Assignment #4- Character expressions & Body Gestures

  Please pick one of your characters you have created this semester and create a facial character expression sheet and a body gesture sheet.

Here is an example of a great page and layout

Have the character in color in the presentation!!

Create THREE -  11x17 pages...no color needed, but under color is ok!

1 page- facial expression

1page- full body emotions

1page- full body movement ( doing something= karate, riding, jumping- interacting with other object)

Place your colored character in the middle and design around the key character.

Presentation is everything!

Facial expressions-

There are about 7 key facial expressions that do not body posses. Then the rest require secondary influence of body gesture line.

1. Happy/ Smile

2. Sad

3. Angry / Mad

4.Tired

5. Scared

6.Evil / Revengeful

7.Confused / Lost / Knocked out

The rest start to require some gesture and influence of the body.

7. Sneaky

8.Concerned

9.Frustrated

10. In love

11. Bored

12.Wondering

13.Hysterical

14. Insulted

15.Surprised

16.Arrogant

17. Embarrassed

18. Rock n' out

19.Suspicious

20. In pain

You have to act the pose and the expression to really get it..you have to feel it and see what your body is doing..

 Here are some images form the expressions book....

Reference for you...

Compare, straight symmetry poses can be boring...

So turn the head into different positions, and start with what Phil showed in class...

Tom and Jerry expressions sheets are classics for displaying emotion...

Yes in facial gesture you can include shoulders and some upper body posing...

Body Poses...

Try to avoid straight symmetry in all your posing...

Character Expressions

Facial Photos Reference- more available on Pintrest

Body Gestures