If it’s worth anything ...

Just throwing this out there, but your “lip work” on the bears is beyond brilliant. Like with #187. You match to the biology of the source, approach all eight facets of the mouth / lip as distinct (upper vs. lower, front vs. back, right vs. left), and somehow coordinate all of it to produce an expression as clear as day in human terms. Exceptional stuff.

And just so you don’t stress, yes, your eye work / expression is top-tier, too, but people always focus on eyes. One of the things that makes your work stand out is how you weave expression and action through the entire body – even down to an oft-forgotten feature like lips. Even when they’re lying flat on the ground, you manage to make your characters dynamic as hell.

Just the thoughts of an untalented fool (haaaaak!!), but there you go. Your work is ‘cool’ because you make it look easy. Natural. Like it took no effort at all.

Keep chuggin’. You’ve got something special. Choke the reins in your fist and never let go; we only get one chance to ride.