Modification of the Visual Character of the Indonesian Silat Warrior Figure in the Book ^The Art of Wiro Sableng 212 Warrior^ Feny Puspitasari (a)*, Yasraf Amir Piliang(b), Kahfiati Kahdar (c), Dana Waskita (d)
a) faculty of art and design, Bandung Institute of Technology
Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
*37022002[at]mahasiswa.itb.ac.id
b),c),d) Bandung Institute of Technology
Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Abstract
This research aims to determine the relationship between facial physiognomy, body shape, costume shape, and color, and gestures with the character design of the Silat Warrior characters in the book The Art of Wiro Sableng 212 Warrior. This book is a collection of production designs for the film Wiro Sableng: Kartur Kapak Naga Geni 212, one of the Indonesian Silat films in 2018. The Art of Wiro Sableng book is a collection of the results of the character interpretation process of characters from the novel which are then realized in the form of character designs. The stage of determining character design is very important in the pre-production process before moving on to the film production stage, especially in selecting talent. The approach used is interdisciplinary, considering that in character design, a combination of visual elements needs to be approached using different theories. The theories used in this research are physiognomy from Ar-Razi and Naomi Tickle to obtain character traits from the face, personality theory through somatotypes from Sheldon to find the character through body shape, and visual analysis of costumes and gestures. The result is a match between the character played and the five reference elements. An interesting thing that was found was that the application of costumes and weapons in the character design of warrior characters, which were different from one character to another, could strengthen their characteristics. These figures seem to show off a variety of martial artists who vary in their weapons and clothing in Indonesia.
Keywords: Indonesian silat stories- character design- physiognomy, somatotype- Pendekar
