Low-poly Style Based On Retro-futurism In Short Animation Application

Retro-futurism is a social trend of thought that originated in western countries in the 1940 s.After gradually spread to the design field,has become a design concept.It advocates using retro creative techniques or borrowing styles of contemporary art,combining avant-garde digital technology and unrestrained science fantasy for artistic creation.Low-poly style emerged based on the concept of retro futurism.It borrows from the way western cubist paintings used abstract geometry to express things,and at the same time USES computer graphics rendering technology to achieve an aesthetic reconstruction,which is full of fantasy color.Starting from the concept of retro-futurism and the historical evolution of low-poly style,this paper makes corresponding theoretical research.Through literature study and some previous works of analysis.Summed up the artistic characteristics and aesthetic taste of the low-poly style.It explains the reason why it is called retro futurism conceptual design,and lays a theoretical foundation for the creation of the later animation short film "natural growth".The paper is divided into six chapters.Chapter 1,introduction,describes the research background,purpose and significance of the topic,domestic and foreign research status,innovation.The author found that the domestic research on the concept of retro futuristic design and the low-poly style was not deep enough,and there were some limitations and the possibility of further research.Chapter 2 and chapter 3 make a detailed theoretical research on the concept of retro futurism and its derivative style: low-poly style.The historical background of its emergence,the relationship between the two and the performance in the design are analyzed.By summarizing the artistic features of the low-poly style and analyzing its expression methods in animation works,it laid a theoretical foundation for later creation.On the basis of theoretical research,chapter 4 of this paper: inspired by the illustrations of retro-futurism,it created the script of the animated short film "natural growth".Using low-poly style as the artistic style of the short film design,launched a series of early creative discussion.In this chapter,the design ideas and specifications of low-poly style in the early design of the short film are elaborated in detail,which lays a foundation for the 3d animation performance in the later part.Chapter 5 is the part of 3d representation applying low-poly style to the design of animation short films.The 3d expression method and production techniques of the low-poly style are elaborated in detail,providing designers who want to use the low-poly style in animation with design ideas and technical guidance.In the author's creation,summed up the Low-poly style of three-dimensional expression of the concept of minimalist design ideas.Chapter 6 is the summary of the whole paper and the prospect of the research: low-poly style has more possibilities to explore in the future,and the application of art style in animation design is what every animation designer needs to consider.