Charlie Richards

I'm taking notes on what I'm doing throughout the day, but I'm not drawing anything. If I did that, half the panels would be me drawing the comic!

Huh, I guess the real rosebud were the buds we made along the way.

What a joke! Another animation industry win 🙃

I guess we're all gonna have to use CS6 or pirate it. Yo-Ho-Ho! Can you even call it piracy if the software in question is no longer available for purchase?

@hbomberguy.bsky.social is gonna have to add a new section to his Adobe video essay about this.

This is probably what that Wizard of Oz experience at the Las Vegas Sphere is like.

A horse madly galloping towards camera. A little character with 2026 glasses and champagne hangs on for dear life.

Happy Year of the Horse, everyone!! 🐎

May all your new year's resolutions come true, unless they're terrible or evil or something.

A bird with a worm about to be eaten by an alligator. A second larger bird with a dead lizard in its mouth watches from the top of a weathered column.

"Early Bird Special" Last piece of the year!

Thanks MK! I really enjoyed giving the mom exaggerated poses and expressions. She gets more cartoony as the animatic goes along!

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YouTube video by Charlie Richards "Model Trains Weren't Enough Anymore" Storyboard Sample 2025

Here's a storyboard sample I boarded earlier this year! The audio is from "Model Trains Weren't Enough Anymore" by Goobsmooch‬​ .

An octopus driving a car filled with water, like a reverse submarine. A little fish swims arond in the car. Inktober prompt was "fish".

A furry witch creature is carrying a butterfly net and riding a bicycle. She has several jars of glowing wisps in the back basket. Her path is also illuminated by a grinning wisp suspended at the front of the bicycle. Inktober prompt was "wisp".

A goblin explorer is piloting a large, bulky mech. There is an ornate colorful looking butterfly at the end of the mech's finger. A jaunty little quadruped robot attached to the mech by a wire trails behind. Inktober prompt was "bulky".

An engineer pilots a small nineteenth century steam engine. Panicking, he yells into an elaborate radio as he applies the breaks. The bridge in front of him appears to be on the verge of collapse. Inktober prompt was "radio".

Four wacky vehicles inspired by the 2020 Inktober prompts "fish", "wisp", "bulky", and "radio". I got half way through Radio and stopped working on it for five years, as I am wont to do.

Merry Christmas, MK! Happy can opening! 🥫🥫🥫

🚨🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🎅

Oh, that's a fun design! The tennis shoes are an especially nice touch. Mars and Beyond is such fantastic film!

Image of my little character drawn in the "Caine Paint" browser drawing program, found on thewackywatch.com

It's Heartly, my Amazing Digital Circus OC. He looks like the tin man with a wind up key and a rubber duck on his head. He has a heart on his metal chest, hence the name Heartly.

I designed a little Amazing Digital Circus guy with their kidpix inspired drawing program. Maybe I'll use him in something, you know, eventually. #TADCFriend

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I've cut my hand on a jagged can lid before. It sucks!

YouTube video by Technology Connections Lessons from a Can Opener

I learned about safety can openers from this cool video:

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MK! I have a can opener reccomendation for you that will impress your mum so much she'll put two in your stocking!

This thing rocks! No more jagged lids:

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Original ad. An AI generated giraffe. Text reads, "Creativity gone wild."

Revised ad. Same dumb AI generated giraffe. Text now reads, "Creativity gone."

Ad for Adobe (ew) I saw on Facebook (ew) and my fix.

Maybe vehicles are just the ultimate lifeform, like how different species independently evolved into crabs. Instead of carcinization it's car-cinization!

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here's a watercolour of a spooky house I punched up in Procreate.

All you can eat shrimp!

Maybe that means they actually read my angry email!

Under the banner "tasks easier with AI" is a little note that reads, "Written by humans, for humans."

If they think AI is so great, why did they feel the need to specify that humans wrote it?

I don't understand why you'd have to wait for a pre-order! That's what they're for!

Maybe you can order something and cancel your order for store credit. Either it works brilliantly, or you lose the voucher in the process.

I hope you find something else you like!

Andy Dufresne's #1 fan

You might be able to find the full thing on the 2005 version of Pilkey.com using the wayback machine.

Dav Pilkey shared a comic that he made when he was 11 on his website. I remember it really inspiring me as a kid. Unfortunately, it's not up there anymore, but I did find a website with the first three chapters. I'd use an adblock before checking it out: allcaptainunderpants.tripod.com/id10.html

Fair! Art is subjective and it's impossible for a game to please everyone. I have to say, though, all three of those games have killer soundtracks.

I love the idea that he finished the series years ago and just doesn't want to deal with the inevitable fan backlash/discourse. It's probably more fun to work on Eldenring anyway.

Phil Noir standing on a street corner. His catchphrase is, "Yeah, I don't give a rat's ass".

Russ Haur stuck in traffic. His catchphrase is, "Outta my way, BOZO!".

Bruce E. Slee about to slip on a banana peel. His catchphrase is,"Eyy, What's the big deal?".

Three characters with pun names and iconic catchphrases: Film Noir, Rush Hour, Bruise Easily.