Realistic facial rig by José Péricles.

Alex Zlotin Character Artist showreel 2021

Alex Zlotin Character Artist showreel 2021 from Alex Zlotin on Vimeo.

Character Artist showreel by Alex Zlotin. The facial blendshapes looks very nice!

FACS Facial Rigging by Brian Kenny | Student Demo Reel

FACS Facial Setup by Brian Kenny. Assignment for WRAP FACS Facial Setup training workshop. Well done Brian!

WRAP FACS Facial Setup Demo

WRAP FACS Facial Setup Demo from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Here is the breakdown demo of the facial rig we prepared at Puppeteer Lounge for the new WRAP FACS Facial Setup training workshop. The model here is my wife and Puppeteer Lounge's co-founder Sachina Shakya! It was a fun project :) This breakdown demo showcases believable facial setup based on Facial Action Coding System. Learn photogrammetry to 3D scan a face and integrate it to the pipeline for CGI animation creating your very own digital double. Learn to extract facial expression based on FACS from 3D scans. Make it compatible for 3D workflow and create a rig based on it. Learn to create automated maps for wrinkles, blood flow, roughness compression/stretching and fine facial details. The motion capture ready FACS based facial rig is compatible with game engines and films. Learn to setup believable facial rig at Puppeteer Lounge with WRAP FACS Facial Setup training workshop program!

OMA RIG BREAKDOWN

OMA RIG BREAKDOWN from Paola Castro on Vimeo.

Facial rig breakdown by Paola Castro.

Facial Rigging by student Mitchell Hardy

Facial Rigging by Mitchell Hardy | Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Facial Setup by Puppeteer Lounge student Mitchell Hardy. Mitchell used his own facial head scans for the facial rig assignment. Well done Mitchell!

FACS blendshapes by Izabela Poznańska.

FACS blendshapes from Izabela Poznańska (Zelmańska) on Vimeo.

FACS blendshapes by Izabela Poznańska. Beautiful sculpted!

Facial Setup Overview | FACS based Facial Rig Demo

Facial Setup Overview | FACS based Facial Rig Demo from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

A short overview of FACS based realistic facial rig created with Blendshape Combination System. The facial setup is covered in Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop 4 training workshop program. Enjoy :)

Facial setup by Ben Rosenstein

Facial Rigging by Ben Rosenstein (Hyper Real Facial Setup) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.



FACS based facial rigging by Puppeteer Lounge student Ben Rosenstein from USA. Facial setup based on Hyper Real Facial Setup training workshop.

Facial animation performance based on Anthony Hopkins reads Dylan Thomas's poem "Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night".

Goblin Facial Rig

happy_goblin facial Rig from Artem Dubina on Vimeo.

Facial setup based on FACS by Artem Dubina.

Snappers Advanced Facial Rig for Maya and Unreal Engine

Snappers advanced FACS based adaptive facial rig running real-time inside Unreal Engine. Very impressive!

Ajar Animation on BCS Facial Rig | Breakdown

Ajar Animation on BCS Facial Rig | Breakdown from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Test animation on Puppeteer Lounge FACS based rig driven with Blendshape Combination System created with KeyFrame animation.

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Facial Motion Capture Setup Demo by Veronica Morera

Facial Motion Capture Setup Demo by student Veronica Morera from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Facial motion capture setup demo by student Veronica Morera. Beautifully done! Watch Facial MoCap on a realistic rig at 1 min mark on video below.

Blendshape Combination System (Facial Setup) Overview

Watch an overview of the facial setup from Puppeteer Lounge Blendshape Combination System Training Workshop lecture session. The video goes over a comparison of Standard Blendshape vs Blendshape Combination System (BCS), developed by Daniel Pook-Kolb.

You can learn to setup a high-end feature quality facial rig using BCS toolset at Puppeteer Lounge.

FACS Facial Rig Discussion

FACS Facial Rig Discussion by Puppeteer Lounge alumni Mathias Røyrvik.

Facial Rigging Based on FACS Theory

Facial Rigging Based on FACS Theory from Siting Liu on Vimeo.

Facial Rig based on FACS by SoukiZERO

Facial Rig based on FACS -intro- from SoukiZERO on Vimeo.

Nice overview of a FACS based facial rig by SoukiZERO. You can purchase this rig here, including the dx11 shader and all texture maps. turbosquid.com/3d-models/ma-rig-based-facs/1005479

Facial Rigging based on FACS by Souki

Facial Rigging based on FACS (WIP) from SoukiZERO on Vimeo.

Very impressive facial rigging demo based on FACS by Souki. The rig is controlled by over 100 joints. The facial wrinkles are driven through connected normal maps using a custom DX11 shader.

Facial Action Coding System (FACS) Reference

For your reference on FACS, I just stumbled upon this video. Nearly any anatomically possible facial expression can be decoded from these AU and there combination.