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Animation from motion capture, marker less video footage or synthesis from an audio or text signal.

Expression and facial action unit acquisition.

The preceding links are not designed to strain any math muscle but was important for me in this project.ġ) Showdown between a face robot, a machine and animation toolset…:įacial animation is a rich subject that is actively researched. Hippydrome video about mesh layout and curve tangent was also inspirational for this task.Ī more thorough talk about curve can be found at: The new face topology is now more dense to allow detail in the skin deformation and was designed from hippydrome concept : The ear and nose region were first modified to better fit my taste, then the mouth and eye region were tweaked to a more neutral position. (Click on the above picture to see the full size of the image ) ( design by jean luc Patriat from for speedy 2007 TV commercial ) I was lucky to receive support and teaching from Brad clark.Īs a learning material I have recycled an old character : Speedman This Facial rigging attending was a good opportunity to improve my skills and broaden my knowledge. The main problem I encounter with my current method is the lack of connectivity between the face region. With our limited resources and my lack of knowledge on this subject the resulting quality of our facial character performance is usually quite low. To achieve this goal I try to favor basic techniques like joint deformation for the neck and jaw region and blendshape for viseme and emotion. More precisely at work, time or budget constraint involves providing enough controls for the animation performance.

In my spare time I love to write tools, test new idea for character deformation but I always feel that I was lacking experience in facial rigging and facial deformation. More seriously rigging dojo is an online school were each student can receive personal and customized character rigging education.Ī more in depth presentation can be found at No sensei!!!! ” ( and this goes on, don’t be afraid Daniel and call Miyagi san ). During the last month I was attending a Facial rigging session at rigging dojo ( ).