Creative approaches to emotional expression animation

Robin J. S. Sloan, Brian Robinson, Malcolm Cook

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Abstract

In facial expression research, it is well established that certain emotional expressions are universally recognized. Studies into observer perception of expressions have built upon this research by highlighting the importance of particular facial regions, actions, and movements to the recognition of emotions. In many studies, the stimuli for such studies have been generated through posing by non-experts or performances by trained actors. However, character animators are required to craft recognizable, believable emotional facial expressions as a part of their profession. In this poster, the authors discuss some of the creative processes employed in their research into emotional expressions, and how practice-led research into expression animation might offer a new perspective on the generation of believable emotional expressions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationShort paper and poster proceedings of the 22nd annual conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents
EditorsAntinus Nijholt, Arjan Egges, Herwin van Welbergen, Hendri Hondorp
Place of PublicationEnschede
PublisherCentre for Telematics and Information Technology University of Twente
Pages97-98
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2009
EventInternational Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 17 Jun 200919 Jun 2009

Publication series

NameCTIT Workshop Proceedings
PublisherCentre for Telematics and Information Technology University of Twente
NumberWP09-02
ISSN (Print)0929–0672

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents
Abbreviated titleCASA 2009
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period17/06/0919/06/09

Keywords

  • Facial animation
  • Practice-led research
  • Emotion and personality

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