• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.17
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• pp.133-146
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• 2009

In modern days, the iconic symbolicity of animal characters functions as a sign by the social promise after being made with voluntary intentions. Representing a public organization or corporation, an animal character is put to active use as a symbol. Today illusionary animal characters serve as important icons, and product developers incessantly put out animal contents. This study set out to examine the applications of animal characters in modern times according to media development by integrating animal characters into animation, which was the beginning of animal characters, based on the theoretical background of "symbolicity" in the aesthetics history. It also analyzed the symbolicity of "Haechi," which is Seoul's animal character and one of the good examples of utilization of a promotional animal character by a corporation or public organization.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.1661-1670
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• 2009

In this paper, by analyzing the nonverbal communication of personified animals and human animation characters, the differences of gesture and the amount of similarity between personified animal characters and human characters were studied. Accordingly, personified characters were classified into three categories: humanoid characters, animal-like characters and mixed-type characters which possess characteristics of both human and animals. Furthermore, we proposed a 7-step process for the personification of animal characters. Diverse information of personification was provided for animation designers in this paper. A DB system for animal character designing and automation for animation utilizing personified characters are expected to be constructed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.125-135
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• 2010

This study analyzed the influences of human personalities and physiognomies on anthropomorphized animal characters and the relationship between the personalities and images of anthropomorphized animal characters and the associated images of real animals when animations expressed the animals. At first, the study classified animals who often appeared in animations, selected the representative characters whose personalities were well expressed, visualized them and rated them with words expressing personalities. Then, it rated personalities which were associated with the name of each animal(word) with words expressing personalities and analyzed the relationship the images and word association. The study results indicates that the similarity of two tests is very high and the images of animals which are perceived by human are anthropomorphized and expressed with familiar images for human. The study suggests expressing appropriate personalities when expressing anthropomorphized animal characters in animations.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.355-362
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• 2023

Characters in visual media have different symbolic meanings depending on their orientations or roles. 『山海經』 is a fantasy novel written around the 3rd or 4th century BC., and the characters in the classical Chinese novel have various meanings and symbols, such as disasters, wealth, diseases, etc., according to their types. The symbolism of animals that the Chinese think of, the symbolism of characters in fantasy novels, and the morphological analysis are necessary elements in the development of characters and the film industry in China. This study analyzed the images of characters as follows, focusing on classical Chinese fantasy novels 『山海经』, 『山海经圖象全體』, and 『山海經圖』 and the fantasy novels of the Qing Dynasty 『山海经存』 and 『山海经圖錄』. First, the shapes of characters are slightly different in illustration images. Second, Among 453 characters in 山海經, there are a total of 8 characters related to flood damage, such as floods, rainy season, etc.: 'Jangwoo', 'Hapyu', 'Hwasa', 'Yeongryeong', 'Buje', 'Seungwoo', 'Manman', and 'Naeo' Third, it can be seen that the characters are creative ones that are combined with objects and animals and plants, apart from the symbolic meanings of real animals and characters in 山海經. It is believed that the continuous analysis of the characters in 山海經 will enable them to be widely used in the film industry.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2009.01a
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• pp.159-162
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• 2009

캐릭터가 발전하는 이유 중 사람의 감정을 충족시키려는 욕구는 움직이지 않은 캐릭터에게 반영되어 인터랙티브 캐릭터로 발전되었고 현재 인터랙티브 캐릭터는 사람들의 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 그 중 최근에는 기존의 인터랙티브 캐릭터인 타마고치와 포스트 팻의 장점을 가져온 휴대용 게임기기인 NDSL의 게임 '닌텐독스'가 등장했다. '닌텐독스'는 터치스크린, 마이크와 같은 체감형 인터페이스를 사용하고 있다. 또한 사람들에게 친근한 강아지라는 캐릭터를 사용하여 사람들이 캐릭터를 애완동물과 비슷하게 느끼고 감정을 교류하게끔 유도하고 있다. 하지만 인터랙티브 캐릭터들이 감정을 표현하기에는 기존의 인공지능으로는 해결할 수 없기 때문에 인공감정을 사용하여 인터랙티브 캐릭터의 감정을 표현하도록 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.313-316
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• 2005

현재 인터넷을 기반으로 일반인들에 많은 인기를 얻고 있는 게임의 대부분은 대규모 클라이언트를 수용하는 게임이다. 이러한 게임에서 개발자들은 클라이언트들에게 더 많은 흥미를 주기 위하여 다양한 형태의 캐릭터를 제공한다. 게임에서 사용되는 캐릭터는 인간을 닮은 것도 있지만, 의인화된 동물이나 사물도 많다. 그리고 게임에서 다양한 캐릭터들의 행동도 캐릭터에 부여되는 특성만큼 다양하다. 이러한 캐릭터들을 소프트웨어적으로 설계하기 위해서는 객체지향적인 언어의 사용이 많은 편리함을 제공해준다. 본 논문에서는 롤플레잉게임(Role-Playing Game)에서 보편적으로 등장하는 몇몇 캐릭터를 분석하여 클래스를 설계하고, 이들 클래스의 상속과 합성 기법을 통하여 게임 소프트웨어 설계에 효율적으로 사용할 수 있는 설계기법과 인터페이스를 이용해 캐릭터 클래스를 한 개의 형(Type)으로 묶을 수 있는 설계 기법을 제안한다.

• Archives of design research
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• v.19 no.6 s.68
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• pp.21-26
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• 2006

This paper suggests our own new brand, Kirin. Not only we are able to design the symbolic animal of UOU, but also we are able to use the character to advertize UOU and merchandize it. These days many men between teens and 30s contact with the various characters through internet games, also they purchase goods related with the characters. For women between elementary students and workers, they purchase the various character goods such as stationery, clothes, and dolls. However, there are not many universities that produce their own characters to advertize their schools and to merchandize them. From this point of view, developing new brand would be the medium of transmitting joy to attract excellent students and to elevate the love of school. Originating the distinctive character in UOU can be used as various merchandising through licensing. Moreover, this friendly brand using character would be produced as skin image of fun and stories and spread through internet homepage. Finally, it would accord with the brand needs of consumer and contribute to advertize UOU.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.38
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• pp.115-132
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• 2015

An animation is a tool to represent the consciousness of an author. It is a medium that converts his/her consciousness to time by the means of spaces. Image is the most inherent element among the elements of an animation. Character is the element that has the very core function among the elements of an image because a character is a shape that can deliver a story through various actions and facial expressions. In this context, is a representative satire animation that describes a ranked and unequal human society and selfishness and absurdity of human beings existed in the human society, based on the original work of George Orwell. Therefore, this study aims to study what the work tries to satirize through the meanings and symbols that the characters, animals, and spaces in the work. As a result of the study, it was found that the characters appeared in the work are metaphoric symbols that imply the meanings of each character, not just simple characters or spaces. In the work, the farm is a symbolic space that symbolizes a human world. John, a human being, is described as a dictator in an absolute Russian monarchy who suppresses people. Old Major, a pig, is described as an old pioneer that preaches the appropriation of a revolution while Snow Ball, a pig that follows the Major is described as a naive leader that dreams to establish a real socialist state where everybody lives equal, through successful revolution. Another pig, Napoleon is described as the more greedy dictator than human being. He killed Snow Ball for his private ambition and suppresses and exploits the same race, animals. That is, setting man and various animals in the relation of dominant class and subordinated class, the author generates conflicts among characters. Although the characters pursue an ideal society through revolution, it requires another revolution in the process, which expresses repetitive contradiction of human history in a symbolic and strong way.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.293-294
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• 2013

다양한 생물체의 행동 원리를 이용하여 모델링한 알고리즘을 생체모방 알고리즘(Biologically Inspired Algorithm)이라고 한다. 본 논문에서는 생체모방 알고리즘 중 동물 집단의 행동을 모델링한 플로킹 알고리즘(Flocking Algorithm)을 이용한 집단 게임 캐릭터의 길찾기 방법을 제안한다. 플로킹 알고리즘의 조타행동은 크게 분리(Separation), 정렬(Alignment), 응집(Cohesion), 회피(Avoidance)로 구성되어 있다. 게임에서의 기존 플로킹 알고리즘은 주로 여러 개의 몬스터나 NPC 들로 구성된 몇 개의 그룹 단위로 독자적인 집단 행동을 하는 경우에 적합하다. 그러나, 게임플레이어가 제어하는 캐릭터가 많은 경우, 기존 알고리즘은 플레이어가 선택한 캐릭터 그룹을 목표지점으로 이동하는 방법으로 적합하지 않다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 게임 플레이어가 제어하는 집단 게임캐릭터의 목표 지점까지의 길찾기를 위한 수정된 정렬 조타행동 알고리즘을 제안한다.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.31
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• pp.1-27
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• 2013

The study looks a shape of hybrid character in animation and suggests extended discussion to develop the Korean creative characters and to repeat traditional culture that can reproduce in mass media. First, this study considers Jangseung and Dokkaebi that appear frequently in the Korean traditional culture, and prepares a way to try to develop the Korean hybrid characters. To do this, I analyze examples of hybrid characters direction in as-found animation characters, and grasp the meaning of it. Hybrid character is classified as a character produced by mix and combination of shape and a character produced by shape exaggeration. And I shed new light on characters and meanings of Jangseung and Dokkaebi remaining as cultural assets. Through this, the study wants to help handling measure about a problem of character that the Korean animation has. Therefore, this study looks characters of description about imaginary creatures expressed in existing animations, and wants to shed new light on the Korean Jangseung and Dokkaebi regarded as from an object of folk religion and custom, to an object that is possible to use in the Korean traditional character development.