Thursday 6 July 2023

Animate Monty "Smokin!"


In the short beginner's animation tutorial below we show how to animate a character with no mouth saying a line of dialogue.  But how can you animate dialogue and lipsync - with no lips?  The answer is - it's all in the acting and the performance.  If the body language is working, then the audience will believe that the character is speaking - even if the character itself has no mouth.  In this tutorial we animate "Monty" saying a line of dialogue - "Smokin!" - the line originally delivered by Jim Carrey in the 80s hit movie The Mask. 

Lipsync with Monty "Smokin!"

Monty has no mouth, so we have to use his whole body to make the dialogue work.  The audio was originally delivered by Jim Carrey in the 80s hit movie The Mask. 

Thumbnails
As always, start with thumbnail sketches to plan your work.  On the right are some rough planning drawings to figure out how the animation will look.  Start at frame 1, and rough in all the main poses up to frame 49. 

How to Use the "Monty" Rig

Monty "Smokin" Tutorial
You can find the tutorial at the links below. The password is the same as for all our video tutorials.

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