"Guida" is an award-winning traditionally drawn animation directed by Rosana Urbes, one which captures the essence of the beauty and sublimity of the natural human body. Constructed like a narration-less story, the animation features a woman who gets in touch with one of her more artistic and fulfilling desires which contrast her pedantic job at the library. The first time I saw this animation was at Manchester Animation Festival and had stored it in my mind ever since, and when this module introduced the world of life drawing to me, I immediately had recalled the exuberance that this animation conveys. Moreover, the story itself revolves around life drawing, as Guida chooses to be a life drawing model where her naturally old body is drawn in different styles (all projected at the title credits), something that evokes a keen sense of wonder both in her and the audience. I started to pick up on every consecutive frame as I was watching this animation, frantically stopping every 3rd frame to see the flow of the character and the animation, and to my surprise, most of the figures were not spot-on life drawing (mimicking the visible human form) but were instead vibrant drawings of the human form in a personalized style expressing a firm flow of movement and anatomy. Furthermore, the curve and shape of a body visually portrays age and composition, and by capturing that effectively only with a few simple lines, one can create a solid character that expresses the gentleness of the human movement (as in ballet). Not once does the animation lose the sense of proportion and perspective, although there is a scene where Guida sees herself as a younger child in the mirror which visually appears consistent with the older Guida. This animation shows the fruits of life drawing and how combined with animation life drawing brings a whole new level of capturing life and all its allure making it vivacious to watch, instigating awe in the minds of the audience.
"Guida" -
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