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Thanks!

switchingbetweentheshelves:

I think they’re just called motion lines, or movement lines.

But it’s important to know the language when drawing, because if you get it wrong, you might get thighs with a good idea (straight lines fanning radially out semi-perpendicular to the object can mean an idea), or a lightbulb that smells funny (if your semi-perpendicular lines are wiggly, they mean an odor).  Zigzags would mean a buzzing noise, or an electric shock.  It’s not perfect, though; both zigzags and straight (short) radial lines can mean pain.

My favorite of these line symbols, though, was the popped bubble (or maybe a very airy asterisk) seen in Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared over the head similar to an idea lightbulb, and indicated that one had just realized something, too late.  

Also, I love, in this picture, the area rug and remote control, which (to me) suggest this is happening right on the coffee table. Under the remote, papers, or maybe a book.  I wonder what they say.

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Blllllllleeeeaaaaauuuuggghh.  Oooooff.

So now I have a handful of new themes to work with, but I want to have a little palate cleanser of sub boys…

As I understand it, comic artists have a whole jargon in which there’s a name for those lines that indicate his thighs and hands are trembling.  Anyone know that word?

(Source: spankingtushnthegiblets)