The black rabbits deal another hand as the sands run out on 2025, an exciting year with the release of 2 productions I was thrilled to work on as Concept Designer, @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein and Murderbot! Happy New Year gang, cheers for more art & adventures in the world of the future~ 2026!

The art of physically drawing the film poster is something that takes a lot of careful precision, understanding of templates & how to make it be something you'd want to hang on your wall. Drew Struzan accomplished that and created something that stands next to fine art.

From: Patlabor 2 (1993), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G

Art of Thundercats (1985) → buff.ly/eUviLEJ #animation #conceptart #modelsheet #characterdesign #visdev

2D animation is booming in theaters. In China, the film Nobody is outgrossing many of Hollywood's recent CG films—on a $10< million budget. It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...

Totally knocked out by the latest newsletter from @ani-obsessive.bsky.social highlighting animation director and #anime scholar Tim Eldred's work on the first #anime fanzine, Fantoche, edited by Takashi Namiki, released in 1975, inspired by France's Phantasmagorie. animationobsessive.substack.com

From: Christopher Crumpet (1953), dir. Bobe Cannon, UPA

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...

NEW EPISODE KLAXON!! Join @xhardcoregamerx.bsky.social, @dancrewanimate.bsky.social and @ketchupbeard.bsky.social as we review (and get weirdly horny about) @dreamworks.com ‘Bad Guys 2’! Available right now via your podcast app of choice, or the link in the top comment! Please share!

How Hayao Miyazaki storyboarded the car chase in The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Tokyo Movie Shinsha

We’re just innocent men

NEW EPISODE! Join @xhardcoregamerx.bsky.social, @dancrewanimate.bsky.social and @ketchupbeard.bsky.social as we review amazing Australian stop-motion ‘Memoir of a Snail’! It’s available RIGHT NOW wherever you find your podcasts, or via the Spotify link in the first comment! Please like and share!!

False knight!! #hollowknight

#animationsoftware - go get some awesomeness!

Holy cow! Humble are currently running an incredible bundle featuring the full version of Moho 13 and 3 asset packs! Pay what you like, starting at $18! Cheap and for charity! Thanks to friend of the show @hardluckhotel.bsky.social for making us aware of this! www.humblebundle.com/software/pro...

It’s late, but IT’S HERE! Episode 60 of the podcast! Join @xhardcoregamerx.bsky.social, @dancrewanimate.bsky.social and @ketchupbeard.bsky.social as we induct ‘A Goofy Movie’ into our Hall of Fame! It’s available RIGHT NOW wherever you get your podcasts, or via the link in the comments! ENJOY!

Okay, The Transformers The Movie didn't really have a Speccy game, but if it did - how's this for a loading screen? :) #pixelart (Based on the UK poster artwork!)

NEW EPISODE! Join @xhardcoregamerx.bsky.social, @dancrewanimate.bsky.social and @ketchupbeard.bsky.social as we review #Disney classics (plural) #Moana and #Moana2! It’s a fun one! It’s available RIGHT NOW wherever you get your podcasts, or via the link in the comments!

Walk and run pencil tests for The Secret of Kells (2009), dir. Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, Cartoon Saloon Animation by Fabian Erlinghäuser and Barry Reynolds

May the 4th be with You, mang.

Two years to the day, the legend that is @theveronicat.bsky.social talked to us about the world of voice acting on @animactionpod.bsky.social and kindly welcomed us to her community. This time, dinner is on us though! Listen to our episode here - open.spotify.com/episode/2TcO...

If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes.

It’s our 3rd Birthday!!!! To celebrate, we’re recording a birthday special where we cover our home studio set-up’s, recent influences, some tips on how to start with animation and more! We’d love to answer your questions too, so please comment below and we’ll answer them on the episode!