Robot Made of Shapes

Here is a robot that Isaac made in May 2005. For this assignment, he was asked to label various shapes of various parts. The overall dimensions of this project are twice the size of standard paper, approximately 9x17 inches. If you look closely (click on the picture for an enlargement) you can read the names of the shapes.

Flag of Bhutan

This flag is made of construction paper, not nearly as bright as it appears. Isaac scanned this flag on a flatbed scanner using extra high color saturation just for the effect. Since the white dragon had extra bits of white paper all around it, Isaac colored in those areas using colored pencils.

A Hut is Kind of Like a Slug...

Check out Isaac's description and illustration of Jabba the Hut. "A hut is kind of like a slug, except for one thing -- they have hands."

A Long Time Ago...

This is the COVER page of Isaac's recent book about Star Wars. In addition to creating his own stories, he likes to copy ideas from other adventures too. And around here, Star Wars is the most popular "other" adventure of all, though Harry Potter comes in second.
For anyone familiar with Star Wars, it is easy to identify the green guy at the bottom of the page. He is Yoda, of course. The rectangle toward the right of the page is Han Solo, having just been frozen into carbon (on the planet with the city in the sky). Toward the left, of course, are two light sabers.

Why the Snake Has No Legs

Isaac was asked to read several stories from Just So Stories for Little Children by Rudyard Kipling. He chose "How the Camel Got His Hump," "How the Leopard Got His Spots," "The Crab That Played with the Sea," and "The Cat That Walked By Himself." With these ideas in mind, Isaac was asked to write a story of his own. We discussed several ideas including, "How the Dragon Got Fire Breath," and "How the Zebra Got Its Stripes." Isaac suggested that the Dragon got fire breath by eating lava from a volcano. He suggested that the zebra started off as a black horse who was standing beside a picket fence. Then someone came along to paint the fence white, and accidently painted the gaps in the fence, leaving white stripes along the horse's fur.
Ultimately, however, he chose to write "Why The Snake Has No Legs." Here is his story, in his own words and hand writing. If you click on the image, it should expand to nearly full-screen size and will be quite easy to see and read.