August 11secondclub

[switchblade327]

Looks good to me so far. Nice, reserved poses though I think you could push the expressions a bit more, especially with the eyebrows. But I think it's solid enough to go ahead with. Nice work.

[ChrisSosa]

Thanks, I ended up deleting a few poses from it though. I have a tendency to put more poses then what I can fit. Haven't quite figured a way around doing that.

[ChrisSosa]

Here's my first pass. Still have a lot of work to do on it.

http://us.share.geocities.com/calexbee/08_CSosa_Pass1.mov

[ChrisSosa]

Okay here's my second pass. Still have some tweeking left on it. Could use some critiques and comments. Only one day left...

Thanks

Link:
http://us.share.geocities.com/calexbee/ … _Pass2.mov (http://us.share.geocities.com/calexbee/08_CSosa_Pass2.mov)

[imamog]

Hey ChrisSosa,

It's looking pretty good. The lip sync seems a little stiff, though. You might want to try having her jaw move side to side a little upon hitting certain phonemes in order to loosen it up. Also, when she says "I don't know what your moment was but ..." it seems like she closes her mouth and presses her lips together a little too soon. It might look better if she held onto the "uh" shape for a few frames longer.

These are really nitpicky, though. It looks very natural.

Good Luck.

[switchblade327]

Overall, it's looking nice.

I agree on the lip sync and the jaw comment. I think it's also made worse that the lips never really roll outward; just change shape. That might be a limitation of the rig though.

Also, I think the settle into her end-pose is a little half-baked. It feels sort of like an animatatronic turning off rather then a performance ending. Maybe have her slouch back in her seat or something a little more pouty and dramatic? And I'd give it a little more time to register that she's settling back and a then settled before ending.

It might also be nice if she looked away at the end instead of down to the table. It just seems like a more natural thing to do after gushing like that.

But even if you don't change her end pose at all, you should still give a bit more attention to how she gets there and give it a little more time before cutting.

[ChrisSosa]

Great points! I'll try to add that in.

Thanks for the critiques and comments they've helped tremendously.

[ChrisSosa]

Also I'll check into the rig to see if I can move the jaw, but I'm not sure what you mean. Should I be moving her jaw left to right or forward at some points?

[imamog]

Use a mirror to slowly mouth the words being spoken, and you'll see what I mean. The jaw doesn't only rotate on one plane. You can also put emphasis on certain words by adding in extra jaw motion. There is a lot of emotion in your sound clip, so communicating this with every means necessary will work to your advantage (depending on your rig, of course).

[ChrisSosa]

I think I got you, So for example I need to move the jaw and the lips in and out inorder to get the Mo in Moment to hit better.

[ChrisSosa]

Awesome thanks. And the fingers on the chin helps. Thanks again.

[imamog]

Yeah, you got it. Out on "Mo" and back in on "ment." It also helps to put a couple of fingers on your chin while you speak to feel where your jaw is going as you say a word.

[ChrisSosa]

Okay here is what I have so far. I'm still going through the lip sync and I'm not quite sure if I like how it's ending yet.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks for the help again.

Link:
http://us.share.geocities.com/calexbee/August_Entry_Test.mov

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