Eyes and a body question

[murcielago]

Eyes and a body question

Does someone know how to do eyes that can move and blink and also move with the head? I've tried to create this, but binding to the skeleton restricts the eyes from independent movement.

Thanks

 

[frank beckmann]

Hi.
Don´t use joints - you will get smoke in your eyes.
Just parenting one eye by one to the base mesh will do it. Just make sure the pivot point is residing in the center of the eyeball.
For blinking you can keyframe the "longitudinal from&to" values of the parametric ball object.
I attached an example - hope you get the idea. Hit the play button.

Cheers
Frank

 

[TerryG]

Hi.
Don´t use joints - you will get smoke in your eyes.
Just parenting one eye by one to the base mesh will do it. Just make sure the pivot point is residing in the center of the eyeball.
For blinking you can keyframe the "longitudinal from&to" values of the parametric ball object.
I attached an example - hope you get the idea. Hit the play button.

Cheers
Frank

That's amazing what you did with the eyelid, Frank. I never dreamed you could do such a thing. :icon_thumbup:

 

[nervouschimp]

That's cool!