Idea 11: Characters

Characters

–noun

1.  the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.

2.  one such feature or trait; characteristic.

3.  moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character.

4.  qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity: It takes character to face up to a bully.

5. reputation: a stain on one's character.

6. good repute.

7. an account of the qualities or peculiarities of a person or thing.

8. a person, especially with reference to behavior or personality: a suspicious character.

9. Informal . an odd, eccentric, or unusual person.

10. a person represented in a drama, story, etc.

the environment.

A character is a representation of a person.  Over the course of this semester I have photographed many women and reshot most of them at least three times.  It interesting to look back at their photographs and see their personality through the photograph even though its just their torso and up.  




We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.
Walt Disney

I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.
Walt Disney

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