Morpher - Kris

In comparison to Carl, Kris has far fewer expressions to be displayed in this animation. For one thing, he isn't busting out a funky dance... but it's also the fact that his eyes are the on the end of stalks and his eyelids are separate from his body. As a result, he has no brow movements, and any movements of the eyelids are controlled separately. I've also decided to exempt Kris from teeth, and instead just provide him with a tongue. (His small mouth wouldn't really suit grins paticularly well). A lot of the procedures are very similar to Carl's, with the exception that Kris has a smaller mouth with a larger lower lip. So I present the not-so-many faces of Kris:

Pout

Again, the pout's main feature is the protruding lower lip. You can see more of the 'pinch' on Kris' lip, as the lower lip now almost has a 'valley' in the centre of it.

Smile

The smile for Kris is more of a simple, content smirk. The lower lip pushes up and the corners of the mouth pull out slightly. Nothing particularly different from Carl's smile.

Yeah

Kris' 'yeah' is like a half-grin half-cheer. His smaller mouth and larger lip made it harder to 'curve' as much as it did for Carl's mouth. The important part for Kris was to have creases around the side of the mouth, as they helped to emphasise the somewhat minimal movement of the cheek muscles.

Ooh

The Ooh definitely came out stronger on Kris than it did on Carl's (perhaps aided by the fact that his mouth is smaller, so the pinch was easier to obtain. Additionally, the extra set of faces added to the top of Kris' lip (Back when his mouth was made, in order to allow him to close it) gave me more scope to add the 'pucker' to the lower lip, helping to strengthen the definition on the 'ooh'.

Shock

Facial muscles are an unsual thing. In a book on body language ('What Every Body is saying' - Joe Navarro) It's noted that we can't actually fake the facial movements of despair/sorrow (The severe downturning of the corners of the mouth). Whilst we can pout and look sad/bored - we can't actually pretend to look aghast/distressed... the muscles just cannot contract by will. They only seem to do so by reflex. As a result, it was a lot harder to create this one. Luckily, there were a few examples in the book, and the explanation (The dropping of the mouth corners) was enough to give me a sufficient guide to create this one. Essentially, I just had to open the mouth, and then pull the sides down (Including some of the cheek, to create yet more creases). An additional difference between 'pleasant surprise' and 'shock' is that the centre lower lip also pushes up yet again.

'Biting' the lip

The distinct lack of teeth made it difficult for Kris to actually 'bite' his lip... but a similar effect could be achieved where he sucks the whole lower lip into his mouth. The sort of look that says "Uh-oh. You're in trouble now". If you bite your entire lower lip without bearing your teeth - You'll see what I mean. 'Hiding' the lips are a source of discomfort or focus, and would work well here as an expression to use when Kris is planning his next move.