In this special period, when you stay at home, have you experienced drama and games, and are you still full of frustration and confusion? From today on, we will learn art online from natural light. The first part of the homestead art introduction, the secret script of "closed practice", only tells you who study animation, film and plane. How to analyze the action characteristics of characters and animals in professional animation and film works from the digital media system?
The first reason is that Digital media system The reason is that there is a common misunderstanding among students learning digital media system, that is Pay more attention to software than basic skills Whether animation, games or film majors, although we The main carrier is computer software But many times, I can Skilled "Taming" Software What we use them for is often Complicated and boring exercises The foundation has been laid.
2D Animation Walk Cycle
It is regarded as a treasure in the animation industry and has become the pillow book of countless outstanding animators Animator Survival Manual In the middle, the practice is highly emphasized Walk Cycle Importance to animators. Walk Cycle, translated into Chinese, is a walking cycle It refers to the most basic walking action of animated characters 。
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Walk Cycle seems to be a simple foundation, but many excellent animators Exercise of grasping movement scale , all started with Walk Cycle. For example, in the above figure, although it seems that all the characters are just "walking" Character , but they can all walk Let the audience catch at a glance 。
Yellow puppy Leisure and relaxation , orange rabbit Lively and playful , blonde Charming and sexy , nightgown woman's Dignified and elegant , all on paper.
Walk Cycle seems simple, but it is a great test for animators to grasp the action. At the same time, because the repeated painting of Walk Cycle is too much Single and boring , which is often ignored by beginners.
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So students who study animation can practice at this time, but the aimless Walk Cycle exercise is really boring. Is there any way to make it more interesting?
Of course, there is a way. That is, students should try to draw Walk Cycle first Create a Full role This step is not difficult, just like Brainstorm Similarly, from name and nickname to constellation, eye color, hair color, blood type, even occupation, dream, political position, etc. As long as you can think of the characteristics, you can try to give TA as much detail as possible.
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Students may wonder why they need to do so much brainstorming that seems unrelated to walking, even using Complete background story To support TA?
In fact, the answer we mentioned earlier is that in animation, Role of action higher than everything . When our characters are refined to include Fear of cockroaches, dare not sleep alone, excessive conceit Such details can be extracted from Simple Walk Cycle exercise It is not far away from becoming a real animation master.
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Students may find it difficult at first. In life, it's hard to see that in animation Dramatic, extra emotional There is no example for those who want to refer to. But don't lose heart. Try to exaggerate as much as possible.
If it is difficult to choose the character, it is better to use draw The way to combine the characters' characteristics under random circumstances. The role under the patchwork It often brings us unexpected surprises! (Quietly tell the students that many classic characters in the history of animation started out as a random combination of unexpected happiness!)
Film - Pull Film
If frame by frame hand painting is animators' "Closed door cultivation" , then Pull tab It must be Film industry person Essential to success "Unique Secret Script" . Pull sheet is the same as frame by frame hand painting Repeat frame by frame To grind. B There are many magical and brainwashing film clips on the station, which are masterpieces created by film lovers who are crazy about pulling films. Recommended reading: What is film pulling ？
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For the students who study film, they have nothing to do at home now The Best Time to Pull 。 However, the pull film is not actually downloaded from the Internet Film pulling template Find a classic film, and fill in every frame mechanically.
such Simple task completion It often takes a lot of time, but it is also difficult to improve in a short time. The advice of natural light to students is to find a direction that they are most interested in or feel most lacking, Targeted Carry out pulling exercises 。
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For example, the decision to specialize Film shooting position and composition You can spend a lot of time analyzing classic films Composition and stand design , can be used for A film style , even Works of the same director Practice.
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Such high-intensity and targeted exercises can often see obvious improvement in a short time. and Extensive but not specialized macro pulling exercises Compared with, with Short time consuming, targeted and fast improvement Features.
It can play an important role both in learning enthusiasm and practical effect yield twice the result with half the effort Role of.
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