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Am I good at facial expressions?

Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,132
edited March 2017 in Art Studio

I was recently told that I have a knack for facial expressions, so I thought I'd post here and see if anyone else thinks so. Here is Victoria 7, and the expressions are focused determination (I think Wonder Woman was my inspiration here), incredulous laughter, angry cursing, and singing. No post work. 

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  • TabascoJackTabascoJack Posts: 865

    I'd say those are pretty good!

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,132
    TabascoJack said:

    I'd say those are pretty good!

    Thank you, TabascoJack! I'm new to Daz (just a couple of months now), but I've recently discovered a knack for posing, and I'm loving the process.

  • LinwellyLinwelly Posts: 5,947

    Looking very good! keep it up posing is fun!

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131

    They look very good to me too, much better than the average expression set in the DAZ Store for the products I own.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    I would say yes most definitely!

  • SoundLufsSoundLufs Posts: 67

    You ARE good, thus it makes sense to become even better :) It really depends on application, end usage etc. and right now, I think your model is "over acting" a bit. Certainly its a thing of taste, and I know my is strongly leaning towards fashion type "cold" faces,  so I am subjective, but the overal direction is great I think.

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,132

    Thanks for the great feedback, everyone! I forgot to mention that I'm making these expressions from scratch, using only the base model and the head morphs for Genesis 3. 

  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,084

    Those are amazing! Expressions are the hardest thing to look natural and these defenitely do!

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    They all look pretty good.  I love posing, too, but I'm not really great at expressions.  :)

  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    Yes, these are pretty good, and better than many of the commercially-sold ones.

    A suggestion: After creating the full expression, create a single parameter dial for all the morphs, so you can apply them from 0 to 100%. With expressions, often less is more. It also allows you to combine expressions. Instead of the four presets you show, you can mix-and-match at various strengths for an almost unlimited number. 

    There is a process to "freezing" morphs to a single dial. If it's a new concept for you there are a couple of good tutorials on the forum for how to do it. Look up "ERC freeze.' Daz docs also provides this:

    http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/creating_content/assembling/tutorials/pose_control/start

     

  • Those ThingsThose Things Posts: 1,132
    Tobor said:

    Yes, these are pretty good, and better than many of the commercially-sold ones.

    A suggestion: After creating the full expression, create a single parameter dial for all the morphs, so you can apply them from 0 to 100%. With expressions, often less is more. It also allows you to combine expressions. Instead of the four presets you show, you can mix-and-match at various strengths for an almost unlimited number. 

    There is a process to "freezing" morphs to a single dial. If it's a new concept for you there are a couple of good tutorials on the forum for how to do it. Look up "ERC freeze.' Daz docs also provides this:

    http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/creating_content/assembling/tutorials/pose_control/start

     

    How cool is that? One slider for the whole expression? I didn't know I could do that. I'm going to try this now!

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