Major: Pre-viz Part 1 Update

I have decided I want to cut down the first section of my audio a lot, to get to the point of the film faster. Otherwise I have a full minute of my character just talking to the camera.

This is an old cut:

This is a newer version:

I need to rerecord some audio, as there are a couple of words I want to add or change to make this version flow.

Major: Facial Rigging Progress 2

Here is an update on the facial rig for my character.

I decided to make individual controls for the eyebrows, as I want flexibility, and I'm not sure of all the facial expressions I will need. I followed the Pipeline 1 tutorial for the brow movement, but mostly used a similar setup to the lateral mouth movement. It seems to be working and I have tried out making a few of the expressions from my expression sheet.

There is a problem with the central control on the upper lip. When I click off of the keyframes I make for this control, that part of the lip appears to move back to its original position. It hasn't actually moved back and I think this is just a problem in the viewport, as it renders fine. I'm not sure how to fix this, but I would like to. I want to be able to see how I'm posing my character for animation.

This is what happens in the viewport when I move one frame over. There is a similar issue with the some parts of the brow, but again, it renders fine.

This is a render of the same frame as the above screenshot.

Aside from this, the rig seems to be working. Next I will make sticky eyes and attach the eyelashes.

Major: Facial Rigging Progress

I have been working on the facial rig for my character and have completed the mouth.

These are the teeth for my character. I decided to create individual teeth, as I think my character will bare its teeth a fair amount in my film.

I made them to roughly fit using reference curves, and then adjusted them using lattices.

This is the arrangement of my blendshapes for the lateral mouth movement.

This video shows the mouth rig in action.