ABSTRACT

Character design is another specialist area in itself. The one thing an animator most likely don't want to do is have a character design style that is very dissimilar from his/her background or environment style. Angular, rectilinear line and form will give a more aggressive, hard-cut style of character. So much of the personality of a character defines the design style. Attitude is another aspect of animator's character's design that he/she need to visually communicate to his/her audience. The proportion of animator's character says so much about him or her. The short character with a big head is much more likely to convince people that he or she is bright and intelligent, than the big, pinhead, lummox of a guy with knuckles scraping the ground. One very important aspect of character design is being aware of head heights. The head height of a character will therefore define how realistic or cartoonish he or she appears to be.