Digital design students at West Nottinghamshire College brought the imaginations of Mansfield schoolchildren to life in its annual Monster Project.

The youngsters from Abbey Primary School, Forest Town, were challenged to create a monster illustration with pencils, paint or crayons.

Then designers, from the Advanced Creative Media Practice (Digital Arts and Games Design) course at the college were tasked with bringing the drawings to life through animations.

Using both traditional media and technical software, students put together an animated showreel of monsters and invited pupils to see the finished film on the big screen in the Create Theatre.

One of the designers, Aaliyah Smith, introduced the screening to teachers, parents, and children. This was followed by a presentation of each person’s artwork, presented by the student artists.

Freddie Richardson’s drawings of an alien character were brought to life by student Oliwia Zawadzka.

Abbey teaching assistant Kate Summerville said: “The animations were absolutely fabulous. I couldn’t have imagined how these could have gone from 2D pictures that the children created into something 3D. The responses from the children were brilliant and their faces were alive with joy!

“It was wonderful to see the interactions with the students who created the film. That was a lovely relationship, built from visiting us at the school.”

Digital arts teacher Brian Wilson said: “The opportunity to showcase the students’ animations to a live audience was so rewarding.

“The project presented a creative challenge the students embraced, successfully producing a range of impressive animations and illustrations.”