The Illuminated Alphabet

An example of an Illuminated Manuscript created by a monk in the medieval times

About Illuminated Manuscripts
An illuminated manuscript is a text written by hand. These were historically created in the Medieval times by monks on parchment paper (made by stretched calf, sheep, or goat skin). Each manuscript was meticulously hand written. Usually the first letter of a chapter was decorated using pattern and design and colored very often with actual gold and silver leaf. The imagery was very important in the manuscripts because many people could not read.

Henry Walters, 1931

Unknown origin

Assignment
Your assignment is to work in groups of 2 to create an illuminated alphabet letter and design an animation in Scratch to go along with your letter. The animation must have humor in it. 

Steps

1. Choose your letter! 
2. Write a storyboard of your animation and a sketch of your letter. Remember that it can only have up to 4 animations.
3. One person will design the poster on Adobe Illustrator. (size: 8"x10"). The second partner will design the sprites and the backgrounds for the animations.
4. Together, code your animation on Scratch. See directions for scratch.
5. Print your illuminated letter on paper.
6. Complete the circuits with conductive tape. Remember, that YOUR body current will complete the circuit.
7. Test your page multiple times.

​Grading Criteria
Technical Quality
Creativity
Innovativeness/Uniqueness
Code -- Does your code work?

Resources
Makey makey sources from this site
Mideval illuminated manuscripts from this site