I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

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Animation by Milt Kahl* | The Aristocats (1970) #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

A reminder, now is a good time to go through your follower list and see who's following you. I found some cool people to follow back, and some bots/yucky people to block. Keep you blue skies blue.

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

In a major post-acquisition loss, Nickelodeon and Paramount Animation president Ramsey Naito is departing, leaving behind a legacy as a thoughtful steward of beloved franchises who kept iconic properties fresh and relevant and fostered new talent. www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/r...

12 seconds from 8 stop-motion films (1968–present) across the career of animator Yuri Norstein

You can learn a lot about somebody from their HOUSE OF DYNAMITE review.

Yes. Yes, yes.

Lightbox is good medicine for anyone working in creative AI right now.

Guillermo Del Toro comparing Victor Frankenstein to AI tech bros… 🤌

I have never seen anything like THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (Netflix) before. It’s a documentary about a racist woman who shoots her neighboor, all told through police body cam footage. It won best directing (US doc) at Sundance and it’s clear why. I highly recommend it! Trigger: kids in high distress

worth watching all the way through youtu.be/nsZn9AeVBTo?...

He's definitely not mad that 7 million Americans came out to protest him yesterday.... uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump...

💡Come see us at Lightbox 2025, Booth # 925, from 10/24 - 10/26! Nucleus is proud to host a signing at our booth with @lilyseikajones.bsky.social & Entei Ryu We will be debuting new prints & more! Details: gallerynucleus.com/events/1106?... #gallerynucleus #lbx #lbx2025 #lightbox #lightboxexpo

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!” Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

"Tears of the Mountain", the 3rd 2025 graduation short from french Gobelins school, is online. Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima. Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...

Drew Struzan! That one hurts. What a loss.

This is REALLY worth a read! It avoids getting stuck on some quick surface level problems with AI art and gets to the heart of things. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

Violence in a church is a wound to the faithful everywhere. No one should be afraid inside of a place of worship, a school, anywhere. It doesn’t have to be this way in the United States.

“out of the three mass shooting today”

Oh do people love cartoons? You wouldn't know it by how cartoons are treated

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

Another library haul gem. Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl" series)and illustrated by Steve McCarthy.

AI has only been useful to me as an artist when kept on a VERY short leash. After the Pixar layoff, I joined a startup making new animation tools. We just released this video reference to anim blocking converter. I hope this helps speed along your blocking first pass! Try it out at getcartwheel.com

Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this wonderful idea on creating COLOURFUL, STYLISED FOLIAGE by the talented @cysketch! Love that in just THREE STEPS you have a bold, characterful approach to your backgrounds and plant life! #conceptart #clipstudio #digitalpainting #manga

Part of the reason MAGA doesn’t like Colbert is because he lives out the values of an actual Christian, which looks nothing like nationalist evangelicalism. It exposes how much of their faith is just performance, driven by ego, and fear.

"Common Side Effects" sequences animated by Ricard Ubach. www.instagram.com/mr.ubach

Exploring some of my interests in morphing LEGO builds

I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago

You’re not “ politicizing a tragedy” if the tragedy is a result of bad policy.

KPop Demon Hunters! WOW! Rock on Sony Pictures Animation friends!

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa. It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;) It's so New York.

Elio was the most expensive Pixar film ever made. Ain’t no business like show business! 🎬

Happy Juneteenth bluesky!

This month, a team endorsed by Guillermo del Toro released Mexico's first stop-motion feature. It's 2 hours of pure imagination. The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

Robert Reich on what A Bugs Life teaches us about Oligarchy. youtu.be/0Xi4PHki1jY?...

Help disrupt ICE in Alameda County ✊ Download printable flyers here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... #alamedacounty #ice #eastbay

kermies #art

Animation by Andreas Deja, Alex Kupershmidt & Others* | Lilo & Stitch (2002) #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

Just took a weekend trip to LA. Y’all seen that place? They got some cool stuff there. Beach. Other stuff.

I’m not on social media much and I highly recommend that lifestyle.

Library gem of the week. IN A JAR by @deborahmarcero.com

“If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing.” - Taylor Swift

What a day. Also: The Pope has probably eaten at a Wawa.