How to rigg a face in maya?

[kirstybulli]

Hi everyone, Im new here and was just woundring if anyone knows an easy way to rigg a face in 2008 maya for animation?

Im doing my last year of colleges final major project and I am an animator but I dont know how to rigg a face because its not my field. I will be rigging a lion and a mouse face. So if anyone has any tips, tutorials or know any websites that will help please let me know, it would be a great help.

Thanks Kirst

[Ani-x]

It really depend son how you set it up,
whats your structure like? how many bones and joints do you have?

post up a Screen shot of what you have. We may be able to help you more.

In general you will want to pair your middle jaw joint with the head bone. Have a shift for your mesh around sides of the face.
That way you can move the bones in the jaw, with the head staying in place.

Most will just pick apart a nurb and structure around that. But then again it just depends on how you set it up