Facial Expression

 

lDesign

This project involves creating five expressions of surprise, anger, sadness, fear and doubt for the character and the movement within these expressions.

l Process

1. Select a cylinder and resize it, then place the character model on it in a sitting position.

1. Key frame the character's original expression and movement at frame 0. Set the character's surprise expression at frame 18.

2. Select the appropriate transition expression at frames 0-18 for fine-tuning and set it as a key frame. At the same time according to the change rule of expression to adjust the position between each frame.

3. Do the same setup for the Anger, Sadness, Fear & Doubt emojis according to steps 2&3.

4. Take the controller associated with the expression and curve it in Graphic Editor.

5. Make movements associated with changes in expression, including hands, legs and feet, waist, and hairstyle. 

6. Set a camera and choose a good view and angle. Then, make a scene with simple Anorld Render. Then, render each frames as sequence.

 

7. Used AE to composite the sequence and export the video with MP4 Format. Meanwhile, added audio.