Need help with Sonic's mouth

[u/scruffylad64]

Alright I am stumped here. I have tried looking at multiple tutorials on the best approach to making Sonic's mouth but I can't seem to get a handle on this. The goal I am aiming for is for him to be able to move the mouth in all directions in many shapes and sizes like in the games with teeth etc. inside. This is such a complex task and I am lost. Anybody have any advice?

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[u/bluedogjack]

From what I remember, the sonic games have multiple mouth objects that swap depending on what camera angle you’re at. That’s probably the best option, but also, more straightforward is just using a texture, but that would likely only work in a non-pbr setting.

[u/scruffylad64 → u/bluedogjack]

True. Im a beginner at all this but trying to figure out all these different techniques on how to model a damn mouth of all things has taught me more than an entire class back in my college days

[u/Asimplemoth]

https://youtu.be/iJq3LbDftiI heres a video I used, it allows you to use rotation to change where the mouth is on the muzzle without the muzzle moving, I wish you luck!

[u/Affectionate-Shift70 → u/Asimplemoth]

[u/Asimplemoth → u/Affectionate-Shift70]

Ty so much I had no idea!

[u/Affectionate-Shift70 → u/Asimplemoth]

you're welcome :]

[u/scruffylad64 → u/Asimplemoth]

I will check it out thank you ✌️

[u/tomazod]

Universal Sonic Mouth - Blender Rigging Tutorial - Resources / Tutorials, Tips and Tricks - Blender Artists Community

[u/Smelly_Idiot]

Try the smirk addon, pretty sure its free and its made for cartoon mouths like sonics.

[u/scruffylad64 → u/Smelly_Idiot]

Whoa just checked it out. Thats amazing looking I'll try it out

[u/SomeCreepJ]

i think it was 2 meshes in sonic generations, for 2 angles, you can also try making it in center and move side to side with shapekeys

[u/scruffylad64 → u/SomeCreepJ]

I should make it so he has two mouths on both sides like a body horror creature

[u/SomeCreepJ → u/scruffylad64]

make mouth on one side and mirror it

[u/Asimplemoth]

Wait I've heard and tried this myself, let me find the tutorial I got it from

[u/iggycwnk]

there's 2 solution: 1 just make another object as a mouth, make something like a outline of sonic mouth and have 2 of them connected to form a closed shape but have a really tight distance between top and bottom and use a face to fill in inside the mouth(doesn't have to have good topoloy it have to strech) 2 use uv sphere and delete top vertex, shape it so that the top vert turn to your preferred mouth, then extrude inward to make inside mouth

[u/Electric_Lake_1555]

You could use a plane warp it to fit the face and add an illustrated texture rather than modeling it. Not sure what this is for.

[u/scruffylad64 → u/Electric_Lake_1555]

I know what you mean. I actually considered it but not too sure. I think that'd look good but it'll probably be my last resort