Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Pictoplasma - the character encyclopedia

In researching Characterization i grabbed a book called Pictoplasma - the character encyclopedia by Pictoplasma Publishing.

I made some notes;

"I like to switch back and forth between serious and silly to keep my brain from forming into a cute mushroom cloud."

"Similar to the visual logic of the logo, characterization operates through abstraction, metaphoric density and a play with visiotypes."

"Humans respond to the image of a body."

"It (characters) has always had the potential to transmit a wider sphere of reference and meaning."

"Solely outstanding graphical qualities makes these characters universal - along with tons of attitude, emotion and appeal."
- Fons Schiendon

"Viewers have to be able to identify with the character. Appeal is the most important thing. Its true for actors in film. its true for actors in animation."

"Plain cuteness + Blunt Violence."

"We know batman, pacman and mickey mouse better than we know any scientist or nobel peace prize winner. Our heroes are all fantasy."
- Friends with you



Armed with this i'm going to experiment with characterization ready for Thursdays tutorial.

tj -x-

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