I'm the White Spot Inspector
and I'm happy to say
I'm here to inspect your artwork today

He's the White Spot Inspector
He finds all the problems
He makes them better for you!
(2xs)

Remove me from your pocket and 
set me down
Point me to your artwork
and I'll take a look around

He's the White Spot Inspector
He finds all the problems
He makes them better for you! 
(2xs)

Itsy bitsy white spots may be hard to see
but, I'm so itsy bitsy that it's easy for me

Continued

He's the White Spot Inspector
He finds all the problems
He makes them better for you!
(3xs)

Mrs. Fingerstad
I don't want to make you made
But we can't get a hold
of the meaning when we're just told
We need to visualize
read the world with our eyes
I'm getting lost
I can't find my way
getting out of hand
and I just have to say
Don't just talk to the hand

When you talk to the hand
it may not understand
your thoughts are out of reach
when all you use are words to teach
Can't get a grasp on things
disconnected to our imaginings
Help us see your point
show us what you mean
don't get out of joint
it's just what we need
That's how you talk to a hand

With this show of hands
I see that visuals help you understand
That's just fine with me
'cuz it's teaching you visual literacy
I'll illustrate my point
demonstrate the skills
map out the plans
until your mind is filled
that's how I'll talk to my hands

Continued

When you talk to the hand
it may not understand
your thoughts are out of reach
when all you use are words to teach
Can't get a grasp on things
disconnected to our imaginings
Help us see your point
show us what you mean
don't get out of joint
it's just what we need
That's how you talk to a hand

High fives everyone!


View the behind the scenes video to see how this movie was made. (Hint: shadows)

Nothing makes ya more blue
than a clogged up useless glue
love to be indispensably 
helpful to you

nothing makes me more mad
than recalling the worst day I ever had

I was squeezed so hard that I gushed
all over some artwork 
the memory still makes me blush
I ruined all their hard work

take some advice from your glue
a little drop will do
to keep me dispensable for you!

Nothing can be worse
than the rushing student curse
they never can remember 
the one thing I want first
​
Nothing makes me more sick
than when my cap gets so plugged that it sticks

Continued

spin my cap once around 
then wipe my tip clean
'cuz I would love to stick around
and do some more gluing

take some advice from your glue
a little drop will do
to keep me dispensable 
for you!

Dip your tip
do not drip
hold your brush
with a
pencil grip

Stay neat 
in your seat
good artwork
can't be beat

Push up your sleeves
grab a smock 
and sit
show me 
that your are
MONA-ficient
that's great
2, 4, 6, 8
Let's Create!

Movement—?
this is a two dimensional piece of paper
how am I going to show movement?

well, Movement is a principal of design
you know you do it all the time

It’s not hard to show in your art
Let us tell you where to start

(sing)
Draw lines on an angle
freeze frame an action pose
force the eye to travel

What that might look like is…
​
​(sing)
add a dash or a dot
to show something moves an awful lot
scatter a motif in different spots
put movement in your plan and in your plot
(2x)

(Continued)
(sing)
Draw lines on an angle
freeze frame an action pose
force the eye to travel

or how about this
just attach some parts that
actually
Move

(verse one)
Don't crush my dreams
They fall apart when I fill with seams
I want to be displayed
The original way that I was made
It may be cute when you
wrinkle your nose
But it's not cute to be
a portrait full of folds

(chorus)
Don't crush my dreams 4xs

(verse two)
I hope one day to hang in a gallery
But nobody frames
Artwork full of stains
Your hands they smear me
Your fingers they smudge
Why come so near me
Don't you know I can't budge

(bridge)
What's a rip? What's a tear?
Do I matter to you when you
need to get somewhere?

(Continued)
(chorus)
Don't crush my dreams 4xs

Keep me nice for always
Show respect in the hallways
And by every means
Do not crush my dreams
Don't crush my dreams
Don't crush my dreams

(speaking)
Look at where you’re going!
​Watch what you’re doing to me!​

I’m in the foreground
up close way down
nothing covers over me

I’m a bit little
found in the middle
and I may have overlapping

I’m kinda small
but important overall
up high in the background
is where I’m found

When you put us together we create an illusion
It seems like a big big place
all on a 2-D space
foreground, middleground
and background (with overlapping!)

This song was also remade using alien animations. View it here.

When you draw what you see
You’re telling a story
Your art is better than words 
At showing what has occurred
Do an illustration

Chorus:
(Do do do doodle-dy do)
Do an Illustration (2x)

When you’re reading a book
You get to take a look
Into the author’s mind
With the pictures you find
Do an illustration
(Chorus)

Show what your mind saw 
With the things you draw
find meaning from the text
to explore what’s next
Do an illustration
(Chorus)

Bridge:
Take what’s in your imagination
And turn it into an illustration

Want to learn more about this movie? Read the blog post and view the behind the scenes video