Post 9 — Facial Expression 5

Further polish & spline

In the expression shown in this picture, George mentioned that I need to smooth out the wrinkles at the end of the nose. When people make expressions, the end of the nose should not have overly exaggerated animation because there are no muscles in this area, only cartilage for support. Therefore, when adjusting the eyebrows, the movement at the end of the nose should be avoided.

At the same time, there are still some issues with the timing of the animation that need to be adjusted. George mentioned that when the character switches emotions, there should be a moving hold, as shown in the figure from frame 85 to 102, about one second of pause, rather than the version I made where the head keeps moving. The character’s emotion switch needs a buffer, and ensuring the head is in the moving hold stage guarantees the space for the emotion changing.

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