How I Made The Best 2d Facial Rig [Blender 3.4 & +4.0]

Hey everyone, In this tutorial I am going to show you the most versatile and useful 2d facial rig that I could put together. It offers a lot of features and was designed to allow easy integration into other characters, control over animated textures, and ease of access by utilizing Blender’s built-in Asset Library. I hope this video is entertaining as well as educational. || Timestamps || 0:00:00 - Beginning of The Video 0:02:29 - The Thesis and Final Product 0:05:50 - Tutorial Disclaimers 0:06:33 - Setting Up The Eye.L UV Maps 0:07:50 - Measuring The Texel Density 0:08:48 - Setting Up The Texture Node 0:09:27 - Texture Paint Eye Shapes 0:10:05 - How To Save Eye Shapes For This System 0:12:13 - Image Sequence Nodes 0:14:20 - Setting Up The Pupil.L UV Maps 0:15:20 - Pupil Mask Layering System 0:16:45 - Setting Up The Right Side of The System 0:17:41 - Making The Right Side UV Maps 0:18:49 - Adding the Right Side Material 0:19:53 - Making the Base Facial Rig Armature 0:21:14 - UV Warp Modifier 0:22:39 - Cleaning Up The Armature 0:24:10 - The Transform Constraint 0:25:54 - Transfering The Transform Constraints To The Right Side 0:26:36 - Creating The EyeState Driver Bones 0:27:09 - How to Create Custom Properties 0:27:38 - The Texture Address Property 0:28:01 - Creating A Driver 0:28:59 - The Final Driver Formula 0:29:28 - (Driver Formula) The Texture Index Variable 0:30:21 - (Driver Formula) The Delta Variable 0:31:07 - (Driver Formula) Texture Loop Bounds Variable 0:32:32 - (Driver Formula) Delta Step Variable 0:33:23 - (Driver Formula) Delta Offset Value 0:34:19 - (Driver Formula) Reverse Toggle 0:35:48 - Transfering The Drivers To The Other Image Nodes 0:37:00 - Procedural Rotation Driver 0:38:58 - Making Custom Bones 0:40:25 - How to Set Up The Asset Library 0:42:35 - Making Asset Thumbnails 0:43:55 - Testing The Asset 0:44:46 - Setting The Default Interpolation Mode 0:45:49 - Editing Pose Assets 0:47:10 - How To Make Animated Textures 0:48:16 - How To Make The System Modular ▷ Support me on Patreon - ▷ Follow me on Twitter - ▷ Watch me Livestream - ▷ Check out the PS1 Subreddit - ▷ Come hang out in our PS1 Graphics Discord - ▷ I post my art here too NewGrounds - #blender #rigging #tutorial