Abstract
Character making using silhouette lately has been practically used in the entertainment industry. Silhouette itself consist a lot of elements from shape, proportion, size, pose and good for creating stylized characters. However, in order to use silhouette technique, ones need some training and experience. This research focused on assisting ideation in character design process, by studying relation between character's silhouette shape and role. First, we collect 100 characters from animation box-office list, convert them into silhouette and analyze their basic shape. We found that there's basic shape pattern, body-part ratio for different role. We also plan to expand the analysis to find shape relation with personalities. With this data, we will provide design guides, balance ratio for creating stylized character, and expand designer's design.
