{"id":968,"date":"2009-10-28T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T23:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnoliverschool.ca\/keller\/?page_id=968"},"modified":"2020-10-19T19:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:04:26","slug":"making-your-own-character-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/dounut-media\/making-your-own-character-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Making your own Character project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;line-height: 1.6875\">10 YEARS OF PICTOPLASMA &#8211; A DECADE OF CHARACTER EXCELLENCE!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16878\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16878\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16878\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed.jpg 512w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed-260x128.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed-160x79.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source PICTOPLASMA.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the past decade, the Berlin based project has tirelessly hosted, encouraged, and pushed forward a unique, playful, and interdisciplinary investigation of the visual avant-garde and graphic arts in the digital age.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N_QJdXRfpwQ&amp;ab_channel=Pictoplasma\">httpv:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=N_QJdXRfpwQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Pictoplasma<\/b><\/span> is an organization dedicated to the art of\u00a0<a title=\"Character creation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Character_creation\">character design<\/a>, and are notable for bringing it into the mainstream. Since 1999, they have encouraged the international character design scene by publishing collections of\u00a0<a title=\"Fictional character\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fictional_character\">characters<\/a>, organizing character design conferences, and by maintaining the Pictoplasma Archives, an extensive inventory, collection, and <a title=\"wikt:showcase\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/showcase\">showcase<\/a>\u00a0of contemporary character design.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pictoplasma.tumblr.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">Some of there past images can be seen here!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;line-height: 1.6875\">In this painting project, we will be developing from sketch to good copy a character with a history, personality, and a whole world around it! <\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><em><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;line-height: 1.6875\">SO, Start thinking!!!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pictoplasma Portrait by Nokia\" width=\"956\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/taicpoq97dM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sketching a page of SMALL possible Characters. (min of 8 diff characters!)<\/li>\n<li>Pick one\u00a0Character\u00a0and develop it in to a robust, or full, character\n<ul>\n<li>define name<\/li>\n<li>personality<\/li>\n<li>make up the &#8211; who what where and when&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>what are they wearing, holding &#8230;anything else<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Produce a 6&#215;8&#8242; draft in color! in sketchbook<\/li>\n<li>Good copy = 2-3 \u00a0group has to be at some kind of celebration, or festival, (one page of writing about C,or F, and what your characters are doing there.<\/li>\n<li>For 3D students please go through steps 1-3 (time two!- one for each character) and then produce two 8&#8243; 3D characters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Pictoplasma ROCKS!!! please take a look at what they do with the global arts community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?q=PICTOPLASMA&amp;rls=com.microsoft:en-US&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiGk6_-9qbPAhUQ12MKHcNoDY8Q_AUICCgB&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=733\">Check out all the characters that come from Pictoplasma.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 YEARS OF PICTOPLASMA &#8211; A DECADE OF CHARACTER EXCELLENCE! 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