The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?

I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.

Congratulations agency buddy!! 🥳🎉

I’m brimming with excitement as I share this news with everyone: I am now represented by the incredible @jenazantian.bsky.social Looking forward to the next steps on this journey that I’ve embarked on ✨ 🧿

If only everyone could have predicted this www.thegamer.com/ea-generativ...

The pilot episode of "Knights of Guinevere" directed by Dana Terrace is now online. Cheers! >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCAd...

Just TWO WEEKS til #kidlitGN's #pitch event opens for #Authors and #Illustrators of #graphicnovels for kids thru YA!  Guest Article by Janna Morishima to get you motivated! wp.me/pcVwAl-1Hq And a big thank you to @marigoltart.bsky.social for the art! #ki#kidlitr#graphicnoveli#PitchEvent

Kickstarter! Be better! I’ve stuck with Kickstarter through a lot of shit because the fine folks at Kickstarter United had my back - now we all have to have theirs. Sign this petition for a minimum livable wage and a codified 4 day work week for our colleagues at Kickstarter United.

AI policy I'm putting in my Fall syllabi. Feel free to adopt & adapt it.

🍓Strawberry Bakery🍓 Acryla gouache painting on watercolor paper panel Size: 4" square $100 (US shipping included) DM to claim (Venmo/PayPal preferred)

In September I will be open to reading new pitches for OGNs for Papercutz. Here are my requirements- 1. Be professional. 2. No witches, cats, bats, zombies, vampires, Scooby doo/Mystery Inc-style mystery gangs, or post apocalyptic stories. We also don’t generally do superheroes. 3. Be original.

#birdbot

The East End

One of the many wonderful animated movies from my childhood 💛 thank you for featuring it

An incoming tide at twilight. East Head, West Sussex. #JuneSea #blue

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🚨HUGE News🚨 🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward! ✨Free demo out NOW 🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025 💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING (links below)

Got a cool idea for a novel? That’s your concept. But unless you turn it into a premise, you might end up like Chuck Wendig’s old man lost at the mall—eating fries, forgetting your car. Let’s fix that. A thread 🧵🪓 #writingcommunity

absolute supes

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Inspiring color schemes in the landscapes of Granville Redmond ( 1871- 1935 )

Querying to agents? Check out our latest blog post on how to find the perfect agent for you! #kidlit #querying #kidlitgn kidscomicsunite.com/how-to-vet-a...

Tommy Douglas on what fascism is. It is happening now.

painting

Moo Moo . #NintendoDirect #NintendoSwitch2

THE UMBERT ACTUALLY! KICKSTARTER IS LIVE! SUPPORT THE SHOW! SUPPORT LOVE! SUPPORT INDIE ANIMATION!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jel...

Dianne Jackson mastered the art of turning illustrations into animation. She did it in her film The Snowman, in the Peter Rabbit series and more. Millions know Jackson's work, but few know about her. Our new issue tells the story of this great artist: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-unsung...

I had the honor of being 5th place in this year’s KCU Pitchfest! If you’d like to take a look at the pitch please visit: kidscomicsunite.com/kcu-pitchfes... Congrats to all of the participants 🎉 #kcupitchfest #amquerying #comics #kidlit

Green Carpet Join me next week in the rolling fields of South Moravia: www.bohemianjourneys.com/tours/south-...

pretty pretty please!

I hope that "Cocoon" TV special will be released abroad. Directed by Ina Yukimitsu, with Hitomi Tateno (Ghibli alumni) as animation director (Sasayuri studio). Based on Machiko Kyo' manga, inspired by the true story of students & teachers mobilized during WWII, 80y ago. Broadcast last night by NHK.

Brittle Facades

The entire Ghibli ethos is tied up in the idea of craftsmanship. It's a textual subject of the films (hand carving violins in Whisper of the Heart, for just one example) and the meta work that goes into the films themselves. Their films feature hard workers, and are animated with sweat and tears.

The Stars. The Sun. The Moon.

Mister Rogers never misses

As Storm Éowyn batters Scotland and the north, here’s a Hebridean coastal scene in calmer times.

Coastal Impressions

Amongst Trees

PLEASE watch this incredible film this film is more ghibli than your average ghibli film. It's got such an incredibly rich lore, but all environmentally- so much is conveyed to you through environmental storytelling. the music is so beautiful, please just me just watch it and be transformed

A glimpse of #sunlight made it through the dark clouds lighting up this Alpine valley. #BlueSkyArtShow #landscape #landscapephotography #fujix #fujifilm #photography #nature #winter #winterwonderland #snow #alps #austria #EastCoastKin

Moonrise. Icebergs. Greenland. Fujifilm 100-400mm has been my favorite lens for years. It allowed me to take a lot of really unique nature shots. #photography #fujifilm #greenland #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #femalephotographer

yeah this was my life in 2022-23 and it was really effective in shutting people down and gaining support. If you are even a little funny you can already run rings around any ai chud

There's no stronger indictment of Marvel than this. This isn't some artist/writer from the 30s-60s who, unable to foresee the success the companies would attain through their work, signed a bum deal. David worked in the modern era, made huge amounts of money for Marvel, and now has to beg for help.

The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin". www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

FINALLY I can post the french Cancan on Bluesky!!