Body Shapes
Project Description:
The goal of this project is to explore shape in character, both for the individual, the group and for character faces.
Deliverables:
a Character Shape Line up of 5 characters
Aladdin Character Line Up with Basic Shapes of Principal Characters- by Disney
Susan Bonner - Concepts for First and Goal see the finished character designs on artstation
Susan Bonner - Starting with basic shapes and then adding arms outside of the body form allows the arms to float off the body and show off the internal shape
Luigi Lucarelli -Check out his tutorials - they are very helpful in understanding how to create shape in your character designs.
Chloe Stewart
Colin Winchell - Character Line Up Playing with Body Types
Colin Winchell - Character Line Up Playing with Body Types - Draw Overs by James Suhr
Logan Matthews - Body Shape Exploration for Character Design
Body Types: Body diversity
Danielle Cowell - Body Type Exploration - You can see her reference for the ballerina - If you Google Olympic Athlete Body Types you will see a great character line up.
People come in different shapes and sizes and weight gets stored in different locations in the body.
See the article on Olympic Body Type Differences All of these women are physically fit for there exact sport.
STUDENT EXAMPLES: BODY SHAPES
Dylan Klingler - pose from KCAD Costumed Models - Craig - Dylan is giving character options for the same pose.
Sketch for Shape Character Line Up prelim by Morgan Dennison
Finished Shape Character Line Up by Morgan Dennison
Shape Character Line Up Not So Fantastic 4 by Morgan Dennison
Dan and Python by Scott Wygmans
Sketch for Shape Character Line up by Jilian Warsco
Final Shape Character Line up by Jilian Warsco including process of shape drawing
Shape Character Line Up by Karl Brandt with Draw Overs by David VanTuyle
Character Line Up - Varying the Shapes -by Lotus Liu
Emily Potgeter - Shape and Character - Practice Practice Practice
Corbin Swets - Shape and Character - Seeing the characters as silhouettes is helpful to see the shape.
Joseph Mead - Shape and Character with titles
Sarah Puett- Shape and Character in space.
Piper Fields - Shape and Character
Rae Barrett - Shape and Character - Defined