with the occasional rigid pose-to-pose animation. This movement is banal and devoid of any true expression, with the same exact timing on every movement. Watching “Super Mario Rescues the ...

Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose Animation, Follow Through and Overlapping Action, Slow-Out and Slow-In, Arcs, Secondary Action, Timing, Exaggeration, Solid Drawing and Appeal. In the video above ...

It’s called a “T-pose,” and it’s the default stance for characters in 3-D animation programs and many video games. In the last few years, meme teens started copying it in real life.

It's shown up in all sorts of entertainment, ranging from Western animation - where Avatar: The Last Airbender gets in on the act - to professional wrestling. The Gendo pose has origins far older ...