Mentor hours: 7:25 p.m - 9:37 p.m
Met at about 7:25 pm. My mentor began explaining the methods of shading and how lines are a fundamental aspect in animation. A grid is used to help give depth to either the background or character, but mostly the characters. Explaining the aspects and advantages to using a grid, he explained that it gives the object mass while also supplying a guideline for shading to follow. Moving onto shading and detail, he segwayed towards the aspects of detail and how shading can be used to externalize the boldness of an outline.
Using examples like the one to the left, he drew attention to how the main focal point is internal before displaying with a line as to how the shading branches out. From the butt to the thigh, up the to the calf and then finally the foot.
Using a grid and shading together, he stated as to how the artist artfully crafted the picture, while explaining how the stance seemed more realistic and natural while still retaining an animated 2-d quality. Drawing out from the waist was the body, as it was just an extension. However; still utilizing the grid, the artist was able to create a shadow using a darker tone via the jacket as he explained that despite the hue - it gave off a realistic effect.
Relating the shading effect to the thickness of the line we went over how the finer the overall outline of the cartoon there is, the more realistic approach the artist is trying to pull off as opposed to the heavily inked cartoon characters that are portrayed to be cute and relatively lighthearted. As the session came to a close, and after examining a few Japanese and American animations, my mentor gave me the assighnment to watch two animations called "Kimi no Todoki" and "Fruits Basket". He stated that while watching an episode each, I were to take down anything that my eye caught as I noted the animation style and differences when comparing the two.
He also gave me an assighnment to practice drawing straight lines, prisms, triangles, and spheres while being placed with an at least two-perspectived field under a light source. I was to shade in accordance to whether the object was placed within a day or night setting along with how strong the light was, as this was told by the shadow.
Total Hours: 4hrs.
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