Student Work

Art and game characters made by real students in BeTru Maker workshops. Click any game to play it.

Workshop 1 — Draw It, Code It, Wear It

Five days of making. Each kid sketched a character, drew it in Procreate, swapped it into one of Tru's games, and printed it on a t-shirt to take home.

Manu
Wild West
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Manu
Grade 5 · Modified: Wild West
"The workshop was great! I would definitely recommend it. Learning all the ProCreate tools was really fun. Playing the games we made afterwards brings back so many memories."
Manu Manu drawing a character on his iPad in Procreate
Kavi
Wild West
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Kavi
Grade 4 · Modified: Wild West

What I learnedI learned how to use Scratch MIT, which teaches you how to code characters using blocks.

"You and Tru have unlocked something! ❣️✨ and if you do a version 2.0, I'm sure Kavi would enthusiastically join!"
Priya — Kavi's mom Kavi drawing on his iPad
Griffin
Rise
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Griffin
Grade 5 · Modified: Rise
"I loved Truman camp because I got to make my own character on my iPad and then make it come alive in the video game. Also getting to have my marshmallow character on stickers and a shirt IRL was really cool too!"
Griffin
Beckham
Hot Dog Run
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Beckham
Grade 1 · Modified: Hot Dog Run

What I learnedI learned there's a faster way to color, using click and drag in Procreate.

"He hand drew one of Truman's little guys and taped it to our ceiling. Beckham loved the workshop — he didn't want to go home 😂 told our neighbor Tru has been drawing since he was 'like 0 years old' 😂"
Jocelyn — Beckham's mom Beckham pointing at his drawing taped to the ceiling
Julian
Wild West
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Julian
Grade 4 · Modified: Wild West
"I think this is just a brilliant idea and you guys made it feel really special and elevated."
Susan — Julian's mom Julian's yellow-dog character transfers being cut out
Emi
Emi's animation on her iPad screen
Emi
Procreate + Animate

What I learnedI learned how to make perfect squares and circles, and all the features in Procreate and Animate.

Emi sketching a Rubik's cube in her notebook

Workshop 2 — Making Shirts with Procreate

A two-hour session for our youngest makers. Each kid picked their favourite BeTru characters, laid out a design, learned to write in Procreate, and made vinyl decals. Truman heat-pressed each one onto a t-shirt to wear home. Kids also got a notebook with stickers to decorate.

The Workshop 2 makers together in their finished t-shirts
The workshop table mid-session Choosing BeTru character transfers from the trays Placing characters onto a shirt Truman helping a young maker Taping the designs in place before pressing Two finished shirt designs, taped and ready A finished character layout, close up Truman showing a maker her pressed shirt Every shirt laid out around the table A maker in her finished shirt A maker showing off his character-covered shirt Two makers in their finished shirts