Abstract: A system to turn ordinary expression input into a complex full body animation using a recording device, a computer platform with one or more than one processor executing instructions to select an animated character for a user to use in the animation, record the user's facial movements, body movements, or both facial and body movements, transfer the real-time information or recording from the recording device to a storage for processing by a computing platform, identify the user's movements from the stored recording, determine the user's potential next facial movements, body movements, or both facial and body movements using a state machine, and generating a complete full body animated character that interprets the user's movements, where the animated character is pre-selected by the user, or a second user, for social media, real time avatar communication and content creation and play back in any medium.