Ultimate Guide to Animating Eyes in After Effects - Rigging Tutorial

[@Darkbulb1]

Love these tutorials I almost feel guilty about watching them for free, your tutorials are far better and digestable than alot ive seen even on skillshare

[@BenMarriott]

Feel no guilt please! :D Thank you so much for watching. That's so awesome of you to say :)

[@smitteree]

@@BenMarriott Would it be possible to cover Duik Bassel 2, with creating a character and then rigging and animating it?

[@kiandraplummer2095]

You could download the file and give whatever you can afford ;) He definitely deserves it

[@througheverything]

I hate how quickly you skipped over making the eye with the pen tool

[@anasonyc3983]

Simple yet effective--The basic description of all the good tips I've gathered from you. Ty!

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks so much man! So glad you're finding them useful

[@UJWL715]

Love if when your tutorials are for total after effects newbies

[@greeralex4010]

THIS IS THE EXACT TUTORIAL I NEED TO LITERALLY FINISH MY DEGREE THANK YOU

[@NosebleeddeGroselha]

Followed the tutorial and it was a success! Now I'm making a more complex eye and seeing how it goes :) I'll update the comment talking about the final result and if I end up finding some tricks! EDIT: Okay! Basically if you wanna make a more complex eye than this, it all comes down to trial and error. Just like he said, sketch your eye beforehand and know what you want it to look like. Some tips I can share: • Do eyebrows, they can convey a lot of expression. You can use the pen tool to make them and then animate the path to create different expressions. • To make more complex eye shapes, you can make one layer in the original shape of the eye, and then do another layer with the perfectly closed version. Then you just have to copy the path as key frames and voilà, your eye closes perfectly with little to no overlap. • I don’t recommend going too crazy with the eye shapes unless you have some time in your hands, because even with that hack, it might be difficult to line up the path so it’s not blinking weird. • Make a shadow for the nose and cheekbones to add depth • If you like an outlined style for animation, you can duplicate the sclera layer after you animated the blinking. Then stretch it horizontally, and fill it with however color you want, and you have a little outline for your eye. • Eyelashes are a nightmare. Be careful with them and try out different ways to line up the blinking. • You can use the shrinkage of the pupil to convey emotions • If you apply a slight, short wiggle to the null object that moves everything, you can make your character seem anxious. I think that’s all for now!

[@mayyam6508]

Thank youuu!

[@hybrid3d]

I like the tip on moving the eye whites a fraction too! Nice detail I hadn't really thought of. As usual, thanks Ben!

[@uliwoo8807]

My English is not good but I really want to say thank you Ben. Every video help me a lot, you are my light.

[@BenMarriott]

You are so welcome! Plese don't stress about your English, I can understand you perfectly!! :)

[@ohno144]

Start a Patreon man. You should get getting gold for all this gold you share.

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Nah. It's good that it's here. So shut up🥲

[@ohno144]

Dude I learn something new with every single one of your videos

[@freakychef6846]

After several trials I was able to get it thank u so much. for posting free for us I appreciate you

[@ezekiel7061]

Amazing quality tutorial as always. When I do reflections, I also like to move them around a little too. So what I would do is parent the reflection to the whites of the eyes, and keyframe the center of the bulge to move slightly left or right with the pupils. Really adds a small, finishing detail.

[@BenMarriott]

Amazing tip! Thanks so much for sharing :D Definitely a pro move

[@nijatIbrahimli]

great tutorial from great man Ben :)

[@BenMarriott]

Haha, you're too kind. Thanks so much

[@magspurvis7479]

Every time I say I am going to stop my Adobe subscriptions I find another of your tutorials gotta do this one thank you

[@chinemeremmba8080]

Watching this and amazed at the creativity 🥺

[@gvuprise1465]

This is my favorite video. Can you please make more like this. I completely watched this yesterday and today almost 5 times. I love you so much please make more like this. Thank you hun

[@handlas1]

The pick whipping of that path to the other path 🤯

[@BenMarriott]

Haha, such a useful technique. I use it all the time since discovering it :D

[@jenniferrickward9849]

@@BenMarriott, I kid you not, I honestly gasped out loud when you pulled that little manoeuvre. Game changer!

[@KJJJ-is6tn]

you don't even have to 'alt click' to enable the expression. You can just take the pickwhip next to the path, drag it on the other path and it automatically adds the expression. I use that all the time!

[@Netabak-everything]

THE BEST TUTORIAL EVER!!!!!! THANSK

[@XiO_ARTS]

learned more from you than from my college professors. Ty.

[@wud.y8180]

your video is so much helpful for me to learn!! thanks for your sharing!!

[@CsabiKremser]

Ben, it’s always so great to watch your tutorials. You are the Messi of After Effects. (You make it look like AE is a piece of cake) :) keep it up!

[@BenMarriott]

Daww, that's so nice of you, thank you :)

[@richardturner5992]

It's taken me 6 months to find this it's brilliant - many thanks!

[@peternelson659]

I'm visualizing that eye as my 3rd eye opening exercise.

[@Chofyta]

man you are a genious, Ive been searching a good eye tutorial and this is THE BEST, thank you !

[@gabriellapostma4626]

oh my word i didnt know you could pick whip paths! super helpful tutorial on different levels

[@EelkeDekker]

Hi Ben, great tutorials. I noticed that your method introduces a slight error line where the Eye - Pupil touches the eyelid (pixel layer of Iris showing. Simple solution is to give the Pupil a Layer style -Stroke of a few pixels.

[@SeRgi0WAr]

Love your content Ben! Start a Patreon!!

[@Efadh]

very nice and helpful, thank you

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You are too awesome for this world :(

[@smitteree]

Awesome video, I was just looking for this. Thank you so much.

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Seriously man, what would I do without you? I love your tutorials!

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10000000x thank you, your channel is amazing.

[@klichmichael1442]

You are awesome! Thank you Ben.

[@yellowlila]

Thank you Ben! Less than a minute and already learned something new

[@BenMarriott]

Amazing! :D Thanks so much for watching :)

[@AmineLatrech]

great like always

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks so much!

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You are GENIUS, thank you so much for these absolutely amazing tutorials!!!

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[@Camarillian]

I'm about two years too late but thank you for this tutorial, it'll be very useful for my university project. :) Also, bonus points for getting straight to the point without wasting the audience's time. I can't stand channels like that.

[@jackvantopics1505]

YOU ARE JUST AWESOME MAN ! LOVE THE ALL VIDEO'S !

[@지혜박-g3w]

wow! very good!!! thank you!!

[@pfuispinne]

Such a great tutorial and straight on the point. The only thing to add is that eyes usually blink in the moment the pupils move fast. If you let them blink than it looks a bit more natural

[@mnitant]

Wow .. thank you so much man ♥️

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks for watching!

[@CAP2009films]

Superb tutorial. Thanks Ben

[@valoer]

Amazing. Learnt a lot

[@dastankaliyev1671]

Awesome! I found what I needed. Thank you for this video!

[@iancostello3923]

lmao, I love how you're still cashing in on the free stock footage.

[@BenMarriott]

Haha, absolutely! :D

[@aidanbutler7271]

I got inspired to do something by one of your more recent videos Ben but needed to learn how to animate an eye. Of course you also have a tutorial on that! Hahaha

[@hvxxia.motion]

Omg, it's steel fricking Awesome!!!

[@deborahpotgieter7774]

Thanks again for the tutorial Ben!

[@ClipsByMatt]

Excellent tutorial; thank you for posting it.

[@gitanjli_chhibber]

Thank you for sharing and motivating us all💕

[@arimapuche5641]

You're amazing! Thank you so much!

[@raymond8897]

I loved this!

[@andycm4218]

Wow, you are great, man! English is not my native language and I understood perfectly, thank you!

[@BenMarriott]

Glad to hear that! Thank you! :)

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Thank you

[@BenMarriott]

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[@BenMarriott]

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[@jvelezrobledo]

As always amazing value and great tutorial. Thank you!

[@BenMarriott]

Thank you! I really appreciate you watching

[@tarantatres9771]

Love your process!!!

[@BenMarriott]

Thank you! Glad you find it useful

[@pennytwig2901]

Wow this is amazing! I was working on animating an eye last week and this would have came in so useful! Great work as always man!

[@50Berland]

amazing quality tutorial, thank you Ben !

[@Ymmap09]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!

[@gregv2821]

I’ve been using AE for years and never knew about “set matte”. Holy crap, that’s huge.

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[@AnimatedLoopHD]

Really nice and well explained tutorial.

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[@arkhi.anastasia]

Thank you very much) This video was very helpful)

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Excellent!

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Awesome tutorial!

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cooooooooool very cool . i love your teaching teqnic..

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I LOVE U! This was exactly what I was looking~ c:

[@wildchildhd2374]

You make this feel soo easy. Thanks for helping me out with my school project. :)

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Dropped you a few bucks for this template because you deserve it! THANK YOU :)

[@isharedesign7532]

Nice work flows. Keep on it.

[@ingsson7765]

Ben, I think I love you . Thanx a lot!

[@BenMarriott]

Haha, thanks so much for the love! :)

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Very nice & helpful tutorial.. Keep it up 👍

[@norabruno_com]

fantastic! thank you!!!

[@RohiYep]

Oh damn this is good, i did find it a little bit hard to follow along cause you talked a bit fast and some parts were sped up but thoroughly enjoyed this tutorial, keep it up!!!

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Wooow it was amazing tutorial !! 💆‍♂️💙

[@HowToAnimateTutorial]

I love it so much How I wonder you're so talent

[@shoroukmohsmed7927]

many thanks

[@gigicado1220]

thank you it helped me a lot! I am struggling to add and make eyelashes. if you make more eye vedio , please think about eyelashes please.

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Ben, your tutorials are amazing!! They have helped me so much. You seriously need more followers and recognition for the great work you put into your channel! Looking forward to more videos.

[@BenMarriott]

Thank you so much for the awesome comment, that means a lot to me :)

[@stepan9835]

youre a lifesavver, thank you so much!!!

[@agneshina]

This was so helpful

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks so much! Glad you found it useful :)

[@agneshina]

@@BenMarriott Could you maybe discuss adding eyelashes

[@heyhovie]

Hi Ben, could you please do a tutorial on how to use markers to trigger actions?

[@omaralaa5619]

You are the best.

[@martynwilson5177]

Fantastic. Cheers!

[@tajinderjsingh826]

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lifesaver!!!

[@gregkrazanski]

LMAO i love how that stock footage woman rotates as she goes out of frame

[@BenMarriott]

Hahaha, thank you so much, plenty more to come! :)

[@quincy9293]

Thank you!

[@Hataway77]

Thx a lot mate ! Amazing tutorial as always ! ;-)

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At job interview - "Do you watch Andrew Kramer tutorials? NO! I'm too busy re-watching Ben Marriott tutorials. You're hired!"

[@BenMarriott]

Hahaha, thank you! I"m really flattered! :)

[@Shljonx]

@@BenMarriott why don't you use his fx console though? It's really neat! I really appreciate your effort put in making this videos! Thanks man, learned so much from you! Knowledge should be free!

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