What is Model Sheet in Animation and Its Purpose

Model Sheet In Animation

Model sheet in animation also known as a character sheet, character board, and character study is a document used to help standardize the appearance, postures and gestures of an animation character.

Model sheets are required when the large numbers of artists are involved in the production of an animated film help to maintain the continuity in characters from scene to scene, as one animator may only do one shot out of the several hundred that are required to complete the animated feature film.

A character not drawn according to production’s standardized model is referred to as off-model.

Model Sheet in Animation 3D modelling

Model sheets are used for references in 3D modelling.

It usually is used as reference material to allow proper proportions in the 3D modelling.

Purpose of the Model Sheet

Model Sheet in animation also used in the past to maintain the graphic continuity over the years for the long-lasting cartoon productions of short or short features.

Models sheets are drawing of posed cartoon or comic strip characters that are created to provide a reference template for the several artists who collaborate in the production of lengthy or multiple edition works of art such as a comic book, television series or animated film.

Model sheets depict the character’s head and body, as they appear at various angles, includes sketches of character’s hands and feet, and shows several basic facial expressions.

Model sheets ensure that despite efforts of several or many artists, their work exhibits unity as if one artist created the drawings.

They show the character’s structure, proportions, attire, and body language.

Often, several sheets are required to depict the character’s subtler emotional and physical attitudes.

Depending on the knowledge of animation direction, deviations from the model may be permitted in the course of final animation; this “tightness” of the model is a major distinguishing factor in overall animation style, as it constitutes a trade-off between the expressiveness and smoothness/consistency. As such, the usage of models varies widely between studios and projects.

Model sheets can be used in the construction of costumes or sculpted figurines.

Specific Annotations

Model sheets provide notes that present specific information about how to develop the particular features of the character, such as his or her head shape and style, size and position of the eyes and the mouth.

Examples

Some model sheets are particular for completed or ongoing projects, whereas others are more general and inclusive of a studio’s entire collection of characters.

Use of Model Sheet

Model sheets originally are intended for artists who work for the studios that own the characters for which these templates are developed, other artists, such as those who create fan art, profit from them by adapting their characters to their uses.

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