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Joel Finney

@izzylizard.bsky.social

Principal Animator at Giant Squid, recently shipped Sword of the Sea! He/Him. Musician sometimes! Loves music, art, video games, dinos, dragons... Especially dragons ๐Ÿ‰ ๐Ÿ’™ My tags: #animation

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I never saw this! Itโ€™s really nice work!

14.02.2026 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Have a lil' Animation I made over a couple weeks to show my new model <:

24.11.2024 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More of my concept character animation for Glassbreakers at Polyarc. This is the proxy mesh for the male starthing.

He's a gambler with irreverent sensibility. Everything is funny to him.

Gameplay: His attacks start with a C shape, moving to an S shape, ending in reverse C for visual progression.

14.02.2026 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So you can make it green!

14.02.2026 00:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I made this little demo in a few hours today just to see if I could achieve the sort of, midcentury off-kilter background art vibe.

They're just very simple geometries with some grease pencil, which has a subtle noise modifier on it.

#artpost #b3d #blender

14.02.2026 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 826    ๐Ÿ” 120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is so cool!

14.02.2026 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ahh, your other left!

14.02.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Passing makes the most sense for being first frame, I'm slowly relearning as I've been in surfing land the past 5 years where I didn't have to worry about such things!

14.02.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Marching band is too ingrained, I can't help it. I will offset the export though for what I need, for sure.

13.02.2026 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Get iiiit!

13.02.2026 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Animators: do you start all your walk cycles on the left foot, or were you not a band kid?

13.02.2026 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just really love this era of Mario art, legit captures my childhood and was a style I tried to draw in when I was younger for years

11.02.2026 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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A cat wanders through work-in-progress illustrations.
Nice concept in this indie Chinese animated short by Master Wang.
Full film >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...

13.02.2026 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 808    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Transphobes get fucked forever

13.02.2026 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1130    ๐Ÿ” 273    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sent request to shut off service notices for electric and gas for about two weeks from now. This move is starting to get REAL.

13.02.2026 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm continuing to cook tonight.

It looks like my 3-point strap design work well! And the idea of using thrift-store sunglasses as eyes paid off once again.

More lights to happen tomorrow, then cloth coverings, then a photo shoot perhaps.

13.02.2026 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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kermit the frog is driving a car and waving at the camera . ALT: kermit the frog is driving a car and waving at the camera .
13.02.2026 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of my kitchen showing the same tile and pattern to the OPโ€™s post, except yellow and brownish red, with wood cabinets.

Photo of my kitchen showing the same tile and pattern to the OPโ€™s post, except yellow and brownish red, with wood cabinets.

Exact same style, different color, lol.

13.02.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still more counterspace than my current one ๐Ÿ™ƒ

12.02.2026 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ubisoft workers are on strike: 'We are treated like children' The strike comes after the publisher revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs and ordered remote workers back into the office

Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.

In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.

The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.

12.02.2026 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4946    ๐Ÿ” 1769    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is coming, featuring Trevor Belmont. ๐Ÿ‘€โœจ

Castlevania's BACK!! ๐Ÿ˜„

12.02.2026 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 380    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Got almost $300 in donations yesterday ๐Ÿฅน Thank yall so much. Now sitting at $530/900 for March bills. Again, this is money I need on top of my standard March bills until I have a new roommate. Continued help is much appreciated ๐Ÿ’œ

12.02.2026 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the quick spacing on the punches, feels really nice!

12.02.2026 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well you succeeded then, it does look cool!

12.02.2026 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm feeling Way Back Machine while looking for a file on an old (2021?) drive. Here's a placeholder mook Wes modeled and I animated for prototype gameplay. #3danimation

12.02.2026 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally got around to taking my meds and making something I thought would look cool

12.02.2026 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cadence is out now!

Make music by solving circuits. It took 13 years to figure how to do this well!

Beyond the puzzles:
๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ› Pet Ren, the cat!
๐Ÿ“œ Enjoy Ren's life philosophy (all text is skippable)
๐ŸŽน Use the sandbox to make music
๐Ÿงฎ Or explore turing complete contraptions

12.02.2026 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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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...

11.02.2026 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1036    ๐Ÿ” 500    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

the cycle of โ€œdevs working for years to make a game > game launches (and it doesnโ€™t matter how successful it is) > two week waiting period > most of the team laid offโ€ is not only entirely unsustainable but genuinely horrifying

12.02.2026 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1524    ๐Ÿ” 497    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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I am starting a studio! We are small and scrappy and have no money. Why am I doing this? Because the only ones who can protect art are the ones who value it. Disney using AI? Yuck. Netflix buying WB? Also yuck. In 10 years what is even going to be left.

11.02.2026 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4905    ๐Ÿ” 1553    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42

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