Character Critic

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Red Bullet and Stevie
    Arielle’s characters are very simple yet fun characters. She does an outstanding job to create two vary unique and contrasting characters. Red Bullet is a big strong football player and Stevie is a small lonely nerd. The Red Bullet has strong powerful colors with deep saturation such as red and black. His red and black colors also contrast with the faded brightness of the surrounding lockers. Red Bullet is also in the center of the frame and large. He is so large that he appears to over power even the lockers that surround him. By placing him in the center of the frame they also are pointing out that he is the center of attention. Arielle does a nice job of also creating leading lines with the lockers directing the viewer to The Red Bullet.
    Stevie the complete opposite of Red Bullet. Stevie is small and out of place. In Stevie’s frame there are many squares that it up. Stevie’s circular body throws the rhythm of the entire frame because he seems misplaced. The only reason he is even noticeable in this picture is because he is surrounded by a black square. This square represents how he looms in the shadows almost never to be seen. This two characters could not be anymore different. The Red Bullet is strong, red, large and a square shape. Stevie is simple, quite, small and circular standing around square objects.


Paula’s characters
    I really like Paula’s characters because they are similar in shape, but they contrast in color. Paula’s Hero is a very happy hero. He has a “thumbs up” on his mask and has bright red cape dangling down his back. The hero itself has a nice contrast of what we usual perceive as heroic colors such as blue and red. She accents the hero very nicely by making only the thumb on the hero’s chest and mask yellow symbolizing that this is the one thing he stands for. Although I am not sure what the thumbs up is supposed to represent, it has to be good!
    Paula’s villain is similar to the hero but also different. The villain appears to be the same height as the hero. Where they villain begins to change is towards its’ stomach where he is a little on the pudgy side. The villains overall color saturation is incredibly sharper then the hero’s. His colors or deep, harsh and evil. Paula balances her three main colors grey, black and violet over the entire character. The villain’s eyes that really create subtext. Although simple, the eyes compared to the hero show that the character is deeply crazy.
    Overall I think Paula did a wonderful job. She created to similar characters that were totally opposite. I feel like they are almost like Batman and the joker. They are both human and have similar characteristics but to the complete opposite extremes. These two characters could almost be long lost brothers.

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Megan
Megan’s characters are beautiful. She really has a nice style of drawing. These two images are two of the best I have seen.
    I really like the princess or hero. The first thing I noticed with this character is that its god like positioning. It appears that she is embracing a spirit as she glides through a soft wind. Megan and her parent use a nice palette of colors for both characters. For the hero she uses low saturated yellows and tinted whites. The brightest color on her is a green sash that drapes across her body. The sash symbolizes nature. The subtext of this character is that she is a natural spirit that is pure like the earth.
    The villain could not be any different then the hero. The villain is almost wrapped up in a ball. To me, the squashed positioning of the villain creates the feeling that he moves quickly unlike the hero who glides elegantly. The villains colors are powerful dark colors such as blacks and and saturated red. The viewer’s eyes go directly to two things in this image, the eyes and the large red bottom.
    Megan and her partner do a great job creating two contrasting characters. But the best part about these characters are their backstory. Great Job ladies!