Pixton: Do-It-Yourself Comics

Clive had the good fortune to have a talk with Haig Armen, Creative Director of LiFT Studios in Vancouver. The conversation starts with Clive explaining how his past experiences have lead him to becoming a web developer. Then he explains how the idea of Pixton came about and some of the features he hopes to roll out in the near future. It concludes with a discussion about how Google and SketchUp are leveraging user contributions to build a central repository of digital 3D models and a replica of the world.

Watch the video here.

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Michael LoMonico, Senior Consultant on National Education for the Folger Shakespeare Library, blogs about using Web 2.0 tools such as Pixton to help today’s students engage with The Bard.

Advances in technology have given Shakespeare teachers excellent tools to help students explore the texts more closely. He believes that Web 2.0 tools empower students and give them real-world tasks that they can post for the whole world to see.
 
"Using Pixton to create scenes from a play is a simple way for students to explore Shakespeare’s texts in a graphic format. With Pixton’s built-in graphics and templates, the user can make the most subtle facial expressions, as well as detailed hand and body positions."

Here’s a passage from Macbeth created by one of his students.

To read the entire article on PBS Teachers, click here

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Yesterday I presented Pixton to another class-full - this time, to Art Direction students at the Vancouver Film School, one of the world's best schools for production, animation, and game design. This was the last class before graduation and we all had fun making Pixton comics. The students had plenty of excellent questions and suggestions. Many thanks to the instructor, Maria Kennedy, for inviting me to come in and talk!

~ Clive

Here is a funny comic made by one of the students:

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Last week we were contacted by Aaron, a Bachelor of Education student at the University of British Columbia. He and his classmates were doing a project on technology in the classroom, and they had selected Pixton as the subject for their presentation. Was I available to come in and talk about the website? Absolutely!

I happily went to UBC on Friday afternoon and showed the class of about 30 B.Ed. students how to use Pixton and Pixton for Schools, and we discussed the applications of comics in education. It was fun! Thanks to Aaron, Jens, Jordan, and Gabriel for giving me the opportunity to spread the good word.

~ Clive

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Here is a nice fast-paced demo of Pixton at SXSW. Thank you for shooting it Hacemuy!

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Pixton is a whole new way to express yourself!

With our click-and-drag comic creator you can easily customize characters, move them into any pose, and compose up to 12 rows of scenes right on the page. Embed comics in your blog or social network and get your friends to remix them. Make friends and fans around the world and connect through automatic translation.

Soon you will be able to bring your comics to life with animation. Just set your keyframes and let Pixton do the rest! Animations are rendered to video so you can post to your favourite sites. Pixton lives online, all you need is a web browser (IE, Safari, Firefox) and a Mac or PC.

Pixton remixable animation opens the doors to a whole new world of interactivity and collaboration on the web. This teaser was made using only the Pixton comic creator and is a glimpse of what's to come. Stay tuned or contact us for more info!

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Sharing Cartoons with the World from Jonathan Marks on Vimeo.

At SXSW, we had the pleasure to meet and have a quick interview on camera with the media "insultant" Jonathan Marks, Founder of Critical Distance in the Netherlands. His experience of more than 25 years in the broadcasting business has taken him to many exotic places around the globe including Austin, TX.

Marks is interested in the ways in which traditional and emerging media are used to share ideas across borders. He uses a relevant mix of video, audio and text to capture his stories. Operating on the edge of broadcast and mobile, Marks explores how emerging technologies enhance the effectiveness of digital storytelling in all corners of the world, and most recently in Africa.

To watch the video interview of Clive giving a demo of Pixton and Pixton animation (a world's first - coming soon!) on a 78" Promethean interactive whiteboard click on the video above. Enjoy!

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Pixton has been named a finalist in the Amusement category for the 12th Annual SXSW Web Awards in Austin, TX.

The SXSW Web Awards honor the most innovative new projects and destinations on the internet. We are thrilled to be selected for this award, it is a great honour and we are looking forward to attending the ceremony.

Help us win the People's Choice Award! Every vote counts, and you can vote for Pixton once a day until March 6th.

Pixton is an exhibitor at the SXSW Interactive Trade Show (Mar 14-16). So if you will be in Austin and would like to meet up, please feel free to contact us or drop by our stand #208 for a larger-than-life demo.

Thank you for your support, and good luck to all of the other finalists.

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Joetoon1, one of Pixton's most prolific authors, with over 350 comics to date, doesn't waste any time putting his ideas to the web comic page. He is fond of remixing in a playful fashion and hosting award events to give recognition to other creative authors on Pixton. To read more of Joetoon1's comics, click here. Join the fun, sign-up is free!

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BubbaMuski. This professional comedian/artistic director from Chicago has an eclectic sense of humor - to say the least. His Amish Technology series is a comical twist of how they interpret modern day techno-gadgets from flying saucers to the xbox.

It's hard to believe but comics aren't only about telling jokes. BubbaMuski puts a creative spin in his Checkers' series that almost send you off the board like it does his characters! If cyborgs are your thing, check out Bubba's Pixtonator. One question seems to remain - is he more human than machine?

Do you have a superhero you want to share with the world, but cannot draw? Start creating on Pixton now, sign-up is free!

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