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A Study on the Line of Action Shown in Characters' Poses of a Game 'Over Watch'

게임 '오버워치' 캐릭터의 Pose에 나타난 Line of Action 연구

  • Lee, YuSeop (Dept. of Multimedia, Graduate School of Digital Image and Contents, Dongguk University) ;
  • Chung, JeanHun (Dept. of Multimedia, Graduate School of Digital Image and Contents, Dongguk University)
  • 이유섭 (동국대학교 영상대학원 멀티미디어학과) ;
  • 정진헌 (동국대학교 영상대학원 멀티미디어학과)
  • Received : 2017.10.13
  • Accepted : 2017.12.20
  • Published : 2017.12.28

Abstract

In spite of lots of differences in the production process of film animation, the animating method through computer is not much different between game animation and film animation. It is because the principles of film animation are also emphasized for the production of game animation. This study aims to consider the line of action showing the direction of movement and flow of energy among many considerations for the character pose work in case when producing game animation. Starting from the basic theory of drawing, the line of action plays a role of bible in the pose work including cell animation and 3D animation. After examining the theoretical background through preceding researches in order to understand the application of the line of action to the pose work of game characters, the poses of hero characters of a 3D online game 'Over Watch' were collected and then lines were directly drawn to analyze them. And as a result, the pose of characters with simple and clear 'Line of action' was good. This study aimed to consider the expression techniques of character pose in the production of game animation, which is expected to be used as an important reference for game animators at work.

게임 애니메이션은 영상 애니메이션과 제작 과정에서 많은 차이가 있지만, 컴퓨터에서 작업하는 애니메이팅 방식은 크게 다르지 않다. 게임 애니메이션 제작에서도 영상 애니메이션에서의 원칙과 원리가 강조되어 제작되기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 게임 애니메이션 제작 시 캐릭터의 포즈작업에 있어 여러 가지 고려해야 할 사항들 중, 동작의 방향과 에너지의 흐름을 알 수 있는 Line of Action에 대하여 고찰하고자 한다. Line of Action은 드로잉의 기초 이론으로 시작하여 셀 애니메이션부터 3d 애니메이션까지 포즈 작업에 있어 바이블의 역할을 하고 있다. 이러한 Line of Action이 게임 캐릭터의 포즈 작업에서 어떻게 적용되는지 알아보고자 선행연구를 통하여 이론적 배경을 살펴본 후, 3d 온라인 게임 '오버워치'의 영웅 캐릭터들의 포즈(pose)를 수집하고 직접 라인을 그려 포즈를 분석하였다. 그 결과 단순하고 명확한 동선을 가진 캐릭터들의 포즈가 캐릭터의 특징을 잘 표현하고 전달이 명확한 것을 알 수 있었다. 이 연구를 통하여 게임 애니메이션 제작에서 캐릭터 포즈의 표현 기법에 대하여 고찰하고자 하였으며, 실무에서 게임애니메이터들에게 중요한 참고자료가 되기를 기대한다.

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