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Combining Media Processes for Ideation in 3D Character Design for Computer Animation

Miller, Louis James
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243947806

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2009, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communications Design.
This study proposes Selective Media Leveraging as an ideation strategy for designing three-dimensional form. Selective Media leveraging involves the use of creative media actions in an integrated way that utilizes the strengths of each media at precise moments for answering design questions that a particular media can best address. The strategy integrates both traditional and digital 2D and 3D actions using exploratory techniques in form reduction which then are used to assist in the re-establishment of form complexity with improved understanding of the underlying reasoning of the form. Selective Media Leveraging has the potential to fully develop ideas toward becoming unique and impactful design solutions. Applied studies will show examples of Selective Media Leveraging employed for 3D animation character development to inform decisions about the establishment of character traits, communicative shapes, and parameters for abstraction and simplification of form. In support of the strategy are descriptions and analysis of process and the purposes for using each media type for generating solutions. This is followed by a review of basic volumetric structure and the creative interpretation of form by artists and 3D animation designers for a distillation of form that delineates clearly. Possible implementation of Selective Media Leveraging within a design course that focuses on developing personal ideation processes for students is addressed in conclusion.
Maria Palazzi (Advisor)
Dr. Wayne Carlson (Committee Member)
James Arnold (Committee Member)
151 p.
Design; Fine Arts; Motion Pictures; Technology
Character Design; Computer Animation; Ideation; Design Process; Three-Dimensional Design

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  • Miller, L. J. (2009). Combining Media Processes for Ideation in 3D Character Design for Computer Animation [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243947806

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miller, Louis. Combining Media Processes for Ideation in 3D Character Design for Computer Animation. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243947806.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miller, Louis. "Combining Media Processes for Ideation in 3D Character Design for Computer Animation." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243947806

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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