Jade
Smith
ART
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Cindy
Rhem
25
Sept. 2017
Character with Imposed Skeleton – Jade
Smith
Although the actual
execution of this project presented its own challenges, the thought process
involved proved to be even more difficult.
I began by researching different animated characters and their
skeletons, which gave me a feel for what a skeleton might look like in various
types of gestures. I originally planned
on drawing Toothless from the film entitled How
to Train Your Dragon, but settled on Pixar Animation Studios’ infamous
robot, Wall-E, because I wanted to challenge myself with an animated character
that wasn’t human and didn’t have a skeleton already portrayed on-line. I also chose Wall-E because the deeper
meaning behind the art inspires me. I’m
concerned like so many others about the damage humans are causing to Earth and
this film features a robot whose job is to cleanup the mess humans have left
behind. I came to realize in my research
that the skeletal structure is an important consideration in animation because
it’s “the basic structure of any basic living creature.” No movement is possible without the skeleton;
therefore, understanding the skeletal structure is the key in understanding movement. I learned that skeletal animation is a design
involving two parts: the surface model, which depicts the way the character is
portrayed and the skeleton, which determines the character’s movements. I was completely fascinated with Michael
Pauluh, an artist from Oregon, who illustrated the anatomy of many atypical
shaped characters from television. His
depictions help to inspire my skeletal structure for Wall-E. I came to discover that even an animated
character, which appears simplistic, is actually very complex in relation to
movement. I was in aware of Pauluh’s intricate
skeletal structures of characters such as Snoopy, Betty Boop, Tweety Bird, and Pikachu.
My favorite part
of this project was putting my design on paper.
I’m most comfortable working with graphite and colored pencils because I
find it more enjoyable because I am able to change things at ease. I also find the colored pencils and graphite
to be closer to my style preference.
Award-winning colored pencil artists such as Ann Kullberg inspire me
because I like the way the colored pencils are applied to the paper and the
finished renderings aren’t solidly perfect.
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