Felicity Movieland

Reminder (for myself as much as anyone): having to work a day job has no bearing on whether or not you’re a “real artist”.

CAT AND MOUSE: An Animated Cartoon About Domestic Violence! An "old school" animated cartoon, reflecting on the domestic violence I grew up with.

The Kickstarter for Milton Knight's independent animated short "CAT AND MOUSE" is up. The in-progress work looks incredible! Consider backing if you want to see a genuinely unique cartoon from a very talented cartoonist.

CAT AND MOUSE: An Animated Cartoon About Domestic Violence! An "old school" animated cartoon, reflecting on the domestic violence I grew up with.

"Animation is not an 'Illusion of Life' it is life itself." ~ Milton Knight

Back his idiosyncratic animation art piece in the making (raw, confronting):
www.kickstarter.com/projects/185...

Seconding this — I just finished watching and it's great. Getting into the meta weeds on animation without sounding like an academic and keeping it understandable is a fine line to balance, and Drew did a great job in this video.

Very good video by Drew (Smiling Friends, Green Eggs and Ham animator).

A deep-dive show ‘n tell about what makes hand-drawn animation special in an accessible way that still respects the viewer’s intelligence, whether versed in animation or not. A rarity.

WATCH www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPM3...

1. I wish people don't dismiss four-panel, newspaper style strips as "lesser". The medium is just as valid as graphic novels.

2. I hate the mentality that comics must be printed in color in order to sell. Like, you guys do know that most mangas are printed in B&W and they sell like hotcakes, right?

I made a bunch of music, it's like weird electronic and guitar stuff with a bunch of samples and dumb noises. I've been told some of it feels kind of video gamey and some is more ambient Brian Eno-esque. you can find it on my bandcamp (aaron-long.bandcamp.com) or on my youtube.

model sheets of my Doppelgänger comic pitch. none of it traced!!!!

resharing my model sheets for my Doppelgänger
comic pitch which I'll get back to...someday

Haunting and goofy are two key Beach Boys words.

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YouTube video by AbbaVEVO ABBA - Chiquitita (Official Music Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Qq...

Toronto people: you can now get the Sublo and Tangy Mustard Production Notes zine at @thebeguiling.bsky.social the best comic shop in the universe! been going there forever so I'm excited to have a thing sold there

Big update to GifCities, our GeoCities GIF search engine! 🎉
Now with semantic search, size filtering, and GifGrams to share.

Explore & share vintage web fun ➡️ gifcities.org

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We all need to be Beach Boys Freaks United right now.

A pencil drawing of the five classic beach boys, with dirt on on, on orange paper

Beach Boys on orange paper, from 2008

Yay! 🫶 Some solace and sense of sensibility in these silly times. TVPaint has been my de facto for over a decade. The films I'm currently producing "Hand-Drawn: Documentary" handdrawnfilm.com and "Syrenka: Legend of the Warsaw Mermaid" syrenkafilm.com both use TVPaint.

finally some good news

A quite vibrant ink and pastel drawing of the top half of a Minotaur, with a lot of viridian type green, a pained expression

Minotaur attempting to process injustice

WB pulling the entire Looney Tunes library from HBO Max--ON THIS WEEKEND, OF ALL WEEKENDS--is only going to make me even more obnoxious about hyping and honoring this film. There will be pig and duck-ening that has never been pig and duck-ened before. You hath been warned.

YouTube video by Jerry Beck Tex Avery at Chapman College, 1974

cool rare 70s audio interview with Tex Avery youtu.be/l-2_dFIhLH0?si…

YouTube video by The Ocean Cleanup Cleaning Plastic Pollution in Kingston's Mangroves, Jamaica 🇯🇲

When I need some good news, it's always nice to watch an Ocean Cleanup update video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtFL...

a cartoon of a man sitting at a desk with papers flying out of his head . ALT: a cartoon of a man sitting at a desk with papers flying out of his head .

honey, don't get me started!!!

I know this makes me sound like an old fuddy duddy, but making my favorite animation list makes me realize just how much I miss hand drawn animation. The little imperfections, the warmth, the lines squiggling here and there. You could feel the humanity in every frame. Everything looks so clean now.

third (backed)!!!