Emotion residue in neutral faces: implications for impression formation. This study helps to clarify the perception mechanism underlying emotion recognition in cartoon faces and sheds some light on directions for future research on intelligent human-computer interactions.Ĭartoon faces emotion recognition expression intensity facial features happy sad.Ĭopyright © 2021 Zhang, Liu, Yang, Shu, Liu, Zhang and Liu.Īlbohn D. For cartoon faces, the mouth was demonstrated to be a feature that is sufficient and necessary for the recognition of happiness, and the eyebrows were sufficient and necessary for the recognition of sadness. Compared with real facial expressions, sad cartoon expressions were perceived as sadder, and happy cartoon expressions were perceived as less happy, regardless of whether full-face or single facial features were viewed. The results show that happy cartoon expressions were recognized more accurately than neutral and sad expressions, which was consistent with the happiness recognition advantage revealed in real face studies. The cartoon face images used in this study were converted from a set of real faces acted by Chinese posers, and the observers were Chinese. Across the experiments, three presentation conditions were employed: (1) a full face (2) individual feature only (with two other features concealed) and (3) one feature concealed with two other features presented. Therefore, three experiments were conducted in this study to systematically explore a recognition process for emotional cartoon expressions (happy, sad, and neutral) and to examine the influence of key facial features (mouth, eyes, and eyebrows) on emotion recognition. Despite their popular applications, the mechanisms of recognizing emotional expressions in cartoon faces are still unclear. Cartoon faces are widely used in social media, animation production, and social robots because of their attractive ability to convey different emotional information. they are generally over the top dramatic, which is good for cartooniness.chest puffed out + eyes closed for confidence you get good at noting the commonalities between them e.g.You see a wide range of possibilities so you can choose the degree of emotion/ intensity that you are looking for.This delivers a host of benefits to you as a cartoonist: You type in the emotion you are looking for and it delivers up a screenful of. Enter the pure genius of using a “meme-engine” Depending on what degree of emotion you are looking for, and at what point you ‘capture’ it, things can be relatively different. The smallest re-alignment of an eyebrow can create a meaning you didn’t quite intend.Īt the same time, there are a number of ways of portraying the same emotion. Body language and hand gestures get your tide in pretzel-like knots. It’s because once you get beyond the basics of happy, sad and angry, things become super-nuanced. Now, why are cartoon expressions so tricky to capture? Memes are a fabulous source of references, particularly when it comes to addressing that bugbear all aspiring cartoonists seem to have in common - that of creating profound emotions for your character. I mean, what an absolute joy to live in the era of memes We can take a leaf out of that book - carry cartooning supplies with us everywhere and practise, practise, practice whenever we have a bit of downtime.īut this article isn’t about practising, it’s about our excellent modern-day reference sources. I suspect they did quick sketches wherever they went, which honed their drawing skills at the same time. They weren’t much into cartoon expressions, but have you ever wondered what the Grand Masters used as references, back before cameras and fashion magazines where a thing?
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