My Animation Era

  Chapter 305 Jelly Man Who Does All Bad Things (Subscribe)

  The characters in "Three Musketeers of Jelly" have no arms, which is a very "deliberate" setting.

to be honest.

  At first, Gu Miao didn't understand why Cheng Liuxiang, Pineapple Fuxue and Lu Xiaoguo didn't have arms.

   But then he figured it out.

   This is Jelly Man!

  The figure of the jelly man is inherently "spherical". In human terms, it is short and fat. If you add an arm, it will be too intrusive.

   Moreover, the look and feel is relatively "ugly".

   What if the arms are removed and only two round "palms" are left?

  emm...

  From the perspective of perception, the character becomes obviously cute. There is no sense of disobedience before, and the "texture" of jelly is richer.

"So this is ah!"

  When Gu Miao explained why she had to remove the "arm" part for Orange Liuxiang, everyone stared at the 3D modeling of the character on the screen and couldn't help but nodded.

   It has indeed become a lot cuter.

  Although there are no arms, the hands are floating out of thin air, which is a bit contrary to common sense. But considering the worldview setting of "Three Musketeers of Jelly", it seems that it is not so outrageous.

  The modeling part is not difficult.

  Why do you say that?

  Because the character shape of Jelly Man is too simple. This is like elementary school students in a handicraft class, and the teacher asks you to make a "work" with plasticine.

  Do you think it is easier to pinch a watermelon with plasticine, or pinch an Optimus Prime?

   This is not a class at all!

   Not only is the modeling simple, but the animation part is also very simple. If you think carefully about the action postures of the characters in the play, it is not difficult to find an "amazing" fact.

   Their movements...

   It seems that it is not complicated! The really complicated part is the "lifelike" expression of each character.

   That's right, emoticons!

   "Three Musketeers of Jelly" or "Fruit Attack" series of animations, why are they so magical and brainwashed?

  The plot is one factor.

   A very important point is that the characters are too "realistic". They are obviously jelly figures, but their expressions are extremely lively and interesting, as if they are real people.

   This one is extra interesting.

   Gu Miao rarely sees such a rich and three-dimensional character expression in a 3D animation that focuses on being funny and nonsensical.

   As a simple example...

   Everyone knows that Pineapple Fubuki is "lusty for money", right?

  When Pineapple Fubuki talks about "money", what kind of expression will he show to reflect his "greedy" character setting?

   Mouth opened wide.

  The eyebrows are raised extremely exaggeratedly, almost shrinking to the top of the head.

  A blush appeared on both sides of the cheeks, and two extremely vivid golden "coin" signs appeared in the widened eyes.

look!

  Through these few inconspicuous details, a very exaggerated expression was pieced together, and the image of Pineapple Fubuki's greed for money became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

   This is the role of "emoticon".

  Gu Miao attaches great importance to this part, because he feels that the shaping of "expressions" is very likely to determine the success or failure of this animation.

   "Be exaggerated, but also vivid!"

  Because it is an animation, it is different from works such as live-action TV series and movies. The expressions of the characters must have a little "exaggeration" to attract the attention of the audience.

   But too exaggerated is not good.

  It fits the plot and shows the right expression at the right time, so that it can be called lively and interesting.

  …

  After the meeting for everyone, after explaining and analyzing the importance of the jelly man's "expression and demeanor", Gu Miao returned to her office.

  He suddenly remembered something.

  In essence, the core story content of "Three Musketeers of Jelly" is actually in the same line as the subsequent "Fruit Attack" series.

   That's right!

   Not only are the characters exactly the same, but even the background of the story is basically the same.

   Both are highly correlated.

  But in the original version of "Three Musketeers of Jelly", it is more about using the shell of "Jelly Man" to tell a funny and nonsensical "martial arts" story.

   Gu Miao was not very satisfied with this plot.

  He thinks that the original intention of "Three Musketeers of Jelly" is good, but the production team most likely did not expect that "Guobao Special Attack" based on "Three Musketeers of Jelly" will become so popular and have such a great influence.

   So he's going to tweak it a bit.

   But how to fine-tune it?

  The foreshadowing of the "Guobao Mecha" in advance may not be very good, because the "Jelly Three Musketeers" did not consider the element of "Mecha" at the beginning of the project.

   But other foreshadowing can be left for a while.

  For example, the relationship between the abbot of Jelly Martial Arts Academy, Crazy Qingyang, Tianshan Guomu and Dongfang Qiubai.

Uh!

  According to the timeline, after Crazy Qingyang established the Jelly Martial Arts Academy, Dongfang Qiubai almost established the "Fruit Processing Factory".

   That is to say, when the three jelly musketeers first debuted, they could have designed a plot where they ran into a fruit processing factory in the east seeking defeat.

  Then the abbot jumped out to explain, saying that Dongfang Qiubai was his junior brother, Guomao's second senior brother.

   This can also be regarded as an early appearance for Dongfang Qiubai, making preparations for it.

   In case "Guobao Special Attack" is broadcast, a bunch of people ask, where did the dragon fruit of Dongfangqiubai come from?

   Oh yes!

   Dongfang Qiubai has come out, so naturally we can't forget the four evil thieves.

  The four villains serve the great empire in "Three Musketeers of Jelly" and are the big villain bosses in "Three Musketeers of Jelly". In the finale, he was rescued by Crazy Qingyang, and finally turned to Dongfang for defeat.

  The Great Empire is pure nonsense.

   This setting was discarded in the subsequent "Guobao Special Attack" series, so Gu Miao would naturally not use it again.

   After his modification.

  In the latest version of "Three Musketeers of Jelly", each of the four villains has "amazing origins" and extraordinary backgrounds.

  The boss, A World Without Thieves, was originally a pirate. During an operation to rob villagers, he was pointed out by the Jelly Three Musketeers as a shortcoming of "seasickness", and was then abandoned by the pirate gang.

  The second son, a traitor, wanted to win the civil and military champion through favoritism and fraud, but he was spotted by the three jelly swordsmen, and finally the champion fell to Lu Xiaoguo.

  The third child recognized the thief as his father. He was originally a gangster who disturbed the social order, but was later brought to justice by the three Jelly Musketeers who collected evidence.

  The fourth old bandit has a mouse-eyed face and has always wanted to be an outstanding bandit. He managed to dominate a mountain to realize his dream, but was expelled by the jelly three musketeers in a blink of an eye.

  The group of four who hated the jelly three musketeers, after a failed revenge, was finally taken in by Dongfang Qiubai and brought to Huaguo Mountain.

   "Three Musketeers of Jelly, do all kinds of bad things!"

  Seeing Gu Miao's modified version, Jiang Keke said with emotion: "Looking at it this way, Dongfang Qiubai is really a good person."

"yes!"

  Gu Miao smiled and nodded.

  In the animation, whether Dongfang Qiubai or the four villains, they are actually the kind of characters who "look like a villain but are actually a good guy".

  The lives of the four villains were basically ruined by the three jelly musketeers.

  But Dongfang Qiubai took in the four people who were down and down. From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as a kind of "salvation".

  (end of this chapter)