-Bresson

UMBERTO BOCCIONI

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Dynamism of a Cyclist, Venice, 1913 Umberto Boccioni

EDGAR DEGAS

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Dancers, 18?? Edgar Degas

Constantin Brancusi

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Bird in Space, 1928, Constantin Brancusi

go beyond the basics...

a few things you might have around the house to CREATE stop motion...

Paper Tubes
Yarn
String
Forks
Cardboard
​Glue bottle
Popsicle Sticks
Wire
Stamps
​an old Toothbrush
Marbles
Office Supplies
Bottle Caps
Cans
​Chopsticks
​Spoons

Extend your learning & Fun with more activities!

  • Suspend Time and Capture a Split Second... Find a partner. One of you will photograph the moment, the other will create the moment. You can use your body to jump, cartwheel, handstand, etc. (outside of course!) but try to capture it in the air. You can also use other objects around the house... make sure you ask your parents and caregivers before you start moving things around! 
  • Capture the Cause and Effect of liquid being disrupted. Try dropping different sized objects (non-breakable) into a plastic or metal bowl with water in it. Try to capture the moment the object hits the surface of the water and starts to disrupt it.  (A secret trick on the iphone camera is to hold the photo button down to capture a sequence of fast frame shots just like Muybridge's galloping horses...start holding the button as the object is dropped, and keep holding it until the water completely calms down again.  You can also use food coloring like Ok Go in their experiment below!

to explore dancing with dyes and the density towers even further, have an adult help you with the cool projects in the files below.
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Dance with Dyes
Density Towers
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