TAKING SHAPE
The great RETHINKING SHAPES animation challenge!
So, you've read the book... and you are now rising to the challenge!
✨ AWESOME! ✨
We all can't wait to see what you create!
Let's quickly review:
Not a competition — a celebration! 🦋
What to do:
1️⃣ Read the story below to understand the concept...
2️⃣ Create a short, fun animation based on your interpretation...
3️⃣ Post it on your favorite platform using:
#TakingShapeAnimationChallenge
This is your chance to share, grow, have fun with animation,
and show us all exactly what you've learned!
Thanks for helping spread the love! ❤️
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The Great RETHINKING SHAPES Animation Challenge!
Here's the full story...
SCENE 1
Picture a clear, white screen—split down the middle by a simple vertical line: Left and Right.
From the left side, a humble, pencil-drawn figure walks in.
Let’s simply call them Stick Person 1.
Looking down, they discover a scattered pile of two-dimensional shapes on the ground.
Curious, they begin to rummage through it…
First, they pick up a fully round shape
—what you and I would call a circle.
They admire it, then “hang” it on an imaginary wall beside them.
Next, they find a three-sided shape
—three straight edges, three sharp angles.
Yes… what we know as a “triangle”.
Then a “square”.
Then a pentagon.
One by one, they arrange these familiar shapes on the wall.
Satisfied, they nod, turn, and dash off into the distance.
In the background, a city begins to rise
—an entire world, born from their chosen toolkit of shapes.
A society blooms.
A way of life. A way of thinking!
( —a moment of silence... )
SCENE 2
Now then…
From the right side, a second stick figure enters.
Stick Person 2.
They notice the same pile of 2D shapes on the ground…
but something’s different—quite different!
Rather than rushing, they take their time. They examine every shape
—including the ones we’ve just been exploring together:
The vesica piscis…
The concave, convex, and straight-edged trigons, quadragons, pentagons, and beyond.
With thoughtful precision, they sort these into three distinct rows
—curved-in, curved-out, and straight-edged shapes
—and pause to ponder the full spectrum of what’s possible.
Hmm… (-:
Only then do they confidently saunter off toward the horizon,
ready to build a very different city…
Again–we see a society rise!
A different world—a different culture.
A different mental landscape.
And we, the viewers, are left with a single, powerful question:
Where would you choose to live!?