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The following was originally published November 4, 2008 at http://wildcatart.blogspot.com/2008/11/extreme-characters-by-2-d-design.html The 2D Design students spent the better part of October developing these larger than life imaginary characters. The idea to make such big figures evolved from the face project that Jen-Marie did with her junior high kids. I really admired the freshness of their drawings. She had them start with making a large black charcoal mark in the center of 18 x 24 paper. the she told them it was a nose and they had to create the face based on that mark. Very imaginative way to start a drawing. way to go Jen Marie. So I tried it with the 9th and 10th grade students and it was pretty amazing what they were doing. It was then I realized the drawings need to be attached to bodies and so the project evolved into something much bigger and more complicated than I imagined. To make these figures I had to get large sheets of foam core. The kids spray glued them to the foam core, then I cut the figures out and made stands for them so they would be free-standing. We put them in the high school library last week and will be having a reception for the kids on Friday. They are over-the-moon about their work and have been bringing their friends into the library to see their accomplishments.MD