Many facial movements look similar but differ in core ways. When we read faces, we rely on subtle differences to interpret expressions and their meaning. Because your audience will be likening your character’s facial expressions to what they already know and have experienced, you want your character to be readable – to be relatable.
In FACS, there are three main brow actions: inner brow raiser
outer brow raiser, brow lowerer. These actions and their combinations deform our brows into particular patterns, allowing us to identify different expressions.
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.
Masterclass excerpt and links from recent webinar with CAVE Academy, via Visual Effects Society.
Emoji is a design product many use but few stop to think about. Emojis aren’t just fun little pictures; they are language aids used to enrich text with emotional value, clarify intent, substitute words, and bring nonverbal flare to text-based communication.
