One of the most common mistakes made by junior animators is to forget to add blinks on their characters, especially on a head turn. Everybody blinks, a lot and we almost always blink when we turn our heads from one viewpoint to another. But since we do it without noticing, we're not really aware of it.
Blink early, blink often
In the video above, I explain why it is that characters need to blink much more often than you might think. Our eyelids act much like the shutter of a camera, cutting on motion and editing out everything but the important information that we actually need to see.
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