Animated Magazine Cover [remixed]: Uncle Bob
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Original Assignment
Animated Magazine Cover created by Jim Groom
Animate a magazine cover. Preferrably one with monstrous cyclops pounding on dragons.
Remix Card: "Uncle Bob"
Introduce an unexpected character into the assignment, someone as strange or unexpected as your Uncle Bob.
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Examples Created for Original Assignment
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