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jeonbase · 7 years

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Hi can you recommend some of your fav angsty yk fanfics pls thank you!!!

me: i don’t rlly like angst

also me: has 20+ angst fics to rec

no particular order:

(some are light angst, some have happy endings, those that contain explicit sexual content are top yoongi/bottom jeongguk)

la douleur exquise - sobi (ghost au):

[ la douleur exquise : french - the heartbreaking pain of wanting someone you can’t have. ]

the boy with the scarf changes everything.

(this is a fic that i have talked about/mentioned A LOT, this fic ruined me… beautiful, ultimate fave)

Star-crossed - ichibanjeon (soulmate au, reincarnation au, mentions of death)

Star-crossed: frustrated by the stars

People always reincarnate with the age they first met their soulmate with, so they can age together. Once every 100 years, a pair of soulmates is cursed. In each reincarnation, with the help of clues left for them, but without any form of communication, one must find the other before they die. Otherwise, they lose the ability to reincarnate forever.

(Or: Yoongi writes diaries hoping that, when he’s ready to show them, Jeongguk isn’t already gone. Not again.)

(i love reincarnation au’s. also: lovely maria, thxs for breaking my heart with that soulmates/reincarnation au)

I know I’ll fall in love with you, baby - witheredleaf (micooled)

(soulmates au, fanboy jeongguk, rapper yoongi, fluff and angst)

The soulmate/soulbond au where Yoongi is part of a famous rap duo and Jungkook is his diligent fanboy, they meet at a fansign and things escalate from there

(alt. Yoongi didn’t sign up for this)

aere perennius - bellamees (side yoongi/namjoon) (gods & goddesses au, reincarnation au, soulmates au, love triangles, angst with happy ending, mild smut, blood)

“one thousand three hundred and seventy-six years, hyung.”

or; gods never die, until they do.

Breathless - bluemixtape (reincarnation au, hurt/comfort, prince yoongi, servant jeongguk, canon compliant, implied prostitution, cross-dressing, smut)

The distance between Prince Yoongi and his only comfort Jungkook is more than earth and sky: the weight of the crown, the unspoken apology, the endless regret.

When the fate forces them back together again, all version of universes are jumbled in messy emotions and lingering memories. Min Yoongi, carrying a heart that never rests, desperately trying to reach his air: a splendid soul with thousand years worth of pain, Jeon Jungkook.

(i love bluemixtape’s works, loved this fic so much)

fire work - markerlimes (sunmi) (au, pyromania, unhealthy relationships, self-destruction, slight horror, angst with happy ending)

Jungkook’s hair is so dry, practically tinder to the touch, and Yoongi can’t wait to set him aflame.

arson boyfriends sugakookie inspired by the prologue

As venom as love itself is - monoxxide (au, criminal yoongi, emotional/psychological abuse, smut, drugs, verbal humiliation, love/hate,)

Jeongguk is weak and just can’t help but loving Yoongi

Yoongi is weaker and just can’t stop Jeongguk from loving him

subtle criminal!Yoongi au

the space in between - toomanysleeplessnights (also side taehyung/jimin) (light angst, au, friends with benefits, mild smut, mild jealousy, slow burn)

here’s the thing:“because you’re nearing that territory of no return, you know like when you’re swimming and everything is going, well, swimmingly, and you see a dark abyss if you go closer and you decide to tempt fate to see what would happen if you did go closer, but surprise, there’s a fucking current that sucks you in if you get too close - and if you get sucked in then you will die a horrific death at the bottom of the ocean. the end, nice knowing you. do you even know how to swim? also jimin wants me in speedos when he gets back and i don’t own a pair so i thought -”

“do you ever stop?” jungkook said, checking his ears for blood. “just - what the fuck. how do i end up at the bottom of ocean? why did you just recite the finding nemo summary?”“feelings, you doped up baboon, if you catch feelings in an fwb - you die. kicked to curb like the trash panda you are. and it’s an epic movie, dumbfuck.”

or, a manual (that no one should follow) on how to move on.

and like flowers in his hands, death blooms - bellamees (hades/persephone retelling, mild smut, death)

“i have this friend, he has a spare room,” namjoon says, and he sounds apologetic. “he’s an undertaker.”

transatlanticism - bellamees (au, dystopia, mentions of sex, angst with happy ending)

jungkook lives in the day. yoongi lives at night.

(or: the realms of day and night, two different worlds coming from two opposite poles, mingled during this time.)

sonata - numajiri (au, pianist yoongi, cellist jeongguk, light angst)

yoongi’s fingers slot onto the keys like the first words they have ever known.

if tomorrow comes (when will you learn?) - toomanysleeplessnights (one sided taehyung/jeongguk) (college au, angst with happy ending)

yoongi moved forward and seokjin reached out, but yoongi was too predictable. he stopped inches away from jungkook - wild and desperate and still fighting. “then why me, jungkook? why us?”

jungkook couldn’t think of an answer.

alt:no love can last forever - but fuck it if they’re not going to try. (and fall apart, maybe together)

unfinished - fruitily (implied/past taehyung/jimin, brief namjoon/jin) (ghost au, light angst)

“what am i supposed to do about this,” yoongi said blankly, “call the ghostbusters?”

“you don’t have to do anything,” jungkook said, “except maybe stop walking the bedroom-bathroom distance naked, because i’m like, seeing everything, y’know, and i just told you we should take it slow, right?”

–

in which it takes yoongi a month to realize his place is haunted, jungkook is bad at being a ghost, and namjoon and jimin are probably the only contacts in yoongi’s phone.

(i love ghost aus)

the last - bellamees (au, light angst, light smut)

happy twenty-three, hyung. love, jungkookie.

it’s just a note, stuck in a red envelope with silly drawings and a couple of gift cards sort of folded, but mostly crinkled. yoongi keeps the card.

Your mouth makes a hurricane - subspinipes (au, smut, light bondage, biting, choking, dom/sub)

Yoongi almost never kisses Jungkook’s lips, but he does devour his neck like he owns him.

to prosper - xiajin (au, smut, forced separation, fluff and angst)

do you adore me as much as i adore you?

eternity - xiajin (au, spirits, tragic lovers)

while the sun creates, the moon waits.

A Song for The Demon - bluemixtape (one sided jimin/jeongguk) (fairy au, semi-dystopia au, alpha & half demon yoongi, omega & half angel jeongguk, hurt/comfort, mpreg, minor character death)

Between colorful dust and tinkling laugh in the world of fairy, there’s few black wings hidden; those who are tainted by demon blood. That kind lives in a constant war against themselves and Yoongi, being one of them, is not an exception. As the one who has to carry the endless darkness, Yoongi can recognize even the smallest light. So when the blinding light called Jungkook comes, Yoongi has no chance against him.

love me blue - bellamees (soulmate au, mild smut, ambiguous/open ending)

“you said trees are green in the summer,” his voice is low, almost monotone, as if he might be perpetually bored. “you see colors—?”(or: soulmate!au where everything is black&white until you meet your soulmate)

Pale Petals - sue_bts (au, slow burn, smut, prince yoongi, peasant jeongguk, past abuse)

Min Yoongi is blind in his arrogance and power. Jeon Jungkook is a petal the prince plucked from a bouquet.

The Sound of Winter - officialmaknae (side seokjin/taehyung, side namjoon/jimin) (werewolf au, rape/non con elements, slow burn, underage drinking, blood and gore, minor character death, omega jeongguk)

Yoongi has a lot on his plate, but when his pack discovers a small pup in their territory, he finds that he’s about to have a lot more.

Your Smile Is My Happiness - Sealegs2414 (canon verse)

“Hyung…” the shorter male just grunted in reply.

“Is there a reason your knees are shaking and your hand is squeezing like there’s no tomorrow?”

Yoongi refused to turn his head towards Jungkook and meet his gaze. If it hadn’t been for the fact that it was really dark outside even with all the lights of the city, Jungkook could have seen his hyung blush. Sadly that was not in the cards for him to night. The two could see each other just fine but it wasn’t quite bright enough to see any dusting of pink on either of their faces.

A gruff, “No,” was the reply he got as well as a forced relaxation in the grip that the elder had on his hand but it still never moved. The knees however, well they got a little worse before they got better.

the nights really were made for saying things you can’t say tomorrow day - siderum (canon verse, slow burn, jeongguk centric)

“you know, the fact that my rap puts you to sleep should be insulting,” yoongi says wryly.

color in your cheeks (the feeling flows both ways) - siderum (canon verse, hurt/comfort, light angst, smut)

(continuation of ‘the nights really were made for saying things you can’t say tomorrow day)

yoongi and jungkook get put together in a hotel room for the next tour.

just the two of them.

siren song - xiajin (side taehyung/jimin, side namjoon/jin, platonic jimin/jeongguk) (magic au, hurt/comfort)

the thing about jungkook is that he’s a bit of a spacey witch.

Beauty And The Beast - TheOrgasmicSeke (minor taehyung/jimin, minor namjoon/jin, platonic yoongi/hoseok) (au, angst with happy ending, mild blood, jeongguk centric, dark fairy tale elements)

Jungkook didn’t completely understand what was going on, and he wasn’t sure if he believed in the whole true love thing, but he did know one thing. Yoongi was the single most lonely broken thing he had ever seen in his entire life and something deep inside of his bones screamed at him to fix it. So, He was going to fix it. Or perhaps die trying.

#sorry for the late reply #asks #anon #answered #yoonkook #ficrec #long post #anonymous

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cornerverse · 7 years

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Little late on @miraculousfluffmonth, but I’m getting there!

Day 5: Firsts.

“Guys, I have a great idea!”

It was a nice, cold, winter weekend. Marinette, Alya, and Nino had made it to their usual spot in the park and waited for Adrien. They didn’t expect him to be dragging Chloé and Sabrina behind him.

“Er, what are you doing?” Alya asked as he stopped.

“Let’s have a snowball fight!” Adrien exclaimed.

“Why am I here?” Chloé demanded.

“Because,” he said, twirling to face her, “I want my old friend and my new friend to get along. It’d be so much better for a large group hangout than just small groups of three or four. And if all six of us are here, I can finally have a decent snowball fight!”

“Wait, you’ve never been in a snowball fight?” Marinette asked.

“Well, Chloé and I did,” he said. “But there’s a difference between one on one and a whole out battle, right?”

“Well then,” Nino smiled. “Let’s make your first real snowball fight the best one ever.”

“How are we doing this?” Alya asked. “Teams of two would be best. How about me with Nino, Chloé and Sabrina, and the Marinette with Adrien.”

“Uh, well, that is,” Marinette stammered.

“Works for me,” Nino shrugged.

“Not me!”Chloé frowned. “I want to be on Adrien’s team!”

“Well too bad,” Alya frowned.

“Guys, stop!” Adrien commanded.

They all paused to look at him, not used to hearing him raise his voice at them.

“The whole point of this is you all getting along,” Adrien said. “First rule, no petty fighting. Snowballs and friendly-competition trash talk is allowed, but don’t be… you know?”

“Fine,” Alya pouted.

“Secondly, different teams,” he said. “You’re getting paired with people you wouldn’t usually pick. So, I’m with Alya, then Nino and Sabrina, and Mari with Chloé.”

“No!” both girls shouted at him.

“Do you want to die?” Nino asked almost casually.

“I really want you two to get along,” Adrien said, ignoring the outburst. “If you stopped arguing for a bit, I know you’ll get along.”

“Doubt it,” they mumbled.

“Please?” he sighed.

“Fine,” the begrudgingly agreed.

The group paired off and set to building up their defenses in a triangle. Adrien and Alya were working well, and Nino and Sabrina seemed to be getting along well enough to work. But Marinette was the only one building their small fort while Chloé sat against a pile of snow and pouted.

“Come on,” Marinette groaned. “We’re supposed to be working together.”

“I’ll be civil, but I am not working with you,” Chloé retorted.

“Not even for your ‘Adrikins’?” she asked.

“Ugh!” she exclaimed, standing up. “That’s it! I’m going home!”

Brushing the snow off her jacket, Chloé began to stomp off toward the park’s exit. Then a snowball flew into the back of her head.

She whirled, glaring at the direction it had come from. Eyes locked on Adrien, barely suppressing laughter, and another snowball ready in his hand.

“Don’t you dare-“ Chloé began before getting the snowball to the face.

Her mouth was open in shock as Adrien descended into straight-up cackles. She frowned, fist cenching up in anger.

“You’re going down, Agreste!” Chloé screamed.

She dropped down and gathered her own snowball, quickly chucking it at him. He fell back when it hit his chest, and she gave a triumphant yell before ducking down.

“Okay, we don’t get along,” Chloé said to Marinette. “But we’re working together for this, okay?”

“Sure,” Marinette agreed. “We can go back to hating each other once they’re down!”

The two gathered their ammunition, quickly chucking and ducking. Chloé was a bit faster, firing a bit quicker, but she didn’t land as many solid hits as Marinette did. Nor did she dodge as easily as she did. She wondered when Marinette had learned to aim.

Chloé checked on the others when she popped her head up to throw. Adrien aimed and dodged like Marinette did. Far too accurate. She almost swore the two of them were in sync, despite being on opposite teams.

Alya was pretty ruthless, going for power more than aim. Nino had a fair balance, since his hits didn’t hurt as much as Alya did. Sabrina was doing fairly well, though she was the only one to not aim for Chloé.

They’d been going for a while, each team getting good hits on one another. Then they heard a whooping sound. A small pink and green shape ran through the field, nailing Chloé and Nino with snowballs. It was followed by another whooping shape, this one bigger and in red and black, who tossed snowballs at Adrien but missed Sabrina.

“Was-was that Alix and Kim?” Marinette asked.

“I sent out a mass text!” Alya shouted from her fort. “Our whole class is showing up.”

Sure enough, a little bit after Alix and Kim stopped to actually greet them, the group wandered up.

“Rose, I know you’re not here to snowball fight!” Nino called. “You’re too sweet!”

“Yeah, but she makes perfect ammo!” Juleka called back, putting her arm around her shorter, pink, friend.

“Okay everyone!” Marinette called. “We’ll take a few minutes break while everyone builds their defenses. Choose your teams!”

“Hey, how come they get to choose teams?!” Chloé asked.

“Because you’re already wrecking house!” Adrien answered. “Do you really want to throw off your groove now?”

“Did you actually just say ‘throw off your groove’?” Kim asked.

“We watched the Emperor’s New Groove before coming over,” Sabrina answered.

Everyone gave a sort of exasperated smile before working on their defenses. Chloé worked on improving their fort while Marinette worked on making more snowballs.

“Okay, who’s doing what?” Chloé asked.

“What?” Marinette wondered, popping her head up from the snow.

“You know their snowball tactics better than I do,” she said. “Who’s going to do what, and how do we counter it?”

“Are you actually asking me for advice?” she asked, confused look on her face.

“Yes,” she sighed. “Okay, I’m not going to be your ‘bff’. But Adrien’s right. When we’re not fighting, we work well together. So how is this going to go?”

“You’re not wrong,” she mused. “Okay, don’t try and hit Alix or Kim. Just dodge what they throw. Good luck hitting Mylène, but Ivan is an easy target. Don’t worry about dodging Nath or Max, but watch out for Juleka.”

Chloé nodded before the call went out to start the game. Though she did test out how her skills would work on them, Marinette’s advice worked well.

Alix and Kim were impossible to hit. They hadn’t bothered with a fort, just doing like they had when they showed up. The duo ran across the field, chucking snowballs at everyone, and one another, as they went before picking up more ammo on the other end.

Juleka hit just as hard as Alya, but Rose was the secret to the team. She was hiding out of sight, making snowball after snowball. She was quick, making sure Juleka could just grab and toss without wait.

Ivan and Mylène were the very definition of Offense and Defense. He rarely threw anything, opting to be a shield instead. Occasionally Mylène’s colorful hair would pop out and launch her snowballs.

Nathaniel and Max had good aim, oddly enough. But their throws were fairly weak, most of them brushing off the hit easily. To be fair, neither looked like they were that interested in it.

Chloé was doing well. She’d managed to hit Alix twice, mostly on accident, and dodged a good about of Juleka’s snowballs. She tried not to be too mean, going for easy targets. But sometimes she couldn’t help it when Nathaniel’s head popped up.

“I have a dumb idea,” Marinette said.

“Go for it!” Chloé shouted.

Grabbing a few snowballs, Marinette did like Alix and Kim, jumping out into the open field. She launched snowballs in every direction, but all Chloé could watch was her dodging. She was sure Marinette didn’t even know the word ‘graceful’, but that’s the only word to describe the way she jumped and dodged out of the way.

Chloé provided cover. Most people were watching Marinette, so she could easily scan for anyone aiming at her. Every time an arm reeled back, she was quicker, knocking them off kilter.

Of course, eventually, she saw Adrien hop over his barrier as well. Chloé knew they were in for a show. He had that look. That dumb smirk that says ‘bring it’. She watched as he did a limbo-duck under Marinette’s snowball, popping back up and sticking his tongue out at her before launching an attack of his own.

She had expected that Marinette would freeze up, perhaps even faint, at the interaction. After all, her crush isn’t exactly subtle. Instead, she redoubled her efforts, focusing solely on him.

Chloé watched them, blocking out nearly all of the other fighters. No one else noticed, exactly. Sure, they saw Marinette and Adrien fighting it out. But the longer she watched, the more it looked almost like an aggressive dance.

Adrien threw a snowball, and Marinette spun out of the way. She put her whole body into a toss, reeling up like a pitcher. He jumped and rolled, landing upright and tossing another one.

They went back and forth, matching one another. Even when everyone else grew tired. If Chloé didn’t know better, she’d think that maybe they’d done this before.

She picked up another snowball, and waited for her opportunity. Right when Adrien dodged, she hurled the snowball, hitting him in the side of the face. Marinette was shocked for a moment, before breaking down in laughter.

“Hey guys, who’s tired?” Marinette called out.

There was a general murmur of responses. Most were getting worn out or a little too frozen, though Alix boasted that she was still ready to go.

“Okay then!” Marinette said. “How about we head over to my family’s bakery for hot chocolate?”

That got more of a cheer. The whole group wandered in that general direction. Everyone was laughing, complimenting their tactics and panning new teamups for the next time. Chloé actually managed to snort with laughter when Alix complimented her on beaning Adrien in the face.

There was a sigh as everyone entered the warmth of the Dupain-Cheng bakery. Marinette hugged her mom before everyone lined up to order. Chloé didn’t really even think of it until Madame Cheng gave her that look at the register.

She was having fun. Other than Adrien and Sabrina, she’d never gotten along with any of the people here. Someone, usually her, always ended up saying something and ruining it. But for the first time, she liked being around them, interacting with them. She shook it off, deciding that she wasn’t going to ruin the moment by thinking about it. Just ride it out.

Instead, she stepped over to where Adrien was. Madame Cheng had trapped him in conversation. And from the look on Marinette’s face, it’s definitely the ‘I know my daughter likes you so I’m checking out if you’re good for her’ talk. Even if Adrien was oblivious.

“So, did you have fun?” Chloé asked.

“Well, you two did, so yeah,” Adrien answered.

“It was pretty great,” Marinette said, her cheeks still pink.

“Oh, and don’t think I didn’t notice your mini-battle,” Chloé said as the duo took a drink. “You two in the middle of a flurry of snowballs, firing and dodging in one movement. Really, Adrien, it was kind of epic. You were almost a little like Chat Noir.”

The two of them choked on their hot chocolate at the comment. She laughed as it quickly turned into an apology fest before turning back to watch everyone. They were all having just as much fun. Thinking for a moment, she made a decision and went back to the counter.

“Hello again,” Chloé greeted, taking her debit card out of her wallet. “I’d like to buy a few pastries and such. Well, a lot of pastries and such. Enough for the group, since we’re all here. Um, I think it’d be better if I ask what they want first, huh?”

“That’s quite alright dear,” Madame Cheng replied, though her expression said otherwise. “Marinette has brought her friends over before, so I remember everyone’s favorites. I’m just glad none of them have any food allergies.”

“You’re confused on why I’m here, aren’t you?” she asked. “Why I’m being ‘nice’.”

“It might be rude to say,” she nodded. “But after Christmas’s incident….”

“Oh, right, sorry about that,” she smiled nervously. “I know I’m not your favorite person, but today’s… I don’t know. A first for me.”

“Well, hopefully it’s the first of many,” she said.

#mlfluffmonth #Chloé Bourgeois #Adrien Agreste #Marinette Dupain-Cheng #Alya Césaire #Nino Lahiffe #Sabrina Raincomprix #Alix Kubdel #Le chien Kim #Juleka Couffaine #Rose Lavillant #Mylene Haprele #Ivan Bruel #Nathaniel Kurtzberg #Max Kante #Sabine Cheng

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lindsaybelkin-blog1 · 6 years

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The Noble Approach Notes

Working within your limitations:

Figure out what the limitation are in terms of time and budget and design your animation accordingly

The job of a designer is to make the best picture possible within their limitations

Working as a team:

Animation is a team sport- individuals can make something good but a team can make something amazing

Having confidence in a vision is good but a balance must be created because much of a person’s success lies in the hands of others

In CG studio art director’s relationship with lighting rendering and compositing is similar to Maurice’s relationship to painters- learn the strengths and weaknesses of the team and designs to take advantage of what they are good at

To be a successful designer being able to sell a good idea is just as important as coming up with the idea itself – defend your ideas but listen to suggestions

Most people are resistant to new design and style ideas and are usually more comfortable reworking things they have seen before

This in no way means that your work is bad it just means their taste isn’t as good as yours… be a rebel but be willing to compromise and work as part of a team

Visual storytelling:

Maurice felt written scrips were a hindrance to a creative visual story process

One storyboard frame can express the same as a page of writing

The more a designer knows about a story the better they will be able to design it

Give and take between the visual development and the story ideas one sparks ideas for the other

“One drawing could influence the way a story was told the more visual ideas we put down the greater impact our design would have on the story”

back and forth method between story and design takes more time but produces films of a greater quality

Story Beats

Breaking down the stories into smaller parts also called story moments or sequences

They are the more important moments in the story

The different beats of the film will have different color value or design treatment

Story elements

Story beats are broken down further into story elements

Location: what will make the place feel unique, if it is generic think of a way to make it special

Time: what time period it is in. can it be placed in a different time? Research the specifics

Time of day: can help push the mood of the story

Special sequences: dream/ music/ other- may take more time to design

Props: any element other than characters that will be animated- more specific= easier to keep track of elements needed- design and animation need to work to gather for the props to fit in with the overall design

Mood: mood is directly related to story and will affect artistic decisions- how will things transition from one mood to another

Research and inspiration:

Using reference:

Use other animation designs for inspiration but find your own style because it is hard to find your own voice while trying to copy someone else

Draw things the way that you see them not how everyone else draw

Caricature rather than just reproduce

Animation should have a distillation of the truth with all irrelevant parts removed

When turning natural things into designs pick the characteristics that stand out the most

Put away all references once design starts- if your too dependent on them the design will look stiff

Drawing causes, you to observe an object or place in ways you normally wouldn't

When designing you’re not showing what a place looks like but rather what it feels like

Design

Thumbnails:

Don't decide on a design to quickly make many thumbnails because no amount of color will improve a lousy composition

Start rough without getting specific too early- keeps more flexibility

Thumbnail stage is about exploring as many ideas as possible quickly

Early stage thumbnails shouldn't have details rather just simple shapes and broad strokes

Don't think color now it will come later

Once a general approach for pattern and shape language is found narrow rough sketches down to ones which worked the best- then begin exploring angles

Supporting the characters

Character designs are often done before environments- make sure the design supports the characters

Every character and element should feel a part of the same world

Create a world that reflects the personality of the character too not just the look

Nothing generic

Make things have flaws which make them unique dent and ruin things

Start with reality and make is skewed

Make the world look lived in

Variety of shapes

Add shadows from off screen- entire world out there

Thumbnails to working drawings

Thumbnails are enlarged and worked focusing on composition and value

Created a bunch of value studies

Value

A lot of focus is given to color while value is just as important

Tints- white added to a base color

Middle value: pure base color of the paint

Shades: when black is added

Eye is naturally guided to the area of highest contrast

No focus: all values fall within a very small range- eye isn’t attracted to a specific area- should benefit the story

Split focus- too many areas of focus competing for attention

Strong focus: no question about where the eye should look- might be able to add smaller areas of focus but are not anywhere as near as dramatic as the focus point

Testing value

The highest area of contrast is usually the characters of the area around the characters

Stacking value

Stacking value-although some things are in shadow elements remain distinct-stacking light on dark

Create layers behind and in front of characters which separate them from the background

Framing with light

Spot lights can be used to frame characters

Using cast shadows and light from off screen windows indicates a greater world outside

Contrast

Any opposing element in design

Cool vs. warm- sharp vs. soft

Contrast makes things feel more like they are ex. Softer or sharper

Simplifying elements

Create forms that are exciting but keep enough of a basis in reality for the audience to recognize what it is

Similar to primitive art which sought to show the essence of things animation needs to breakdown the world into symbols that will help tell a story

Use simple basic shapes as rough guides

Color

Cool colors have a blue base and warm colors a red base

Warm colors seem to advance and cool colors retreated when viewed together

Color personality

Colors have emotional and cultural meaning associated with them

Color personalities is a rough guide

Black white and red are used mostly as accents in animation

White- purity- used as an accent- usually tinted with another color

Black-darkness-evil-sophistication- attracts a lot of attention on screen- pure black rarely used

Red-fire passion anger-usually an accent to draw the eye

Pink-takes passion and fire of red and tempers it with purity of white-lighter and sweeter

Yellow- happiness sunshine and light- can also be heat and dryness-found more in nature than red

Gold- luxury wealth-difficult to use in film-tends to turn brown

Blue- nature sky night and oceans-shows peace and distance- truth and wisdom found in large proportion in nature

Green- growth freshness- can be both warm and cool- it is neither exciting nor depressing

Orange-used sparingly in nature but used more than red

Brown-earth- more stable than orange- many brown shades suck the life out of a scene

Purple-dignified color-royalty- depressing when used in large amounts- can be both cool and warm

Gray- neutral color- can be both warm and cool

Color cords

Analogous color scheme

Colors next to each other on the color wheel

One dominates the composition second supports and the third is often an accent

Complementary color schemes

Opposite on the color wheel

Work well when you want something to stand out such as the character

Choose one color to dominate and the other to support

Black white and grey can be used as accents

Must be controlled with saturation and value to not be distracting

Split complementary color scheme

Use an analogous scheme as a base with an accent usually warm with cool

Should be a dominant color

Give a fun fresh look to a design

Triadic color scheme

Takes color from three evenly distributed points around the wheel forming a triangle

Easy to get a composition that looks like a patchwork quilt

Best to let one dominate

Rectangular color scheme

Double complimentary

Square color scheme

Share same qualities as rectangular- challenging because the colors are distributed on the wheel balance of hue saturation and value are important

Character color

Characters must read over a variety of values

Visual Hierarchy

Think about the areas of value and focus on a character

Certain elements of design are more important than others

If everything on character has the same focus audience won’t know where to look

Eyes: most important spot for the audience to focus- express emotion- usually high contrast

Saturated spots of color in nose tie or hat to bring viewer to the head

Hands: gestures reinforce emotion- most wear white or light-colored gloves

Color reflecting personality

Colors and values of a character conveys personality

Bugs is a subtle character- grey

Daffy- not a subtle character- colored with black an orange-high contrast

Not every character should hold the same presence on the scree

Analogous and split complementary character colors

Cool and warm contrasts were subtle such as in bugs

Complimentary character colors

When a character should stand out- used complimentary colors

Character colors that were complimentary to the background

Abominable snow rabbit- experimentation with both warm and cool backgrounds- final turned out to be white with a blue for the nose

Designing characters in modern times

Designers wont often get the last word on character colors and values

Marketing department decides what would look good on merchandise

Saturation

Oversaturated color pallets have no comprehension of what color is for the audience

Saturation was pushed up in dvd sets of Looney Toons to be as loud as possible

Dull colors against bright

Controlled saturation by placing dull color against purer color

The large the area of color the less its purity

Painting with spit

Painting with spit- no color focus because the person is too stressed to be adventurous

Be bold while painting/ choosing colors

Be bold in your approach have fun but work hard and never let the man crush your spirit

Color sketches and color keys

Color sketch- inspirational sketch that is exploratory usually made before background layout process- captures the mood of a story

Color key- small painting created after layout used by background painters as reference for the final background painting

Use the same materials that will be used in the final

Many early color sketches ones don't stage only color- while color keys are often similar to the final

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