I love the Grinch, don’t get me wrong, but why is he everywhere all of a sudden. Huge inflatable outdoor decorations, plush, every type of Christmas clothing imaginable. Was there a discount on a licensing deal 5 years ago? It’s nearly always the Seuss version (not Chuck’s design)

I’ve never understood the push to get kids in front of screens as early as possible, so they can be ready for the digital world. We had a computer lab when I was in middle school (not kindergarten), no laptops. One family computer at home when I was 16. And here I am living and working just fine.

okay NETFLIX listen up. y’all should order a FULL SEASON of MYSTERY CUDDLERS. now.

Turns out that while horses are famously hard to draw, their mouths are actually quite fun!

Imagining myself traveling back in time. Say, 1982—not far. And people ask me what it's like? And I tell them about how this thing called the internet exists where people (especially people who run big tech companies) say laughably dumb things hourly, and the entire world then has to talk about it.

Hey guys! I just wrote an article about the best cartoon witches throughout animation history (tying in with WICKED: FOR GOOD). It's got old rubber hose weirdness, Disney classics, anime, oddball indie shorts and more! Check it out! www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...

Donald Duck balloons from Macy's past. Evil Donald is the first Donald, from 1935. The other from 1962, I believe.

Happy Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade! Today day we celebrate giant balloons, Broadway musicals, KPop Demon Hunters, and pharmaceutical commercials!

Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵 www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

Returning: It really hits you with the interiors. The artists could have carved the staircase out of wood, they are so realized. Not only that, every bit of furniture and every oil lamp. These are in Cinemascope format, so make sure you click into them. (screengrabs from animationscreencaps.com)

I’m watching Lady and the Tramp. The backgrounds (and not just the Victorian home interiors) are so intricately drafted. Consistent art direction throughout. Pushing darks and lights in the foregrounds. Shadow play. All made with paint on paper. It’s almost overwhelming.

How many people in the Eastern Time Zone, right now, are signing onto video calls, apologizing for eating their lunch on camera, while uttering the phrase "Sorry, I'm inhaling my food." Millions? 10s of millions? How did we all decide on *inhaling as the verb? Why is that phrasing so automatic?

blocky stoneflint man / #legoMOC

blocky stoneflint man / #legoMOC

I long for a culture that allows more room for craft and care, where you don't have to race to finish. Where you go off on tangents and explore dead ends. Where ink and paint are allowed time to dry. Where deadlines allow for reasonable flex, and projects aren't judged on profitability comparisons.

I’ve tumbled into plenty of Disney color compare forums, but the difference here is *insane*. via @ani-obsessive.bsky.social Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).

Big milestone tonight. Introduced my 6yo to ‘Unico in the Island of Magic’. He’s gonna pick up one of the newer books at the Scholastic Book Fair this week.

A nice study in how growing parts selection has changed Lego builds over the years. The 2020s example could pass as a cheap firetruck toy from Paw Patrol. You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego. (src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )

I just watched the Fantastic Four movie. It’s still so strategically clear why they rarely show Reed use his stretchy powers. With all the CG wizardly of 2025, it still doesn’t work in live action. And yet it works so well when Jake the Dog does it. You believe it every time.

My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween. Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.

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My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween. Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.

Happy Halloween! 🎃

a halloweeny illustration I drew last year /

ghost comic /

Is there really such a thing as a *timeless aesthetic? Or is it just selective nostalgia working on us, allowing certain styles to flourish in the present. Pretty sure any aesthetic can be pinned to a time, decade, or century, no?

I'm very curious about the difference between 'drawn lines' and 'mechanically perfect lines'. How our brains perceive them. Not which is better, more how they make us feel. Not just lines, shapes as well. Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.

I’m sure there are hundreds of thousands of non-entertainment videos uploaded over a decade ago on YouTube documenting or explaining scientific research that will be gummed and sludged up by AI upscale.

youtube decided they're gonna ai upscale sd content by default and if you have a youtube channel you should turn that shit off

Silhouette use in Disney theatrical shorts, where Donald is surprisingly micro-scale in the composition. (Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950) Both directed by Jack Hanna. Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.

More directly, you’re giving up agency to do things on your own. It’s a form of behavior modification. Chat mimes and digital agents are the latest mode of this tech. It’s completely normal to do things for yourself. There’s meaning in doing things.

365 Days of Tunes - 299/365: In TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (’63), directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, Bugs finds himself at the castle of Count Bloodcount (voiced by Ben Frommer), where he is offered a room for the night.

It’s 2025, and I live a completely normal life without a doorbell that can record people without a speaker that I can bark commands to My doorbell rings when someone pushes it, and if I want to play music I quickly look up the song and hit play on my pocket computer. It’s a simple normal life.

Halloween is the perfect time to watch 1930s cartoons.

Incredible silhouette on this vampire here. Wow. Even for Chuck. ('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)

Great interview by @ani-obsessive.bsky.social with Aaron Blaise. While I get what he's saying here (you want character out-boost everything else), *all I do* is look at the drawings. It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.

migraine duck / #legoMOC

migraine duck / #legoMOC

I like this Drewscape video about choosing a workflow for illustration projects & breaking down his decision making around polish/tightness. Especially appreciate his flexibility re materials and approach, his decision making is in service to the story rather than a style. youtu.be/3b7V9eQcGa0?...

The 1950 Disney short 'Out on a Limb' breaks a cartoon convention I generally hold true: A gag-driven character change or injury should not persist beyond the length of the gag. Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.

Even though it’s generally the norm, it still surprises me when I visit a neighbor’s home and they have zero art on their walls. We all live remarkably different lives.

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You don’t see oval shaped googly eyes as often as you should.

Thinking about the digital ease of professional sheen—where you’re able to quickly make something that looks finished, but you’ve leapfrogged over the act of tinkering to make something work. Not that you’re lazy or impatient by bypassing foundational skills, but that you may not make anything new.

I'm looking for animation work! -15 years working experience -9 years in game development -Helped ship three games, most recently as 2D animation lead on The Plucky Squire I'd love to animate for your game.

It strikes me lately that craft, any craft, is about taking good care of something. Taking pride in that care. And by mere proximity, taking care of yourself.

Man I’m still shining from that sperm whale vid. Uncanny time to be alive where a lucky diver can film a dramatic never before seen event like that and mundanely post it to IG.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

I've posted many thoughts and clips about Jim Henson and The Muppets (feel free to go back & explore), but on what would have been his 89th birthday, I want to emphasize that for Jim, puppetry was a means to an end - just one of many mediums he explored to express his art…

What movie do you consider “perfect”?