preacta

first few pages for a comic, just a sketch

We briefly discussed expressions and I wanted to add that not all expressions are facial - most aren't in fact! c: We do things like shrug, tilt + nod(some cultures up+down only, some up-down sideways) + shake our heads, do that sideways nod when considering something options, nod toward a direction to point at something, lift head to show frustration, etc. Wel also pop our knuckles, grasp and rub our hands, hug ourselves, rub feet against shins, pace around, things like that. We use a ton of different hand-expressions as well.

first few pages for a comic, just a sketch

We briefly discussed expressions and I wanted to add that not all expressions are facial - most aren't in fact! c: We do things like shrug, tilt + nod(some cultures up+down only, some up-down sideways) + shake our heads, do that sideways nod when considering something options, nod toward a direction to point at something, lift head to show frustration, etc. Wel also pop our knuckles, grasp and rub our hands, hug ourselves, rub feet against shins, pace around, things like that. We use a ton of different hand-expressions as well.

The greatest injustice ever faced is that I almost certainly started the still thriving "clown husbandry" tag on here, but any discussion about it (from a know your meme page to a youtube video with 500k views) says it's a joke of "unknown origin" or credited to this post, likely bouncing off of mine (which was actively circulating at the time with like 30k notes):

request big big merfolk like the size of an orca big