Superheroes 8B

I liked Harrison’s character Taffy Man and his ability to contort. It really reminded me of Mr. Fantastic from the Fantastic Four.  In his animation, he used a lot of movements. One of these movements is weight, used when the hammer crushes the evil people with guns.The movement in Harrison’s project is really good.  It makes it feel like the hammer is super heavy and really hurts when it crushes their heads. The movement is a lot smoother than that of the Notorious BLOB , who moves rather rapidly and in a jumping manner it seems.  There is a lot of overlapping movement in Harrison’s, as he throws the gun while the guy shoots.  There is a lot of contrast and affinity between the two characters, including color.  BLOB seems to be white, while Taffy man is blue.  Shape is a big contrast between the two, as BLOB is small and round, while Taffy man is tall and skinny, and can change shape to help him in his surroundings.  This fits their looks, as evil is usually round, like the penguin played by Danny Devito in the Batman movie.

For the next villain/hero combo I picked Zack Eisenfeld’s.  Zack Eisenfeld’s evil villain uses color to express how evil it is.  The red head really shows that the character is evil and that the saturation of the red really catches the eye.  The red also catches the eye because it is so bright compared to the white and black background.  The triangle shaped head also reveals the evil side of him, as most normal people do not have a huge triangle for a head.  The whole animation was in red, black, and fire colors, so it really gives the sense of evil.  There is a lot of tension when the triangle man pulls out a bazooka, and it is released when it explodes. Unfortunately, Zack’s hero video was not working at the time I viewed it, so I could not compare the two.  If I could though, I am sure that there would be a lot of contrast in the color of the two, as good colors are usually blue or cooler colors than what is typically seen on a villain.

The next person who I looked at was Scott O’Lone’s character Dolphin man and his evil villain of the shark.  His character used color to show that it was good.  He used a lot of blue with high saturation. He also used a lot of brightness to show that it was good.  The hue was all around the blue area of the color wheel, and blue is typically seen as a heroic color, like on Superman.  The shark was a lot more of grey and darker colors without much saturation.  This darkness makes him seem evil.  I think the contrast of color tells you that the two are evil or good and will often battle each other.  There is little afinity between the two characters, other than that they are both sea based super people.