Animating with Blender

Expression Fragments

Creating shapes for individual movements is simple. Add, name, and edit new shape keys for each of the following:

• Left eye, with the brow both raised and lowered. When editing the shape for each of these, keep in mind that the upper portion of the cheek generally moves with opposing motion to the brow. When the eyebrows move up, the lower eyelid and upper cheek move down.

• Right eyebrow, the same as the left.

• The midbrow (the space between the eyebrows), both raised and lowered; for additional control, you can create rotations of the midbrow, both clockwise and counterclockwise. A rotation control is good for lopsided, twisted eyebrow poses.

• Nostrils flared and contracted.

• Nose wrinkled. For additional control, create separate ...