A.N.S .asethetics.new media.semiotics

Thought these 29 posts online, I got the result of my semester A. In the semester A ,I was focus on the realistic character style and abstract element.I used the 3/5 percent time to explore the question: how can my drawing characters be looks exist and realistic? How can I add emotion into it?

I used the methods which were method acting and studying on emotional research to develop my animation character.And in the media discourse ,I found the semiotics studying was really useful for me to present a realistic style animation character.

also the abstract visual elements and experience can be used in realistic animation art ,because the realistic style art requires to show more human depth psychology.abstract motion graphic always give audience a opening imagination.

I want to draw realism(or just the feeling of realism) into animation , so I have to obverse the reality. Here have three question: what the reality looks like? is it specific? or abstract? simple? or complex? what is the reality feeling like? dark? cold? warm? or grey? What is the relationship between the character's behavior and the environment?

I was looking for the characteristics of the answers for those questions.then choose the best art form to do “mimicry”. In this part,I will use the phenomena method as a tool to explore the answers.It can be analysis by semiotics theory.when you design a picture, the first thing is what is the “signified”. if we want to represent the reality in animation form , what does the “signifier” will be? What does the line, shape , and atmosphere , shadow and lighting will be ?

The realistic style animation can be divied into two part: Character and environment.

To talk about realistic character, we can not say the manga or anime style is the most succussed one. Because the Japanese animation is too flat to fit the feature of our realistic visual experience.we used to live in a three determinantal world. In my impact, few of DISNEY new films were done well in this field. In animation world, the first feature of realistic character is “angle”,I think. A realistic character changes the form looking with the camera angle’s changing, Especially met the big angle perspective.if I focus on this point to draw character , it become charming and realistic.

The second keypoint for drawing a realistic animation character is “Empathy”. Add emotion into character’s behaver is very important for evoking the realistic feeling . a character appearance and his behaver will become a “signifier”.

Use semiotics as a method to explore the different levels in “signifier” and “signified”. For example,the comic maker Huangjiawei’s work.

This is a long leg women.the signifier : beautiful line drawing , fluency shape and very detailed cloth design. The signified can be a graceful lady, and looks like a hero.in the second level of semiotics. The female hero will be a denotation,it means ,independent spirit. In connotation level,it symbolized great, powerful,and aristocracy. In the example , environment also can be a sign. It looks complex and some part is abstract.the color is very Grey.all these phenomena close to the reality.so the art work as a signifier, its signified is realism.

Many posts can be a very strong impact on my memory, those viewpoints and academic analysis will remind me where I need to go. And new skills were discovered during the month. I want to do more depth research on the relationship between abstract element, realistic graphic and human perception , emotion ,mood..