Zero tolerance is the ONLY and FITTING response to genAI being used in production of media. Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.

this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

when I'm not in the mood to work, somehow making a fake deal with myself that I just have to sit and try for like ten minutes works every time. inevitably after ten minutes I'm thinking "ok well this isn't so bad, I may as well keep going." my whole independent career has been built on this!

I hate to e-beg, it's embarrassing and I feel pathetic, but all I want for the holidays is to help my disabled mother with her medical bills so she can continue getting the care and treatments she needs. Please donate or share, I appreciate it so much! LINK: gofund.me/15682d815

Reject AI and annoy a billionaire.

it's satisfying to look at old to-do lists I still have on my computer and realize "hey I actually did all that shit." in a list from June my immediate personal goals were to assemble and release a bunch of music, self-publish the Sublo production zine and lock down plans for our UK trip.

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'. Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

I realized I never did a video talking about the Sublo and Tangy Mustard production zines from earlier this year. so here's one to let you know about it, just in time for the holidays. get em at aaronlong.bigcartel.com

"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist

I realized I never did a video talking about the Sublo and Tangy Mustard production zines from earlier this year. so here's one to let you know about it, just in time for the holidays. get em at aaronlong.bigcartel.com

good time at life drawing last night. btw I did a patreon post with a bunch more drawings and some rambling about how they relate to animation.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

AI tools can help students "create their own" graphic novels like how I "win" pickup games by showing the other team unlicensed clips of NBA players sinking threes on my phone and then adding those points to the scoreboard myself.

it's been quite a night

these are trying times, I'm feeling very pressured to have strong opinions about Paul Dano but I will not succumb

they should invent laws like they have now but applied to rich people too

Found your Wikipedia page

"Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi" official Youtube channel was recently launched successfully in Japan. An anime series from 50 years ago, based on Japanese folk tales. >> www.youtube.com/@manga-nippo...

Never once have I been glad to find out what Quentin Tarantino is thinking about anything

"UNHAND ME MADAM!!!"

yes on one hand monopolies are destroying everything... but on the other hand, who else is hyped for Tom & Jerry Meet Chicago Party Aunt?!

did some drawings of a cool guy I know named Mark

I think this season of Sublo and Tangy Mustard is pretty well-balanced and people are gonna be happy with it. I wish it wasn't taking me so long to actually make the episodes, but once you can watch it all as a whole people will say things like "yes" and "ah I see"

watched the Muppet Movie at the Revue Cinema tonight and it was so beautiful laughing along with a full theater at all the corny jokes. verged on tears at a couple of points. god I love that movie.

so funny to still see people discussing the concept of what's a good "entry/ beginner anime" as if everyone under 40 didn't grow up in a world where anime was totally normalized and still needed to be eased into the medium. beginner anime for who, your grandparents?

I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen

All of the news media ran interference wrt Israel bombing a hospital for a few weeks and then a few months later every hospital in Gaza had been bombed by Israel. This is the job of the legacy American media and if these thugs finally decide to invade Venezuela NYT will be the biggest cheerleader.

The numbers in here are hilarious. Do you use AI on the job? Execs: 87% Managers: 57% Workers: 27% Planned investment by 2030: $5T "Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B Current annual revenue: $50B

a day where I get to just work on Sublo and Tangy Mustard animation is a pretty good day

Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free! Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇 *all our time is limited, death comes for us all

It sucks how much AI has allowed companies, no matter how shallow or deep their pockets, to throw quality control out the window. After decades of endlessly scrutinizing the people who produce their products for them to sell, suddenly they don’t care anymore.

Watching early Shin-chan episodes always recharges my enthusiasm to animate. There's just something really exciting to me about the balance of formalized rules and economy vs how playful the animators were allowed to be. These are Masatsugu Arakawa.

some sketchbook pages from doodling with friends at Wellington Market on the weekend

watched a new French animated movie that seemed kind of dumb about race stuff, but I thought maybe I was being too hard on it... then I noticed the main Japanese character was voiced by the whitest of white ladies. come on man

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Charlie Brown (2026)

hmm

amazing Rock & Rule screening with a rowdy audience last night, followed by a thorough lecture and Q&A with director Clive Smith. tons of art I hadn't seen before including boards and Paul Rivoche concept art

#3157 A helpful tutorial

a song I like

It's a tricky balance, because an important part of a sitcom is setting up patterns of the characters' lives, so when those patterns are disturbed it actually means something. You kind of need some "normal" eps for that to work, but they can be interesting in other ways. (sorry for the ramble)

I'm sure that's obvious but I forget sometimes. The fewer episodes you have, the more important the content of each one is. Every ep should bring something new-- a new side of a character, the world, production experimentation, etc. You never want to feel like you're making "another normal one."

Yeah it's tough doing any art these days, but especially long-form like a series, where unless it goes viral all you have to sustain it is your own enthusiasm. I think the two most important things are keeping the production process fun, and making sure each episode matters for you personally.

last week when I was in London I got ambushed by Reuters for a street interview about Zohran Mamdani's win. I was still just waking up but here's the clip

sketches from my UK trip. more on patreon.

"cheat at hobbies" that already feels like a bad fucking way to word this theyre using it to APPEAR to have hobbies, to PRETEND if they are using it they dont have hobbies

sketches from my UK trip. more on patreon.

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.