DRAWING FOR ANIMATION-II

Paper Code: 
BMA 216
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
6
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to:

1.       Demonstrate knowledge of the bone structure of the human skeleton and the body’s muscle structure.

2.       Draw the human figure accurately displaying normative proportional relationships of the body’s parts to the whole.

3.       Depict the figure in a variety of poses using foreshortening; and create gestures, illusion of expressive movement, when drawing the figure spontaneously.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

The students will:

CO66.       Categorize anatomy of children, adults, and old age people.

CO67.       Compose drawings using traditional human anatomy techniques.

CO68.       Build caricatures through line of actions, distortions and adaptations.

CO69.       Build sketches of birds, animals, reptiles and creatures.

CO70.       Design and compose characters, character model-sheets for 2D and 3D animation films.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, reading assignments, Demonstrations, Group activities, Teaching using advanced video tools.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

 

Assessment Strategies

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

18.00

Human Anatomy – Anatomy of Different Age Groups – Babies, Children, Teens, Young Adults, Aged - Basic Proportions – Basic Understanding of the Skeletal and Muscle System – Human Forms in Perspective.

 

18.00

Male and Female Anatomy - Body Structure, Proportion and Construction of Body Parts, Torso, Face, Eyes, Nose, Ears, Mouth, Hand, Feet Etc.

 

18.00

Anatomy of Animals, Birds, Reptiles: Body Structure, Proportion and Construction of Body Parts, Basic Forms, Understanding Motion and Grace, Face, Legs, Tails - Use of Perspectives While Drawing Animals, Birds, Reptiles and Insects.

 

18.00

Cartoon Characters -Understanding Cartoon Characters - Cartoon Constructions – Character Development - Drawing From Basic Shapes - Distortion of Proportions - Cartoon Faces, Eyes, Mouths, Hairs, Nose, Hands, Feet - Facial Expressions

 

18.00

Types of Characters in Classic Animated Cartoons – Cute – Screwball – Goofy – Heavy, Pugnacious – Humans, Animals, Birds, Reptiles Characters – Fairy Tale Characters – Gnomes –Elves – Dwarfs –Witches

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  • Rudy De Reyna, “How to Draw What You See”, Watson-Guptill; Anniversary edition,1996.
  • E. Goldfinger, “Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form”, OUP USA, 2004.
  • Preston Blair, “Cartoon Animation”, Walter Foster Publishing; 1 edition, 1994.

 

 

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:

  • Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, “The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation”, Disney Edition, 1995.
  • Ron Tiner, “Figure Drawing without a Model”, David & Charles; New edition,1997.

E-RESOURCES:

 

REFERENCE JOURNALS:

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24
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