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Sloths anyone?

defne — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:58:26 +0000

Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo.

THis video made my morning! Thank you Beyza!

Face-Off With a Deadly Predator

defne — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:21:15 +0000

My sister pointed out this video to me this morning. Adorable story!

Stress

defne — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:43:31 +0000

School is almost over but I have so many things to finish up and figure out. Looking at animal pictures help relieve the stress. =)

mapanimals

defne — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:18:53 +0000

Another cool find from my friend Wojtyna:

Check out all twelve at them at Greflex Directions.

Clay Animals

defne — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:53:41 +0000

We attempted to make animals out of clay yesterday. I have to say Nadeem was more successful with his black polar bear than I was with my legless giraffe.

legless giraffe and black polar bear

Giraffe's Head

Polar Bear

I want a day like this…

defne — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:48:17 +0000

island in the sun

baby animals? yes please!

Sketching animals

defne — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:57:10 +0000

We were at Pittsburgh Zoo, looking at animals last weekend. We did not get to see most of the animals we were hoping to see but it was still pretty cool. We are sketching animals for Tails. FUN!

Working on Tails!

defne — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:38:49 +0000

Nadeem and I received a SURG (Small Undergraduate Research Grant) to work on a project called tails. Our objective is to represent the world’s cultures through a set animals that are significant to the geographical regions of those cultures. Each animal would be crafted to visually portray the materials and the personality of their assigned culture while still maintaining a cohesive appearance. This approach would give people, especially children a glimpse of the similarities and differences in the world around them. Animals are without preconceived political associations and they provide a medium children would want to interact and play with. These interactions will be the building blocks to a cultural knowledge which can be enriched through zoos, museums, books and travel.

After deciding on 12 culture to focus on, we started doing research on each culture and creating image boards for all of them.