stackyFACTSBefore motion capture technology existed, conveying authentic emotion in drawn characters required intense self-scrutiny. Legendary animators kept mirrors at their workstations, contorting their faces for hours to perfectly translate the subtle nuances of a human grimace into ink and paint.
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