Animation Fundamentals/Project 1

 

You Siyuan/0366978

Animation Fundamentals / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylors University

Project 1

INTRODUCTION

LECTURE

Week4

Line of Action

The action line is the imaginary line that runs through the character, which describes the direction and movement of the character's body and is the dominant force of the character's actions.

Fig1.1 Week 4(14/10/2024)Mr. Kamal's blackboard writing in class

PROJECT 1: 

PRE-PRODUCTION FOR 2D ANIMATION PROJECT

Specific requirements

For this work progression 1, Set the character description (Age, Gender, Weight, Attitude, Personality) and design a character based on the information. You may take the character information from Film Studies and Cinematography class.

Your goal here is to create a character design that should reflect his or her personality in the story and be visually appealing to the targeted audience.

To begin, take any references from the existing character that resemble your character. It can be from any movie, anime, comic etc. Note that your character must have 2 legs at least to be able to practise the walk cycle in Project 2.

Study the references on the design elements application such as:

Shape language

Proportion

Silhouette

Line of action

Colour

Based on the study, use your creativity to come out with your own unique design by playing around with design elements. Remember it must look different from your references.

Deliverables:

A turnaround sheet / Model sheet (front, side, back and ¾ view perspective)

Pose sheet (Various poses in different emotion / action) - 5 poses *full body

Character facial expressions  - 4 expressions * focus on chest up

Role information

Age 21

Gender female

Height 130

Weight 30KG

Personality lively and cheerful, like to help others very enthusiastic, like pink things, like a lot of beautiful clothes and small animals.

Role setting supplement In the world of martial arts, she is a little sister who is liked by everyone in the school. In order to exercise herself, she decided to go down the mountain and practice, and she also grew a lot in the process of practice.

Set referenc

Fig1.2 Week 4(14/10/2024)  Fuchsbau little matchmaker

My character design inspiration comes from the animation "Fuchsbau Little Matchmaker" that I have seen. The style is very obvious. It's a fairy tale story. I extracted some elements for reference.

I found some Q version of the quest template for character design.

Fig1.2 Week 4(14/10/2024) Reference picture

Fig1.3 Week 4(14/10/2024) Sketch

I drew several different angles with Don, and drew three different expressions on top of the original expression.

Fig1.4 Week 4(14/10/2024) Sketch

Fig1.5 Week 4(14/10/2024) Sketch