Abstract

Living Dragons is a 3D character design Master’s thesis project in which four visual special effects technologies (puppetry, stop motion, CGI, and motion capture) are represented with four different characters intended to represent the archetypes of those technologies. The goal is to foster curiosity in these topics and encourage its audience to explore their new interests further. The project itself is meant to be casual and fun, an inviting place to begin learning about a new topic. This project is also meant to explore how character design can be used to convey how technology works, and to utilize that design to educate an audience in a casual setting.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Computer graphics--Design; Computer drawing--Special effects; Three-dimensional imaging; Characters and characteristics in art; Dragons in art

Publication Date

5-20-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Visual Communication Design (MFA)

Department, Program, or Center

School of Design (CIAS)

Advisor

Chris Jackson

Advisor/Committee Member

Shaun Foster

Advisor/Committee Member

David Halbstein

Comments

Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at T385 .V364 2015

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

VISCOM-MFA

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