{"id":37,"date":"2019-01-24T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2019-01-28T16:44:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:44:29","slug":"4-planning-a-character","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/4-planning-a-character\/","title":{"rendered":"4.Planning a character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SLIDES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/mmp260-topic4\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/mmp260-topic4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IN-CLASS TUTORIALS AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/adobe-animate-walk-and-blink-cycles\/\">Adobe Animate: Walk and blink cycles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUGGESTED RESOURCES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AiTEa78XUBk&amp;t=54s\">&#8220;<em>Inside Out<\/em>: Designing Characters for Pixar&#8221;<\/a>&#8211; Video by Variety Artisans<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/sponsored-by-aaron-blaise\/aaron-blaise-reveals-seven-steps-great-character-design-149504.html\">&#8220;Aaron Blaise Reveals The Seven Steps to Great Character Design&#8221;<\/a>&#8211; Article and video on CartoonBrew.cow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ohmy.disney.com\/movies\/2015\/05\/18\/stunning-disney-character-transformations-from-concept-art-to-final-frame\/https:\/\/ohmy.disney.com\/movies\/2015\/05\/18\/stunning-disney-character-transformations-from-concept-art-to-final-frame\/\">&#8220;Stunning Disney Character Transformations from Concept Art to Final Frame&#8221;<\/a>&#8211; Interactive Gallery from\u00a0ohmy.disney.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Illustration-tutorials\/Character-Development-From-Concept-Finish\/408229-2.html\">&#8220;Learning Character Development and Design&#8221;<\/a>&#8211; full course on Lynda.com\u00a0(follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0go3sR_FQ7E&amp;feature=youtu.be\">these instructions<\/a>\u00a0to Log In for free)<\/li>\n<li>Great examples of character design:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortoftheweek.com\/2016\/01\/02\/la-vieille-dame-et-les-pigeons-the-old-lady-and-the-pigeons\/\">&#8220;The Old Lady and the Pigeons&#8221;<\/a>&#8211; by Sylvain Chomet<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kmrXJxSv56Y\">Bill Plympton&#8217;s Reel <\/a>(2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ASSIGNMNENT: ANIMATE PROJECT &#8211; CHARACTER DESIGN<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brainstorm<\/strong>ideas for your character &#8211; write down ideas on a sheet of paper and gather visual references\/sources of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sketch<\/strong>\u00a0ideas for your character. These sketches can be 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.<\/p>\n<p>Write a\u00a0<strong>biography<\/strong>\u00a0for your character. This doesn\u2019t need to be long \u2013 just a short paragraph including its name and essential traits. Here\u2019s an example:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cAgnes is a distinguished older cat. She walks on two legs, like a human, and is very smart. While her bones are frail and her vision a bit blurry (she has to wear thick glasses) she loves to stroll around the city with her pet snail. Her artistic disposition is reflected in her choice of clothes and unique haircut. She is on the shorter side and a bit round.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve decided what you want your character\u2019s essential traits (design and personality) to be,\u00a0create a\u00a0<strong>character sheet<\/strong>: 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 (tip: 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). I recommend using pencil and paper, but you may also use your favorite Digital Imaging software (i.e: Adobe Photoshop) and a tablet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deliverables<\/strong>\u00a0(on Blackboard before next week&#8217;s class):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(At least) 5 sketches (scanned)<\/li>\n<li>Your character\u2019s biography (in Word or PDF format)<\/li>\n<li>Character sheet (scanned)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Scan your drawings at home or in the LRC)<\/p>\n<p>For the full project guidelines, grading rubric and examples, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/animate-project\/\">Animate Project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLIDES http:\/\/bit.ly\/mmp260-topic4 IN-CLASS TUTORIALS AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES Adobe Animate: Walk and blink cycles SUGGESTED RESOURCES &#8220;Inside Out: Designing Characters for Pixar&#8221;&#8211; Video by Variety Artisans &#8220;Aaron Blaise Reveals The Seven Steps to Great Character Design&#8221;&#8211; Article and video on CartoonBrew.cow &#8220;Stunning Disney Character Transformations from Concept Art to Final Frame&#8221;&#8211; Interactive Gallery from\u00a0ohmy.disney.com &#8220;Learning Character &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/4-planning-a-character\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;4.Planning a character&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-s2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}