I’m running an Introductory Animation Workshop with creative arts students this Saturday (August 20, 2016) for The School of Creative Arts Open Day at Melbourne Polytechnic’s Prahran Campus.
I’ve rotoscoped and broken down some of the greatest dance gifs to their basic poses and we’re going to collaboratively design characters then MAKE THEM DANCE!!
Come down, check out the campus and say HI!
I can’t wait to see the weird animated goofs that result from this workshop, I’ll post them in a couple of days so we can all be in awe of their hilarious spontaneity!
FULL NAME. Xayah.
TITLE. The Violet Raven, by some.
NICKNAME. none, though her parents used to call her Zee. rakan calls her all sorts of pet names but those don’t count.
GENDER. nonbinary.
PRONOUNS. she / they.
HEIGHT. five feet and five inches.
AGE. roughly 185~ though she doesn’t keep track.
ZODIAC. scorpio.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES. common (va-nox/noxian), vastayan (baraashi dialect), ionian
𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 !
HAIR COLOR. red, though the shade varies slightly from day to day — she likes to change it.
EYE COLOR. yellow-orange, like a fox.
SKIN TONE. pale.
BODY TYPE. wider hips and a narrower upper body. slightly pudgier than she appears—her usual dress is designed to make her look thinner.
VOICE. here!
DOMINANT HAND. right.
POSTURE. has a bad habit of slouching whenever she’s not specifically minding her posture.
SCARS. a lot of smaller, less noticeable ones in various places from a life of learning combat through trial-and-error.
TATTOOS. only her clan tattoos, which are on her face.
BIRTHMARKS. none.
MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE(S). the ears. they’re big even by lhotlan standards, and very expressive.
𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 !
PLACE OF BIRTH. Lhradi, in Navori.
HOMETOWN. it didn’t have a name.
SIBLINGS. none, she’s an only child.
PARENTS. both dead, as far as she’s concerned.
𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 !
OCCUPATION. rebel leader, vastayan troublemaker.
CURRENT RESIDENCE. house 110 in fibonacci, though she spends more time in the woods
CLOSE FRIENDS. none.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS. taken, and definitely not freaking out about not having her boyfriend around.
FINANCIAL STATUS. money mostly obtained by stealing.
DRIVER’S LICENSE. n/a.
CRIMINAL RECORD. nothing official until she gets caught, though as mentioned above, she’s not above stealing. or starting fights, or vandalism, or public violence, or…
VICES. see above? also enjoys a fair bit of drinking, though she’s not a drunk. and brawling.
𝐬𝐞𝐱 & 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !
SEXUAL ORIENTATION. bisexual. ( slight preference for men. )
LOVE LANGUAGE. physical touch, primarily; she is a very physical person & expresses her affection through handling more often than not—despite being very touch-averse with anyone who isn’t rakan, or otherwise a very close friend. acts of service, too. she’s not so good with words and doesn’t really value gifts very much.
RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES. she’s very fond of pda and extremely, extremely unafraid of being grossly affectionate in public. also tends to habitually organize for a partner who doesn’t do it themself.
𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 !
CHARACTER’S THEME SONG. login screen theme: x. playlist: x.
HOBBIES TO PASS TIME. she likes to sketch, though she’s not terribly good. she keeps a journal that she mostly uses to make plans and record information and draw maps, but which she also presses flowers in, when she finds ones she likes.
LEFT OR RIGHT BRAINED. left.
PHOBIAS. losing people or things that she cares about. also kind of terrified of open ocean.
SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL. higher in some departments and lower in others, but generally she’s fairly confident, esp. in her appearance and her combat skills.
VULNERABILITIES. easy to needle if you know the right places to poke. she has a lot of anxiety and abandonment issues that she usually tries to keep under wraps, unless she’s already close with someone. she hates being touched and has trouble reading when she’s being lied to.