Does anyone know where I can get a chart of cartoon mouth positons. I've seen references to 8 cartoon mouth positions but never actually seen a chart or image of them.
Thanks.
The standard 9 shapes were originally detailed in the book Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair (possibly not the first to invent and use them, but certainly the first to widely publish and explain them).
http://forums.awn.com/showthread.php?p=15080#post15080
Thanks Myles, that was very helpful.
The standard 9 shapes were originally detailed in the book Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair (possibly not the first to invent and use them, but certainly the first to widely publish and explain them).
A quick Google finds a copy of Preston Blair's illustration from the book.
3D interpretations of these mouth shapes have been made available by various artists, for example see the following:
http://www.garycmartin.com/mouth_shapes.html
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3ddocs/lipsync/lipsync.html
Regards, Myles.