Ari Grabb

@garbcakes.bsky.social

Had caffeine for the first time in 4 days, and just wanted to say life is beautiful. You are a beautiful. Everything is a goddam miracle. Love each other. Love this experience! You are the dance of Shiva and Shakti: beautiful effulgent energy manifesting from void and returning to void!

reliving my 10-year-old me frustrations trying to get the medals in star fox. F this man. Why make me do this menial task to play hard mode? Just give me hard mode! I already paid my dues over 20 years ago!!

I hate to turn social media engagement into a call to action but: All of the AI art I see on instagram gets me very discouraged. Anytime anyone says anything nice about my art, it's very motivating. Thank you. Let artists know what they're doing matters to you.

mad how the defining cultural image of Steamboat Willie is Mickey whistling and driving the boat, and not the bit where he plays a pig's nipples as a musical instrument while it shrieks in pain

Many artists complain of an inner critic in their heads while they draw, but I have an inner @aaronlong.bsky.social in my brain sayin stuff like "stop making that so clean! Thats not indie, thats studio-system brain rot! The drawing is good, move on! No dont shade it"! I respect my inner Aaron

Saw TADC Last act (no spoilers) last night and loved it. Shockingly earnest, and raw. Like a pixar film that actually really gives a fuck, and dosnt hide it's ugly with irony and jokes. Theres a lot of criticism of what "indie" animation even is, but there is a lot to be celebrated here for sure

This is good news, and I hope the animation community will show Jorge grace. Redemption is a rare thing in this day and age. I think if we want more people to stray away from using AI, we have to be a community that won't 'damn' them, eternally.

Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"I have decided to drop out of the AI program at Amazon. I will not be making a Punky Duck series." Days after defending his involvement in Amazon’s generative AI animation initiative, Jorge Gutierrez says he is exiting the program entirely. www.cartoonbrew.com/artificial-i...

Does anyone else loop one song for the entire day, or is that just me and my wife? Genuinely asking. Some people call me crazy for it, but I'm convinced its more common

The scorching knives of summer's misery burn yonder. Though my skin boils, my heart rejoices, for it is through defiance I find freedom. I will always wear layers and layers of black clothing. Hot Goth Summer, here I come

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I really dig Game-o-verse. Incredibly delightful art style, funny jokes, chilling stakes. I think most of all, I'm impressed by how well it functions as a pilot. I really sense by the end that I 'know' what the show is. That is something I always find challening in my own writing. Very impressed.

Introducing the first ever “InTEA Animation Night” - a live screening of indie cartoons at a boba tea shop, featuring the creators! Come out to watch cartoons, drink boba tea, and support the #indieanimation community! Communi-tea? May 29th at TimeOut Tea Club!

A poster for the InTEA Animation NightNight event, featuring Silly Dino Show, The OutCats, Palmdale Flea, Backroomies, Starstruck and Broats. May 29 at 6pm at TimeOut Tea Club.