Character development workshop
Draw a big head. Add a small body. It will look funny.
Make the front, side and back view of the character. They should be of the same size so that, in the final animation, you can replace one for the other.
Make a whole lot of heads in front and side view. Experiment with expressions.While animating, you can replace one head with another.
The Rasa throry states that the human being has 9 basic emothons:
Vir rasa - bravery
Hasya rasa - humour
Bhibitsya rasa - disguest
Shringara rasa - beautification
Shantam rasa - peace
Karuna rasa - compassion
Adbhut rasa - wonderment, awestruck
Bhayanak rasa- Fearsome
one more rasa check.
Make a facial expression for each of these emotions.
Use Art card and pencil colours to make the characters. Outline them with a thin black marker so that they are different and stand out when placed on the backgrounds.
Colour the character in different colour schemes. match them against the backgrounds to see if they stand out
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
The left side, front and right side view of a character with seperated body parts.
When you really want to get serious about your character and give it life, you should work on the Bio of the character. A good bio defines the character giving attributes which build character.
A typical bio will contain:
CHARACTER NAME: NICK OR CODE NAME
AGE:
GENDER:
HAIR COLOR:
HEIGHT (not higher than 12 ft.):
WEIGHT (not more than 600lbs):
EYE COLOR:
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES (fur, feathers, tattoos, scars, wings, etc.):
AVERAGE CLOTHING:
OCCUPATION:
LIFESPAN:
RACE (Elf, Wizard, Shape Shifter, Elemental):
HEALTH STATUS:
FAMILY INFO:
Parents: Financial Status:
Siblings: Marital Status:
SPECIAL POWERS (you may have only one additional power per level):
WEAKNESSES (you must have at least one weakness or fear per level):
ATTRIBUTES:
Leadership
Compassion
Charm
Speed
Stealth
Strength
Humor
Wisdom
Intelligence
Willpower
Aim
Destiny
SPECIAL SKILLS AND UNIQUE PERSONALITY TRAITS (must include what your character eats):
HISTORY (Where did your character come from? What happened in his/her childhood?):
PERSONAL TRAGEDY (What is your character sad about?):
PERSONAL TRIUMPH (What is your character most proud of?):
GOALS IN LIFE:
PETS OR SIDEKICKS (list companions here – you will need to fill out a separate Pet Sheet for each):
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
MORALITY (is character good, evil, neutral? And to what degree?):