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July 23, 2017
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How can I improve mouth shapes for better lip-sync

  • July 23, 2017
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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?

- cheerio

    Correct answer oksamurai

    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
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    oksamuraiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    July 24, 2017

    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.

    cesaartaAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 25, 2017

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

    Participant
    September 28, 2020

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