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Character design 4
Overview In the process of animation production, not all the work is character concept design, but also many sheets. Although sheet-making can be boring, it is important to ensure that the animation works smoothly. What we need to pay attention to in this stage of the exercise is to clarify the purpose of the sheet.…
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Acting for animation 3
Overview In this performance workshop, we looked at different body parts– head, shoulders, chest, arms, gestures, hips, knees, and feet. Observe what emotions and body language these parts express in different states. This will be an excellent reference for next week’s walking animation exercise. 1. Feet At first, we were asked to move around the…
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Character design 2-3
Character Concept Overview In this lesson, at first, we looked at some examples of the concept, character design, and character illustration and knew the differences between them. Then we started to learn the process of creating characters. The first thing we need to decide is what kind of character we want to create and what…
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Presentation-Disney Princess Animation
For the presentation, I’ve chosen an Alternative way to focus on the influence of feminist development on animation, especially in Disney princess animation. You can find my PowerPoint here. And the speaker document is here. Other research Image building of Female Power Players (Female Villain Role Building) 1. Female villains like to wear purple, and…
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Animation exercise — walk cycle and mood change
Overview In this lesson, we learned the basic motion law of human walking. On this basis, we recorded our own reference about mood change. And this was my first attempt at stop-motion animation. Walk cycle For a standard walk cycle, there are two key positions, two breakdowns, and several in-betweens. There are a couple…
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Animation exercise — Lift, push, pull
Overview In this lesson, we first learned the basic steps of drawing an animation: 1. Have a plan Don’t go straight into animation at first, this often leads to a lot of unnecessary mistakes and duplication of unnecessary work. You can visualize the action in your head first, a clear plan is necessary. 2. Look…
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Acting for Animation 2
Before formally entering the subject, the teacher first let us play a few games to warm up and let us gradually relax the physical activity. This is a great help to be able to perform the different stages of the theme with the body more relaxed later. In this lecture we have learned about 7…
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Life drawing 4
After the first round of drawing, I asked Vanessa to see my sketches. After taking Vanessa’s advice: Pay more attention to the trend lines of the body movement, rather than the shape of the muscles. This will allow the lines to be drawn cleanly and not obsess over the shape of the surface. In the…
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