Drawing for Animation-II

Paper Code: 
25BMA216
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
6
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Objectives: 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: 

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Drawing for Animation- II (Practical)

The students will:

CO79. Categorize   anatomy   of children, adults, and old age people.

CO80. Compose drawings using traditional human anatomy techniques.

CO81.   Build   caricatures   through line of actions, distortions and adaptations.

CO82. Build sketches of birds, animals, reptiles and creatures.

CO83. Design    and    compose characters, character model- sheets for 2D and 3D animation films.

CO84. Contribute effectively in course- specific interaction

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
Unit I: 

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
Unit II: 

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

18.00
Unit III: 

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
Unit IV: 

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
Unit V: 

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: 

SUGGESTED TEXT BOOKS:

1.   Rudy De Reyna, “How to Draw What You See”, Watson-Guptill; Anniversary edition,1996.

2.   E. Goldfinger, “Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form”, OUP USA, 2004.

3.   Preston Blair, “Cartoon Animation”, Walter Foster Publishing; 1 edition, 1994.

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.   Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, “The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation”, Disney Edition, 1995.

2.   Ron Tiner, “Figure Drawing without a Model”, David & Charles; New edition,1997.

 

 

E-RESOURCES:

1.   https://www.youtube.com/c/ProkoTV

2.   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0bbiVvERgkhm76d3nSbYqQ

3.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA77noU56_8

 

 

REFERENCE JOURNALS:

1.   http://www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJDesign

 

Academic Year: 
2025-26
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