Elemental Construction, Continued
Creating
Create character by distorting and combining various features. Everyone has
character with
ideas of what some characters look like (called typecasting). Cartooning is
cartoon heads
the extreme typecasting and exaggeration of prominent features. Make a list
of character traits and the physical attributes you believe accurately imply or
portray each character. The following table lists common typecast features.
Character
Wrestler, numbskull, pugnacious
Hero, actor, sophisticate
Loser
Features
Bull-necked, heavy-jowled, cauliflower-
eared, pug-nosed, heavy-browed, beady-
eyed, pin-headed, and with little hair to
hide the thickness between their ears
Wavy full-bodied head of hair, clean-
shaven, strong-chinned, grecian-nose
Pug-nosed, Jug-eared, weary-eyed, and
weak-chinned
Figure 4-18 shows how facial features create character.
Figure 4-18.—Facial features create character.
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