Hello there, just a quick post to show what stage my lip sync work is at so far. I've done the opens/closes and wides/narrows and it's looking pretty good and convincing!
What I think I will have to work on with the mouth is making some shapes more exaggerated; my character starts off nice but then turns quite aggressive, so I think they'll have to start opening their mouth a bit wider in the second half.
I'm looking forward to when all the head, body and facial movement (as much as is needed for this head and shoulders shot) goes in as well. Hooray for acting through the computer (with reference that I did, which will go on the 'planning' page...)! Caitlin :)
So I finally polished off and rendered my ball animation exercise! I'm much happier with it now it's got squash and stretch, textures and lights and snazzy camera angles.
I realised after I did this that I used a different rig to my other two poses, haha... But I think I'll do it again anyway, as there's something not quite right. I don't know if it's the facial expression, or the fact he looks a bit nervous - but maybe he is nervous to see what's under that block! MooM didn't bend as easily as I did when I photographed myself in this pose, which annoyed me at first, but then it ended up forcing me to use a more interesting, cinematic camera angle where you can see the facial expression and the viewer's focus follows MooM's line of sight. Caitlin :)
