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.

we will never let you edit posts. you must wear each typo as an albatross. you will bear the weight of your hubris

The Rock 2 looks terrible.

Recent library gem.

@elsasketch.bsky.social My two daughters picked out these two golden books at a local book store yesterday, separately and totally on their own accord. I was stoked to buy them!

Quick apology to everybody who followed me on Twitter and then noticed that I stopped posting on Twitter but then eventually joined Blue Sky and then of course stopped posting on Blue Sky as well.  Sending love to you all. I wish everyone here a wonderful day!

so they're mycoblogging

I’m not Catholic, but I hope the next Pope is as wise and compassionate as Pope Francis.

Damn what a day huh

“As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems.” — Pope Francis

This is all fascinating. I had no idea Ryan Coogler negotiated a contract where he kept final cut, first-line profits, and the rights to SINNERS after 25 years. But the idea of studio execs FREAKING OUT about it ("What if EVERY in-demand creative wants rights over their own work?") is even better.

I am loving THE PITT on HBO. My husband and I watched episode 8 last night and it was incredibly difficult to watch as a parent. I almost wish there was a warning. Real emergency doctors get no warnings, and the work that they do is heroic. Kudos to all healthcare workers out there today ❤️

The world is bonkers but I got to watch Seth Rogen tackle Olivia Wilde down a hill on The Studio last night so I’m hanging in.

It's been 30 years of A Goofy Movie, and 31 years since we briefly lived in Paris while my dad worked on it! Truly one of the coolest things as a kid, to hang out at the studio or watch pencil tests over dinner.♥️ Also eternally grateful to mom for secreting away a bunch of original model sheets:

being a game dev is knowing sometimes 10/10 is too much but 11/10 is just right

My ambition to thrive on Bluesky keeps clashing with my ambition to not be online at all.

I recently discovered my new favorite drawing in #commonsideeffects.

My heart goes out to my anim fam at Disney stoked to animate on the furry movie sequel but then they actually have to animate a giant IK chain snake.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️✨ I'm one of the trans artists who worked on Win or Lose, and I'm gonna talk about it 👍 🧵 #tdov #pixarwinorlose #transdayofvisibility

I completely missed the news that COYOTE VS. ACME has been rescued!