I draw thumbnails on paper first! I draw as small & shitty as possible for both the thumbs and boards, to make sure the basic bones of the storytelling are working without being distracted by 'nice drawings.' Also makes it easier to change stuff without going "nooo I spent so long on those drawings"

I just posted a process comparison on Patreon showing the storyboards, rough animation and final footage for a few scenes of the latest Sublo episode Catering. Here's a preview, get in on the Patreon to see more! patreon.com/aaronlong

if you haven't watched this new Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode yet you should. it's right here www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TB...

Good question! There isn't one fixed endpoint but I do have vague longterm story goals I'm looking towards. I write each season assuming it could be the last, so there is a potential finale, but then I keep wanting to do more. Right now we have 4 more eps recorded and waiting to be animated!

if you haven't watched this new Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode yet you should. it's right here www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TB...

Sublo and Tangy Mustard season 3 episode 5 CATERING is now online! The Subpar gang caters an office party and runs into a certain superfan... Go watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TB...

maintenance mode

"indies games" as a idea now basically just encompasses what the entire medium of videogames used to be. which makes it kind of meaningless other than it being a contrast to whatever the rest of the game industry is now. so "support indies" is a fully uncontroversial statement at this point.

lol Adobe is just killing Animate/Flash for no particular reason, completely upending the animation industry. just your average monday

fuck you adobe helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/e...

Oh, they're killing off Flash? Don't worry, there's still (lists a bunch programs that aren't as good as Flash)

Management Strategies for 2026 to Make You a Better Leader and Optimize your Business by Dick Wubhamer and Tank Smeglyn www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TB...

if you haven't watched the new Subloepisode yet NOW'S YOUR CHANCE

oh this shit, like. POPPING popping

I stand by my review that this is one of THE best-acted indy cartoons. Just superb animation, blocking and voices. Watch its many episodes!

Aronofsky has never had anything to say, he simply desired the appearance of artists who do. He was, in many ways, an AIbro before those could exist

Sublo and Tangy Mustard season 3 episode 5 CATERING is now online! The Subpar gang caters an office party and runs into a certain superfan... Go watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TB...

new Sublo ep will be about 8 and a half minutes, please make plans accordingly

ok I just watched it (minus final sound) and I think it's pretty funny

new Sublo and Tangy Mustard this Friday Jan 30th!

god damn I love this movie

here's a drawing of exciting new Sublo character Tank Smeglyn

ok the new Sublo and Tangy Mustard isn't gonna be ready tomorrow, but I'll post some art or a clip or something. instead it'll be out Friday. still finishing music, doing some key art and audio editing. I just posted the rough key art on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/149290...

Get those podcatchers locked and loaded. Our friend @aaronlong.bsky.social y.social (creator of Sublo and Tangy Mustard; directed on Tuca & Bertie, BoJack Horseman) returns to the show to share thoughts about Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, and Sonic Heroes. open.spotify.com/episode/2Y5M...

shifting Katy over a bit and it looks insane

great article on the best Disney movie

animation for the next Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode is done! final things I'm working on: -colouring a few shots -QC (mostly hookup notes and anim tweaks) -import final BGs and export -it's not a music-heavy ep but there a few little stings and cues here and there I gotta do

animation for the next Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode is done! final things I'm working on: -colouring a few shots -QC (mostly hookup notes and anim tweaks) -import final BGs and export -it's not a music-heavy ep but there a few little stings and cues here and there I gotta do

Abolish "A.i." from your life and your business.

I’m not in love with arguing like so many of yall. you telling me you disagree doesn’t move me to want to defend myself. I don’t care. it’s a waste of time. we are strangers!

any time I have to draw Sublo sitting in a chair it gets ugly really fast

one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.

in honour of Scott Adams the next Sublo episode will take place in a boring office setting. in honour of Scott Adams.

I liked the opening titles to that Dilbert TV show

new Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode in about two weeks, I got like 4 shots left to draw and some other shit to do

happy nude year (first life drawing session of 2026)

I love comics.

Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are. “Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.

The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.

Is there any precedent for powerful people claiming that a nonsentient process has a personality behind it that only they and their fellow experts can understand and speak for and it knows everything and can do anything and wants to help and also it will destroy us if we dont give it what it wants

Whitlock made "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" into more than a quippy catchphrase. It's Clay Davis' ethos, a justifiably incredulous reaction illustrating how he, and often the audience, viewed the machinations of Baltimore. It's a pillar for the whole fully realized, wonderfully played character. #RIP

last life drawing session of the year! (from a week ago)

Post office finally gave me my Christmas haul lets go woooo (check alt text for each artist's bsky)

is it funny to anybody else when someone compliments a piece of art, the artist says thanks and then the person says "you're welcome"

I ate a butter tart and boarded a 5 minute thing in 3 hours. it's just one static shot with scribbled acting thumbs, but still I thought that was gonna take longer. it's been a satisfying Sunday so far.

great thread of networking advice! I was asked about this by a student at a college talk recently and I said a lot of the same stuff. it's about connecting with people and making friends rather than seeing them as rungs on your career ladder.

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 🎄