Week 1 – Shape and form

For this assignment, we were asked to study the shape and form of 3 characters. I chose to study Linhardt from Fire Emblem, Mitsuha from Your name, and Rinwell from Tales of Arise,

I chose these three characters because I love the characters and the media that they are originally from. The character’s personality is portrayed well through the choices made in posing them and their overall designs. Although two of the characters are from video games, these games have a lot of 2D animated cutscenes in them, allowing for me to get the different references and poses for them. I also chose them as I wanted to improve my ability to draw humanoid characters and learn more about their anatomy and how to pose them correctly. Studying the base shapes, forms, and skeleton of these characters allowed me to do this.

By completing this assignment, I was able to learn more about the proportions of humans and how the proportions in the character design can change the overall impression that the character gives off to the audience. Different shapes and forms will help people get an idea of what a character’s personality may be like just from the first impression of seeing them on the screen, and can help portray smaller details in the character.

I do think that I should’ve chosen some characters that had more cartoonish, or different forms as I mostly worked inside my comfort zone for this assignment. I might study some more characters from cartoon shows to help with this.

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