In this '2D Face Rig' series, our rigs have been based on a stepped/constant interpolation. However, we like to start with animating smooth 2D face animation in Blender. Creating inbetweens for the key mouth shapes, blending them if you will. This creates yet another useful look for us, independent animators/3d generalists. With these smooth ways to blend between the mouth shapes, we can create clean lip sync animations.
For this series, we use 2D face animation tools on 3D objects.
We use Blender's modifier stack to our advantage by deforming the mesh before the projection.
To make animating easier we create common mouth shapes and add them to our pose library.
Blending between these poses will create smooth mouth transitions while animating.
⏰ Content of this video:
0:00 intro
0:21 Current Setup
0:52 Topology disclaimer
1:17 Set up a Bendy bone Rig
4:41 Bone placement
6:43 Constraints for ease
7:59 Clean up Crew
9:09 Weight painting
10:54 Posing
12:18 Pose Library
15:09 Outro
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