Assignment One - Height and Body Design

Now that I have achieved the face that I want, it was time to turn my attention to the height, which unfortunately caused me some grief!

Height Chart

I decided to go with a 6 head design, as 7 seemed far to lanky and disproportionate, and 4 seemed far to childish in design.

I also worked after that on looking at the angle of the body or "posture". This changed somewhat later on as I found that for his back story having such a shockingly bad posture made little to no sense.

Silhouette

At the end of that class, I had some spare time to work on some silhouettes, which gave me a more fair idea of how I wanted my character to look and move. This helped me exponentially with deciding that my original posture was terrible! 

Assignment One - Emotion Sheet

So, Its been a bit too long since I last updated this blog, so bare with me!
Assignment one has been very interesting, using concepts that I have learned in my classes to create my own specific character design.

One of the first requirements was to create an emotion sheet for our little characters. Originally I had designed another face to use, but decided against using it as it didn't appeal to me or my background in which I wanted to go with for the character.

Emotion Sheet

Overall I am happy with the design - It is as I imagined it, I also think the emotions are obvious enough to most people as to what expression is being posed.

I obviously need to work on my line art, as it is fairly messy!

Attack on Titan - Shingeki no Kyojin

Possibly one of my favourite anime's of all time, is the series called Attack on Titan. It is a Japanese show based on giant Titans who attack the last stronghold of man. It is based on a Manga / Comic series.

• The first episode debuted April 6, 2013.
• The Manga was written by Hajime Isayama, the Anime series was created by Tetsuro Araki
• The Studio was called Wit Studio Production I.G
• Won the Kondansha Manga Award in 2011. 
• Was nominated for the  4th annual Manga Taisho award
• Second highest selling Manga series of 2013
• 30 million volumes sold
• The Anime series won during the Newtype Anime Awards - Best script, Best director, Best soundtrack, Best theme song, top female character and Title of the Year.
• It received the award of best TV animation at the 2013 Animation Kobe Awards.
• The Colours and style are bold and intense, there is a lot of technical drawing, particularly background scenes. Nothing is simple about the style, yet the style is beautifully done, and really encaptures you into the scene and story. The animations are smooth, and unique, no one animation is overplayed, and each titan has its own 'personality' as such.
• The dark side of Attack on Titan appeals to me, plus the amazing visuals, story line and plot. The animations are so smooth and the background painting is so effortlessly done, it really adds to the vibe and feel of the show. The soundtrack and audio for the series is superb and fits really well within the show's theme.

My Animation Inspirations!

First and foremost, my favourite animation has to be the simple, yet very effective and widely renowned in the gaming community, CarbotAnimations.

Carbot creates parody animations normally featuring 1-2 minutes in length weekly based on popular video games, such as Starcraft, World of Warcraft and Diablo.

Some information about CarbotAnimation

• His first episode debuted on Youtube two years ago. Since then he has produced 108 animations between 1 to 2 minutes in length.
• CarbotAnimations are created by one man, Jonathan Burton. 
• He has his own Studio called CarbotAnimations, but was recently hired for his works by Blizzard Entertainment, to create more animations for their games.
• It has not been nominated for any awards, due to the nature of his work, and his audience. All his works are currently online and featured almost exclusively on Youtube. He does however have 442,000 subscribers. With his most popular video seeing over 2 million views, and many of his 108 averaging over 1 million.
• Carbot's intended style is simplistic, but based around comedy and parody. He takes well known issues in gaming, and turns them into something funny that many or all people can relate to. Carbot animates frame by frame using Adobe Flash, and has even provided some 'how to' guides on his workflow.  His animations are simple, yet flow extremely well. His sense of movement, audio and timing is simply perfect.
• Carbot's animations appeal to me, because they are something I can relate to as a gamer. Not only this, but they are simple yet extremely effective. He shows that one man can create great and successful animations by using some humour and putting in the time.

Here he has done a parody of the Trailer for Blizzards latest Diablo III expansion : Reaper of Souls.

Carbots Animation

Blizzards Actual Trailer