Editing Model sheet (section)

{{Short description|Reference document for drawing a character}}
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[[File:1D model-sheet.png|thumb|upright=1.3|A sample model sheet from the DVD tutorial 'Chaos&Evolutions']]

In [[visual arts]], a '''model sheet''', also known as a '''character board''', '''character sheet''', '''character study''' or simply a '''study''', is a document used to help standardize the appearance, poses, and gestures of a [[Character (arts)|character]] in arts such as [[animation]], [[comics]], and [[video game]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marx |first=Christy |author-link=Christy Marx |date=2007 |chapter=Backgrounds and character design |title=Writing for animation, comics & games |location=Amsterdam; Boston |publisher=[[Focal Press]] |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=m6NPkq_cYVgC&pg=PA28 28] |isbn=9780240805825 |oclc=70230693}}</ref>

Model sheets are required when multiple artists are involved in the production of an animated film, game, or comic to help maintain continuity in characters from scene to scene. In animation, one animator may only do one shot out of the several hundred that are required to complete an animated [[feature film]]. A character not drawn according to the production's standardized model is referred to as [[off-model]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beiman |first=Nancy |date=2013 |orig-year=2007 |title=Prepare to board!: creating story and characters for animated features and shorts |edition=2nd |location=New York |publisher=[[Focal Press]] |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gWTYfHrXOC8C&pg=PA218 218], [https://books.google.com/books?id=gWTYfHrXOC8C&pg=PA334 334] |isbn=9780240818788 |oclc=779740447}}</ref>

Model sheets are also used for references in [[3D modeling]] to guide proper proportions of models.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Parag |last2=Kalra |first2=Prem |last3=Banerjee |first3=Subhashis |date=2007 |title=View-dependent character animation |location=London |publisher=[[Springer-Verlag]] |pages=3–12, 31–56 |isbn=978-1846285912 |oclc=71285570 |doi=10.1007/978-1-84628-762-6}}</ref>