Monday, June 28, 2010

Shapes

I didn't make this up, it's something that has been done in production design both in live action and animation for a long time. It's a lot of fun to play with. Here is how I used it in a recent comic.






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13 comments:

  1. woah- thats a great technique! thanks for posting!

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  2. Ever since I learned that shape theory I figured out why Pyramid Head (in the Silent Hill horror video games) is so terrifying, despite being a man with a pyramid head. (Besides the giant knife, I mean)--his head is a triangle, which reduces all organic forms in his vicinity to vulnerable circle shapes.

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  3. This blog is incredible! Your use of shapes and how you break everything down is such a great help... For artist of all types this could be very helpful! Just wanted to say thanks!

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  4. Sam: Thanks

    Danielle: I had never seen that guy before, what a cool design.

    Brett: Thanks

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  5. great post, you are always so clear in your words and demonstrations, thank you for this!!!

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  6. I never looked at it that way. It makes sense. Thanks for this post, Rad!

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  8. Great post, thanks! I'll have to keep an eye out for this.

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  9. Great post, you laid this stuff out so clearly.

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  10. Thanks Rad. This is some great info, and yes it does shed light on why Pyramid-Head was so scary!

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  11. I'm doing some storyboards in a city environment, and i'm having great difficulty with placing the buildings in different camera angles. When you start storyboarding and putting in layouts... how do you track and check where everything is? Right now i feel like i'm guessing and superficially putting buildings in for composition. I was hoping you could add this as a tutorial on your blog. Thanks!

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  13. i heard about this! Disney princesses are always round faces because they're cute and beautiful and evil guys(like frollo and jafar) are triangles.

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