Pixel Art

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Description

This activity fulfills Stage 2 Requirement 1 of the Digital Maker staged activity badge (Create a piece of interactive digital art using software). It shows young people to create and code their own pixel art on paper to teach them how computers represent and display images.

This has been taken from the Raspberry Pi Digital Maker resources. Further information about the activity can be found here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/pixel-art/


Resources

See attached document (pixel art worksheet updated April 2020)

Optional: PixelArt.xlsx
This includes a grid with the 'a' character and coordinates as per the worksheet, and two sheets with blank grids and the coordinates for the images in activity 4. There is also a 10x and 40x blank grid for free form creation. Pixels are filled in using the 'Fill Colour' tool.

Instructions

See instructions in the attachment.

Additional instructions for Virtual Scouting Live: The PixelArt Excel file can be shown in Screen Share to display the grid and fill it in.


Tags

  • Digital Maker
  • Virtual Scouting At Home
  • Virtual Scouting Live

Badge Links

  • Digital Maker - Art