Today, my group didn't have any consultation. It was Groups 1,3 and 5.
So to spend my time wisely, I decided to meet up with Shermin where we could help each other by giving valuable feedbacks.
*Which I hope it helps
Indeed, Shermin was decisive. She already planned ahead and knew which style she was going for. Thus, when she showed me images of a stylised kangeroo, I helped her to sketch some and draw measurements so as to make it accurate if drawing different views.
I have to admit I am VERY BAD at drawing a character in different views unless I have reference to it. I really hope I could master this and may need help in this aspect.
Stylising characters is also something I would love to master. Just by changing or exaggerating the features like making a nose bigger or lips would give the feel and personalise the character even more. I could see that different people stylise a character differently. Some with distinct far apart legs; others with cartoony features full of emotions. Just by seeing, I thought it was easy but it was not.
I was suppose to stylise my character to make him simplified but it was way too realistic. I must agree with Shermin, it was indeed his real life photo or image that made my creativity stuck. My creativity became limited as my mind just wanted to make sure it looked like him. I tried different ways to simplify him but to no avail, it wasn't appealing. Shermin came to my rescue, she showed me some images and point out some features which I could 'copy'. But still I want to stylise him resembling the real him. So, you guess it correctly; I am still struggling to make it simplified.
Oh ya not forgetting, when we were heading down for our lunch, Shermin spotted an old man from the drink stall. Wow!! He really looks like an animated character. He has distinct small eyes, spectacles hanging low with cute rosy cheeks. These features really added personality to his character. In fact, Alan also looks like an animated character. *pardon me for saying this
He has a unique nose. A shape of its own; eyes so huge with deep eyelids and curly hair. I believe it would be nice to model him. Don't you all agree?
Thus, lesson learnt today; never judge a book by its cover- *for thinking stylising character was easy
Wish me luck~
Cheers
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Both me and mr ronald have been stylised many times in the past - we have more 'stylists' than your average supermodel!
ReplyDeleteSome people stylise (characature) by reducing... starting from a complex real picture and then 'distilling' the important features. I think this works well if you are an illustrator but if you are having difficulty maybe take a 'bottom-up' approach. For example, my head is basically round, so you could begin with a ball and then add features that make it more 'me' e.g. bushy eyebrows, funny nose, baby mouth, curly hair.
From an animation point of view, it makes it easier to think about different views, because you start by thinking about the basic form you began with, then add the features according to the positioning on the surface.