Our animatic? Done! VA sessions? Nearly done! Layouts? Color script? Animation?! Uh...We're still working on it! Happy #IndieAnimationDay everyone! 🐶🐱

Last week, I uploaded the entirety of my LAST YEAR… project on YouTube. Happy #indieanimationday. This project has been nothing short of rewarding. The resulting short film won my first award as an indie animator, courtesy of the Los Angeles Animation Festival. Enjoy!

Season finale episode is now here: reanimatethis.podbean.com/e/dogville-2... Jay, Meredith, @honorszombie.bsky.social, and Jay's professor at CUNY @emmettmoon.bsky.social will be talking about Dogville, Lars von Trier's retelling of Pirate Jenny, and the possibility of doing V-effekt in animation.

More festival news: LAST YEAR… is now a Finalist in the @cunyfilmfestival.bsky.social. We are nominated in the category of FredFilms Animation: Graduate, Alumni, Faculty. Thrilled to be recognized by the CUNY community. All will take place 05/08, 09, & 10. This frame was animated on 05/09/23.

Not much animation news lately due to life’s responsibilities, but I’m pleased to share that LAST YEAR… has been accepted into this year’s Coney Island Film Festival @coneyislandff.bsky.social. The festival will take place 05/02-04, the majority on 05/03 (same date as the above frame was animated) 🎢

Coyote vs Acme has been acquired by Ketchup Entertainment for distribution! The film stars Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor and Tone Bell.

The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈‍⬛

Congrats, FLOW! Thank you, @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social for the indie animation shoutout!

Less than a week to help Christi make her short film!

I made this short in highschool. Technically it's quite rough, but the concept of a cat facing its fear of water really resonated with me. So much so that I decided to expand it into a feature which became Flow. I've been thinking about this story for most of my life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx2Q...

My friend Christi is looking to raise funds for this ambitious short film. Please check out the link!

The movie FLOW is nominated for two Academy Awards. It was made in this room.

Beautiful work!

A very sweet artwork by Elīna Brasliņa

It's a big day for animated films at the Oscars. ‘The Wild Robot’ has earned three Oscar nominations, while ‘Flow’ is nominated twice.

David Lynch, iconic American filmmaker who started as an animator, has died

Well what can I say. 2024 will go down as one of the most momentous years of my life. We cap off the year with the birth of our son, Roger, now over 2 weeks old. We are beyond thrilled with his arrival in our lives. Happy New Year 🎆. Much love ❤️ to you out there! #happynewyear

Took a walk along Sunset Blvd. I made an attempt to pose like Billy Wilder under one of the signs. Geeky, I know. #sunsetblvd

Here’s a better view…

A view from the plane of what I can only assume is the #GrandCanyon.

Barry Keoghan says he has deactivated his social media after getting too much negativity & harassment. “The messages I have received no person should ever have to read them. Absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent…

I’ll be here 😊

Go see this movie!

Massive "Painting The Worlds of Studio Ghibli" new art book is coming next month. 844 backgrounds from all Ghibli films, from "Nausicaa" to "The Boy & The Heron". 568 pages, supervised by art director Yoji Takeshige. International preorders >> amzn.to/3Vp4fro

Proof that I really was there www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkgB...

I’m excited to announce that “Last Year…” is an official selection in this year’s Los Angeles Animation Festival. This will be the project’s official West Coast premiere. The festival opens on 12/05, exactly one year after this frame was drawn. #animation #indieanimation #losangelesanimationfestival

I have a YouTube channell i have been updating regulary lately. Come have a look: youtube.com/@2benstudio?...