Built around the playful challenge of English pronunciation, this kinetic typography animation brings “Dearest Creature in Creation” to life through spoken words, animated type, and carefully timed movement. Words appear and transform with the rhythm of the poem, highlighting the surprising differences between English spelling and pronunciation. By combining voice, typography, and motion, the animation turns a difficult language lesson into an engaging piece of visual storytelling. _______________ Student Artist: Addison Walker Course: Interactive Media Level 2 Software: Adobe Photoshop & Animate Created: May 2026 About the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery Students in the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery at Wicomico County Career & Technical Education create original animations, illustrations, graphic designs, videos, and digital artwork while developing professional skills and building portfolio-quality creative work. 🌐 www.wicomicoctemedia.online #StudentAnimation #AdobeAnimate #InteractiveMedia #DigitalArt #WicomicoCTE

Celebrating Goetze’s Candy Company and its roots dating back to 1895, this short promotional animation combines brand-inspired imagery, typography, color, and motion to tell a compact visual story. Product graphics and historical references move through carefully timed transitions, demonstrating how animation can transform familiar brand elements into an engaging piece of digital communication. Through pacing, visual hierarchy, and coordinated movement, the project explores how graphic design and animation can work together to communicate identity, history, and appeal. _______________ Student Artist: Zoe Vides Course: Interactive Media Level 2 Software: Adobe Photoshop & Animate Created: May 2026 About the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery Students in the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery at Wicomico County Career & Technical Education create original animations, illustrations, graphic designs, videos, and digital artwork while developing professional skills and building portfolio-quality creative work. 🌐 www.wicomicoctemedia.online #StudentAnimation #AdobeAnimate #InteractiveMedia #DigitalArt #WicomicoCTE

“My Sunshine” is an original character animation filled with warmth, personality, and visual storytelling. Through expressive character movement, music, carefully timed animation, and a thoughtfully created setting, the project explores how motion and sound can communicate emotion without relying entirely on spoken dialogue. Created using Adobe Photoshop and Animate, the animation brings original artwork to life through layered character construction, symbols, tweening, staging, and synchronized audio. The result is a gentle and uplifting animated short centered on happiness, connection, and the people who bring light into our lives. _______________ Student Artist: Alexis Harris Course: Interactive Media Level 2 Software: Adobe Photoshop & Animate Created: May 2026 About the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery Students in the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery at Wicomico County Career & Technical Education create original animations, illustrations, graphic designs, videos, and digital artwork while developing professional skills and building portfolio-quality creative work. 🌐 www.wicomicoctemedia.online #StudentAnimation #AdobeAnimate #InteractiveMedia #DigitalArt #WicomicoCTE

Inspired by Stephen Crane’s poem “In the Desert,” this original student animation transforms a brief but powerful literary work into a symbolic visual narrative. The poem’s strange encounter with a creature eating its own bitter heart becomes a reflection on pain, identity, ownership, and the difficult parts of ourselves that we continue to accept as our own. Through stylized character design, narration, expressive movement, staging, and carefully controlled pacing, the animation demonstrates how visual storytelling can deepen the mood and meaning of written language. Adobe Photoshop and Animate were used to bring the poem’s unsettling imagery and emotional tension to life. _______________ Student Artist: Jessica Oneusdeline Course: Interactive Media Level 2 Software: Adobe Photoshop & Animate Created: May 2026 About the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery Students in the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery at Wicomico County Career & Technical Education create original animations, illustrations, graphic designs, videos, and digital artwork while developing professional skills and building portfolio-quality creative work. 🌐 www.wicomicoctemedia.online #StudentAnimation #AdobeAnimate #InteractiveMedia #DigitalArt #WicomicoCTE

A seasoned guard welcomes a new recruit with an important warning: be wary of the king. As he shares stories of bandits, a broken sword, and life within the kingdom, curiosity turns toward a mysterious door that he has never opened. What waits behind it brings the conversation to an unexpected—and humorous—end. This original animated short combines character design, dialogue, voice performance, expressive movement, staging, and comedic timing. Created with Adobe Photoshop and Animate, the project demonstrates how visual storytelling and carefully timed animation can bring an original character and imaginative world to life. _______________ Student Artist: Ian Martin Course: Interactive Media Level 2 Software: Adobe Photoshop & Animate Created: May 2026 About the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery Students in the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery at Wicomico County Career & Technical Education create original animations, illustrations, graphic designs, videos, and digital artwork while developing professional skills and building portfolio-quality creative work. 🌐 www.wicomicoctemedia.online #StudentAnimation #AdobeAnimate #InteractiveMedia #DigitalArt #WicomicoCTE

Inspired by The Princess and the Frog (2009), this kinetic typography animation brings the mysterious energy of “Friends on the Other Side” to life through moving words, color, and symbolic imagery. Lyrics grow, shift, appear, and transform in rhythm with the music as masks, eyes, spirals, and other visual elements echo the song’s dark, magical atmosphere. Through expressive typography and carefully timed motion, the animation explores how words themselves can become visual storytellers—communicating mood, rhythm, and personality through movement. Student Artist: Jadyn Hargett Course: Interactive Media Level 3 Software: Adobe Photoshop & Animate Created: January 2024 About the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery Students in the Interactive Media Studio & Gallery at Wicomico County Career & Technical Education create original animations, illustrations, graphic designs, videos, and digital artwork while developing professional skills and building portfolio-quality creative work. 🌐 www.wicomicoctemedia.online #StudentAnimation #AdobeAnimate #InteractiveMedia #DigitalArt #WicomicoCTE