ARKit to FACS: Blendshape Cheat Sheet
If you or your team are using open-source face tracking kits, figuring out what’s what can be challenging. Navigate the ambiguity with the FACS Translation Sheet!
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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.
“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.
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:
Leveraging Facial Muscle Variation
Anatomical variation is a surprisingly ignored consideration for face tracking/facial mocap in tech and entertainment. Simplified anatomy diagrams are often accepted as universally applicable to all faces and few further questions are asked.
The reality is: FACIAL MUSCLES ARE HIGHLY VARIABLE.
Building Smiles – The Right Way
The smile is an essential expression for emotion and communication. Smiles form when our lip corners are pulled diagonally by a muscle called “zygomaticus major.”