here’s an old patreon reward to fill in the drawing-hiatus void a bit; something I get asked about a lot is the ‘acting’ in my comics and how to be subtle with conveying emotions. The answer is mostly experience and constantly observing people in real life to learn about expressions, but knowing when to ‘dial up’ or ‘dial down’ emotion is very important! context is king- this is basically the same advice that Carl Barks gave on one of his reference sheets here (in a much more succinct manner!):

thistrashcan reblogged this from sangled farcito liked this
mossysloth reblogged this from peeurpantsplease
dorkyduckling16 liked this
colorful-unknown liked this
smolbirbchilbean liked this
nopakun liked this
mrrainbowtie liked this
duckloversblog liked this
flynnlives liked this
germjam liked this
the-book-birb liked this
nedquarters liked this
ladysaruka liked this
hakuneki07 liked this
shadyfandoms liked this
awolflikeme117 liked this
hobb11 liked this
ingrid-matoi liked this
psycheprincess reblogged this from expressionmemeschallenge
jelenaaap liked this
mimikittles liked this paechlesrefs reblogged this from aworldforart
mi-myew liked this
adiadyeddy liked this mytimetoread liked this
ayyeemothafuckinkay-blog liked this
staceysalxxz reblogged this from betaruga nlelithm reblogged this from kalkiethinks
zdartstuff liked this
loresreferences reblogged this from charlesoberonn
itsthelore liked this
jaggjr liked this sentientsquirrel liked this
eggdaddyalaina liked this
timetoget-creative reblogged this from modmad
timetoget-creative liked this
toxicluckybunny liked this
fluffybiirb liked this salty-kamek liked this
franscesqua liked this tipiyey liked this
captainlops liked this
itspanictree liked this
justincaseofdreambreaktheglass reblogged this from modmad
mt-beast liked this
alebrijewolf liked this
buritoboysr liked this kanascott liked this
sympateawithsugar reblogged this from modmad
- Show more notes