For the past 2 weeks we have been working on creating characters in orthographic view and making comic strips/storyboards. This project was very needed for me because it helped me see what I need to improve on and why story boarding and orthographic characters are so important. The way in which this has really helped me improve is that it has really made me think about trying to become a better artist. I have noticed that my drawings in terms of background images are pretty good but, I really do need to improve on my character design. I need to do this because character design is not the easiest thing for me and I do not think I'm very good at it right now. In terms of the importance of story boarding and orthographic characters. I learned that story boarding is important because it is a big step in the planning phase and mainly helps pitch ideas about your game. The reason it is so good at this is because story boarding is basically a layout of all the scenes in the animation or game and it shows certain design elements in terms of character, background, and movement which really helps show everything about the game. The orthographic drawing is important because one, it can be used in the storyboard and two, it tells the designer the exact measurements of the character and what the character is supposed to look like. Because of this when orthographic characters are drawn it is very important to get all the measurements right and make sure everything lines up on all sides. Together I think orthographic characters and storyboards are some of the biggest parts of game design.
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References: http://www.iadt.edu/student-life/iadt-buzz/june-2013/storyboarding-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important http://www.technologystudent.com/prddes1/orthogrp1.html
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AuthorHi, my name is Nick Bayer and I will be posting blogs about every 1-2 weeks in the 2020-21 school year. I am doing this for my Advanced Game Design class at Durham School of the Arts(DSA). The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools. Categories
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