Animation Tips For Smiles
Nailing the right “smiling eye” look in your characters can be challenging – unless you know how the orbicularis oculi muscle works.
Melinda Ozel
All About Upper Lid Raiser – AU5
In FACS, upper lid raiser, or AU5, is the action that raises and retracts the upper eyelid; this movement causes the eyes to appear wider and reveal more sclera (the white part of eye). The appearance changes we see in upper lid raiser are the result of an increase in contraction of levator palpebrae superioris, an extraocular muscle that works to keep the upper eyelid elevated.
“It’s All In the Eyes” and Other Lies: A Critique On Contemporary Emotion Research
Can we really measure smile authenticity? An exploration of the common assumptions we make about expressions of emotion.
Faces You Don’t Want to See During UX Research – Especially For VR
Faces of discomfort often followed headset adjustment – or predicted upcoming adjustments. Bored faces and faces on the contempt spectrum tended to be predictive of undesirable experiences later disclosed during the post-demo interviews. These expressions were not just useful for predicting events. They also served as points for further investigation.
Faking Aging in Characters
If you are aging a face, pay attention to where you add sagging, deep lines, and folds. There are patterns to follow. While everyone’s pattern is different, general principles still exist. Aging reflects many things – our unique anatomy, our repeated expression use, our past injuries, etc. It is a map of our history.
Killer Smiles: A Fine Line Between Creepy and Beautiful
From observing trends in art, social media, ranking systems, and pop culture, there appear to be two main types of “creepy smiles”: Type I, which I coined The Grinch Pinch and Type 2, which I coined The Muted Shark. Types I and II typically contain all or many of the following features: