Face Expression

After the scenes and characters are done, the next step is to start motion design and production. I split this part into two parts. The first part is expression design, and the second part is action design. This week I’m going to start off with emoticon design first.

Expressions mainly include happy, nervous, surprised, frightened, etc.

First, I used the facial motion capture plug-in that comes with iClone and connected it to my phone. Then I made the corresponding expression and recorded it in iClone.

This is an example, the protagonist’s expression on the hospital bed when he heard the conversation between the doctor and the parents outside the door.

But this place with a lot of details is not captured very well, I need to import it into maya for adjustment.

This is a test of my acting skills. But my acting was a mess. Animation requires relatively exaggerated expressions and movements. So it can only be adjusted manually through Maya. Exaggerated part of the expression.

Then I imported it into iClone to see the effect. For next week’s action design.

This is an example of the protagonist’s expression when he suddenly wakes up from a dream.

In the same way I handle all emotes. Next week I will design the body movements and combine them.