Puppeteering Principles for Face Puppet Panel (New for 5)

When using the Face Puppeteering Panel, the mouse cursor directions are mainly Mouse Move Up and Mouse Move Down which can trigger different facial muscles in the same directions.

With a combination of facial muscle animations, you can create thousands of expressions by simply moving your mouse around.

Bilateral Facial Features

A. Forehead

B. Both Eyebrows

Mouse moves up
Sad

Mouse moves down
Anger

Mouse moves up
Surprised

Mouse moves down
Suspicious

C. Both Eyelids

  

D. Both Cheeks

Mouse moves up
Shocked

Mouse moves down
Tired

Mouse moves up
Smiling

Mouse moves down
Upset

E. Mouth Shape

  

F. Jaw Bone

Mouse moves up
Pouting

Mouse moves down
Lips-biting

Mouse moves up
Jaw up

Mouse moves down
Jaw Down

Unilateral Facial Features

A. Eyebrow

B. Upper Eyelid

C. Eyeball

Mouse moves up
Surprised

Mouse moves down
Indifferent

Mouse moves up
Shocked

Mouse moves down
Sleepy

Eyeball rolling

D. Lower Eyelid

  

E. Ala

  

F. Cheek

Suspicious

Mouse moves up
Disgusted

Mouse moves down
Admitting

Mouse moves up
Smiling

Mouse moves down
Sad

Multiple Facial Features

A. Nose, Forehead, Cheeks and Mouth

Mouse moves up
Calm

Mouse moves down
Threatening