This study proposed the development of creatures for making game characters. A creature is a living being and it comprehends everything including the real world, the universe, and virtual worlds. Creatures are characterized by creation and transformation, and they complete game characters. Completed character creatures can be used in games, animations, movies, comics, smart phone games, etc. There are various materials of creatures including plants, birds, mammals, and humans, and these materials can be expressed as game creatures and used in making game characters. In this study, creatures were developed in the forms of bird, mammal, and human. Combined with game background, game characters generated from such creatures produce game contents that are usable in various areas. This study suggests developing more diverse creatures to be utilized in areas where game contents are required.

본 논문에서는 유체 텍스처를 이용한 새로운 캐릭터 표면 애니메이션을 제안한다. 유체 텍스처는 유체 시뮬레이션의 시각화 기술의 하나로 폴리곤 내부의 디테일을 향상시키는 기술이다. 제안하는 방법의 차별성은 전체 시뮬레이션의 결과를 메쉬에 적용하는 것과는 반대로 시뮬레이션의 범위를 텍스처 범위로 국한시키고, 결과물을 모델 표면 전체로 전개한다는 점이다. 동적 텍스처를 사용함으로써 시각적으로 역동적이고 계산상 효율적인 표면 애니메이션이 가능하다. 또한, 유체 텍스처 적용시 빈번하게 발생하는 폴리곤 경계 부근의 색상 불연속, 왜곡 현상 등의 문제점은 간단한 거울 변환을 반복 적용하여 해결한다. 동적 텍스처의 구현시 픽셀 버퍼를 사용하여 속도를 향상시킨다. 제안 방법은 특히 크리처가 다수 등장하는 게임 캐릭터 제작에 활용 가능하다.

This essay is to investigate how the vision of Four Living Creatures in the Book of Ezekiel was interpreted in the History of Christians. Ezekiel as well as the book of Revelation report that there are creatures with four faces of man, lion, ox, and eagle around the throne of God in heaven. In ancient period of Old Testament, animals were often used as symbols to represent divine natures. For example, lion signified royal power while eagle velocity and dignity. It was Irenaeus, for the first time, which suggested the connection between the four living creatures and the four gospels. He viewed that face of Human represents the gospel of Matthew; eagle the gospel of Mark, ox the gospel of Luke, and that lion represents the gospel of John. However, Augustine assigned lion to Matthew, man to Mark, ox to Luke, and eagle to John. It was Jerome's idea that prevailed throughout the following hundreds years in Christian arts and architectures. The church father claimed that face of man signifies Matthew, lion Mark, ox Luke, and eagle to John. Almost all of the Eastern Church's art depicts Jerome's idea about the Four Living Creatures. Nevertheless, the reformers such as Luther and Calvin including later church leader, Wesley did not employed the Jerome's interpretation. They agreed to view the four living creatures as nature of divinity not as prophesy of the four gospels.