Another vent post because I just don’t know what to do with all of my feelings because I can’t tell her how I feel so I guess I’ll just tell tumblr LMAO
I couldn’t sleep last night because no matter what I thought about my brain kept going back to her. I wish I could spend Halloween with her. My favorite holiday with my favorite person. I hope her and her new boyfriend have a good time, if they spend the holiday together. I really just want her to be happy so I really hope he treats her as amazing as she is. I hope she doesn’t feel like she isn’t good enough for him like she did during our relationship. I hope she realizes just how great and perfect she is. Everytime I close my eyes I just see her. Everytime I think, I think of her. I wish she were here with me right now. I’d give anything to have her.
Heyy besties sure would be a shame if you took a little dip in the pond ooooohh that shape there looks a bit like your favorite long dead Blorbo would be such a shame omg
Trying to do more. Whatever this stuff is!! It’s fun!!! I’ve got a cabinet man piece planned out that I’m gonna doo and I’m gonna try and put an Animatic here too but we’ll see
as a person who makes trash gifs, i’ve come to appreciate animation, and wanted to share why i love bruno bucciarati’s animations so much. long post with lots of bruno gifs. ofc, spoilers
let’s look at the very first episode. pay attention to his eyes:
look at how ANIMATED his eyes are. any animator could’ve just made his eyes/face static while having only his mouth move, but they BOTHERED to make bruno’s eyes (and JAW!) animated. it might not seem like much, but it makes him so much more INTERESTING to look at. almost like, you can’t take your eyes off of him, or you’ll miss something.
and then THIS part, after he punches giorno the first time and puts luca’s fingers in his mouth:
BUT if you pause it, right before he says the line, there’s this single, subtle, frame:
make of that what you will, but to me, it’s almost as if he’s both disgusted and concerned (for giorno) by what just happened before he puts on his “gangstar” facade again. like, there’s a reason this frame exists, they bothered to put it there, what do you all think?
here’s some more eye things:
i slowed this one down so you could see all the frames that were used. SO animated. and it’s not just his eyes, sometimes his HEAD moves. they DID that.
even in combat/dangerous situations, or maybe especially in combat/dangerous situations, his eyes move. he’s always observing his surroundings, planning the next move in his head. i don’t think ANY of the other characters have this quirk (but correct me if i’m wrong maybe i’m just hyper-attentive to bruno because he’s my favorite):
even when he’s DRIVING???? his eyes are animated, for a split second.
even as diavolo??????? his eyes????? are so animated?????
EVEN HIS EYE SPARKLES ARE ANIMATED AS DIAVOLO?????
and this is BRILLIANT because this is like, bruno’s THING. that’s how you can tell bruno’s in there, even if his body is different, because even before the soul switching, his eyes had that sparkle (examples below) or was animated in some way (examples above):
they could’ve gone the lazy route and made bruno very static, but they MADE bruno such a better/deeper/more interesting character just by adding these subtle things. he’s responsive to things, and you can seeit, even if he doesn’t say or do anything, he’s definitely thinking about and processing it, which informs his actions. that’s also what makes him a good leader: he thinks first, then acts (unless something defies his moral values).
so there ya go. want to make an anime character more interesting without taking up too much time? ANIMATE their FACE and move the story along instead of dumping a 10 min. internal dialogue about how a character is feeling
