So yeah, character performance is a thing I like to focus on. I like to work on body animation, expressive things I can do with the character, ways I can be really goofy, or excited, or cute, or whatever the situation calls for -- and I've had a lot of fun working on things like that! It's to the point that I may be co-organizing a fursuit performance panel at next year's Rocky Mountain Fur Con, especially because I've had a lot of people tell me they really like how I perform.

Of course, learning is a never-ending journey. I watch stuff like this, and realize that *I* still have a lot to learn, too.


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This is Goooly, who appears to be the mascot from the 2011 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Slovakia.

Of course, there's a lot of stuff I wouldn't be able to do for liability reasons (er, not to mention lack of skill & courage) -- but even just the energy the mascot expresses, the level of animation that performer has -- it's amazing. I'm gonna have to study, practice, and build some of that animation & energy level. Gotta STEP IT UP some notches!

Also, yeah, this is emphasizing that I need to keep making future muzzles floppy, like Diago's.