Ivy's Bungalow

BALANCE & LINE Studio 1. Provide two ‘right’ answers for the ‘wrong’ thumbnails provided below 2. Consider Asymmetric Balance, the Rule of Thirds, and Line in General Direction. 3. Draw the corrected forms using proper shapes/structure/forms Use: 1. Red pencil for line of action 2. Use blue pencils for geometric forms/body parts 3. Use black pencils/markers for final lines/details/cleanup

Animation makes great use of PROPORTION in order to help establish protagonists, antagonists, comic characters and other archetypes. You are provided with the standard Proportion guide for the classic ‘Heavy’/Bad Guy/Pugnacious character; the Cute Character; the Goofy Character; and the Screwball Character. Using the style-guide formula, create your own unique character for each archetype.

Requirements: Pick an object or objects; Produce at least 18 thumbnail sketches of that object where you explore, Try:  using all curved lines/twist straight parts of object;  using nothing but straight lines;  varying the thickness of the lines;  repeat favorite lines & shapes;  positive & negative reversals  distil objects to simple shapes (ovals, squares, triangles)  rearrange / splice parts of object;  change proportions of objects;  distort / exaggerate shape of object;  use contrasting colors;  overlap shapes and change colors in overlapped areas;