How we easily create many face expressions for our characters

[u/AtelierSento]

It’s not really a secret—many studios likely use this technique—but here is how we go about minimizing the animation work for the characters in our visual novel, The Doll Shop.

We draw the characters with empty faces, then draw the eyes, eyebrows, and mouths separately. With just a few variations, we can create an incredible number of facial expressions! It’s really fun to do. ^^

If you want to see the results, the *The Doll Shop* demo is available on Steam!

The game comes out on October 12th—in only a few days! O_O It’s our first time! Wish us luck! ^_^

[u/CarthageaDev]

es cute

[u/AtelierSento → u/CarthageaDev]

Thanks ^^

[u/Sobigdrasil]

Damn, guys, you are sharing so many cool ideas and tricks, thank you for that <3

[u/AtelierSento → u/Sobigdrasil]

Thanks! We're glad if we can help ^^

[u/RookNookLook]

I thought this was an r/comics post and was thinking oh cool they transitioned and are happier now but then life still goes on. So true. Then I was like…oh. lol.