2D CHARACTERS

DESIGN THE CHARACTER

The Life of Young Rice Cooker and Friends

In this task, we were told to make a character for our stories and designing our own character based on our culture and history. In this task I design a character based on rice cooker that Malaysian has use in their daily life. This lead to creating the story of the life of the young rice cooker and his friends. The character is Ric (modern rice cooker), Grandpa Cook (traditional rice cooker), Miss Blen (blender or food processor) and wise Mr Fridge (refrigerator) living in the big house of their rich owner.

I choose this type of story because I want to show that even inanimate object like electrical ware has feeling and talking to each other about their master. So this is my plot of stories.

INTRODUCTION

It started on a certain big house and entering toward the house where a maid pull out new rice cooker from the box and place him next to the old rice cooker. The young rice cooker or known as Ric feel excited to start his work with other appliances at the kitchen and meeting his ancestor, Grandpa Cook. He also make a new friend with beautiful and friendly Miss Blen and wise looking Mr Fridge. During his stay there, he feel weird because he rarely been used by the maid and Mr Fridge told him that the their owner rarely eating lunch at the house and this is why Grandpa Cook service end. He also about variety of his predecessor and ancestor and their history in people life.

CLIMAX

In this part, young Ric learn about reason why their owner doesn't eat at home and he feel angry because he feel that if their rarely use them why they want to buy them. Miss Blen answer his question by telling him that maybe become some of accessories in the house. Grandpa Cook told Ric about his story when he was young, when people still eating with the family and strengthens theirs bond while eating and cooking together. Grandpa Cook also feel disappointed about the way modern people lifestyles nowadays when family just meet briefly. Ric thoughts that his owner must be taught to feel the important of bonding with family and eating together at home and not making the useful appliances like a decoration at home. So, he make a strategy with main switch to stop the electricity.


CLOSURE

Their owner feel the difficulties when the electricity was shut down in the house and they need to use Grandpa Cook to cook the rice and the owner dream about Ric threatening him to stop treatin them like a decoration item and try to eat at home to strengthens his bond with his family and take care about their health.

ENDING

The story end by the happy look of their owner eating with his family and a little quotes about eating together at home and that inanimate thing also has feeling even though they are made by human.

Picture 1

One of example of my storyboard, taken by Alexis using phone camera.

Picture 2

Storyboard example, taken by Alexis using phone camera.

Picture 3

Character of my story. From left to right. Ric, Grandpa Cook, Miss Blen and Mr Fridge. Taken by Alexis using phone camera.

Picture 4 and 5

Solid drawing and structure of one of my characters. Taken by Alexis using phone camera.

REFLECTION

During doing this task, I learn many difficulties about creating a character and making the story and fitting the character in my story but I learn about it slowly and try to understand the way of making animation in simplest way that I can know.