From the course: Animation Foundations: Drawing Cartoon Characters
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Body types, proportions, and construction
From the course: Animation Foundations: Drawing Cartoon Characters
Body types, proportions, and construction
- Let's get started by taking a look at the basic character types that you'll encounter a lot in animation, and these are general types that occur over and over again. So, for example, the little guy on the left holding his hand up, you'll recognize that basic body type as Mickey Mouse, or Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Roger Rabbit even have basically those proportions. And to the right of him the baby, and notice that the head's more or less the same size, but proportionally the body's tiny. A huge head and a tiny body. These are the basic animation tricks that have been used to designate different kinds of age or personality. And to the right of the baby, the heavy set or overweight character. To the right of him, we have the long, lanky chap, and Goofy would be a good instance of this character. Although, you could also use this body type to make a villain. Somebody very long and spidery, like Ebenezer Scrooge. To the right of him we have the muscle man, and again, the…
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