Live action actors still image mimics

I have created a couple of mimics based on poses from various films in an attempt to imitate the look and feel given by each indivdual. All these imitations have been created using the Norman rig V010 downloaded from www.11secondclub.com.

My first attempt was with Jules from Pulp Fiction. The reason behind this choice was because it has become an iconic film moment and Samuel L Jackson delivered what I feel is a unique peice of acting in this scene. I believe with this one I attempted to edit the sizes and shapes of facial features too much to look more in proportion with the actor, unfortunately this doesnt help with the results.

 

Next was the Mask from the film The Mask. The reason behind this choice is simply because of the over the top and exaggerated character that Jim Carrey creates in this film and since the character is based on cartoon stylings it seemed appropriate.

 



The third mimc I created was yet another exaggerated character Austin Powers from the Austin Powers films. The reason for this choice is fairly similar to the one above except this is a realistic exaggerated character.

 



The fourth mimic i attempted is a more serious role The Joker from The Dark Knight. The reasoning behind this one was simply after attempting some exaggerated characters i felt it would be benificial to imitate some more serious ones and preferably a villian. Also most people would argue that The Joker is one of the greatest movie villians of all time.

Finally i attempted to mimic Maximus Decimus Meridius from the film Gladiator. This again is another iconic film moment from a realistic and believable character. Also with such an extreme facial expression it helped me see some of the limits of the Norman rig.

 

 

Conclusion



Through this exercise i have noticed how much of a difference a change of expression and pose can make in the look an feel of a character dispite being a single model. Also since these are only still images at this time i am hoping to learn more from full animation tests in the near future.