Movable mouth construction

raschko · Feb 2008

I'm no stranger to low poly modeling, but I've come across a roadblock recently while trying to create a character using a reference found on deviant art.

I've only ever dealt with characters that are realistic in nature and not so out of proportion; furthermore have never dealt with moving facial features before.

In terms of the model below..if someone out there could give me a few pointers on how to create an Anime ish' mouth that could move would be appreciated.

Critiques are welcome too..please only for facial features.

I'll still pluck away at it myself, but it is also good to ask from those that have experience.

Thanks, and have a nice afternoon!

Eric Chadwick · Feb 2008

You need to add edgeloops around the mouth for better deformation.

For example.
http://www.daz-art.com/poly_regions.jpg

Richard Kain · Feb 2008

Anime mouths never look good when you model them. And there's a reason for that. Most anime series don't even bother thinking about realism in regards to their characters mouths. In fact, its quite common for them to illustrate character's mouths clipping out of the edges of their faces. (physically impossible) If you wanted to be "anime authentic", you would put a flat plane in front of the characters face, and paint an alpha-masked mouth on it.

sir-knight · Feb 2008

depends on how abstracted the anime style you want is... some 'anime' styles are very structured and you can see the relation back to life... the more stylized you go... the more it goes to planing.

Mark Dygert · Feb 2008

The mouth in that shot is too small and its hard to tell what kind of edge flow or construction you have. Can you do a close up shot?

Movable mouth construction

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