Mouth animation in Flash

[thegame2388]

Okay, I don't wanna LEARN how to do, as there are many tutorials on how to animate/sync the lips with an audio file (http://www.cartoonsolutions.com/store/catalog/Animating-dialogue-with-mouth-comps-sp-16.html) but what I was looking for are actual images of mouth (cartoon, of course).

In all these tutorials, they tell you to create a mouth image for each of the sounds listed, but I SUCK at drawing mouths, so is there any site or anything that just has these generic cartoon mouths for download? I mean, is it THAT hard to find this? I've looked everywhere!

I only ask this cuz I suck at drawing and would like to just animate the mouth itself (lips, w/e). If you DO find such a site, make sure it doesn't have an extra white background to the mouth image. In other words, make sure it's JUST the mouth images and nothing else.

THANKS!!!!

[thegame2388]

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[Farchord]

So in other words you are trying to make a unique piece of animation with flash by taking mouth images off the web?

As far as I know the best way is to look at your mouth when you speak through the mirror.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

It really can be as simple as the following, especially if you are doing a cartoon character.

Generally I would personally try to do at least 10 stages of the mouth, but you can do as little as 5, and make it look convincing. Here is a very simplistic example.

If you are looking for a more realistic look, find photos online of the same person, use photoshop to cut out their mouth in various stages, then either draw them in flash using the photos as a reference, or you can even use the Trace Bitmap feature in Flash to give it a more "drawn" look without doing much other than tracing the bitmap.