I love it when you can pick up an animator’s quirks.
I’ve read in old interviews with Milt Khal’s fellow animators that he did the swaggle to purposefully show off. Moving the head in 3-d space is an exceptionally hard thing to do but Khal upped the level of difficulty to a place many animators wouldn’t go. Not only are they all doing the swaggle you’ll notice they are all TALKING while they are doing it. This is back in the days where you had to use a timing sheet to pace your animation and a head swaggle doesn’t work if its too slow or too fast so he had to figure out the right speed so it looked natural while the character finishes what they have to say while not interfering with the distinct mouth shapes. Not only did Khal do it without any shifting weight problems or timing issues he would often do it while moving the rest of the body. This isn’t his signature move just because he was good at it.This is his signature move because he was one of the only people skilled enough to DO IT AT ALL.
Milt Khal was a MASTER.
God, I can’t express to you how fucking DELIGHTED I become whenever they Milt Khal Head Swaggle Post graces my dash with its presence again.
I drew this poster for Jon Acuffand his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.
Love this, but reblogging it specifically for “Get rid of secret rules.” That’s one of the most amazing illustrations—and points—I’ve ever seen.
so important especially for perfectionists who procrastinate and never finish, or even start because they set such high standards for themselves.
Stuff I’ve learned about social interaction in the past few years that nobody taught me:
When complaining it’s important to point out that you’re not mad at people who like the thing you hate (like yeah it’s fine if people like astrology I just do not get it)
If you want to keep a conversation going you need to give more than one word answers and ask questions
Small talk becomes a lot more fun when you realize it’s a way to show you’re interested in the other person and a way to find out more about them. “Shallow” topics like the weather or what job someone has are fine.
You need to tell people when they break your boundaries if you want your boundaries to be known. People aren’t mind readers. And if you set conditions, stick to them.
The idea that you should just know what people want from you without them saying is toxic and telling people that they need to communicate their wants and needs with you doesn’t make you the bad guy
It’s fine to have a few canned phrases to respond to cashiers and waiters with. Nobody cares. Manners and social scripts exist to keep us all civil even when we’re feeling rotten.
If people invite you to hang out it usually means they like hanging out with you. You can express your appreciation for people by inviting them to hang out as well. The act of inviting someone to hang out is not rude.
