blink???

[Ravager]

does anyone know how to make a character that you made yourself blink?

[Ilidrake]

You mean as in eyes blinking? @@

[jon]

if you've modeled a moderately realistic eye with an eyelid, you'll create a pose/relationship that has the eyelids meeting near the bottom lid, and drive it with an action.

 

at least that's how we did things in the old days...

 

-jon

[Dhar]

Create bones for the eyelids then you can animate the blink.

[robcat2075]

example of using fanbones to rig an eye lid

 

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I only "animate" one bone, the others follow it becasue of constraints I created inthe model.

 

You'll want to learn more about fan bones and constraints.

eyelidbones.mov

[Walter Baker]

Hi robcat, me again I was wondering about creating a blink for my character, I watched your movie with bones. Could a blink be done as an action? If so, how??? Or using the bones as you did could I use 1, 2 bones or do I need more bones. Do I use orient like constraints? or Could it be done easier with a maybe a pose slider?

[Fuchur]

Hi robcat, me again I was wondering about creating a blink for my character, I watched your movie with bones. Could a blink be done as an action? If so, how??? Or using the bones as you did could I use 1, 2 bones or do I need more bones. Do I use orient like constraints? or Could it be done easier with a maybe a pose slider?

 

You know all the possibilties Go for the one you are most comfortable with... I like the pose-methode the best so. It is the most flexible thing.

 

*Fuchur*