“Attractive” is a subset of the twelfth precept of animation that’s making use of right here – “Attraction”. “Attraction” typically means “visually attention-grabbing”, which we are able to break down into totally different elements. For issues to be visually attention-grabbing, some issues we wish to take into account are attention-grabbing shapes, exaggeration of key options, and paring down the unimportant particulars so the essential stuff stands out extra.
The very first thing we wish to have a look at is shapes. After we have a look at characters, the very first thing we see is their silhouette. Silhouettes must look totally different from one another or they’re uninteresting. Totally different shapes are rather more attention-grabbing to have a look at. Our eyes are educated to pick issues which are visibly totally different, so having the characters be comprised of various shapes makes them stand out extra. Have a look at how Hsien-Ko right here has so many sharp angles and totally different components to interrupt up her design. The large belt, the totally different coloured tunic, and the large arms that present the broad A-shape of her physique.
After shapes, we wish to exaggerate their key options. Past than the fundamental shapes, we would like sure particulars concerning the character to be memorable. It may be a elaborate mustache, a waistline, a shade swatch, a coiffure, a selected little bit of clothes that makes the character distinctive. The important thing options ought to stand out and draw consideration to themselves! Hsien-Ko’s assaults all come from inside her huge sleeves, which have the large yellow accent on the tip. That is on goal – you’ll be able to inform at a look the place the assaults shall be coming from when she fights. Her physique additionally has additional element – the belt and tunic stand out towards the darker different colours to attract your eye and inform you that that is the place she is susceptible. The hat and talisman establish what she is – a Jiang-shi.
Past that, human eyes get confused if there’s an excessive amount of to have a look at. We wish the sign to be as sturdy as potential. This implies we wish to pare down and simplify away additional pointless particulars. The essential bits concerning the gameplay should stand out, and all the opposite stuff ought to fade into the background. An excessive amount of to have a look at feels overwhelming or “busy”.
Have a look at what occurs to her clear design when there are a variety of extra particulars added. She appears to be like fairly, however there could be a lot context misplaced if this have been utilized in a recreation – how does she struggle? What’s essential to have a look at? This takes us from a clear visible design that conveys a variety of data to a extra generic “horny” design that doesn’t inform us a lot else.
Contemplate what this design appears to be like like when constructed within the Soul Calibur character creator – the additional particulars from the hat, sleeve belts, hair danglies, footwear, and so on. all break up the look and make issues look messy. The “similar” design right here simply doesn’t work as nicely, as a result of we are able to’t apply these similar rules as nicely.
Making characters horny is a shortcut to creating them interesting, since horny characters lean into the rules of enchantment in particular methods. Attractive characters do work these core ideas of enchantment, however enchantment is actually common. The principle goal of enchantment right here is to convey data rapidly concerning the character in a direct visible means. We do that by way of utilizing attention-grabbing shapes, exaggerating the essential particulars, and paring down the pointless extras.
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