Character designer "the king lion" Sharjah Animation fans share their cartoon characters
Andreas Deja, the animation designer and character of “The Lion King,” said it is necessary to prepare, study, and conduct research before starting to draw characters, explaining that the animation artist must study the movements of animals and any living creature from which he would like to create immortal characters, noting Before drawing his cartoon characters, he studies animals closely, to find out how they move, why they move like that, what they feel, and other things that help him draw accurately.
This came during Hosted in the workshop “Uncovering the Secrets of Animation Mastery” Within the activities and programs of the second session of the Sharjah Animation Conference, which is organized by the Sharjah Book Authority, “Deja” was designed The most famous Disney cartoon character that many generations have been associated with over more than three decades is “The Lion King.” He shared with dozens of young people who love animation and want to master this industry a lot of information, memories, and deep technical details about his genius cartoon characters.
Deja added that before starting work on the film " The Lion King " Disney took us on a tour of the San Diego Zoo, and they brought a lion into the studio, so that we could study his movements well before starting the drawings. Likewise, when I drew the character “Gaston” That evil, muscular young man, they brought us bodybuilders, so that we could study them closely before drawing.
Deja directed those affiliated with the workshop not to think about the cartoon characters that they would create and relate to them, but rather they should They must draw anything they encounter, saying: “Draw your family, your siblings, the pets you raise in your homes, and when you are able to draw all of the above and more, look for drawing lessons and join them, and learn more about drawing; So that you can enter strongly into the world of animation.”
Deja exclusively showed dozens of “sketches” The original characters of his international cartoon characters that he drew, such as “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” “Jafar,” “Scar,” “King Triton,” “Mermaids,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Beauty and the Beast.” “Vanessia”, “Gaston”, “Mickey Mouse”, “Heracles”, “Lilo”, and hundreds of other characters that have become an integral part of the visual culture of generations.
< p>Deja revealed the secrets and techniques he used to create these characters and bring them to life on the screen, saying: “Animation is basically linked to real life. For example, in one of the scenes of King Triton – in the movie The Mermaid – you will find him screaming at his mermaid daughter, when she went away in The depths of the sea and I approached a dangerous area. His angry facial features were inspired by my father when I was young in Germany, and he used to scream at my sister when she was late in returning home in the evening.
And at the end of the workshop Disney legend Andreas Degas showed a set of scenes from his movie “Mushka” Which he drew and directed, which deals with the story of the Ukrainian girl Sarah, who raises a Siberian tiger during the 1970s, and names him Mushka, which in Russian means lover. When the tiger reaches adulthood, Sarah discovers that some suspicious people in the village are planning to kill it and sell it for profit. In an attempt to save him, Sarah took Mushka deep into the forest to the same place where she found him as an orphaned cub, and was forced to abandon him.
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