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For the final facial animation, I am thinking of using dialogue something along these lines:

(In answer to ‘What happened to your body?’): Oh….well, I was a magician’s assistant.  Y’know that trick where they saw a woman in half?  …Er.    He missed.

Reference drawings:

Images of early model: The mouth especially needs to be redone, as the shape is good, but the geometry isn’t quite right for ideal speech.  The nose looks okay in profile/quarter view, but in full face seems overly wide or flat…which is probably a result of not having it right in the reference itself.  There are also a few odd polygons around the eyes and sides of face that need fixing, but some will be altered/hidden by the addition of ears and hair and may not matter too much.

…namely, showcasing the 14 lighting set-ups learned from portrait photography. (13 single-source, one with multiple lights)

Full-Face: Viewpoint directly in front of face

Lit hight above viewpoint & Lit above viewpoint

Lit at viewpoint & Lit below viewpoint

Lit at 45 degrees to the side and above & Lit directly at side of face (90 degrees)

Three-quarter pose: Face turned slightly away from viewpoint

Short lighting & Butterfly lighting & Broad lighting

Facial profiles: Viewpoint positioned directly to side of head

Lit directly at front of face & Lit at or close to viewpoint

Lit at angle from back & Lit in silhouette

Multiple-source lighting: Viewpoint at three-quarter pose, includes direct full-front of face lighting, side lighting, silhouette lighting, and slight backlighting (hairlight)

Usual four-light set-up

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More happy Wallace-ness, using clusters this time to create the facial poses.

The primary visemes: Aah, Peh, and Eey (A,P,Y)