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it really is shocking how much self deprecation is seen as a cultural requirement for 'serious art.' 'real' artists are not allowed to exalt their work and must present it publicly as a sort of 'i dont think this is very good but maybe you will get around to it.' HECK THAT. love yourself

multiple art references of hand, featuring long pink nails.

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Concept art by Alex Niño and Marcelo Vignali for Mulan (1998), dir. Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft, Walt Disney Feature Animation

Chinese scroll painting of two horses

Chinese scroll painting of a horse

Chinese scroll painting of two horses

Chinese scroll painting of a horse

For #lunarnewyear, a silk painting (ca. 1300) attributed to Zhao Mengfu, depicting the eight faithful horses who took King Mu, “son of heaven”, on his mythical journey to the Kunlun Mountains to meet the Queen Mother of the West: publicdomainreview.org/collection/e... #horse #firehorse

My yuri/GL comic [ Leftovers ] is available to purchase online🦷💖

▶ 103 pages /manga style /right-to-left

▶ It's a *digital comic* that you can read on your computer, tablet, etc.

Shares appreciated💝😇👹
[ dub.sh/leftovers-comic2025 ]

My illustrations celebrating Nancy Drew entering the public domain

little cranes

A dungeon looking 2D scene, with halberts, skeletons, cogs, shelves, a torch in the wall, and more.

A crowd of 7 different renaissance era 2D characters and three frames of a cartoon Leonardo da Vinci walking right whilst writing.

Looking to get a list of 2D game-capable artists going for a project. Not contracting yet, just a list.

Can you do stuff like the attached (frame animation as needed, nice layers for objects etc.)

Email paris AT secretlab.games with subject "2D Artist"!

#gamedev #2dart #gameart #animator

A compilation of romantic shipping, love, and pink items from my shop! The text "Valentine's Flash Sale" is over the collage, describing the 10% off sale from February 12 to 15!

Happy Valentine’s Day Eve!! 💘🌸💝

I’m running a flash sale this weekend! Everyone can get 10% off orders with the code VALENTINE26 from February 13-15. I also have some of my lovey-themed items on sale and I'm opening some preorders for my OTP charm!
🌷 shop.laughingbear.us #merch

i think everyone just got activated like a sleeper agent by the fun arcs getting animated and also live action. they've always been around us....

just about 1 year on these funky little brain pills and i gotta say, it's made me somewhat of a morning person (aka i can function before 10am now?!) and i don't get lost in a mind death spiral every day!

An early development digital drawing in color depicting Frankie and Andi, covered in android blood, in front of an early concept for the Repair Halo which had lots more details. An android (that was not necessarily Gwen at the time) lays between them, mid operation.

KOG IS GREENLIT!
Since this was shown in the trailer/ad for the artbook it felt safe to share. This was drawn in '24, early dev, the first time it really felt me, Zach, and JBO understood Frankie, Andi, and the show's tone. I still look at this drawing and think, oh yeah. That's #knightsofguinevere.

luckily i've been able to stay employed by the skin of my teeth (being anime has really paid off, kiddos) but it's wild how we're like in the 3rd year of serious drought and idk. the world of course, turns on.

the world is so big bc what to do you mean there are SO many good animations to watch this year but also the animation industry is on fire ...

HELLOOO, I will be closing shop the beginning of March and will not reopen until April, if you want anything, grab them before I close shop!

A collection of six ominous bird valentines set against a background of pink hearts. In the first one, a Canada Goose looks angry and hisses and the text says "Baby, I'll make you fall head over heels if you approach within 10m of my nest." In the second, an American white pelican opens its mouth to eat the reader and the text says "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I want this one." In the third valentine, a Black Vulture looks suspiciously at the reader and the text says "I will love you until you die. And after that, I'll love you even more." A Southern Cassowary stands proudly against the heart-covered background. The text says "My wattles are red. My head is blue. My deadly reputation has been somewhat overblown, but I'd kill for you." In the fifth valentine, a Northern Giant-Petrel stands open-billed next to a large brown furry object, and the text says "Let's seal the deal by sharing a 3000 kg elephant seal carcass." In panel 6, a happy-looking Bearded Vulture holds a bone in its beak, and the text says "I love every part of you, especially your bones."

Ominous bird valentines.

imo the tradeoff is time vs money. for me working on indie projects is only possible as a side gig with long time frames bc it's impossible to live off of alone. i'm unsure how this issue can be "solved" unless all indies grow to have multiple very successful projects and streams of income

I want to take a moment to talk about the moment indie animation is having right now. I have been a part time indie creator my entire career, and am now the happiest I've ever been as an artist doing it full time. I don't need to get into all the problems with our industry right now and why so many artists are going into this space. Creators like Dana Terrace and now Matt Braly are able to bring 'star power' to attract funding the likes of which a lot of us can only dream of. And herein lies the paradox of independently created series. It relies on platforms like Kickstarter, social media, and Patreon to generate enough money to pay artists VERY LITTLE to make a couple people's dreams a reality. Indie runs very close to exploiting young artist's talents and passions in what is an incredible punk movement in our industry. I want us to hold space for the sacrifices young artists are making for the sake of dreams, entertainment, art, and passion. The reason indie is having a moment right now is because a wave of artists are choosing hope. They're choosing the harder path because they have faith in the power of storytelling, and understand that if they want to participate they have to take that power back into their own hands. And oh boy is now more a time to do that than ever!

They're trippling down on learning how to operate a business, manage productions, explore unorthodox productin pipelines, and navigate a tumultuous industry that hasn't seen this much disruption in almost a century. Now, I want you to keep holding space for these people because here's the thing. The industry is watching. Its seeing that people are able to compete with streaming beheamoths for a fraction of the money. And they are absolutely going to exploit this. Whatever we do, we cannot let them do this. We cannot let tech companies and streaming giants swoop in and co-opt the sacrifices of our young artists, nor can we allow them to devalue the labor of animation, either. We must continue to organize and fight for a future where we can all create AND support ourselves financially. This isn't an either or, this is a yes and situation. So for every person saying "indie is the future" - its on you to make that a reality. If you want to know how, shoot me a DM.

The great Rachel Gitlevich(a fellow UArts alumni and animation labor trailblazer) posted this on linkedin. There's a lot of inherent good about "going indie" but there's also just as many things that could go wrong. We cannot reproduce the harms of the studio system.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

love to see more indie studios popping up!!!

Coming soon: Clara & the Below - episode 1 From "Amphibia" creator Matt Braly - an animated gothic horror spin on the Nutcracker full of wintery chills and somber vibes.

This will be an 100% independent production that relies on crowdfunding for its budget. Please give us a follow at our pre-launch page here to receive updates leading to our March 13th launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

I was so touched by all the kind messages I received yesterday. It has given me a lot of encouragement for what will now be a big swing:

My next animated project will be the first episode of a gothic horror interpretation of the Nutcracker called "Clara and the Below."

Your Ring camera is an ICE agent

photograph of a yellow bread notepad with some cute clips and a fountain pen next to it

photograph of a pink cat notepad with some cute clips and a fountain pen next to it

photograph of a green house notepad with some cute clips and a fountain pen next to it

photograph of a blue tree notepad with some cute clips and a fountain pen next to it

new notepads in my shop! ⭐ www.hellovonnie.nl ⭐

It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?

Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.

This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!

if you want to immediately lose the respect of your peers as a director or lead in animation, using/posting/supporting the use of generative AI in any way is a surefire way to accomplish that.

you are scum and should be treated as a scab.

Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

A comic in black/white/blue. Lucy rolls her bike through an alley, by a crew building a fence. Narration: My neighbors hired a crew to rebuild their fence. Crew member: "Do you need us to move our stuff out of the way?" Lucy: "Oh! No, you're all good, thanks!" Lucy: "Have a good one!" Crew member: "You, too!"

Narration: I was teaching when my phone started lighting up with alerts from the rapid response network and neighbor chat. Lucy's back is to us as she shows a group of enthusiastic children something on a notebook. Behind her, her phone in her bag is buzzing. Narration: By the time the lesson was over, they were already gone. Lucy is reading messages on her phone. Messages: Alert: black SUV Sighting: be on alert for... Confirmed abductionL alley between ----- and ----. SUV plates... We tried to get them inside, but it was too... ...Contacting an I.R. lawyer. Heading to Broadview later today.

Lucy is riding her bike home. Narration: On the ride home, I kept thinking "If I'd been there, could I have warned them? Would my ICIRR* training have helped?" *Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Get trained and know your rights at ICIRR.org. Narration: I'd taken the training after Halloween, when the violent ICE raids had locked down our schools and driven our neighbors indoors. (Image of a halloween bucket in the shape of a jack-o-lantern) Narration: Halloween is fun here-- The community filling the streets and opening our doors to one another. But this year's was tense, frightened and subdued. Haunted.

Lucy is standing in the alley, staring at the newly built fence. Narration: When I got home, it was all done. The other two guys who had gotten inside in time stayed and finished the build. The new fence is superimposed with the brief exchange from earlier in the comic ("Have a good one" You, too") Narration: I see it every day and think about how those guys built this in the spot where strangers in masks took their friend. Narration: How many other places in our communities are similarly haunted? (Drawings of sidewalks, buildings, streets and windows)

"Haunted"
#IceOut #IceOutComics