{"id":81,"date":"2025-02-15T22:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discovering\/chapter\/character-shapes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:56:07","slug":"character-shapes","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discovering\/chapter\/character-shapes\/","title":{"raw":"Character Shapes","rendered":"Character Shapes"},"content":{"raw":"In this exercise, you will use shapes to design a character.\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\nStart by taking a piece of paper.\r\n\r\nDraw a line from top to bottom down the middle. Then draw another line from left to right down the middle.\r\n\r\nYour paper should now be four equal squares.\r\n\r\nNext, draw shapes in the four squares.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Draw with a light pencil line.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nYou can draw rectangles, circles, ovals and triangles. They can be big or little, wide or skinny, square or squashed.\r\n\r\nStart with the top left square. Draw <strong>two\u00a0<\/strong>shapes there.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>It's fine for the shapes to [pb_glossary id=\"755\"]overlap [\/pb_glossary](cover part of each other).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>They don't have to be the same shape! You can draw a rectangle and an oval, an oval and a triangle, or whatever mix you want.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNext, draw <strong>three\u00a0<\/strong>in the top right square.\r\n\r\nDraw <strong>four\u00a0<\/strong>shapes in the bottom left square.\r\n\r\nAnd draw <strong>five\u00a0<\/strong>shapes in the bottom right square.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow look at the whole page.\r\n\r\nWhat do the shapes add up to?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Do you see a person? An animal? An alien? A robot?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Do you see someone who protects people? Someone who cares for people? Someone who plays tricks on people?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDraw over the shapes you want to use to make it look more like what you see.\r\n\r\nYou don't have to use all the shapes.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Use a pen or a heavier pencil line.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNow add details: pupils in the eyes, what is in their hands, and so on. Pick carefully to make what you saw more clear.","rendered":"<p>In this exercise, you will use shapes to design a character.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p>Start by taking a piece of paper.<\/p>\n<p>Draw a line from top to bottom down the middle. Then draw another line from left to right down the middle.<\/p>\n<p>Your paper should now be four equal squares.<\/p>\n<p>Next, draw shapes in the four squares.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Draw with a light pencil line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can draw rectangles, circles, ovals and triangles. They can be big or little, wide or skinny, square or squashed.<\/p>\n<p>Start with the top left square. 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