Tangled Studdyy

Just a study from tangled

Random Reminder

I just thought about analyzing the conflict of the character also. just for future reference :)

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Omg its from my favorite dude who draws dinosaurs and witches!!!

I was just on pinterest and this was the first one that I saw. I thought why the heck not. It's a good one to start with. 

Bullet thoughts! 

- power ranger-esque and some princess warrior. okay okay. 

- they're children!!

- their costumes look believable. Like .... its not like they just made their costumes. Their costumes and props look well tailored. It's almost like he is an actual power ranger and she is an actual warrior princess

- the catch it that they are both obviously kids. we all know kids can do jacksquat. They're not gonna win fights!!! I guess, unless this is like astro boy... or you know, typical anime stuff. Considering this is for the Korean audience then yeah maybe these kids are skilled :/

-but let's talk about it from an American film perspective. Here is my analysis. This illustration is a representation of the kids imagination. He's imagining himself as some ranger type guy and she's imagining herself as some warrior princess.

LETS talk about the design!!! I'm getting side tracked! Is the design effective? Here are some things I want to look at.

Audience: 5-9? Mostly boys but honestly this could also cater to girls

What's their job? They... protect the city. They look like good guys. Definitely not evil.

How do they fit in the society? Probably well liked. They look happy and ready to serve. 

Personality? What kind of people are they? yeah... happy and ready to serve. They probably like their job. They don't look weary from it. I don't think they've been doing this forever but at the same time they're not rookies. I guess they're at the peak of their career hah. 

Motives? PROTEK THE CITY. 

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Oh hey there Lilou

Audience: 8-13 young girls. 

What does she do for a living? ????????? ??????? ???? ... What is she about????????????? What does she do?? painting?? school??? sports????? I mean she just looks like a typical .... girl... on a nice fall afternoon. like, is she just going out for a walk? walking the dog??? idk

Personality? She looks a bit aloof and timid. Like not totally socially inept but you know she'd rather read books. She's also looks nervous. Not the adventurous kinda gal. she also looks a bit trouble at some cases. easily flustered. 

How does she fit in society? Probably doesn't have a lot of friends. doesn't speak as total loner but she'd rather be home alone than out partying. 

I guess the biggest thing this one is lacking is that its not clear what she does. She's seen reacting to things but what is she reacting to? :/ Not enough story. 

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Oh boi I like his stuff. Anyway, lets do 3 today

Audience: hmmmmmmmmmm 8-11 kids

who is this? Its a croc. he kinda looks mischievious. imagine nick from zootopia except more cynical and has lots more energy. He's probably very playful but the... devilish type. He'd flip and turn you around emotianlly and mentally because that's what he likes to do. 

What does he do for a living? hmm maybe bum around. If he had clothes on then maybe I'd know better. but crocs just kinda just hang around waiting for their food. Thats like this guy. he just hangs around and waits for his next prey to toy with. imagine walking in the autralian outbacks and this guys just whilstes on you and be like "heeey boiii, come here and lemme tell you something" yeah 

How does he fit in the society? He definiltey has no friends. Everyone probably hates him. Is he saddened by that though. hmmm maybe not entirely but maybe he just looks from afar and shrugs. 

I'd say, this design is pretty effective. Strong personality. is it fresh though? i'd say not really. :)

Okay thank you bye!

Because I suck...

I'm going to start doing character design analysis stuff so I can learn how concept artists create effective designs, or ineffective designs. I honestly don't know how to go about this. I guess I'll figure it out as I do this more often. I might also eventually do like... film sequence analysis stuff too. I do this because I suck. 

Okay I guess I'll start with my favorite lady.

Yzma early concept by Harald Siepermann

Why is it so hard to find yzma's character sheets ugh.

Why do so many people love her? Well.. because her design is effective I guess. :| But at the same time we've all watched her film and seen her in action and I feel that helped a lot. OKAY lesson learned #1 choose character designs that you don't know about. 

Anyway, lets say that I have never seen Emperor's New Groove and I don't know jack about this old lady, what would be my impression of her design?

Right off the bat she looks like your really old aunt/grandmother that you hate because she feels entitled for respect and recognition. She got a lot of money from her deceased husband so she spends it all in clothes, make up or plastic surgery to make her feel young again. She's that old hag who still acts like she's young. She will ruin family reunions and you hate her. 

That's what I thought when I first saw her without seeing the film first. 

I feel like her design works because she's immediately recognizable. The audience is able to be reminded of an Yzma type of person in their life. Her design works because she's based on a recognizable archetype. 

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Awright, here's a character I don't know about. What is she? Is she a battle princess?? She looks like she could kick your butt. She looks like she's in control of her life. She makes her own decisions and need no prince. She can probably kill the dragon herself. I was about to say maybe she went through a lot that turned her into something dark but her design doesn't really inform me that. If she did, she would look more worn and tattered. Right now she just looks like an edgy gothic teen.

First of all, she has the typical recognizable princess stuff. Puffy hair, puffy sleeves, floofy skirt. The twist is that her colors are dark, and... she's holding a sword. OH YOU KNOW WHAT. I just realized that the title of this was "gothic princess" well there you go. She wears gothic booths, arm length gloves and some pretty dark make up. 

Well... idk... :| bye i guess