MODERN VISUAL PRACTICES IN COMPUTER VECTOR ANIMATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of the development of computer vector animation in Ukraine and the use of visual practices in it as auxiliary means for creating a high-quality animation product by means of multimedia design. Vector animation is a type of two-dimensional computer graphics based on the technology of constructing an image based on geometric primitives. The problem of the interaction of artistic creativity and computer technologies remains an understudied area of art history. The method of analysis made it possible to establish that computer vector animation in Ukraine has been gaining popularity since the late 1990s in studios, displacing the technology of celluloid translation, however, the volume and artistic level of the then Ukrainian animated films are inferior to the world ones due to the lack of funding, the massification of culture, the inability of animators to master the technologies of that time and combine them with traditional and innovative visual practices. Ukrainian animation began to develop at a new qualitative level in 2012, cartoons (including full-length ones) with successful artistic images, plots, and creative approaches to using technology (plasticine, 2D and 3D) began to appear. The development of animation art is associated with private studios that are actively implementing the experience of the Disney school, while state institutions are lagging behind (cartoons The Stolen Princess: Ruslan and Lyudmila, The Adventures of Kotygoroshko and His Friends, Babai, Grandpa Decided to Get Married, Mavka, Sherlock Holmes and the Black Men). The development of the Volyn school of multimedia design, namely children's animation, is at the nascent stage (studio "Imago", student animation). There is an urgent need to open amateur children's animation studios and circles. The prospects for the development of vector animation in Ukraine are revealed, assuming that new technologies and tools are constantly emerging that improve the possibilities of the development of animation art. It is proven that today animation progresses depending on innovative and digital technologies. The authors analyzed the principle of creation and screen display of this art, which is based on the inertia of visual perception (perception). The advantages and disadvantages of vector animation are established. The advantages are accessibility in mastering, versatility in solving typical tasks, ease of storage and processing, the ability to scale and transform images without loss of quality, the transfer of smoothness of movements, emotions, lisping, and the effectiveness of frame composition. The disadvantages are the impossibility of creating pictorial compositions and photographs (therefore, the use of pictorial and graphic techniques without computer technologies has been introduced into practice here). The analysis of the process of creating a children's cartoon made it possible to clarify that in multimedia design in Ukraine, vector animation is a promising technology (a component of the animation art toolkit), used by Ukrainian animation studios, however, to create artistic cartoons, it is advisable to combine it with other technologies (classical frame-by-frame and raster graphics). The choice of technology is based on creative idea, creativity and artistic principles.