![]() ![]() ![]() You could also stretch the Half Oval vertically to create an entirely different effect. The first is the fat Half Oval which is good for characters who are stout and low to the ground. Here I've shown only a few basic shapes that I've used in a cast of characters I plan on using for an animation. It would be boring to read a comic where all the characters are shown head on, right? If your characters have different body shapes, its no problem for someone to tell them apart (you wouldn't ever get Patrick Star and Spongebob Squarepants mixed up, would you?). If you're using your character in an animation or even a comic, the watcher/reader won't always be seeing your characters from the same angles, so they won't always see their faces. It's almost like we're friends, eh?ĪND CHOOSE WISELY! because unless you're going for the contrary look, like a lanky body builder or a buff wimp, shape makes the character. To help you along, I will also make a character with you during this time. Or at least think of it this way, by the end of this Instrucable, you won't be any stupider, right? (It's up in the air at this point) It all comes down to you to decide what works for you and what doesn't, but the more information you have in your arsenal of how-to-make-a-character-ology, the better chances you have of not creating bad characters. I can give you suggestions, you can Google it and read other people's suggestions, but that's all they are, suggestions. Ahem-there are no rules of creating a character. SO ANYWAY, if you said no, this is the Instructable for you and even if you are reading this thinking it isn't, well JUST SIT AND KEEP READING, because I'll now explain why it IS. JUST KIDDING, you are now legally obligated to finish reading, it's in the contract, small print, you must have missed it, don't bother going back to look, you're just wasting your time, it's really small print. Think of it this way, if all your characters were silhouettes, would a person be able to tell them apart? If you answered yes to this question, good job, you can now close this Instructable and continue surfing the Web for cute cat pictures. ![]() So when creating a character, you have to be aware of shapes so your creations don't end up looking like a bunch of little clones (as cool and sci-fi as that might sound). Remember that super fun game you used to play in grade school where you and all your snot nosed friends would take turns closing your eyes and smacking your hands blindly against each other's faces to try to guess who they were? No? Oh, yeah, I never played that either.īut here's the point (yeah, I plan on making points periodically in this Instructable, prepare yourself) it's hard to tell who's who when the lights are out. ![]()
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