Aaron Long

the lesson of the pandemic lockdowns should have been "the only people important to the functioning of society are the workers who actually do things"

if every rich asshole on earth vanished in a puff of smoke tomorrow, nobody would notice or care

Happy 83rd birthday to Mike Leigh. God I love his movies. I'm grateful he's made so many and hope we get a few more. Each one is a distinct, oddly-shaped object with memorable, vividly drawn characters. Some of the funniest and most poignant things I've seen in film.

yeah the decline of a series you love is so painful

me too! also I'm pretty sure they've been saying 5-6 seasons from the beginning, it's not even new info

gonna go ask some legendary swordsmith who makes 5 swords a year why he doesn't just make 100 swords a year instead

this is what it takes to make the thing you like. and if they did it more it wouldn't be the same thing.

this is the most basic concept in the world. anything boutique, artisinal, handmade tends to be better than diluted mass-produced junk. food, clothes, furniture, entertainment, pretty much everything... what do you not get here

so many people responding to the announcement that Smiling Friends won't go on forever with outraged "but... [shitty cartoon] does!" comparisons

have you considered that's why the other cartoon is shitty

one of the weirdest places in LA to put a studio!

oh that's not the one I was thinking of, but I believe it haha. I mean if you're starting out small it makes sense to be close to home. I was thinking of ShadowMachine, which moved to West Hollywood by the Beverly Centre.

lol I know at least one in LA where it is specifically because of where the owner lives!

again for #indieanimationday

probably along the lines of the whole 'what if the band had a cartoon in the 70s' idea that goes around now and then

I'm loving the new Beach Boys set (and the leaks lol). might do a little tribute animation if I have time, those dudes were funny.

thanks for sharing, I love books like this

I'm gonna share a thread of photos from this book from 1982, which is basically an official fan encyclopedia for Part 1. Otsuka did the cover art, and said basically "I tried to draw them like Part 1 but it's been 10 years so it's hard to do." The text here is just machine translation. #lupiniii

Before it ends Detective Conan should introduce a precocious 6 year old detective who is actually a six year old child, just so Shinichi can get a taste of his own bullshit.

This is your regular reminder that in the year 2000, Paul Rudd, with frosted tips, appeared in the Hong Kong film GEN-Y COPS as a bad guy (kinda). In the movie, he does martial arts, fights a robot, and, most shocking of all, does an entire scene in Cantonese.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you

yes definitely more commentaries! I might do a solo Patreon-only one for this latest episode, where I can get more into craft stuff, and then another one with Kevin where we'll watch a few episodes and talk more about the content.

I draw thumbnails on paper first! I draw as small & shitty as possible for both the thumbs and boards, to make sure the basic bones of the storytelling are working without being distracted by 'nice drawings.' Also makes it easier to change stuff without going "nooo I spent so long on those drawings"

I just posted a process comparison on Patreon showing the storyboards, rough animation and final footage for a few scenes of the latest Sublo episode Catering. Here's a preview, get in on the Patreon to see more! patreon.com/aaronlong

my problem with Norman is how passive he is. making your main character right all along gives him nothing to do! he just spends the whole movie twiddling his thumbs waiting for everybody to go "oh I guess you were right." fun movie though despite him.

they'll at least try! that is one of the things that comes up in the back half of this season in a big way

Actually one of my original ideas for a series ending is in this season, but it's not even the finale! As the show grows, so does my idea of what an ending would be.

Good question! There isn't one fixed endpoint but I do have vague longterm story goals I'm looking towards. I write each season assuming it could be the last, so there is a potential finale, but then I keep wanting to do more. Right now we have 4 more eps recorded and waiting to be animated!

thanks Tom! those phone POVs were sort of tricky to figure out but fun to execute!

Sublo and Tangy Mustard are startled by their superfan SubparGeekGirl96 in promo art for the latest episode

if you haven't watched this new Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode yet you should. it's right here www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TB...