Blog Assignment 8B:

#1: Mary Swick

Mary’s hero and villain were Finnigan Strongjaw and Sinastra Pikespear. She did and excellent job of using contrast and affinity to differentiate between the hero and the villain. The villain looks much more evil than the hero making the difference easily noticeable. The villain is also much pointier, which usually is symbolic of evil. The villain is also much more shadowed and darker which continues to add to that effect, as well as that of the mood. The evil eyebrows and the curled pointy finger also create a sort of subconscious sense of evil that helps differentiate between the hero and villain.

#2: Michael Garrett

Michael also made good use of contrast and affinity for his hero and villain. The villain is much more sinister looking and includes much darker colors so that you can easily tell which one is which. The shadow on the villain helps add to a much darker mood, something that is not seen on the drawing of the hero. The spikes on the villains outfit are also very likely symbolic of evil. As with Mary’s villain, the spikes on Michael’s villain also create a subconscious sense of evil in the character helping to differentiate between the two.

#3: Michael Mulig

There weren’t any pictures included in the post, but from what I can tell from the animations these characters also used contrast and affinity in order to differentiate themselves. The hero was bright green and the villain was very dark hues of red. The villain is also significantly less bright as well as less saturated which adds to his look of evil. The animations also give a pretty objective idea of who is the hero and who is the villain. In the hero’s animation you see the hero helping out a child, and in the villain’s animation you witness him stealing a jewel and (possily?) killing a person.