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I have made a pair of eyes that have a cartoony shape (with the help of lattices) and have rigged them. The problem is when I try to move the eye controller, the eye rotation is a bit... weird. I'm attaching the *.blend file along with screenshots

Edit: I haven't rigged one of the eyes, so you'll only see one eye move

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  • $\begingroup$ Modified the .blend file to ad a face. Now if you select the eye controller and press G+Z and move your mouse up/ down, you'll see that the eye movement is weird. I want the eyes to rotate within the lattice $\endgroup$
    – Amber
    Dec 15, 2020 at 10:33

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The Lattice Object has its origin point outside the cage, not at the origin of the bone which it's parented to. So all rotations of the bone move the mesh around this origin point, not at its center. To fix this, do the following:

  1. Select the Lattice Object in Object Mode.
  2. From the menu, go to Object > Set Origin > Origin to Geometry
  3. Shift+S > Cursor to Selected.
  4. Select the eye and the pupil, Shift+S > Selection to Cursor.
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  • $\begingroup$ Edited the question. I haven't rigged one of the eyes, so you'll only see one eye move $\endgroup$
    – Amber
    Dec 15, 2020 at 10:20
  • $\begingroup$ Also added a new blend file. If you select the eye controller and press G+Z, you'll see the "weird" eye movement. I want the eyes to rotate within the lattice $\endgroup$
    – Amber
    Dec 15, 2020 at 10:34
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, I realized that now. Edited my answer. This should fix it. $\endgroup$
    – Gordon Brinkmann
    Dec 15, 2020 at 10:47
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What you could do is:

  • Join the pupil to the eye sphere (use a Shrinkwrap modifier and apply to make it stick to the round surface)
  • Select the armature, in Edit mode, put the eye bone in the center of the eye sphere so that they share the same rotation center
  • Parent the eye to the bone (select the eye, shift select the armature, switch to Pose mode, select the eye bone and parent to bone)
  • Create a lattice that contains the eye. Give the eye a Lattice modifier, squeeze the lattice in Edit mode.

It should work:

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