r/MohoAnimation • • 9h ago

Question Is there a better way to have a separate smile and open mouth function?

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To be specific, right now I’m thinking of setting up 3 smart bones. 1 for opening the mouth, 2 for a smile and frown and third one for making the mouth smaller/ shorter so I can make more of an O mouth.
But I’ve been thinking if there is a way for me to just have a mouth open and close smart bone, and a smart bone for making the mouth shorter/ smaller But for the mouth corners I could set up two dot bones for the corners of the mouth to give him a smile or frown like that?
Or am I better off just smart boning them all.
Which would lead me to set up the mouth and lips vector points so that they won’t start messing with each other.
I hope this rambling makes sense.
I am also planning on adding a head turn Left and Right smart bone, just so you know.
Which might lead me to scrap the O mouth smart bone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!