TurtleArmyJess

I'm working on my first extended animation (of Game Grumps Doki Doki Literature Club), I'm starting to come into some trouble, and I'm looking for advice. I'm pretty confident in my lip syncing, but during long talking scenes (and there's quite a few) I'm struggling to make my animations look less robotic and more engaging/exciting. I'm struggling to make them seem more alive. (For example blinking and minor head turns). Doe anyone have advice or resources I could go to for this? 

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I don't usually post stuff on my profile other than drawings, but I actually do a bunch of crafts on the side. I sell them at craft sales sometimes but for the first time ever I'm trying to sell them on Etsy. Something I have a lot of are these cute little crochet turtles, they are kinda pricey I think the total is like $6.50 with shipping (for everywhere in the US) but I'm not sure: 
I'm a little nervous because I have no idea how shipping works and I've never tried to sell anything on the internet before... But if anyone is interested you would be my first internet sale
...yeh shameless self promotion
 

Sorry for all the art submissions all at once today! I was overly productive after not posting for weeks~ I'll head back to obscurity now... maybe stop procrastinating on my college papers... (not likely)

If you've watched me for a while, you may have noticed I've been very inactive in the last month or so. Not only have I been posting less art, I've also been much less active in responding to people on Deviantart... And I want to apologize for that.

When I started being active again on the site (when I started learning animation) in August, I made a bit of a promise to myself: that I would thank EVERY person who favorites one of my stuff. I know this seems a little ridiculous and some people get upset when you thank them for faving your stuff and cluttering up their profiles, but I honestly appreciate every favorite, especially when I started out animation. i really needed the motivation, confidence boosts, and inspiration from the site. I used to be able to thank everyone in the summer and it was a great time, but now that I've gone back to my senior year of college my spare time has grown increasingly thin. After a long day of classes, studying, and work, I'd rather dedicate my time to creating art or getting better at it than spending time on social media.

I'm still going to keep up on my goal for replying to every comment and every watcher. And I'll still respond to every tag if you ever want me to see a piece of art (in the rare case that you make something for me) or a journal...  But I'm officially giving up on thanking people for favs and I'll be spending a lot less time browsing art on this site. 

In case any watcher is reading this. Thank you for your support, I'm sorry I don't show my thanks for it more often