Showing posts with label Body Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Body Language. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 February 2020

How to Animate Eye Darts



"Eye darts" are fast moving micro-changes of eye direction. Eyes are the window to the soul - it's the thing the audience will look at most, and one of the most common mistakes made by junior animators is fail to pay enough attention to their character's eyes.  Our eyes are very expressive, and the eyes are what we look at when we watch a character on the screen.  When we talk, we seek signals for how another person is thinking and feeling - we watch their eyes, and we often dart form one eye to another.  So, how does an animator animate eye darts?