“It is a truly rewarding experience when animation artists breathe life into their characters by creating movement as though they’re real humans.” —Eyo Obot (animator)
In today’s blog, Eyo shares 11 tips to successfully create characters that feel as grounded and realistic as they are “cartoony.”
www.stage32.com/blog/11-tips-for-bringing-your-animated-characters-to-li...
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Great share thanks Maurice Vaughan
You're welcome, Daniel Husbands. Other creatives can use the tips too, like screenwriters and filmmakers using "Timing."
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I do love a great cartoonish performance though. Over the top characters have become taboo in that they're too much, too in your face, or too intrusive, but they really remain effective narrative tools for communicating complicated plot mechanics with lower stakes by being overly dramatic