3D Computer Graphics – Blog Post Week 06 – Part 1

In this update I will try to shed some light on the character I chose to use in my pre-production package. I’m going to give some general information about my characters background and also its beliefs and its role in its society.

If I would describe the world my character lives in it would be the world in the movie “despicable me”. The setting would be earth, I would guess present day. Where on earth the movie takes place I cannot tell, although I would guess somewhere in America, probably somewhere in the southern part of the states. The world is inhabited by humans but also feature  strange race of yellow little people called minions. I actually don’t know much about these creatures other that they live to serve others. I’ve never seen a minion that looks “old” so I would guess that they do not live very long. I believe they are either unisex or all male. If they are in fact all male, maybe they were all born in test tubes. Since their society revolves around helping evil overlords I would say that their hierarchy is decided by their master. I think their beliefs and faith is in their master, since their lives seems to be pretty much revolving around the life of their master. As of different trades among the species I seem to recall there being different roles in which they operate, these roles can be mechanic or guards for example.

There are stories that say that the minions exist only to serve the world’s most evil villains and that they have accidentally killed every one of their previous masters. After killing of their previous employers they decided to go living in solitude in Antarctica where they decided to stay. Sometime in the 1960s, the lack of a master drives them into depression, so one of the bravest minions comes up with a plan to find a new one. Joined by a select few of their kind they set out to find a new master, they arrive at a villain convention, where they compete for the right to be henchmen for some of the world’s most evil geniuses.

Other than this information there is not much I can find out about these mystical beings. It is said that they have been here since the beginning of time and what they have been up to in between here and the beginning of time are just speculations.

Here is my character bio:

• Name: Minion
• Gender:  Unknown
• Age: Unknown,  average 30 years old
• Physical: weak, healthy, strength in numbers
• Movement: wobbling, jumping on two legs
• Appearance: Spherical, compact, bouncy
• Intelligence: Medium
• Religion: Gru
• History: Unknown
• Psychology: eccentric, humorous, loyal
• Language: Banana Language

Intelligence

Even though they may not be the brightest, they make up for it in effort and the fact that you can always trust them. There are however, some things that minions do less well. One of those things are abstaining from practical jokes, in some cases minions may end up failing their task at hand due to excessive joking and laughing.

Psychology

Minions in general have a bright sense of humor and are always happy and joyful.

Appearance

Minions have a round cylinder like body with tiny feet and long arms considering the size of their bodies.

Religion / Culture

Minions have a reputation of being extremely loyal towards their employer / master.
This is also where there beliefs are, they live for the sole purpose of serving their master.

My minion

He specializes in repairs and general engineering, assisting one of Gru’s lead engineering employees in his work. His primary tools feature a drill and a wrench. Even though he may not be the brightest, he makes up for it in dedication and loyalty.