How I add eye blink animatronic to any mask - Part 1: the mechanism

[@Sandra-RC9Gx7]

You're very creative and hardworking in bringing a complete tangible character to life. From eyes. Claws. Weapons. Horns. Lights. Your art vision has no limit. You find a way to make it work.🤩👏🏻🌟🌟🌟

[@msvsalt]

Excellent video, very thorough without being overwhelming. I bet I'm not alone is saying how thrilled I am to have finally found such a helpful, practical eye blinking tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills. Can't wait for part 2.

[@Ark-yv4hv]

you are literally a lifesaver, i couldn't find ANYTHING about how to eyes how i wanted until i found this 🙏

[@johnnyspeed4623]

Your work is MIND BLOWING, I hope you're getting the recognition you deserve. 👍

[@e-lagarto]

You are one of my favorite creators of all time - your skill knows no bounds. I was just searching for how to do this the other day, too. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@bruceaquina1799]

Great upload. It’ll be cool to see most masks that’ll blink in the near future. Excited for the next upload.

[@Kitteh.B]

One day i wanna do this but with a some kind of hardware (probably a a tiny camera a la pi-cam but if there's something more lightweight, awesome) that monitors the user's eyes, so it follows your blinks... And therefore, you can wink, 'bat eyelashes', play sleep, etc!

[@saturnsrain]

Thank you so much for this! I've been looking for any sort of tutorial on how to achieve this mechanic for a cosplay head and this is just what I needed, thank you!!🙏

[@behemoth3562]

Wow, this is amazing ❤ thank you Willow!

[@HetoudeMfje]

I really love what you made, been a fan for quite some time.. Though.. Even with a tutorial as beautiful like this I don't see myself completing something like this for my masks as I have 0 clue about programming 😢

[@Nickman1313]

Great tutorial I am a beginner looking to add this to a star wars mask and love the way you think!

[@laurenc5321]

Awesome tutorial, thank you so much for posting it! Do you think you could provide a link to the servos you use? Every time I buy servos, they end up being very loud, not smooth, and break easily.

[@WillowCreative]

i've tried a bunch of 9g servos but they're pretty much all the same loud cheap stuff. I've bought them mostly from aliexpress, like 5 or 6 different vendors

[@aarenmoore4842]

Can't wait for part 2!!!

[@WillowCreative]

i just gotta do the voice over i keep forgetting sorry 😅

[@aarenmoore4842]

@@WillowCreative no worries!! Super stoked!

[@brettsmall1349]

INCREDIBLY HELPFUL! I can’t wait to try this with my cosplay. By chance, do you have any suggestions about hooking it up to a remote? I’m thinking of having 4 servos controlling each eyelid and thought about having a controller (like an infrared) input a command for movements like a “wink” or just the top eyelids for a “frown”. I’m incredibly new to electronics and constructing them so any information helps! Fantastic work!!!

[@WillowCreative]

Its somethign I want to look into in the future, so i don't know precisely. My best bet is looking up an arduino nano project that involves remote control for tips, then simply integrating that into this basic control setup. Adafruit blogs has a LOT of projects that might help you out on remote control arduino. I would omit the bottom eyelids or have one motor control both eyelids on one side (i had double action on an older project but the linkage was unstable and it's worse for vision so thats why its only upper eyelid on this project). You can also look into a trigger on your cheek so you can use your cheek or jaw for control without having to install remote control. Buttons that trigger easily such as limit switches work well for that

[@Emipuchucha]

Amazing video! Can I replicate this blinking mechanism for a lizard/dragon nose breath?

[@WillowCreative]

Depends on the intended movement

[@ekindle40]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS SO HELPFUL OMG THANK YOUUUUUU 😭❤

[@aaron9462]

Bro you have a good job and I want to do something similar but could you tell me how you did the servo system?

[@WillowCreative]

this video shows exactly how i did it 🤔🤔

[@aaron9462]

@@WillowCreative But you made the black pieces that you have or how I do them is that the only problem I have is what makes the servo flow

[@WillowCreative]

@aaron9462 to make similar plastic pieces you can use a knife to cut a moon shape from a plastic ping pong ball and glue it to the servo motor 👍

[@Sketchington]

And this is why I subcscribed. Thank you.

[@Goji_The_Awesome_Paw]

Like it!

[@ReeYee-id9bk]

that's awesome you think the blinking code would work with animatronics?

[@WillowCreative]

wdym this is used for animatronic eyes

[@ReeYee-id9bk]

I MEAN FOR LIKE OTHER PROJECTS IN DIFFRENT SOFTWARE@@WillowCreative

[@ReeYee-id9bk]

@@WillowCreative also sorry for caps ive switched from pc to phone

[@WillowCreative]

@@ReeYee-id9bk different software i dont know, i only know arduino. You can install it in other masks if youd like

[@ReeYee-id9bk]

@@WillowCreative thank you

[@Goji_The_Awesome_Paw]

Can you make a tutorial of how to make moving ears like on your werewolf mask please???🙏

[@WillowCreative]

i would but it is broken on my wolf mask too so i can't make a tutorial for something that doesnt work right

[@Goji_The_Awesome_Paw]

@@WillowCreative ok

[@Goji_The_Awesome_Paw]

Will you fix it just wondering

[@WillowCreative]

@@Goji_The_Awesome_Paw i want to but don't got time to do it. It needs a complete design change which takes a lot of brain work

[@Goji_The_Awesome_Paw]

@@WillowCreative ok

[@absurd207]

did they get rid of the "sweep" example in arduino? i cant find it

[@WillowCreative]

@@absurd207 you need to have the servo library installed to find it in your examples

[@WillowCreative]

@absurd207 if you cant find it, google arduino sweep and just copy the example code into a new arduino sketch window. Make sure the servo library is installed or it wont work though

[@absurd207]

@@WillowCreative i got it working, thanks so much!

[@aaron9462]

Bro can you help me?

[@dracoslair]

Do you sell the stl files for 3d printing the eye parts? I didn't see any.

[@WillowCreative]

no, it wouldnt work for other masks anyway

[@CP200S]

Your kraftiness is so sweet. I would marry you without thinking twice, then I would certainly regret it. But that's what life's all about, isn't it?

[@Schrops]

OMG❣🤘🤪