Why does every cartoon character move their heads up and

>>89304488
They do?

>>89304488
... Examples?
Maybe a gif or YouTube Link?

>>89305064
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZdL_fOvWY

Watch people in real life talk, they don't stand stock still and only move their lips when they talk
t. fledgling animator

>>89304488
Maybe they're all secretly listening to the Mystery Skulls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYM5WNdNGc

It can be hard to properly mimic human body language when your character is so much less complex than the human body and/or isn't even human at all. Some character movement may look strange but it's way better than no movement at all because the only people who stay perfectly still while talking are stroke victims.

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>>89304488
Because the animators are having a bad tom

>>89304488
humans move alot when they talk. 3d animator literally can't keep a character still for less than a micro second or else it looks all fake.

what about this...

why does every character does the same arm gesture?

>>89304488
They don't

>>89306277
yeah they do

>>89306287
No, their jaws move. Are you watching shit tier online animation,?

>>89306469
>>89305084

Only in SpongeBob

>>89306474
Yeah. Shit tier online animation

>>89306566
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u85u2ymDl8M

>>89306595
Why does every sitcom character move their heads up and down when they bazinga?

>>89306636
They don't

>>89306643
yeah they do

>>89306660
No, their jaws move. Are you watching shit tier online animation,?

>>89306665
Yes, I'm watching >>89306595

>>89306681
..............bazinga..............

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I have a question. Why do capes when they're just standing around dropping exposition usually have this elbows-back clenched-fist palm-upwards poses, like they're holding invisible weights? Is it just as simple as strongman reference photos?
Try holding that pose, its painful.

>>89304488
Exageration is the best way to transmit emotion.

>>89306729
Worse is why fo comics characters have closed mouths when talking?

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>>89304488
This kind of thing is ten times more obnoxious in Star Wars Rebels. Everyone is required to float up and down with each syllable as if they were all floating in a fish tank at all times.

Absolutely no one can sit the fuck still when they say two words in that show.

>>89304488
Because that's how most people in real life talk.

>>89305084

well a lot of the examples in this are for different resaons

head moves with dialog have a few reasons for happening

1. moving hold
the character isn't moving but if you don't draw small subtle movements the character appears to go stiff or "die"

2. pose change
the characters pose is actually changing to emphasis dialog, just like any other pose in animation to express emotions and communicate the story.

3. rotating the head to keep the model looking 3d. (don't know if this has a specific name) when you move a models head left and right you have to move it up and down slightly to keep it 3d or it looks very very flat and wrong.

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I'd take that over the other extreme in shovelware anime for television, where the majority of an episode's animation is alternating between open-mouth closed-mouth cels.
>BA BA BA BA BA
Disgusting.

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>>89307062
>BA BA BA BA BA