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cesaarta
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Jul 23, 2017 6:59 PM UTC
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How can I improve mouth shapes for better lip-sync

Hello,

I'm having a hard time to get this parrot puppet right. It's my first time making an animal puppet, and I can't seem to find a good material on bird lip-sync for animation. It's more of a design problem. Can anyone help me please?

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      oksamurai
      oksamuraiCorrect answer
      Legend
      Jul 24, 2017 7:24 PM UTC

      Oh man, good question - this is new to me. If I were you I'd rent Aladdin and see how they do Iago's mouth. Or find any other animated bird as reference material and go frame-by-frame to see how they do different mouth shapes.

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      oksamurai
      oksamuraiCorrect answer
      Legend
      Jul 24, 2017 7:24 PM UTC

      Oh man, good question - this is new to me. If I were you I'd rent Aladdin and see how they do Iago's mouth. Or find any other animated bird as reference material and go frame-by-frame to see how they do different mouth shapes.

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        cesaartaAuthor
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        Jul 25, 2017 5:48 PM UTC

        Ohh, I forgot about Iago, good call! I'll look for it. Thank you.

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        Joxhuz
        Participant
        Sep 28, 2020 2:23 AM UTC

        Hey do you have a link to these mouth shapes? i would love to use them on a eagle puppet im working on.

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