Smiley Changer

eye distance

eye positions

eye size

mouth rotation

frown/smile

mouth twist

eyebrow position

eyebrow rotation

Use the sliders—or a gamepad—to change the smiley's expression. It is remarkable how little geometrical information it takes for most people to recognize emotional states in this kind of cartoon-like image of a face.

Details

Try setting bookmarks to set up a smiley animation for a story.

This Demonstration was the very first one created for the Wolfram Demonstrations Project.

It was written by Stephen Wolfram (with his children) in about ten minutes.

Permanent Citation

Stephen Wolfram

"Smiley Changer"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SmileyChanger/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: January 25, 2011