Week 18: Lip-Sync Animation – Blocking Plus

Introduction

This week, I focused on working on my blocking plus animation, making sure I keyed every part of the body.

This time I focused on adding keys to each part of the body and adding more breakdowns into my animation.

The part I struggled with the most was when the character points at the computer as I could not control the rotations in a smooth way.

However, I was advised that I can polish the movements when I start working in spline.

The first thing I need to improve is the body movement. I need to add some moving holds and create some overlap with the torso, neck and head.
I was advised not to include the last part when the character takes the mouse, as I should not overcomplicate the scene.
I need to add some animation to the eyelids.

For my second attempt, I focused on creating some overlaps with the body, neck and head.

I also added two moving holds (one at the beginning and another one when the character looks at his screen).

I adapted the last part so that my character would walk away without taking the mouse.

Now that I have created the key poses of my character, I can start working in spline, which means I can now focus on animating the mouth and lips.