Still can’t believe 16:9 is a nostalgic ratio

You can enjoy Kawamoto’s beautiful puppet films right here: archive.org/details/kiha...

The Rest is History repeating that Disney invented animation makes me doubt the accuracy of everything they talk about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwPa...

Listen to Nicolas and watch that fantastic short. And if the YouTube link doesn’t work in your country, this one might do the trick www.dailymotion.com/video/x9tpkqc

The future in this country is nothing but grim www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Go watch the best short film of the year, now available on YouTube: youtu.be/2Mqa4zfJdx4

That is, there is no broad "AI jobs apocalypse," as AI is too unreliable and limited to do jobs that demand accuracy or empathy. But plenty of managers will use it to try to replace human art with cheaper "good enough" AI art. So it does appear that bosses embracing AI are hitting creatives hard.

‘One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats’ Iris Murdoch

Brilliant thread by Michèle

Seasons change, 32 seconds of animation gets made.

On set with @jackcunningham.bsky.social

On the phenomenology of inflatable frog costumes by David Graeber

Big Mari trays, mini Mari trays

Pattern cutting

The animator's skills being transfered to furniture/product design has roots in Disney's imagineers, for those of you wondering why you're following this account when all I'm posting is obscure technical things and not cartoons..!

Upcoming construction project is brewing in the studio to make our space more useful

Medecine box design in black MDF

Well now I have to go rewatch One Battle After Another on the big screen because it’s that good

Don Hertzfeldt has curated 'Animation Mixtape,' an 85-minute anthology of animated shorts, which premieres at the IFC Center in New York today. We spoke with him about spotlighting standout work and why focused distribution matters for shorts. www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/do...

Artists like @nicolasmenard.com will appreciate this.

There are many “moods” to be had in Montreal.

Look at that capital ‘G’.

Interpolation and crime

Over the moon to announce that my short film Wednesday with Goddard (2016) is part of Don Hertzfeldt’s Animation Mixtape, screening in cinemas across the US and Canada. What’s more: it includes a never-before-seen Bruce Bickford film! Book now — www.inkfilms.com/films/animat...

Speaking of, I was at the British Library browsing "Who's Who in Graphic Art Vol. 2" (Clivo Press, 1982) and found one Québécois (Georges Beaupré) and one Inuit artist (Pitseolak Ashoona). They explain how in Canada, there isn't a large number of great artists born there because it's a young country

NFB logo, star of the show (2018)

Shooting the NFB logo (2018)

Je ne sais pas pourquoi mais quand j'ai le mal du pays je retourne souvent à cette entrevue avec Jack Kerouac www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ij8...

Scammers using AI know too much about me

The official book of the Second Great International Paper Airplane Contest, 1985 archive.org/details/pape...

Mini furniture exhibition at Eastend Western HQ

Northern exploration

Prints are hidden between pages in Martens’ books and it never gets old.

It’s here!

If a new Karel Martens book comes out, I buy it no questions asked because I have PTSD of missing out on the first edition of Printed Matter that took a decade to get a reprint.

Jasper Morrison's table and bench in Majorca coffee shop

An arch

Gobo-chair-table

Chair in the mountains

Home made gobo, made of smaller parts and joined together to create a dappled light effect

Simple rigging in Blender

Graphic patterns emerging from the laser cutter

A very fine bike

Here we go again

New employee

Printed scene breakdown from broken printer

Mirror room in Dragonframe / Mirror room set

Made a phone stand in black mdf