{"id":4891,"date":"2018-05-13T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/?p=4891"},"modified":"2025-03-29T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:23:53","slug":"mouth-corners-in-cg-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/13\/mouth-corners-in-cg-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mouth corners in CG animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When CG animation came out, it looked so different and so fresh compared to 2d animation that we could get away with a lot but the novelty effect eventually faded and the bar got raised very high with CG entertainment and funny enough, technology is <strong>finally<\/strong> enabling us to &#8230; go back to the appeal of the 2d aesthetics!<\/p>\n<p>Shaping the mouth corners is\u00a0 one of those 2d tips used in top studios to make the characters look less CG. By moving the outside corner closer inside the silhouette of the character, you will make the mouth shape more stylised and closer to what an illustrator would craft rather than a stupid computer.<\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t the tweaked mouth shape look clearer and more appealing on this Sony&#8217;s &#8220;Angry Birds movie&#8221; presentation? I am posting the picture twice just so you can flip it and the link to the video is below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mouth_corners_After-1024x402.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5623\" srcset=\"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mouth_corners_After-1024x402.png 1024w, http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mouth_corners_After-300x118.png 300w, http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mouth_corners_After-768x301.png 768w, http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mouth_corners_After.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" 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