• consider a character as their own living, breathing, thinking, feeling entity
• they struggle, they learn, they grow.
• allow the character to make decisions by themselves
  • who - who are they
  • what - what are their motivations
  • why - why do they want what they want
  • when - when does it take place
  • where - where does it take place
  • how/describe - how to they pursue the thing that they're after/what are the emotions that motivate their actions or basically just a bunch of descriptors of the character
    • the more descriptors/adjectives you use the more nuances you get to have in a character

hw:

• 100 poses 1-5 min
  • 15/100
• 3 characters in the who what why etc.
• (fun): draw a viking fighting a dragon

make into txt:

1

• Who - Stanley Ipkiss (The Mask)
• What - wants to be more confident
• Why - get the girl
• When - '80-90s?
• Where - Edge City
• How - (vaguely) eccentric, awkward, shy, pushover, down on his luck, sheepish, insecure, "repressed romantic", humble, timid, meek

2

• Who - The Mask (persona of Stanley, The Mask)
• What - wants to show confidence
• Why - to get the girl (and party)
• When - '80-90s?
• Where - Edge City
• How - eccentric, zany, bonkers, off-the-wall, crazy, romantic, insane, cartoonish, party animal, loud, brash, stylish, suave, smooth, daring, freaky

3

• Who - Sarah Connor (Terminator 2)
• What - protect John Connor
• Why - to stop doomsday and protect her son
• When - 1995
• Where - Pescadero, California
• How - Frigid, bitter, cold, bleak, caring, frantic, traumatized, distressed, intense, cool, saddened, mentor, anxious

9/20

• No more than three folds
• composition pointing to character
• uwe heidschotter
• line of action is rarely the spine
• its not just one line either. feel as many as you need to define a performance

HW:

• 100 poses (shorthand)
• do a pass adding construction for some
• pick three characters and draw over and find the simple volumes
• fun: cowboy teaparty