An explanation of Appeal

Appeal is central to the make up of a character in an animation. A character has to have appeal in order to gain the audiences interest.

Animators use a number of different methods to increase appeal. One of these methods is to create easy to read designs and clear drawings which will appeal to the eye. As well as appealing to the eye, drawings of characters etc have to appeal to the mind also.

Early animations were just a series of pictures that were joined together by a main theme. Nowadays however, animators have learned that to create features, there is a strong need for the animation to have story continuity, character development and better quality artwork.

All of these attributes help make the animation appeal to audiences.

This is an example of the type of character I drew in this module for an animation and in previous modules for other animation.

I think it appeals to people because of its simple shape. One of the reasons I chose to draw this type of character in all my animations is because it is easier to animate with the legs just being like a stick man's legs. Also, in order to make it appeal to more people I put lots more detail into the face, which I believe works.