# How to animate the example model face Kira with expressions?

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-animate-the-example-model-face-kira-with-expressions/43675>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** animation\
**Created:** [October 16, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-animate-the-example-model-face-kira-with-expressions/43675 "2022-10-16T11:08:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![getzel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/getzel/32/48576_2.png) [@getzel](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/getzel)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-animate-the-example-model-face-kira-with-expressions/43675/1 "2022-10-16T11:08:53Z")

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Hello all,  
Do you know if its possible please to animate the face of this model with morph targets ?  
[https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl\_animation\_skinning\_ik](https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl_animation_skinning_ik)  
like this one :  
[https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl\_animation\_skinning\_morph](https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl_animation_skinning_morph)

I see that in the original model, there are facial expressions :

> **[Kira | Lowpoly Character | Characters | Unity Asset Store](https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/humans/kira-lowpoly-character-100303)**
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> Get the Kira | Lowpoly Character package from Akishaqs' and speed up your game development process. Find this & other Characters options on the Unity Asset Store.

But when I inspect the model json with a console.log I cant find the data of morphTargetDictionary in the face mesh.  
I cant read directly the GLTF file.

Maybe this model hasnt morph or its stored elsewhere… ?  
Thank you for your attention.

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**Author:** ![getzel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/getzel/32/48576_2.png) [@getzel](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/getzel)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-animate-the-example-model-face-kira-with-expressions/43675/2 "2022-10-17T10:23:44Z")

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Someone already made face expression animation with a nice model in three.js ?

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**Author:** ![CHOIX](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/choix/32/294_2.png) [@CHOIX](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/CHOIX)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-animate-the-example-model-face-kira-with-expressions/43675/3 "2023-03-27T23:17:27Z")

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Documentation or any resource on this topic is rare.  
As I understand you can have different targets (eg. mouth closed, mouth open) and morph between them… but what happens when you have more targets? eg. left eye open, close. Do you have to prepare now:  
left eye open, mouth open  
left eye closed, mouth open  
left eye open, mouth closed  
left eye closed, mouth closed

as predefined targets, so that you can “dynamically” do “any” animation? and so on for more face parts…