Toryu-Mau: @Sashimi: ... Hehe, that's spot on. >)X^D

Toryu-Mau: ... Shoo-shoo, Bay~B! >);^D

Toryu-Mau: ... Bear hugs for everyone! >):^D
( Is it worth the possible bone fractures?
Yes. Mighty hugs require Mighty sacrifice. )

Toryu-Mau: @Raydio: ... By the Nine! Adopting Dwemer Machina for domestic use?! D^:(<
That's some Voodoo science there... hope it doesn't end explosively like it did for their predecessors. >):^[
... Or else, we'll have "Fallout: Chironia" on our hands. ( Actually, That sounds cool. )

Toryu-Mau: ... Claim innocence due to lack of memory, Kalem!
Works... Sometimes! D^:(<

Toryu-Mau: ... Mornin' sunshine, now fill out the case report.
It's due in ten minutes~ >):^D

Toryu-Mau: ... So this is what history would remember if Leonardo da Vinci had a "Cat Thing"? >):^?

Toryu-Mau: ... Hisss~ Ssscandalous... .

Toryu-Mau: @Raydio: I know, right~ the sheer amount of periodical research Miss Butler puts behind each and every object is insane! All those historical details! It's Madness, I tell you! >)X^D
But the funny thing is, Tracy thinks her own art is.... "Average". D^:(<
It's one of those "Artist's Dilemma", being perpetually unsatisfied with one's own efforts is apparently a lifelong curse for most aspiring artist who have the drive to constantly evolve and get better at their craft.
Passion is a double edged sword, after all. >):^]

PS: About animators focusing heavily on line work and foregoing gross anatomy to reduce workload, there is a certain artist... Vivienne Medrano aka"Vivzipop" who does both her animation and still art in her proprietary "Construction line-less Semi-smear frame style" that somehow manages to look Gorgeous in both medium even though she does it all the while completely ignoring anatomical proportions that makes sense, and not drawing any construction lines in the process which cuts a significant portion of production time out.
If you fancy, do check out her web comic "Zoophobia", and the animation projects in the same art style on Youtube.

Toryu-Mau: ... It's happening again~ D^:(<

Toryu-Mau: @Sashimi: ... One must always keep in mind Khajiit sees Meat where Mers see People. D^:(<
Better crack a joke and be funny so they'll eat you last. >):^P

Toryu-Mau: ... May B add A VORE tag? >):^?

Toryu-Mau: ... The fluttering thing has caught Khajiit's attention.
Better surrender it to her before she takes it by force~ >);^]

Toryu-Mau: ... Khajiit can haz all burgers with this gold bar. >):'^]

Toryu-Mau: ... This guy had a name? >):^?

Toryu-Mau: ... This one wonders if Argonians ever get a tan from the sun. >):^?

Toryu-Mau: ... And that's how the Dwemers erased themselves from existence.

Toryu-Mau: @Raydio: ... The truth is, this is what happens when one achieves the state of "Chim". D^:(<

Toryu-Mau: @fastolaf: ... This is beautiful... >):'^]
Nostalgia is killing my spleen. >)X^]

Toryu-Mau: ... Is this what the kids call "Hardware Gore"? >):^?

Toryu-Mau: ... Life gave you Pineapple for birthday. >):'^[

Toryu-Mau: @Toxic: ... It looks like Quill gained weight?
She could get a couple dozen pounds slimmer.

Toryu-Mau: @Raydio: ... It looks like the Ghost of HTMLs Past has passed... For now.

Toryu-Mau: @Toxic: Nay, I say. She is merely performing the Zoom Punch, the Hamon will kill the pain. >):^P

Toryu-Mau: ... His Justice Sense was tingling... .
Preemptively Stop Right There, Potential Criminal Scum! ]^:(<

Toryu-Mau: @bluedraggy: ... Welp, now I'll have nightmares about drinking a cup of nitroglycerin before my morning jogging. D^':(<
Thanks for bringing me this Horror Terror, Bluedraggy.
This is a perfect start for Halloween season.

Toryu-Mau: ... ( Sucks in a sharp breath through the teeth. )
Still can't get mad... Too adorable. >):^[

Toryu-Mau: @furnut: ... A great example of these principals can be found in the web comic Lackadaisy by Tracy J. Butler.
Tracy puts particularly heavy focus on the dynamic posing and sense of motion in all of her panels.
And the way her characters emote with exaggerated expressions that mold their entire facial structure is a truly something to behold.
It is what one would describe as "Illusion of Life". >):^D

Toryu-Mau: @Raydio: ... The irony being that cartoonists often envy illustrators for their ability to draw still arts in higher quality. >):'^[
It's surprising just how terrible at drawing some of the professional animators can be... it's as if it's a different medium entirely, even though it's so similar.

Toryu-Mau: ... Quill is mightier then Sword~!

Toryu-Mau: ... Permission to lick the evidence for further analysis? >):^3

Toryu-Mau: ... Yesss, !ENCHANTMEN! Has All The Goods.
Does Khajiit Have The Coins? >);^]

Toryu-Mau: ... Yup, sounds like a charming fellow alright.
It's funny how there's such a thing as being so annoying to an extent it can come back around in a loop and be humorous. >):^D

Toryu-Mau: ... The downfall of booze powered revelations is that you are 100% positive about the brilliant deduction, until you blackout right before telling someone and wake up without any memory of it. >)X^D
Great going, Kalem.

Toryu-Mau: ... NANI?! >):^?

Toryu-Mau: ... Sick literal burn on self there, M8. >):^o
Aye, one cannot fully grasp art without burning a canvas or ten... or hundred. >):^x

Toryu-Mau: ... Never heard of this "Freefall" you speak of, somehow.
Going to check it out when schedule allows.
( Judging by how people glare at me with the look of "How dare you."... I would assume it's got to be fantastic. )

Toryu-Mau: ... Yas, Quill is the empress of this realm! >):^D

Toryu-Mau: ... So... Dim Souls it is, then? >):^?

Toryu-Mau: @Raydio: ... Yeah... Adobe has been sadly falling behind the times in recent years. ]^':(<
Most 2D animators in the scene these days would agree it's better to switch ship to Toon Boom before flash fades into antiquity.
PS: Animating in Photoshop is the equivalent of attempting to eat mushroom soup with a fork!
Makes people want to spoon their eyeballs out. >)X^D

Toryu-Mau: ... Yes, offering your own shirt to poor defenseless naked citizen is JUSTICE.
Beautiful JUSTICE Everywhere. >):^]
Both thumbs up, and would take shirt off for this again.

Toryu-Mau: @Merfn4d: ... How Do Art? >):^?
( Takes the whole box of 4B pencils and shoves it in my mouth. )

Toryu-Mau: ... Get off my envelope, vile cultist! D^:(<
( Pulls out a letter opener and waves it menacingly! )

Toryu-Mau: ... If the cloak of grey tomorrow was literal, this would be it.

Toryu-Mau: ... Justice also comes in XXXL. >):^]
Ask the local recruiter for your own pair today!

Toryu-Mau: ... Glorious Bluedraggy sunspots and soft shading... Yes, Moar pls. >):^D

Toryu-Mau: @Raydio: ... When it gets difficult to come up with a direction for a story, get a box with a bunch of random word cards in it and choose one.
Whatever word you end up with, use it as the core motive of the chapter to build the narrative around. ( For example, Prequel has motives like Failure, Déjà Vu, perseverance, and Loyalty. )
Sometimes, narrowing down the pool of possibilities with random arbitrary restriction can actually help writers overcome the ponderous indecisive phase of the writing process. >):^]

Toryu-Mau: ... The natural evolution of Hammerfell lock picking, I suppose? >):^?

Toryu-Mau: ... Agreed, this cursive handwriting is borderline calligraphy. It's Mesmerizing.
Anyway, thanks for sharing process montage, we can never have enough of these. >):^]

Toryu-Mau: ... Hmm... What could have caused such reaction? >):^?
Hopefully it wasn't a comment about something being thorny? >)X^D