Character Development

Week 7- Week 11

Facial Expression

Week 6 | 12 April 2018

Facial Expression influences the body part of a character. If the character is happy , you have to draw the "squash" face and if the character is sad, you have to strech the face. Animation is all about exaggerate.

I draw my little sister's facial expression

How to character Design?

Week 5 | 5 April 2018

Character designer play an important role in animation production. He or she must know all the story plot before someone else to create a decent character for the story.

A good character design must attract a good attention from the audiences. It must be good in appealing and memorable to the story. Miss Sheila said that a very good character design can stay alone in one story even without the supporting role.

   

the picture above is my very first character designs during semester 1 and I use them for semester 2 because they are memorable for me but,,, it might be too simple?

so here's the character development for "the lost children"

Caricature

Week 4 | 29 March 2018

What is a Caricature? Caricature is a part of cartoon, its emphasize the characteristic on the face. Started in 80th century , related to a politic to form a propaganda. Caricature today, you need to ask for a permission before drawing someone face.

this is the work in progress of my Caricature. I hate drawing realism but this is kinda of fun. I drew my friend, Nadh. Miss Sheila also mentioned that caricature can be over exaggerate either simplify them.

and this is the final work.