Today, Maxwell won 1st place in the Facial Hair Contest at the Calico Ghost Town! Then again, he is a squirrel, he’s got hair everywhere! #MaxwellSquirrel #CalicoGhostTown #CalicoDays #puppet #contest #Wondermation #indie #animation #travel #California

Yesterday, Maxwell got to visit the Breakfast Club to celebrate the birthday of the late Paul Reubens. He got to hang out with some of the original cast and crew of the Playhouse and even ride the bike for a bit! Happy birthday Pee Wee! #MaxwellSquirrel #puppet #peeweesplayhouse #labreakfastclub

A huge thanks to everyone who made it to our Future of Indie Animation digital panel today! If you missed out on it, don't worry! We'll be dropping the recorded panel on YouTube later this Fall! So stay tooned! #IndieAnimation #Wondermation #Animation #Indie

This is your last chance to register before the panel begins! If you miss out, don't worry! We'll be releasing the panel on YouTube later this fall!

It's the ultimate team up digital panel you didn't expect! Join Wondermation, along with @lackadaisy.bsky.social, @fablepaint.bsky.social, @theeastpatch.bsky.social, @geordenwhitman.bsky.social, and @nicocolaleo.bsky.social as we talk about independent animation and what the future holds for it!

Wishing Tracy Butler (@lackadaisy.bsky.social) a very happy birthday today! From one indie creator to another! #Lackadaisy #IndieAnimation #HappyBirthday

During his visit to Universal Studios, Maxwell got to meet Elphaba from the hit movie musical, Wicked! Both of them sure know how to defy gravity! #WondermationProductions #MaxwellSquirrel #UniversalStudiosHollywood #Wicked #puppety #indie #animation

Maxwell shows a little courage and comes face to face with both Frankenstein's monster and The Bride of Frankenstein! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Sr... #WondermationProductions #MaxwellSquirrel #UniversalStudiosHollywood #UniversalMonsters #Frankenstein #BrideofFrankenstein #puppety #indie #animation

Maxwell Squirrel meets the world famous Doc Brown from the hit film, Back to the Future (which is now celebrating its 40th anniversary). He even got to get a glimpse of the incredible DeLorean time machine! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ2Z... #MaxwellSquirrel #UniversalStudios #BTTF #puppety #indie

During Maxwell's visit to Universal he met Chief Brody and Captain Quint from the well-known blockbuster Jaws, which is now celebrating it's 50th anniversary! youtu.be/b2749G8y95Q #WondermationProductions #MaxwellSquirrel #UniversalStudiosHollywood #Jaws #Jaws50 #puppety #indie #animation

Maxwell really liked that squirrel clock he found at Universal earlier this week! #WondermationProductions #MaxwellSquirrel #UniversalStudiosHollywood #clock #BTTF #puppety #indie #animation

On behalf of everyone at Wondermation and the @kookytrails.bsky.social crew, we'd like to wish our fantastic and kooky composer @grantkirkhope.bsky.social a very happy birthday today! 🥳🎁🎈🎂 #HappyBirthday #WondermationProductions #KookyTrails #indie #animation #music

#TBT to earlier this week when Maxwell went to Universal Studios Hollywood! He met a lot of famous stars during his visit. Videos of his visit will be coming later this weekend! #MaxwellSquirrel #WondermationProductions #UniversalStudiosHollywood #travel #vacation #puppetry #indie #animation

I recently made a model for the good people at @wondermation.bsky.social ! This one was really fun to put together and was made in conjunction with their prologue panel for @kookytrails.bsky.social at ATG Expo earlier this month! #Blender #3DArt #LowPoly #KookyTrails #WonderMation

Hey, that voice sounds REALLY familiar! Did not count on my puppet debut involving Peter Weller, but here we are. I can't wait for the next interview!

Last week, Maxwell Squirrel got to meet Peter Weller at the LA Breakfast Club. And since today is Peter’s birthday, we thought it’d be appropriate to share this fun little video of Maxwell meeting him. Have a happy birthday Dr. Weller! #WondermationProductions #MaxwellSquirrel #PeterWeller

We're preparing for your arrival tomorrow at @atgexpo !! Don't forget that the event for Kooky Trails: Prologue is at 3:00 PM tomorrow in Room 207! #KookyTrails #KT #Kooky #Trails #ATGEXPO #Cartoon #KookyTrailsPrologue #Texas #Waco #Bizarre #Fun #Indie #IndieAnimation

The Kooky Trio are approaching the day that is June 14th at @atgexpo! So don't miss the latest cut of Kooky Trails Prologue! Our panel will be at 3:00 PM in Room 207! Poster designed by @nicocolaleo.bsky.social ! #KookyTrails #Kooky #Indie #IndieAnimation #KT #KookyTrailsPrologue

Maxwell’s got a bit of a brand new look in the real world! And decided to show himself off at Nostalgia Con in Anaheim this weekend! Huge props to FopDoodles on IG for creating the new Maxwell puppet! #MaxwellSquirrel #WondermationProductions #IndieAnimation #puppet #TheNostalgiaCon

Fantasy Funwheel and Wondermation are pleased to announce that our next trail for Kooky Trails: Prologue will be on June 14th! This time in Waco, Texas at @ATGExpo! Room 207 at 2:00 PM on June 14th! #KookyTrails #KookyTrailsPrologue #Shortfilm #Indie #IndependentAnimation #Animation

Our teaser trailer for Kooky Trails Prologue has officially reached 10k views recently! We want to thank everyone who's been supporting us throughout this journey so far! If you haven't already, you can view the teaser here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj2u... #KookyTrails #IndieAnimation #indie

Kooky Trails is making a surprise appearance at @calliopeindiecon.bsky.social this weekend! Come by and say hi, and see our panel on Sunday, June 1st at 2pm EST/11am PST, which will include a sneak peek at Kooky Trails Prologue! Hope to see you there! #KookyTrails #IndieAnimation #CalliopeIndieCon

Today marks the 7th anniversary of the debut of our main mascot, Maxwell Squirrel! 7 is said to be a lucky number, and we’re very lucky to have such an awesome squirrel like him! Be on the lookout for more adventures with him soon! #WondermationProductions #MaxwellSquirrel #mascot #anniversary

Happy #IndieAnimationDay! We just want to thank you all for your support! I know we haven’t been very active, but rest assured, we’ve been busy with wrapping up Kooky Trails Prologue and we can’t wait to premiere it this summer! Also, stay tooned for a few new announcements later on this summer!

We employ over 80 artists to carefully work on every single part of the animation and creative process. You will never get the nuance, complexity and beauty of a Ghibli film without the human hand and their love. We will never use AI to replace art in our works.

Our good friend and VA for Maxwell Squirrel and Beni Galdo, @gregsaysstuff.bsky.social needs our help! His car was totaled while he was picketing during the SAG-AFTRA strike. Please consider donating to help him get back on the road. Every bit helps. Share if you can! gofund.me/b32b6bd3

Just as a friendly reminder...

Check out this incredible storybook created by two of our wonderful artists at Wondermation!

Inspektor Maska is a GREAT example of using limited animation to a stronger effect. It proved that you can just use much less frames to make it work. This is something indie animation people really should embrace.

Congratulations from all of us at Wondermation! You are a huge inspiration to indie animators and filmmakers alike!

Huge congratulations to #Flow and the entire team behind it for the incredible win for Best Animated Feature at the #Oscars2025! This is a huge win and incredible milestone for indie animation! And we have good faith that this will change the indie animation industry forever!

It's getting close to another month, and that means we all gotta take care of those pesky end of the month bills again! Maxwell definitely doesn't like them, but he can't weasel (or squirrel?) his way out of them forever! #Wondermation #MaxwellSquirrel #indieanimation #squirrel #anthro #cartoon

The Eternal words of Disney and Theme Park Legend, Rolly Crump! Never be afraid to Color Outside The Lines and Be Crazy To Your Ideas! Happy 95th Birthday to Rolly Crump! One of our major inspirations on Kooky Trails! #KookyTrails #KT #RollyCrump #Knottsbearytales #KookyTrailsPrologue

A message from Luma to all you creators out there! #KookyTrails #Kookivation #KT #Luma #Indie #IndieCreators #indieartist #Motivation #Creativity #Creators #KookyTrailsPrologue #Coyote #IndieAnimation

We made a video essay! If you've ever been curious to learn about how animation gets its funding, then check this out! Here's a preview: IT'S ROUGH OUT HERE Huge thanks to the Lackadaisy team for giving us insight into their production! 💚 youtu.be/-sSa4VEFx6o?...

Small rant, while It's awesome to see more support for indie animation these day, there seems to be this unrealistic expectation that all these projects must fit that polished TV budget animation look™️ in order to be deemed 'good.' (1/3)

The great thing about indie projects is that anyone can jump in and make something regardless of their skills. Animation is incredibly expensive, so It’s cool to see how creators can find innovative ways to make animations on a budget. (2/3)

We should be encouraging creators, not scarring them off because their animation doesn’t look “professional” enough. please don't let this hold you back from creating a project. If your story is good it doesn’t matter how the visuals will look, it’ll resonate with your audience regardless. (3/3)

Here's a bonus blast from the past for #IndieAnimationDay! Before MGM went with Jerry Mouse, Maxwell Squirrel auditioned to be in Anchors Aweigh with Gene Kelly. Unfortunately he was turned down due to his lack of relevancy. #MaxwellSquirrel #Wondermation #animation #indieanimation #GeneKelly

Happy #IndieAnimationDay! While we're still wrapping up on Kooky Trails Prologue, we haven't forgotten about good ol' Maxwell Squirrel! So here's our newest logo animation featuring the little guy! #Wondermation #indieanimation #MaxwellSquirrel #animation #logo

lowkey frothing at the mouth at how COOL THIS IS! I helped make the reference sheets for Andromeda here! I can't wait to see her adventures in plush form!

Andromeda has just made her grand debut in plush form! Special thanks to Budises for creating the plush and bringing her to the irl world! Expect to see more of her and Maxwell in the near future! #Wondermation #Andromeda #plushie #Budsies #indieanimation

Followed the path and was delighted by the presentation of the Kooky Trails prologue from @wondermation.bsky.social @kookytrails.bsky.social at the Further Confusion con. Still hoping to ride a Kooky Trails dark ride one day.

Just as a friendly reminder: Kooky Trails will be returning to @furcon.bsky.social this Sunday, January 19th at 12pm PST! Come join us for a rough cut screening of Kooky Trails Prologue, plus a special Q&A hosted by one of our "virtual moderators"! #KookyTrails #FurtherConfusion #indieanimation

Our hearts go out to everyone in LA right now. Please stay safe! We’re hoping for all the fires to be contained and put out soon.

ICYMI: Kooky Trails is returning to @furcon.bsky.social on Sunday, January 19th! Be the first to see a rough cut of "Kooky Trails Prologue", then join us afterwards for a Q&A hosted by our special virtual guest! Hope to see y'all there! #KookyTrails #FurtherConfusion #FC2025 #panel #indieanimation

Now you can listen to the Kooky-vent Calendar's entire soundtrack (plus a bonus track)! With music written by the one and only @grantkirkhope.bsky.social! Listen to it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMRW... #KookyTrails #holiday #Christmas #adventcalendar #indieanimation #music #GrantKirkhope

Day 25 of our Kooky-vent Calendar! youtu.be/P5siNWHUivI #KookyTrails #holiday #Christmas #adventcalendar #indieanimation #illustration #voiceacting #FC2025

And here's the still image version created by our talented artist, @bighugefrog.bsky.social!

Day 24 of our Kooky-vent Calendar! youtu.be/w7_3LMWVjNw #KookyTrails #holiday #Christmas #adventcalendar #indieanimation #comic #voiceacting #AlanKunero #LumaNessence #BeniGaldo