This document discusses the seven universal human expressions of emotion that are important for animators to understand: sadness, happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, contempt, and anger. It describes the key facial characteristics of each expression, such as lowered mouth corners and raised inner brows for sadness, and raised eyebrows and widened eyes for surprise. The document stresses that animators must be familiar with these basic expressions and what makes each one visually unique.

1. Animation Part 3

2. Emotions and
Expressions
Expressions are universal.
Scientists who study expressions have established these seven
universal expressions.
● Sadness
● Happiness
● Surprise
● Fear
● Disgust
● Contempt
● Anger
It is important for every animator to know what they look like and
what characteristics make them unique.

3. Sadness
● Corners of the mouth
lower
● Inner portion of brows
raise.

4. Happiness
● Mouth corners raise
● Lower eyelid raises
● Corners of the eyes
wrinkle

5. Surprise
● Eyebrows raise
● Eyes widen
● Mouth opens

6. Fear
● Eyebrows raised and
pulled together
● Raised upper eyelids
● Tensed lower eyelids
● Lips stretched
horizontally

7. Disgust
● Nose wrinkles
● Upper lip raises
● Eyebrows pull together

8. Contempt
● Lip corner tightened and
raised on only one side
of the face.

9. Anger
● Eyebrows lower and pull
together
● Eyes glare
● Lips narrow