Expressive Facial Animations Made for a VTuber Model in Blender

Mari, a Stylized Character Artist and 3D Modeler specializing in VTuber and VR models, continues working on a brand-new anime-like CG character, providing yet another small glimpse into the development process.

This time, the artist showcased the character's improved face tracking that enables a wide range of expressive facial animations that help the WIP VTuber convey various emotions, which, according to Mari, aren't limited to what is shown in the demo. To bring the character to life, the creator uses a combination of Blender, the Ucupaint add-on, and PaintTool SAI 2.0 for texture painting outside of Blender. Attached below are some of the previous showcases shared by the artist:

And here are some of Mari's earlier projects, we highly encourage you to visit the artist's Twitter page to check out the rest of their amazing artworks:

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