Learn how to create believable and emotionally engaging facial performances with Alexis Wanneroy in this intermediate 3D character animation course. Explore the techniques behind expressive facial animation and discover how subtle movements, facial expressions, and character performance work together to communicate emotions and bring animated characters to life. Designed for animators looking to improve their character acting skills, this course introduces a professional workflow for creating polished facial animation performances in Maya.

Follow a complete facial animation workflow, from understanding animation tools and character rigs to planning, blocking, and polishing a character performance. Learn how to approach facial animation as part of a complete character performance, refine facial expressions, and add subtle details that make movements feel natural and believable. Through practical demonstrations and a hands-on facial animation assignment, you'll develop a complete character performance shot, progressing through planning, blocking, spline refinement, facial polish, and final presentation with camera and background setup.

About the Instructor: Alexis Wanneroy is a Senior Animation Supervisor at Fortiche Productions, with over 20 years of experience in feature animation and character performance. He played a key role in bringing Netflix's Arcane to life, working with Fortiche's animation team on the series. Before joining Fortiche, he spent 15 years at DreamWorks Animation, contributing to acclaimed productions including Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Rise of the Guardians, Bee Movie, and Flushed Away. A graduate of GOBELINS, l'école de l'image, Alexis combines extensive production experience with a passion for mentoring and developing character animators.