When it comes to Lip-sync however, it is almost imperative that you make yourself a dope sheet of sorts as you will need the timing right down to the frames themselves and this is very difficult to do by ear without special equipment/software. Display Word Posters for Vowel Valley and the (Consonant) Sound Wall Helpful Photo Reference Sheets 44 Phoneme Cards Mouth Articulation Photos of Real Mouths. This position is a common shape and is used for consonants made within the mouth, specifically sounds made by C, D, G, K, N, R, S, TH, Y, and Z. Its something that has me somewhat conflicted, I dislike telling people what i equipment/software I use because i don't want them to think that they must have those things to be able to animate, really you can animate anything as long as you have the initiative to work with what you have or can easily get. If we obstruct our vocal tract at the lips, like for the sounds b and p. Rough lines (In red) have been left to give an idea of how i've structured the character's mouth.įor the bird, though i've not done it here, it might be a good idea to give it teeth if possible, even though they don't have teeth >< which makes some poses difficult.Ī lot of people have asked me about an animation lip sync tutorial. What is the articulatory description for the consonant sound represented by. Here, i've done basic mouth shape, then dog-like, then traditional Dragon-like and Bird like for at least some variety.
These are only a very rough guide to the various mouth movements for Lip sync animations with various types of characters. Please consider supporting me on Patreon too: Preston Blair reference mouth shapes Hobbit. Soft dialog (like that which you may notice from a library) drops to the 30-45 decibel range. Within this variety, sounds are audible but you will have difficulty differentiating them from other noises if you’re somewhere noisy. This goes great with my Eyes tutorial tooĮdit: I just realised, i forgot the CH sound which would normally go under the SH too.Īlso note, these are based on the way i speak and i speak two languages which i regularly mix together in the most confusing manner possible, so there may be subtle differences.Īnother thing to keep in mind is how different languages pronounce their letters different e.g Japanese Ls and Rs are the same, in which case you would use the L mouth for a japanese speaking character saying the set of L/R sounds. Pick the important sounds and hit their shape clearly to emphasize the dialogue flow. 31-45 dB: Here is the decibel level of silent sounds.
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