Animating Dynamic Wrinkles in Disney & Anime Style | Character Creator & iClone

https://www.reallusion.com/character-... In this walkthrough, 3D generalist José Tijerín expands his character studies from Disney/Pixar style to Japanese Anime style . His main focus is on creating tailored wrinkle designs for stylized characters. He achieves this by utilizing the dynamic wrinkle system in Character Creator, which offers 48 customizable morphs to capture the subtle nuances of smiles and expressions. Additionally, Tijerín takes advantage of the “Rate of Appearance” feature to achieve natural transitions between different expressions.

To enhance the characters' emotional performances, Tijerín seamlessly integrates other software tools such as ZBrush, ClipStudio, and AI tools like Stable Diffusion . This allows him to further refine the expressions and intensify the characters' emotions.

In this video, we will explore four different types of expression wrinkles for cartoon characters, transitioning from 3D to 2D. The four types include unlit 3D, 3D classic, cel shading, and anime styles. Our expert, Tijerín, will not only provide you with valuable anatomy resources related to the wrinkle system but also teach you how to create your own personalized wrinkles through exciting and innovative experiments.

Tijerín will demonstrate various techniques, such as repurposing unused teeth meshes to create “Manpu” symbols , which are part of a unique symbol system in Japanese ACG (Anime, Comic, Games) culture used to express emotions. Additionally, he will show you how to proactively adjust the wrinkle system to create blushes, allowing for even more expressive and dynamic characters.

To bring your characters from ordinary to extraordinary, dive into Tijerín's tricks of the trade and download the hi-res anatomical textures from the link below.

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00:51 Intro: How dynamic wrinkles work (learning resource: Anatomy Textures)
03:00 How to customize wrinkle layers quickly & utilize Easy Diffusion AI
06:07 Original vs AI-enhanced wrinkles
06:20 Introduction of 4 types of cartoon styles
07:48 Type 1: 3D Cartoon - Unlit
10:57 Wrinkle results
11:05 How to use “Rate of Appearance”
11:57 Wrinkle Essentials pack
12:24 Type 2: 3D Cartoon - Classic
13:16 48 morphs
14:21 Wrinkle results
14:42 ZBrush: create your own normals
15:02 Original vs ZBrushed
15:44 Type 3 - Cartoon Cel Shading
19:58 Type 4 - Cartoon Anime
20:12 Bonus Tip 1: How to manpu
23:31 Bonus Tip 2: Creating blushes
25:21 Animate the anime character in iClone
27:19 Rendering the 3D classic character in Unreal Engine 5 with Auto Setup & iClone Unreal LiveLink

You can purchase the “Anime Character & Manpu” pack on the “José Tijerín” marketplace page:
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José Tijerín is a digital illustrator, 3D sculptor, and creator of video games such as Dear Althea available on Steam. His content pack "We're Besties” is currently for sale in the Reallusion content store.
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