Design and Development of 3D Animation Characters of Giants from Thai Literature to Promote Thai Culture in a Senior Project Course

การออกแบบและพัฒนาตัวละครแอนิเมชัน 3 มิติ จากตัวละครยักษ์ในวรรณคดีไทยเพื่อส่งเสริมวัฒนธรรมไทยในรายวิชาโครงงานระดับปริญญาตรี

Abstract

        This research aimed to 1) design and develop a quality 3D animation character based on the giant characters from Thai literature to promote Thai culture, 2) evaluate the quality of the design and development of the 3D animation character based on the giant characters from Thai literature to promote Thai culture, and 3) study the satisfaction with the design and development of the 3D character. The population and sample consisted of 70 third-year undergraduate students majoring in Animation, Game and Digital Media, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, who were enrolled in the 3D Animation Design and Development course during the 2024 academic year. The entire population was used as the sample group. The research instruments included 1) an evaluation form for experts to assess the quality of 3D character design and development, divided into 3parts: character design data quality evaluation, character design evaluation, and 3D character production technique quality evaluation, and 2) a satisfaction evaluation form for the design and development of the 3D character. The evaluation forms in this research were validated using the Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC), with scores ranging from 0.67 to 1.00. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The research results found that 1) the quality 3D animation character "Chananchida" was developed from giant characters in Thai literature to promote Thai culture, 2) the quality evaluation of the design and development of the 3D animation character was rated at the highest level, and 3) the satisfaction with the design and development of the 3D animation character was also rated at the highest level.