Application of Traditional Model Elements in Animation Design

Application of Traditional Model Elements in Animation Design

The success of cartoon shows great cultural value. At present, the traditional artistic modeling elements of China are almost invisible in the animated images, and the once brilliant animated characters of China have become vassals. It is urgent to excavate and carry forward the excellent culture of our nation and reshape the image of national animation in the new era. It is of great value and significance that how to use the traditional modeling elements of China to create the cartoon image that China people like, and at the same time highlight the charm of the Chinese nation in values, customs and aesthetic concepts.

"Animation can express any idea that people may hold, which makes it the most effective and clear tool in communication, even though it is only designed for quick appreciation." The role design of animation is to use the language of images to transform abstract symbolic meaning into concrete artistic style that directly appeals to human vision. It eliminates the distance between human perception and symbols, making it more widely accepted than ever before. Among them, the role modeling design of animation plays an extremely important role in the whole animation creation. A good cartoon must have good character modeling to fully express the theme of the story and the personality characteristics of the characters, and to make the audience feel a sense of identity.

China's traditional art culture has a long history, with a history of 5,000 years, and occupies an extremely glorious position in the world art forest. And there are many forms of expression, such as Chinese painting, Shi Zhuan sculpture, sculpture, calligraphy, embroidery, paper-cutting, puppet, shadow play and so on. Some of them have been applied to the role creation of cartoons, such as paper-cutting, Chinese painting and shadow play. However, there are others that have not been utilized, such as embroidery, ceramics, calligraphy and so on. These are all good forms of artistic expression, which are not only changeable in image, strong in plasticity, but also rich in color, and we can all try them.

With the internationalization and popularization of animation language, the key problem to be solved in China's animation character design at present is how to absorb the experience of animation in Europe, America and Japan, integrate the traditional artistic modeling elements of China into the animation character design, make the audience love and be infected by art, and highlight the unique oriental charm and cultural charm of the Chinese nation in terms of values, aesthetic concepts, customs and habits.

"China traditional art has the same aesthetic standards in modeling, which affects people invisibly and standardizes people by convention. Content, image, composition and color are all standardized and become the same yardstick of aesthetics. It is the embodiment of the aesthetic standard of folk artists summing up practical experience. About modeling: beauty should be slim, scholar should have nails, and samurai should have bows. Line performance: water pleats should be looped and money pleats should be straight. Color matching: if you want to be beautiful, bring some filial piety. Black with purple, smelly shit. Red is yellow and bright. " Bernice, a British scholar, once praised China's art and said: "There is another country in the world that has formed a stronger and more sustainable artistic tradition, and the result is even more unique-this country is China. China's art enjoys a high reputation throughout Asia, just as Greek art enjoys a high reputation in Europe. " The basic characteristics of China's traditional artistic modeling are that folk craftsmen are used to starting from the whole in observation methods, paying attention to the parts in technology, paying attention to the whole in physical modeling and paying attention to the local description in decoration. "

The modeling elements contained in China's traditional art are a concept with a wide coverage, with the largest number of creators and users, involving almost all aspects of life. This is because when people create art, they start from local materials according to their own needs, not according to established forms. Such as folk New Year pictures, paper-cutting, shadow play and clay sculpture, are some common forms of traditional artistic modeling in China. According to the different forms of artistic expression, the representative traditional art is divided into the following three parts to illustrate:

(1) line, shadow; Specifically, it includes: paper-cutting art, shadow play, tie-dyeing, New Year pictures and puppets;

(2) Angle and color; Specifically, it includes: opera culture, purity and ugliness;

(3) artistic conception; Specifically, it includes: Chinese painting, calligraphy and freehand brushwork.

The expression methods of China traditional art modeling elements are: modal silhouette modeling, decorative deformation, geometric modeling and symbolic techniques.

"The so-called modeling style in animation refers to the externalization of the internal quality of the work. Different countries or regions will present different animation modeling styles under the influence of their own traditional culture and arts. Every independent animator will have an obvious and unique personal style in animation modeling because of his aesthetic taste, personal experience and artistic accomplishment, and it is these ever-changing artistic styles that provide the audience with colorful aesthetic styles. Comic style, realistic style, cute style, anthropomorphic style. In animation design, there are many factors that affect the design of animated characters, including: the influence of stories on the modeling of characters, the influence of the artistic style of cartoons on the color design of animated rabbits, and the influence of different materials or performance media on the modeling of animations. How to make good use of these design forms is related to the quality of China design.

China has a long history of civilization, and traditional cultural resources are like rich treasures. It is the responsibility of our generation of China traditional culture inheritors and animation creators to excavate the spiritual heritage of China culture and form the style and style of China animation. At the same time, it is also a concrete aspect to let the world know the cultural charm of China. It should be said that China's traditional culture contains profound creative ideas, creative processes and creative forms, which provide a good and complete reference for our artistic creation today. Animation image is not only a film and television image, but also permeates all aspects of teenagers' life through the development of a series of follow-up products, and its role and influence on the spiritual and cultural life of the younger generation cannot be underestimated. Then, animation creators should think more about their responsibilities to society as cultural workers. We have the responsibility to protect and develop the rich traditional cultural resources and let them find a new cultural home through the art form of animation. ;