# Eyelid compositing and eyeball animation

**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/eyelid-compositing-and-eyeball-animation/17318
**Category:** Assets & Templates
**Created:** [September 29, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/eyelid-compositing-and-eyeball-animation/17318 "2026-09-29T18:17:18Z")
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### Author: ![robertojguerra](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/robertojguerra/32/8271_2.png) [@robertojguerra](https://forums.synfig.org/u/robertojguerra)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/eyelid-compositing-and-eyeball-animation/17318/1 "2026-09-29T18:17:19Z")

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![image](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e9d07583569ab228aec95453a1a68bba7b4c8470.png)

 ![image](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/489478800e292d99d1d18350673e10e831be51fa.png)

 ![image](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4c940b57de42ef0c3ba0ab22397d1730c1e91011.png)

![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hPI0s-dVYaU/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/hPI0s-dVYaU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

(turn on the Loop option in the youtube player)

Semi-realistic animation of an eye:

- 2 independent eyelids have a blending method to “carve a hole” on the Skin layer
- Eyeball iris movement is matched with a directional transform, so it looks rotated on a sphere

[eyeball eyelids 1.sifz](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/short-url/rpP83K25dpNOOvkD1yNB340j9fr.sifz) (3.4 KB)