A Study Of Traditional Visual Elements In Animation Character Design

Animation art is a unique artistic form, also is a cultural form. In the rapid development of science and technology today, the 100-year history of animation art, still become one of the best forms of entertainment. Animation character is the soul of cartoon; winch is not only the key to the success of animation, but also indicates the great cultural and commercial value.Such a vision for the current culture of the times, the image of hegemony has become an indisputable fact. In this process of change, the rapid development of the art of animation gradually attracted the attention of the people, it has become our lives are closely related to a social and cultural phenomenon. China's animation art had to "take the road of national style, knocking on the door of comedy style" and formed its own unique art system in the world won the highest praise. We must conscientiously sum up the history of Chinese art animation, the animation of the basic laws of China and characteristics, thereby fully tapping its own cultural superiority, the artistic heritage of outstanding character.The article focused on the "visual element" and the "role of animation" The two aspects of content, and the two aspects of the narrow scope, respectively defined as a "traditional visual elements," and "China's role in animation." On this basis, China in detail in the animation role in the design process, the traditional use of specific visual elements.From the point of view of visual elements, to the role of the animation feature symbols, under the premise of this theory, the traditional visual elements on the role of modeling and animation design combined at the same time, proceeding from the specific examples, on the traditional visual media in China in the rational use of animation, should be discussed their respective value and significance. The difference between Chinese and Western ways of thinking, the paper put forward the specific role of the animation design from the traditional visual elements in the process of the emerging issues and solutions. Finally, the role of the article animation design direction put forward their point of view.