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“建立Hiccup形象需要做好平衡。既要让观众能喜欢他，又得让他爸对他失望。”导演C.S.解释道。“作为一个青少年，Hiccup想成为一个真正的维京人，但是他逐渐意识到，他的智商和体能状态注定了他不是这块料。因此，他感觉他还没得到他的父亲的认可与尊重。”导演D.D.补充道。

Hiccup在这部作品被设计得更为成熟，不论是身体还是心灵上。在早期设计里，他被设计得年轻得多，大概六七岁的样子，更与原作中的角色一致。他的最终的模型和长相并不像电影里其他年轻角色那样用相同的风格，这也是为了构建观众与他的联系的一种方式。

尤为重要的一点是，要把Hiccup设计成一个不会在我们的现代社会里脱颖而出的普通孩子。他是一个聪明，有魅力，性格温和的人。但是放在都是反常角色的维京世界里，他就格格不入了，观众看到这种尴尬场景也能共情。角色动画负责人Simon Otto.解释道。

对于我们而言，最大的挑战就是让克雷西达•考威尔（Cressida Cowell ）所设计的年轻Hicccp逐渐成长为青少年。对于整个故事而言，雷西达•考威尔赋予Hiccup的领导能力和他的个人魅力是十分重要的。

——制片人 邦妮•阿诺德 （Bonnie Arnold）

传统的主角人物形象要么倾向于傲慢自大：“你们都错了，我才是对的。”；亦或是缺乏自信：“我真是个废物…真希望我能和你们一样。”我们选择按照后一种来；我们想要设计一位能设身处地为他人着想、为人谦逊，并且能接受自身的缺陷、清楚自己的定位的主角形象。

——故事主编 亚历山德罗•卡托尼（Alessandro Cartoni）

Hiccup以其真实的皮肤特征和风格化的腮红和雀斑的微妙使用之间的精心平衡为我们提供了一个皮肤质感如何进一步支持风格化现实的外观的清晰示例。听到要把每个人都做成皮肤粗糙的脏兮兮的样子，我们表面处理成员都感到这想法太开放了。 

原文：

'Developing Hiccup was a balancing act . He had to be appealing , but he also had to be enough of an individual to frustrate his father at the same time , ' explains Director Chris Sanders . As a teenager Hiccup still wants to be a true Viking but he has come to realize his intellect and physical stature are not typical Viking material . As such , ' he feels he hasn't gotten his father's approval and respect , ' notes Director Dean DeBlois.

Hiccup grew up a lot over the course of this production , both in social maturity and physical design. In the earliest days of development , his character was much younger , pegged in the range of six or seven years of age and more aligned with the character in the original book . His final build and look is not as stylized as the other young charactersin the film, which was a means to help the audience connect with him.

'It was important to make Hiccup a normal kid who would not stand out in our modern world-he's a smart , charming , and mild-mannered guy . It's when he's placed in the Viking World occupied by outrageous characters that he doesn't quite fit in , and the audience can empathize with this awkwardness , ' explains Head of Character Animation Simon Otto.

Our biggest challenge was taking the young Hiccup that Cressida Cowell had envisioned and turning him into a teenager. That he would maintain the appeal and charm Cowell had given him was important to the story .

——Bonnie Arnold , Producer

This classic archetypal protagonist tends to go either the arrogant way : ' You are all wrong and you 'll see ,' or the self-deprecating one : ' I am lame , I wish I could be like all of you .' We went with the letter ; we wanted a more empathetic charactor , a humble protagonist that learns the value of himself and is accepted for who he is .

——Alessandro Cartoni , Head of Story

HICCUP OFFERS a clear example of how skin textures further support the look of a stylized reality, .featuring a toughtful balance of real skin qualities with subtle stylizations in blush and freckle usage. "it was such a liberatingstate of mind for surfacing to be told to make everyone look dirty and gritty, ' says Head of Surfacing Sabrina Riegel.