Creating the Sprites
"Talking
about a sprite, we may think of Monkey King or Harry
Potter.
Sprites in those fairy tales they have good habits and bad
habits.
Those sprites are mostly created from real things.
Authors combined the characteristics of the objects and
their creativity.
That's the way how these sprites are born.
Have you ever imagined that we can create our own sprites?
We can have our own legend of sprites!"
LiuYang: Spritivity Guide,
2007
Vicky: Well, now it is time to
be creative! Each table will have an assignment. You’ll
have to create sprites. Sprites are characters grounded in
your Labyrinths. They have their own characteristics, can
be animated and participate, and can have a life of their
own as characters in stories you will soon create together.
Collectively they provide a
picture language for making and exchanging stories, as
skits performed by the (animated) sprites.
Join one of 6 tables with your flip and create a Sprite
that lives within your Labyrinth. Your Sprite can be in the
form of marionettes, masks, etc. You can use any of the
materials and props at the table to make your sprites.
As the individual sprites are
going to perform together in a skit, it is a good idea for
the group around each table to spend the first five minutes
or so discussing the general form/media in which the
individual sprites will be made.
You may want to make them as
cardboard cutouts, marionettes, puppets, masks, etc. The
individual Sprites can be made in different forms, but
remember that they may all to perform (“mise-en-scene”)
together in your skit.
As you make your sprite, also
fill in its “Sprite Character Tag”, which describes: What
is the Sprite’s Name? What are the Sprite’s key personal
characteristics? What does it look like? Why? Where was it
found (or where would it like to live) within the
labyrinth? What are its special likes and dislikes? How
does it like to participate in the journey?
In the next 20 minutes, you have to create those sprites.
Now, we will talk about sharing
the characters which are your sprites.
Watch Slideshow of the process of
making sprites
View the Sprite
Gallery