Facial Animation & Rigging

In this blog, I will write about my research on Gorillas and facial expressions. I did some research on how they express themselves. Most of the expression comes from the brow and the mouth, so it was key that the main area of focus. ]

In my research I found that when gorillas are not playful, they have a serious look, the brow a little lower than normal and no smile. The image to the left is an example of that. I did some research on the different expressions of gorillas. But I also did research on human expressions as some maybe be similar. 






I tried to get an angry one that didn't have his wide open, kind of before that. The brows are low and pushed together, the mouth is lower at the sides and high in the middle.