reading an animation exec's memoir. I didn't expect big creative insights, but it's wild how detached he is from the art. he'll spend three pages on long stories about investors dinners where one of them spills soup or something, and then go "Anyway the show was a failure. It just didn't work." WHAT

Been talking to people quite a bit about how it's easy to understand "cancel Disney+!" but harder to understand the initial and bigger problem is with Nexstar and Sinclair, so lemme make it easier. Find your local Nexstar channel Find your local Sinclair channel

Whenever sites come up with new rules like this I thing about how if you were a creator who was making something every bit on the level with a hugely popular and acclaimed series, would you be allowed to share it? Like, if you were sitting on the next Game of Thrones, you couldn’t share that here.

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

It’s their day today 🎶🕺🏻

Art motivation 💪

Knights of Guinevere is cool and rad and we love seeing 2D animated pilots If you want *even more* 2D animated indie goodness?? Watch Monkey Wrench, episode 5 is JUST AROUND THE CORNER. No better time to catch-up than RIGHT NOW youtu.be/8i18HXAa1uY?...

So many good ass drawings in that movie. The behind the scenes stuff is so beautiful too... Tissa David really is the Master

Today's the day!

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."

After years of knowing about this film as a forgotten relic of the animation dark ages, studying under people who worked on it and had great stories but languished in its obscurity, to see it suddenly get new life n recognition, let along referenced by Goose in their series, is astonishing.

Fuck it idunno here's some stills of Andy that I like

Finished rough animation on the first shot of my film the other day. Will clean up and post as a preview for my kickstarter campaign I’m hopefully launching next month. Still have a bit to go planning wise but I hope it helps.

Hulu and Disney plus are now offering 70% off subscriptions, and in response I am offering Hulu and Disney plus 70% off deez nuts.

Animation is always hard, people on it always care, everyone is always talented - but hoo boy, clear direction, up front resources, properly picked battles and trust can really make a helluva difference in quality.

My mom is 75 and she's trying to be more politically informed, and thank God she's not going down the usual elderly rabbit hole of conspiracy theories n Facebook. I'm so thankful she's actively keeping in the loop, is supportive of LGBTQ+ rights & thinks the current administration is a joke. Go Ma!

Apparently it’s down by $7bil now. Woof! Let’s see how far down it can really go!

My cat peed on my floor, so after I cleaned it up and made a vet appointment I decided to make today a house cleaning day. I spend so much time upstairs in my studio that I neglect my downstairs almost completely. Amazing what depression can do to your drive to keep things tidy.

Unmitigated Gull

Whoa neat! Keep at it! I cancelled my Disney+ 2 days ago, you should too.

I don't know about you, but Knights of Guinevere coming out the same day people are mass boycotting and deleting their Disney+ accounts is so perfectly timed and appropriate.

Knights of Guinevere is beautiful, scary, thought-provoking and has something to say, which is something all great animation can and should be, especially now. A great watch! The team should be proud, and I hope there's more coming.

Toad in the Hole

Duck Sauce

I'm gradually creeping into my Maurice Sendak age of acceptance and honesty in regards to my creativity, where I'm content with the kind of art I'm destined to create but also not giving a single shit about it either and just doing it because I can.

Glad to hear Spindle has unionized!

BearClaw

saw a post i liked on tumblr today.....didnt see that they'd posted it on their account here but i wish they would its a sentiment that resonated w me more than making "good" art it's just important to make art....thanks man

I'm gradually creeping into my Maurice Sendak age of acceptance and honesty in regards to my creativity, where I'm content with the kind of art I'm destined to create but also not giving a single shit about it either and just doing it because I can.

Hey all, I'm revamping my Patreon! It'll be my main means of supporting all my future art (warmups, comms, etc.) as well as my new film & all of it's behind-the-scenes content (ie pencil tests, animatics, concept art, etc.). Discord setup coming soon too! www.patreon.com/c/michaeljru...

Hey all, I'm revamping my Patreon! It'll be my main means of supporting all my future art (warmups, comms, etc.) as well as my new film & all of it's behind-the-scenes content (ie pencil tests, animatics, concept art, etc.). Discord setup coming soon too! www.patreon.com/c/michaeljru...

Pigs in a Blanket

Ants on a Log

The new Amazing Digital Circus characters are really vicious.

One of my favorite little bits in Peter Pan is when Peter flies around goading Smee into shooting him, and for no reason he flies around on his ass as if he was sitting on a roller coaster while flailing his arms like a lunatic.

Animating again today. Man, after not doing it consistently for months, it’s nice to finally do it again. It feels like over the years I forgot that it truly was my calling, more than boards n designing ever were. I missed this, and I wish there was an industry still supportive of it, and me, today.

Took a nap thinking it’d help my headache and it’s somehow WORSE? There goes my productivity for today!

Go, little guy, go. I believe in you.

Taking a life drawing day at Disneyland, partially to get away from the news n such, but mostly because I wanted to. If you’re at the park and you see a large man in a Pooh shirt drawing on a bench somewhere, it’s probably me.

I’m still hoping the B-plot for the 2nd Mario movie is essentially a remake of the “Mama Luigi” episode of the cartoon.

Lost like 500 rosaries after being killed by a smalltime enemy in Silksong so I think it was a good idea for me to step away from the game for the day n do something else.

Oh yeah, I still need to draw Jax to round out my TADC drawings, don't I? Gotta finish the set!

I don't care what anyone says, the Birthday Cake castle overlay for Disney World's 25th was amazing. I saw it in person as a young kid, and I thought it looked incredible. Colorful, fantastical and it made me hungry looking at it.

Was thinking about this @nickcross.bsky.social tutorial and glad to see it's still up and I thought maybe you would like to see it too ncrossanimation.tumblr.com/post/1081235...

Big Foot Bun

When all of my drawings start to look the same, am I "honing my art-style" or just stagnating...?