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Joel Mayer

@joelmayerprods.bsky.social

Professional 2D Animator, Communications Designer and Director specializing in Moho and indie gamedev. I also do Trainings, Tutorials and Consulting work. https://www.joelmayer.io

352 Followers  |  246 Following  |  391 Posts  |  Joined: 06.02.2024
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Might be an unpopular opinion but soviet Winnie the Pooh blows the Disney version out of the water πŸ˜† I like the grumpy optimism ( i don't understand a word he's saying but he sure sounds likea worker who knows what he's talking about)

#animation

06.03.2026 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brog no good... but Brog trying!

04.03.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸš€ A NEW CHAPTER: I’M GOING FREELANCE! JUNE 1stπŸ₯³

Link to my teaser website ➑️ www.joelmayer.io/en

After 20 years of working in multinational companies, I will be offering:

βœ… Professional Moho Animation
βœ… Moho Consulting and Training
βœ… Animated Communications Solutions

Ready for new projects! 🎬

04.03.2026 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawing Icons directly in Moho now instead going through a dedicated vector graphics app...

Just one more and i'm almost ready for the reveal haha.

27.02.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two resources with great references for what (in my opinion) makes great designs for 2D cut-out/rigged animation!

And best of all: they're both completely free!

Z is for Zagreb:
archive.org/details/z-is...

Cartoon Modern
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/our-treat-...

24.02.2026 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A swaggering antique dude in Moho :)

#mohoanimation #animation #drawing #art

23.02.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What i noticed and iβ€˜ll probably get lynched for even questioning that, but very often the fandoms consisting of adults being fans of media meant originally for children are the worst…

22.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Moho Rig for my upcoming freelance website.

Prepare to meet this handsome devil very soon :D

#mohoanimation #indieanimation

22.02.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on quite a few animated icons for something real cool! Stay tuned 😎

19.02.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I quit my well paying job of 10 years to go solo by the end of may.

Building a business from the ground up is daunting but still, exciting times!

17.02.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 20% on Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition on Steam Originally released as The Dark Eye, this 1995 cult classic adapts Edgar Allan Poe's most macabre tales. Navigate a nightmarish world of uncanny stop-motion puppetry narrated by William S. Burroughs. ...

Good - The Dark Eye is finally available on Steam!

Bad - Apparently it got renamed to the dumbest thing ever.

store.steampowered.com/app/4289030/...

15.02.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Honestly apart from the bucket fill, which rarely works properly in any vector app, Moho is totally fine to draw in i'd say even a step above Animate / Flash because you get proper textured brushes to sketch i.e.

Probably can record a video on drawing in Moho this saturday.

10.02.2026 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While i’m glad folks get a breather i sincerely hope it isnβ€˜t back to business now for everyone and people really start to look at alternatives mid-term because i can almost guarantee, theyβ€˜ll be facing the same situation sooner or later… plus paying a sub for abandonware… really?

04.02.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Also have a kitty… and with that i bid you good night!

04.02.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Symbols in action in ToonSquid.

04.02.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Join the Moho Animation Software Discord Server! The official Moho Animation Software Discord where you can ask questions, get tips, or just chat with other animators. | 4223 members

There’s an official Discord server with many helpful people! I’m a mod there, come join us: discord.gg/moho-animati...

03.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You see, this is how a company behaves that actually cares about their product and animators.

03.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get Toonsquid instead, it's basically the Flash we always deserved and never got, Symbols included.

02.02.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ToonSquid ToonSquid is the powerful animation studio for your iPad.

True, that was a bit cheeky of me :D

It's ToonSquid and Moho:

www.toonsquid.com
(iPad, 10 bucks perpetual)

www.mohoanimation.com
(Desktop, $399 perpetual)

02.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just stop using animation software by these big companies, it's no use. Either go open source or support SMOL developers who actually care about the product.

Here are two that are far more deserving of your money:

02.02.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sorry for all the people sad about Adobe Animate but i mean if you didn't see THAT writing on the wall for the last three years and went looking for alternatives i don't know what to tell ya...

02.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Playing Journeyman Project Pegasus Prime for the first time and gotta say i enjoy it much more than i would've expected! I only ever played Legacy of Time in a serious capacity but loved it ever since the Demo CD that came with Riven. Journeyman Project is very underrated imo.

27.01.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did a little inbetweening exercise with my apprentices. I had them animate their initials in whatever way they want, it just needed a start and end state and then morph from to the other. This was my demo (ToonSquid)

24.01.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kinda realized today that, apart from Moho vector tools, which i mostly do with an Intuos Pro L, ALL my drawing and 2D animation work happens on the iPad these days. I don't even know when was the last time i used my big drawing display.

24.01.2026 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Experimented around with Blender today... just researching for the game AFTER doggo πŸ˜…

#gamedev #adventuregame #indiegame

16.01.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cat Fight!

#indiegame #gamedev #madewithconstruct #adventuregame #retrogame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #videogames

15.01.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some of Python's funniest and most underrated stuff! Played the heck out of these as a kid :D

#montypython

12.01.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drew a new background as well...

11.01.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#gamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment #indiedev #games #videogames #aseprite #construct3

11.01.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cool Sierra Style skip cutscene Fast-Forward button ^^

#gamedev #indiegame #adventuregame #madewithconstruct

10.01.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0