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Character and Story

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Record my feelings after listening to the seminar and my further exploring of this topic.

In this seminar, the teacher mentioned the principle of storytelling, which reminded me of this picture I saw before, about the Rick and Morty's storytelling wheel.
It is the sum up how to tell an interesting story."the protagonist is in a zone of comfort>but the protagonist wants sth>enter an unfamiliar siuation>adapt to it>get what he/she wanted>pay a heavy price>return to the familiar siuation>having chaged."
It is not difficult to see that many well-known movies are told in this way, such as Kung Fu Panda, Despicable Me, and Wreck-It Ralph...
an example for the story graph from my previous works
The teacher also mentioned the rhythm of the storytelling--story graph. I think there are two main graph in storytelling, one is the story intensity, the other one is the story mood.
the relationship between the character and story graph from my character design work_1
the relationship between the character and story graph from my previous work_2





					

		
		
	


				
					
	

				
					
	

		

						
Line, Clean Up and Animation

			
						

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Some of my personal feelings after listening to the Clean Up seminar and some further explore.





My personal feelings:





The line is the basic element that exists in the two-dimensional space like the point and the surface. It is also the first element used at the beginning of artistic creation. It runs through the artwork and is the skeleton and the medium to convey emotions. Line elements are used in different artworks, have different expression methods, and also have their own unique particularities and limitations.