{"id":427,"date":"2020-09-21T21:27:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T21:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1300-intro-2d-animation-fall-2020\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:32:16","slug":"character-design-assignment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1300-intro-2d-animation-fall-2020\/character-design-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Character Design Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final project \u2013 step 1: Character Design<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This week, you will design the character you will animate for the rest of the semester.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Start by\u00a0<strong>brainstorming ideas and sketching them out<\/strong>. You may use pencil\/paper or a tablet.\u00a0These sketches can (and even\u00a0<em>should)<\/em>\u00a0be rough but there should be plenty of them. You will be working with this character for several weeks \u2013 don\u2019t settle for the first idea. Explore different possibilities before making a final decision. Gather visual references for your final design (i.e: if your character is a cat-version of your favorite singer, gather images of cats and of the celebrity the character will resemble).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Write a\u00a0<strong>biography\u00a0<\/strong>for your character. This doesn\u2019t need to be long \u2013 just a short paragraph including its name and essential traits (see example above).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once you\u2019ve decided what you want your character\u2019s essential traits (design and personality) to be,\u00a0create a\u00a0<strong>character turnaround.\u00a0<\/strong>You may use pencil\/paper or a tablet.: this is a document often used in animation showing different views of a character on a single sheet of paper. Make sure you include its front, side &amp; back. Start with the front view and draw horizontal lines at the height of each important elements (i.e: top of head, chin, feet, hands etc.) across the width of the sheet of paper to align all views).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Format<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The sketches and turnaround should be exported as\u00a0<strong>JPGs<\/strong>. The biography should be\u00a0<strong>typed<\/strong>\u00a0up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Submission<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Create a new post on your Open Lab portfolio. Your post should include your\u00a0<strong>sketches, bio, and turnaround<\/strong>\u00a0as well as a\u00a0<strong>short description<\/strong>\u00a0(reflections on your process, challenges, goals etc. are also welcome).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This assignment is due next week. 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