A succinct description of being a creative, and beautifully put. RIP ❤️

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My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.

In a world of men who think the only way to be a man is to stand on the necks of everyone else, be a Sam Neill.

Let us not forget why we are here, what we are fighting for, and who we hope to be.

When I visited the Academy Museum in LA last month, they had a Bong Joon-ho exhibit, which included an entire room covered floor-to-ceiling in his storyboards for PARASITE. If you saw this and still thought "yeah, just let AI do that," you shouldn't be watching movies, let alone making them.

Honestly this is pretty close to my burnout recovery plan

If you haven't seen the first episode of Among Us, today is a great day to give it a watch! It's only 13 minutes long and it's funny! youtu.be/gDq4g_jzmGg?... #amongus #amongusshow

It's Juneteenth! Black artists, share your artwork or mutual aid below. Everyone else, share or repost! Let's help people today!

Widow's Bay is so good, watch it rn

What's starting in Minneapolis today is going to be just like the Broadview 6 case. A desperate attempt at a show trial pursued by dumb, vicious prosecutors performing for an audience of one. An attempt to discourage and scare people from fighting back. It's not going to work.

“Am I going to die today? Am I prepared to die today?” These are the thoughts of every person during Metro Surge. And they still did the right thing. Just like Alex and Renee. We are a grieving community with lasting CPTSD. Each attack only strengthens our resolve.

reporter: "a huge number of attempts at prosecution have been dropped, why will these be different?" "none of our indictments have failed." other reporter: "it's actually half now that have failed"

ALERT 🚨 Federal agents are being seen across our community as they arrest observers. Let me be clear, alerting our neighbors about ICE activity is not a crime, observing is not a crime, and loving your immigrant neighbors is not a crime. 1/

Some of the efforts being made in Belfast right now to protect people, because the government can't or won't, will be familiar to Minnesotans.

Angel's Egg (1985 OVA)

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Animation by Thierry Torres* | The Illusionist (2010) #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

Got real excited about the ocarina of time announcement this morning, started looking at getting a switch 2 soon. But then took my car in for repairs 😂🫩🫪 afterwards i went to the car wash and my roof trim disintegrated. So, yeah lol

A sort of tribute to John Wick by Tim Smink 😅 www.instagram.com/timmortal.art

Thinking about switching to proton from g drive. I'm not scared of change, i'm scared of the 1.5 TB i have on the drive 🫣

I just find it *interesting* that a proudly self proclaimed bipartisan democratic MN senator can regularly reach across the political divide and vote in line with maga, but can't connect with progressives in her own party Hi i just woke from a nap and am politic posting from vacation mode

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I'll go further -- I've never seen a single instance of generative AI that didn't immediately make me think the person presenting it to me just doesn't care. If the person taking credit for creating it didn't care, then why the fuck should I as the audience?

Thinking a lot about studios/directors using ai "just" for concept art, storyboards, all the essential pre-production to filmmaking. The most creative parts of the process given up to a regurgitation machine guarantees a soulless product. As a filmmaker, pre-pro is my favorite part

I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest

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ICE vehicles have been seen this morning in the Corcoran and Powderhorn neighborhoods/ South Minneapolis. It would be great to get extra support from community today. Please help out in your local area. 1/

"Persepolis" was one of the most formative, unforgettable works for me as a young artist. It opened my mind to the possibilities of storytelling in comics and animation. A massive loss, RIP

There's nothing more childish and embarrassing than wacko extremist party activists, except maybe a sure-thing candidate for governor who threatens to quit a political convention if she can't run unopposed.

I just wrapped directing/lead animation on a small project, roughly 7 minutes of animation. Hours spent: roughly 1300. Would I trade this time intensive medium for ai slop? HELL NO

This benefits a neighborhood school where more than 70% of kids were in hiding at the height of the ICE occupation.

Started a new BG3 playthrough while I wait for renders. The new specializations are bonkers. Bladesinging wizard? Giant's blood barbarian? Ooooweeee

Clients who speak to me in biblical terms remain undefeated. Over a year of work in the bag 💫✨ animation filmmaking really does feel like an epic feat, every time. Can't wait to share more!

To be a cat in an animator's lap

Had to skip mayday for the second year in a row due to being up to my eyeballs in freelance work (again). But the battle train always goes by my place as they pack it in for the evening. My cat loved it, this is what i hope they saw out the window

Don't think i've been lied to more than from the "estimated render time" dialogue in media encoder 😐

There is a direct throughline from this and the rise in global authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is actively hostile toward the arts and intellectualism, and thus imagination. When people say that AI is a “fascist project,” this is explicitly what they’re referring to.

there is such a magic to sitting on a tiny island in the boundary waters, seeing more stars than you could have imagined were up there, hearing the loons i hope we do not rob future generations of experiencing it

A scientific study shows that watching experimental animation is good for your brain. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig... Animation: Jonathan Djob Nkondo.

Here’s just ONE of the artists Marvel Studios let go today: Wesley Burt, a brilliant veteran, one of the best in the industry. He made the viral Fantastic Four Valentine’s day card! He was also pivotal for the look of many films and shows like for example Loki, Black Panther, Avengers and so on!

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Cunt-a-vision 2.0: Fix Your Hearts or Die is the 25th episode Hellavision has made and will be screened in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, London, and Hamilton Ontario within the next month. Keep an eye on hellavisiontelevision.com for updates.

bro we just live in robocop now

we had four years where we didn’t have to wake up and immediately check the news to see what new nightmare the president has threatened to inflict on the world every morning and 77 million people voted that we should have to do that again and I will never get over it

The Five Calls app now has a script for you about not committing genocide in Iran. Please call and leave messages to your Reps and Senators. 5calls.org