Florence Simon recently shared a closer look at two of the main characters from Sans Contact, a graduation film created by a group of students from MoPA, a French 3D animation school.

Above, you can see Noah, featuring an expressive facial rig developed by Florence. Anaëlle Boyer handled the character design, modeling, texturing, and grooming, while Quentin Pisapia did the cloth simulation.

Meet Jade, another character created by the same talented team of artists. Florence shared that for Jade, she transferred a base set of blendshapes and skinning from Noah, then extensively refined them to better match her unique facial features. She also tested the facial rig once again through this calisthenics exercise:

You can watch the trailer for Sans Contact below:

The film was created by Florence Simon, Anaëlle Boyer, Quentin Pisapia, Romain Mayrand, Mathis Loudjani, Louis Lepesant, and Corto Carriere. More behind-the-scenes details about the production are coming soon, so stay tuned.

Looking for more impressive facial rig work? Check out these projects by Marion Boitelle, Juan Carlos CR, Amarillo, and A$AP BERG, among many others featured on our site:

Maya animators might be interested in Animo, a free animation suite by Ehsan Bayat that includes useful tools to make workflows easier:

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