As someone who's interested in character design for animation, it is important to analyse how certain characteristics and types of personality are expressed visually. I decided to focus on antagonists. Are there any features which encompass most designs of evil? Signs, faces and expressions linked to villains? Which are the facial attributes that represent a malicious nature? I decided to focus on Disney animation because of how it constructs a perception of the world in a binary conceptualisation, clearly distinguishing between Good and Evil. Also, Disney's style has a very influential role in how western people imagine, our culture is embedded in its designs and vision. Looking at the picture posted above, its easy to identify resemblances in the five villains: -A prominent pointed chin, associated with hot-tempered, stubborn, fiery, sensitive and weak-minded people because of its angular look, which can convey intense emotion. -Very noticeable teeth, sign of danger, beasts. -Aquiline noses, associated with intelligent shrewd people. -Exagerated high cheekbones, representing an unsettlingly skeletal deathly appearance. -Dark eyebrows, usually curved down in the center, expressing anger. Our contemporary culture is ingrained in religious symbolism. All villains resemble the devil, and these previous analysis' characteristics are also associated with the satan's representation, from medieval to modern age. Is it possible to step out of the symbolic associations society teaches us? Are we constrained to repeat the same visual analogies, according to inherent connotations? As a creative practicioner, is innovation and originality achievable?
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