• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    10 days ago

    Once you learn about the ubiquitous neck collar all cartoon characters used to have, you can’t unsee it.

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        10 days ago

        https://imgur.com/a/ZY5c9Ly

        5 of the 8 characters in this Flinstones pic have a thing around their neck.

        it was an old animation trick as a way to only animate the head because you could lock each frame to the collar/tie/necklace while animating the face, keeping it all aligned.

        I think Barney’s shirt collar and the babies’ defined jaw/cheeks do the same thing, functionally