In Chapter 5 of my book, Interface Design for Learning, I look at the art of communicating visually and allude to the glorious cartoon - an art form that can convey worlds of meaning and emotion in the simplest of lines. I have recently come across a number of web tools for creating visual narratives that I wanted to share - all of which can be used for free (some completely, some up to a point). - Pixton - Allows you to create comics and includes impressive controls for detailed character and limb positioning. I came across this when a colleague, Dewa Wardak, cleverly used it to illustrate her research.
- PowToon - Allows you to create cartoons. I saw it used to great effect to illustrate a software product created for a student project.
- GoAnimate - Allows you to create cartoons and targets the corporate market.
- Scratch - Allows kids of all ages to create their own interactive animations and computer programs.
- Toontastic - An excellent app that allows younger children to get their hands into narrative structure and create their own animated stories from an iPad.
Know of any others? Do share!
