Wow, what a great lecture. This week we learned about animating eyes and blinks from Jason Ryan. I didn’t realize how important the eyes were and how much thought needs to go into them. It’s amazing how you can use blinks at different times to change an emotion. Also the speed of a blink can drastically change the emotion. For example, a slow blink could indicate the character is tired or sad. We also learned a number of key tips/tricks including the number of frames for the eye to close/open and the many different ways an eye can transition from open to closed and vice versa. Wow, great stuff.

The assignment: take our shot from blocking to blocking plus. That basically means more refined blocking with more breakdowns and transitions. Here goes: