http://www.animationscout.tv animation scout Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:50:46 +0000 http://www.animationscout.tv en http://animationscout.tv/Eye-Movements http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Eye-Movements Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:50:46 +0000 animation scout 1996248 When it comes to close-up animations, knowing the fundamentals of eye movements is a must because wrong movement types and speeds may lead your character to be misunderstood by the audience. Here's some golden tips to tweak your characters acting by eye movements. Enjoy it! -Höbö var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'5c6ab0dc-3126-407f-b1fb-03805d721516'}); http://animationscout.tv/Soon-2 http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Soon-2 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:18:18 +0000 animation scout 1824223 http://animationscout.tv/Soon http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Soon Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:17:30 +0000 animation scout 1824219 http://animationscout.tv/Blink http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Blink Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:11:15 +0000 animation scout 1823521 If your characters blink timing is way too long , you might represent the wrong idea to the audience. So check this video out about 'why we blink?' to figure out it's fundamentals. Enjoy it! -Höbö var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'5c6ab0dc-3126-407f-b1fb-03805d721516'}); http://animationscout.tv/Mouth-Corners http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Mouth-Corners Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:22:25 +0000 animation scout 1672144 Well if you are using mouth just for lip-sync then you are so wrong.Mouth shape is one of the most important thing to support emotions in the face.Sometimes you may just need to give the feeling by moving it's corners. This video tells about how mouth corners move, what are their max and min positions and how to define mouth poses. Enjoy it! -Höbö var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'5c6ab0dc-3126-407f-b1fb-03805d721516'}); http://animationscout.tv/Head-Direction http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Head-Direction Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:24:40 +0000 animation scout 1646577 Is he thinking? or suspicious? what's in his mind? If you want to create such as question in your character's acting this video would help you.It's all about how does head's direction changes the emotion and what are the general meanings of moving and tilting the head. Enjoy it! -Höbö var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'5c6ab0dc-3126-407f-b1fb-03805d721516'}); http://animationscout.tv/Eyelids http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Eyelids Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:22:34 +0000 animation scout 1646573 Your character is running from a monster but looks sleepy instead of scarred, well maybe you should double check eyelid poses. This video tells about how to define eyelids poses, what effects it's movements and what's the feeling behind. Enjoy it! -Höbö var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'5c6ab0dc-3126-407f-b1fb-03805d721516'}); http://animationscout.tv/Eye-Direction http://animationscout.tv/following/animationscout.tv/Eye-Direction Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:21:28 +0000 animation scout 1646523 Think about people who moves their eyes a lot or they can't look into you directly while they are talking.So why is that? Maybe this video would give you some clues about eye direction meanings. Eye direction defines what character is thinking or her/his feelings. Enjoy it! -Höbö var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'5c6ab0dc-3126-407f-b1fb-03805d721516'});