animation about my frustrations of having to smile in pictures. forcing it is unnatural. just let me look deadpan into the camera visuals somewhat inspired by the game "who's lila" music written by me
For me, I do smile often enough, but only involuntarily, when I feel satisfied or amused or excited. Because of this, my mom advises me to think of something nice or funny when someone is taking a photo
My mother is the best because she never forces anyone to smile for pictures, in fact she gets frustrated when people force themselves because then the pictures are nothing but a lie. Not everyone is happy or looks happy, and that's okay to her. And when a person who never usually smiles genuinely smiles for a photo, it means so much more.
so true . i'm awful with fake smiles so i usually just do the Worst Possible Bared Teeth Wide-Eyed smile or just stare into the soul of those who dare to look at the photo . to discourage photos
I hate pictures for this exact reason. Being forced to smile when you're not truly happy is ridiculous, and getting criticized for looking dead inside is embarrassing.
this is so good !!! everything from the voices micromanaging every detail of the face , to immediately deciding it's a weird face and telling them to stop ... somehow it is so many moods in one
I’m a very stoic and reserved person, so I don’t really smile unless something makes me smile. I’ve always hated taking pictures for family photos because I can do a fake smile, I can only do a small, shy, little smirk.
Yeah, some people just can't smile easily. When trying to smile, they say we don't look happy and they say it again, "Smile!", so we try harder. Then after we try harder, then complain, then when we say, "I *am* smiling." they get mad, thinking that you're trying to be difficult to work with. Then they tell other people, and those other people then assume you will do that. Then when it comes time for them to take your picture, the cycle repeats.
When it cut to the long shot where after the hand made the face, I laughed and smiled which was good because I was starting to also feel like I was becoming too aware of how to smile that I was afraid I wasn’t going to be able to
Dude this hits me so hard. I’m the type of person who has a deadpan, often called intimidating, face if I’m not actively laughing or extremely happy. When I was at Disney world when I was in elementary, we were taking pictures in a photoshoot area, and I hated Goofy, but my parents and friend insisted we take the photo. When I put on my smile, I just remember being told over and over to smile by both my mom and the camera man. I had to raise my voice and say “I AM” for them to finally take the picture. After my mom said that the photo looked off because of my smile. She said she knew I didn’t want the pic, but didn’t need to do that. I was actually trying tho. I never said anything, but its messed me up with photo taking, to say the least. Who’s Lila hit me super hard, and on to of that, I just got evaluated for being on the spectrum a month ago, going in August for testing. So yeah, this is dead on what it feels like, for me at least. Fantastic job! Rant over lol Also I am doing better now with photo taking, because I do a lot of cosplaying and make a bunch of photos and videos, which has helped me a lot over the years with that self consciousness :D
@@Xxg0r3r4bb1txX ive had very similar nearly identical experiences, i feel your struggle man. i never understood how people could just plaster a smile on their face even if they weren't feeling it, moreover, why i wasnt allowed to frown if i was feeling bad. thanks for sharing, im glad to hear cosplay has helped you get more comfortable infront of a camera!
i do that crazy smile face every time a picture is taken of me so that when a actually picture is taken of me genuinely smiling that ill look way better in comparison to the other pictures
Ugh yeah, I feel this. I've been told to smile so much in my life, yet gotten weird comments when I do because I struggle to smile naturally when asked.
Smiling is like walking for me if I think about doing it, I’ll forget how to and end up doing it weird. Also I don’t use my face muscles that much so it’s fatiguing/feels odd to smile for longer than a few seconds
"Okay, I know I have to move the muscles up..." *lifts the corners, they're still pointed down, 100% thinks it's a smile* "Smile more!" *corners pull straight back* "Ugh!"
REAL THO I legit had to learn how to smile in like 9th grade because I genuinely just thought I didn't look good smiling, especially with teeth. Turns out you only smile with your top teeth 🥲
If you want someone to smile for a picture and they can't get their face to do it, just smile at them from behind the camera, then they'll involuntarily do it with you. I learned this because I'm autistic and have a hard time smiling for photos
Oof my dad told me I ruined family photos because I didn’t smile enough or cried too much. But beautiful animation, it makes me feel better than I’m not alone lol
If they call it a weird face, don't take away the expression, HOLD it. Assert your dominance. Tell them that it's what they wanted, right?) So. TAKE. THE. PICTURE.
I've learned that people usually want: 1) no teeth, 2) pull up mouth until corners crinkle the bottom of your eyes, 3) close eyelids a little. Boom. Perfect
I know I’m late, but I can relate with this so much. It can be quite the struggle for me. ✨*Autism*✨ Also it’s an absolutely amazing animation, good job!
many people here commenting "literally me" and "whos lila reference?" this video has successfully reached its target audience. hello autism spectrum
it's like the bat signal for niche indie horror games
i was literally going to comment abt whos lila until i saw this comment
actually me fr fr wait what do you mean huh spec-
Suh dude
I immediately knew you were inspired by that game for this video lol
when you don't smile often you kinda forget how to do it naturally
Same
For me, I do smile often enough, but only involuntarily, when I feel satisfied or amused or excited. Because of this, my mom advises me to think of something nice or funny when someone is taking a photo
Bro thinks he the joker or sum
@@thedude3005doesn’t the joker smile all the time tho
@@thedude3005 batman more really, joker's always got that big ass goofy look on him
“stop making that weird face” hit so hard for me, i’ve been told that so many times
It sounds like only very rude people have ever taken pictures of you
same 'cuz my mom always insults my smile/teeth
Same
Too true
0:29 I've noticed how he stopped smiling but not on the phone's screen
the screen is displaying the photo they just took
That shot was taken and so the screen is not on live/shooting mode
This is one of the most accurate portrayals I've seen on how it feels when you fake being happy.
Good job!
My mother is the best because she never forces anyone to smile for pictures, in fact she gets frustrated when people force themselves because then the pictures are nothing but a lie. Not everyone is happy or looks happy, and that's okay to her. And when a person who never usually smiles genuinely smiles for a photo, it means so much more.
Your mom a real one
@@ChronoMune
She is fr
Remains me of that game where you’re a sociopath and u have to make expressions.
I think it's called Who's Lila
YEAH BABYYY PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE REFERENCE
@@Jgilliaan I THOUGHT IT WAS A REFERENCE TO MARIO PARTY…
You're not a sociopath on the game tho? Plus, I'm pretty sure you never caught a sociopath lacking at their job before did you? :)
@@smugdodofart27 HAHAHA i mean i did kinda get the mini game feel from there
so true . i'm awful with fake smiles so i usually just do the Worst Possible Bared Teeth Wide-Eyed smile or just stare into the soul of those who dare to look at the photo . to discourage photos
@@spooktspeek you get it. you get me
ATOP BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO ME???? lowkey stare right into the lens for no reason if i gotta be in a photo
So real man, Bared teeth wide eyed smile is so elite i love looking like a little freak
I hate pictures for this exact reason. Being forced to smile when you're not truly happy is ridiculous, and getting criticized for looking dead inside is embarrassing.
FR
I can confirm when I want to smile a little floating hand stretches my face into the face my profile is making 🔥🔥🔥
A great animation AND a Who’s Lila reference… I am blessed, thank you 0w0
IT CAME OUT SOOO GOOD CIRALINNN
@@cometbunn THANK YA COMET
nah cus when i smile i dont even look like im smiling and if i smile more i look like a skinwalker 💀💀💀
@@annapotat0987 HAHAHAH RIGHTT
"Just smile"
That hits hard
literally m-
i had an experience like this during the last time i ever was with my extended family. thanks for making this
real, this is why i practice smiling before i go out
srry i know this is kinda a vent vid but idk what to type its rlly cool
lol i wouldnt call it a vent
I feel like this is heavily inspired by that one indie game where you're some sort of skinwalker and have to learn to replicate emotions
@@chrissu988 HAHAH if youre talking about whos lila then yes it is! i love that game
Did you also watch that video?
@@ciralincixx yes I was talking about that one but I couldn't remember the name!
@@chrissu988 lmao my friends can never remember the name either. ive heard "wheres lila" "whos layla" and my personal favorite being "lisa is missing"
@@ciralincixx AHSXHHAS "LIS IS MISSING" they must have gotten confused with Sarah is missing
this is so good !!! everything from the voices micromanaging every detail of the face , to immediately deciding it's a weird face and telling them to stop ... somehow it is so many moods in one
@@LoganDark4357 thank you!!
@@ciralincixx the music reminds me of inscryption and pony island !! they are two of my favorite games
@@LoganDark4357 oo really? i dont think ive heard tracks from those games before, ill have to check them out now im curious
@@ciralincixx look up pony island beelzebub theme
Guys who... Is lila???
I’m a very stoic and reserved person, so I don’t really smile unless something makes me smile.
I’ve always hated taking pictures for family photos because I can do a fake smile, I can only do a small, shy, little smirk.
me when my mom asks if I’m okay in the most genuine sweet voice because my default picture face I look like I’m in pain 😭😭😭
This is so accurate, idk why but it's so difficult to fake emotions that I'm feeling
FINALLY A VIDEO THAT REPRESENTS THE EXACT PROBLEM I HAVE WITH PICTURES
THIS IS LITERALLY INSANEEE SO GOOD OMG
Yeah, some people just can't smile easily. When trying to smile, they say we don't look happy and they say it again, "Smile!", so we try harder. Then after we try harder, then complain, then when we say, "I *am* smiling." they get mad, thinking that you're trying to be difficult to work with. Then they tell other people, and those other people then assume you will do that. Then when it comes time for them to take your picture, the cycle repeats.
Just pretend that you're smiling as a bit and then your smile will be natural because you're doing a bit and bits make people smile
Whos lila moment
Yes i noticed before reading comments
so many times i think im giving off an aura of perfect warmth and happiness and then look like a corpse
this is literally so relatable, i don’t even open my mouth anymore when i smile.
My face doesn’t face like my emotions
When it cut to the long shot where after the hand made the face, I laughed and smiled which was good because I was starting to also feel like I was becoming too aware of how to smile that I was afraid I wasn’t going to be able to
Ive learned that trying to smile is useless. I can only smile “naturally” ie. only if I'm laughing at something or enjoying something.
DUDE LITTERALLY ME ACTUALLY
Like they always told me to smile and it never looked right cuz I forced myself AUGHH
(also awesome animation!)
Dude this hits me so hard. I’m the type of person who has a deadpan, often called intimidating, face if I’m not actively laughing or extremely happy. When I was at Disney world when I was in elementary, we were taking pictures in a photoshoot area, and I hated Goofy, but my parents and friend insisted we take the photo. When I put on my smile, I just remember being told over and over to smile by both my mom and the camera man. I had to raise my voice and say “I AM” for them to finally take the picture. After my mom said that the photo looked off because of my smile. She said she knew I didn’t want the pic, but didn’t need to do that. I was actually trying tho. I never said anything, but its messed me up with photo taking, to say the least. Who’s Lila hit me super hard, and on to of that, I just got evaluated for being on the spectrum a month ago, going in August for testing. So yeah, this is dead on what it feels like, for me at least. Fantastic job! Rant over lol
Also I am doing better now with photo taking, because I do a lot of cosplaying and make a bunch of photos and videos, which has helped me a lot over the years with that self consciousness :D
@@Xxg0r3r4bb1txX ive had very similar nearly identical experiences, i feel your struggle man. i never understood how people could just plaster a smile on their face even if they weren't feeling it, moreover, why i wasnt allowed to frown if i was feeling bad. thanks for sharing, im glad to hear cosplay has helped you get more comfortable infront of a camera!
Yeah, I don’t know how to fake a smile for a picture, when it’s not natural I look weird
i do that crazy smile face every time a picture is taken of me so that when a actually picture is taken of me genuinely smiling that ill look way better in comparison to the other pictures
Ugh yeah, I feel this. I've been told to smile so much in my life, yet gotten weird comments when I do because I struggle to smile naturally when asked.
Literally me, every time I feel happiness I play Who’s Lisa in my brain.
Omg this is so underrated, I’m obsessed 🙏🏻
@@thatonesdani975 thank you!!
reminds me of who's lila
So relatablee
I don't hate doing it but I always look like a deer in the headlights in pics where I'm "smiling", and my family makes fun of me for it
Damn that’s the first time in a long time I’ve seen this concept, I will now sleep badly remembering who’s lila
It took until my preteens and teens until i learned how to smile voluntarily without forcing it. ❤
0:10 the smile was already done. he would've gotten +100 aura for that as well. unfortunately, he fell into the perfect smile pipeline (psp)
Smiling is like walking for me if I think about doing it, I’ll forget how to and end up doing it weird. Also I don’t use my face muscles that much so it’s fatiguing/feels odd to smile for longer than a few seconds
I do the thing where I literally just push up the corners of my mouth with my hands and call it a day
this hit maybe too hard oop
great job with this
"Okay, I know I have to move the muscles up..."
*lifts the corners, they're still pointed down, 100% thinks it's a smile*
"Smile more!"
*corners pull straight back*
"Ugh!"
REAL THO I legit had to learn how to smile in like 9th grade because I genuinely just thought I didn't look good smiling, especially with teeth. Turns out you only smile with your top teeth 🥲
I have one picture smile locked and loaded, but the thing is I have an uneven smile so when I smile it’s more of a smirk 😭
not those times photographers have tried to make me laugh for a photo. i look WORSE in photos when i LAUGH come on man
THIS IS TOO RELATABLE
“Stop making that weird face. Just smile”
IM GOIGN TO ARGHARGHAYRRHDHSADNI
GREAT JOB! THIS REMINDS ME OF THAT ONE GAME WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE FACES N STUFF I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS CALLED BUT YOU ARE SERIOUSLY UNDERATTED!!
@@bealea1127 thank you! is the game whos lila, by chance?
@@ciralincixx yup!
If you want someone to smile for a picture and they can't get their face to do it, just smile at them from behind the camera, then they'll involuntarily do it with you. I learned this because I'm autistic and have a hard time smiling for photos
ironically this animation made me genuinely smile
awww! happy to hear :^)
hey. 🥐 @@ciralincixx
It's worse when people take too long to take the picture and your face starts twitching and sh
I always think I’m smiling so big then it looks like I’m being held at gun point or sm 😔
This is actually really relatable. As someone on the autism spectrum, he never I take pictures I usually look like this emoji 😬 or “that weird face”.
love my best yt recommendations
Oof my dad told me I ruined family photos because I didn’t smile enough or cried too much. But beautiful animation, it makes me feel better than I’m not alone lol
@@smugdodofart27 its so frustrating man ive been told im ruining pictures too. like cmon its not that deep😭
“You ok? Why do you look so pissed?”
WHO’S LILA MENTIONED !!! MY FAV HORROR GAME EVER!!! WE STAY WINNING
me when i think im doing the closed mouth :) smile but i look at the picture and then see i either looked neutral, uncomfortable, or angry
@@BayOfWulf IVE DONE THAT SO MANY TIMES DUDE
damn, I can't smile anymore 😢
Soooo good. I love my yt recommendations
I almost never smile, i only do when i hear a very funny joke.
The ":3 ✌️" got me
me when regina and jimmy confront me in the school hallway and start yapping about tanya
@@Everythings_Connected HAHAHAHAH
WHOS LILA REFRENCE!!! HELL YEAH I LOVE THAT GAME
If they call it a weird face, don't take away the expression, HOLD it. Assert your dominance. Tell them that it's what they wanted, right?) So. TAKE. THE. PICTURE.
I've learned that people usually want: 1) no teeth, 2) pull up mouth until corners crinkle the bottom of your eyes, 3) close eyelids a little. Boom. Perfect
This is why I hate taking photos.
"no, a REAL smile"
I know I’m late, but I can relate with this so much. It can be quite the struggle for me. ✨*Autism*✨
Also it’s an absolutely amazing animation, good job!
this happens to me verbatim all the time it's actually weird
as someone who loves art and makes art. this is Hella under rated
@@Mr.Zenn_-br4zt hell yeah lets go artists!! thank you!
As someone who loves air and breathes air. This is Hella under rated
@@Ham_991 asfghjfg thank you too😭 u guys are so sweet wtf
uh oh lila gotta another one teehee
this reminds me of who's lila :0 sick video! :]
so real whats wrong with me kubrick staring everyone and everything and staring blankly at people after jokes smh
@@frogg5949 i love kubrick staring at mfs
My ass when I've been told I look like I'm trying to force a smile out in each and every of my pictures
Hit way too close to home.
hey pookie wookie pookster poopy woopy bear
hi my little popeyes chicken biscuit with no drink
Typical gameplay of "Who's Lila?"
literally mw........... ALSO QHOWS LILA REFERENCEE OMAGGAAAAAAH
Literally me.
Literally me this is why I smile with my mouth closed or I look drugged STOP TELLING ME TO SMILE WITH MY MOUTH OPEN.
Also about the target audience comment it did definently work I am one of them tisms.
you have no idea how many times that happened to me
Duude i feel so weird when i have to fake smile
My face looks weird too 😂😂
you fant make me smile in photos i swear like i make the fakest/ugliest smile and its never in between and getting me to laugh is the onoy way to go
You’ll learn eventually, so long as you keep getting your picture taken
THIS BETTER BE VIRAL TMRW
@@boorish8354 HAHAHA aww i appreciate it!!
this is why i like covering my face, but also just because i sometimes Forget how to smile
I love the talking over self lol
war flashbacks to visiting family
The looks like you’re going to eat a baby or small dog gang when you are forced to smile disingenuously.
I literally have to practice smiling in the mirror😂❤
This is so true oml