I would honestly suggest assigning him some sort of work where he draws his favorite scene from a video game, or does a sculpture of a superhero or something. I'm not sure what games he likes, but if I had had an art teacher tell me to draw something from a game I played I would have thought she was awesome! You could even do something with the whole class involving multi-panel comics, and keep it open-ended as to whether it's like a comic in the newspaper, a web-comic, or comic-book based. If you can find out what really gets him excited, believe me - there is a way to translate that to art, which may spark some interest!
Even in college, I made a cosplay of a character from a video game (American McGee's 'Alice') for a project in a fashion course, and it was much more fun to work on than anything else :) Gotta find the fire in his belly, and show him that art can fuel it, too!
Is it normal to have such an unenthusiastic student
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I would honestly suggest assigning him some sort of work where he draws his favorite scene from a video game, or does a sculpture of a superhero or something. I'm not sure what games he likes, but if I had had an art teacher tell me to draw something from a game I played I would have thought she was awesome! You could even do something with the whole class involving multi-panel comics, and keep it open-ended as to whether it's like a comic in the newspaper, a web-comic, or comic-book based. If you can find out what really gets him excited, believe me - there is a way to translate that to art, which may spark some interest!
Even in college, I made a cosplay of a character from a video game (American McGee's 'Alice') for a project in a fashion course, and it was much more fun to work on than anything else :) Gotta find the fire in his belly, and show him that art can fuel it, too!