Hey @cathicks.bsky.social !! Look what I found happened 9 years ago? :) :) You look awesome in front of all your puppets. <3
Cat Hicks
@cathicks.bsky.social
Mother. Maker. Gulf Coast > California.
'Ink and Paint' was where many of the women artists at the Disney studio started. I'm happy to still see it around in some form.
The Disney Artform That’s Almost Extinct (Only 4 Artists Still Do It!)
YouTube video by The Academy
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
@ani-obsessive.bsky.social did there 2025 recap of what was definitely a hard year for animation. Even with the few bright spots. They included a link to this article which in a weird way gives me resolve to keep going in 26 animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-pressu...
The Pressure That Made Miyazaki and Takahata
Plus: news.
animationobsessive.substack.com
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
Sardonicus@sardonicus.eu · 8mo ago'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.' Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
It’s an honor to be nominated and it will be an honor to be absolutely annihilated by K-Pop Demon Hunters.
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
Animation by Milt Kahl* | The Aristocats (1970) #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation
A reminder, now is a good time to go through your follower list and see who's following you. I found some cool people to follow back, and some bots/yucky people to block. Keep you blue skies blue.
In a major post-acquisition loss, Nickelodeon and Paramount Animation president Ramsey Naito is departing, leaving behind a legacy as a thoughtful steward of beloved franchises who kept iconic properties fresh and relevant and fostered new talent. www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/r...
Ramsey Naito Exits As Paramount Animation President Amid Skydance Merger Shakeup
Naito departs Paramount Animation, leaving a legacy as a thoughtful steward of beloved franchises who kept classic properties fresh and relevant.
cartoonbrew.com
12 seconds from 8 stop-motion films (1968–present) across the career of animator Yuri Norstein
You can learn a lot about somebody from their HOUSE OF DYNAMITE review.
Yes. Yes, yes.
befores & afters magazine@beforesmag.bsky.social · 9mo agoGet an early look at stop-motion photography on LAIKA Studios’ ‘Wildwood’ --> Includes bluescreen motion control stop-motion behind the scenes from the upcoming film. Watch at befores & afters: beforesandafters.com/2025/10/27/g...
Lightbox is good medicine for anyone working in creative AI right now.
Guillermo Del Toro comparing Victor Frankenstein to AI tech bros… 🤌
I have never seen anything like THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (Netflix) before. It’s a documentary about a racist woman who shoots her neighboor, all told through police body cam footage. It won best directing (US doc) at Sundance and it’s clear why. I highly recommend it! Trigger: kids in high distress
💡Come see us at Lightbox 2025, Booth # 925, from 10/24 - 10/26! Nucleus is proud to host a signing at our booth with @lilyseikajones.bsky.social & Entei Ryu We will be debuting new prints & more! Details: gallerynucleus.com/events/1106?... #gallerynucleus #lbx #lbx2025 #lightbox #lightboxexpo
Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!” Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
"Tears of the Mountain", the 3rd 2025 graduation short from french Gobelins school, is online. Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima. Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...
This is REALLY worth a read! It avoids getting stuck on some quick surface level problems with AI art and gets to the heart of things. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
“out of the three mass shooting today”
Our Earth Affairs@ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 10mo agoIraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.
I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.