Oddernod
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Keyslinger. Curve operator. Pixel pusher. Root beer lover. Hockey fan. CURRENT: Senior Creative Director | SPILLT PAST: Imaginary Forces, Digital Kitchen, Blur, Pacific Rim, Transformers, Person of Interest. Ryan Summers.
Wake up babe, a new Animation Obsessive post about an iconic cartoon just dropped
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe Powerpuff Girls have three of the most memorable character designs in cartoon history. But how did they come to be? Craig McCracken spent years refining Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup -- until they became iconic. We explore the process: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/designing-...
Catching up on Fraction and Jiménez’s new Batman run today. Give me this all day long.
Demo reels – figuring out how to get started? TOUGH. • Who am I? • What do I show? • What do I call myself? • How long should it even be? Once you have it cut and scored and uploaded? EVEN TOUGHER. • Who is hiring? • How do I connect? • What do I do after applying?
With CHRONOKEYS launching, I'm at peak animating scripts and plug-ins with After EFFECTS: • Chronokeys • Keystone • Kease • Flow At this point, we need the animating experience (timeline + curve editor) addressed by the AE team. What tools would you like to see added natively?
You could make a very American version of NO OTHER CHOICE set in the mid-2000s feature animation industry where someone goes around Burbank chopping off the drawing hand of the last few lead animators and it would end with the first shot of the all AI-generated animated feature.
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Let’s talk NO OTHER CHOICE: A last gasp of workaday capitalism. Breaking Bad by way of Oldboy. The Tragedy of Craft. A messy gut punch riot for anyone affected by automation or AI, whether you were a journalist, designer, animator, or just hoping to be one. Darkly delicious. 9/10
QUESTION! If I made an intro to effects class (using only your phone), which types of effects would you want to learn?
If I told you 1 person had the most popular land in Epic Universe, directed the #1 movie on Netflix, AND created a character w/ the biggest Memorial Day opening of all-time – would you believe me? You should, because that's EXACTLY what Chris Sanders just did! www.keysandcurves.com/p/mission-st...
Mission: StitchPossible
Summer movie season is in full effect – but what does that mean for Animation?
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Sometimes the hardest button to button is just pressing PUBLISH. Today was that day. Let's get real. Let's talk layoffs. www.keysandcurves.com/p/the-hardes...
The Hardest Button To Button
This was a tough one to record.
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What’s up with Animation? We talk about the industry at large, share a jaw-dropping Sonic fan film, and take a look at a very slick new shoe commercial. Check out all this and more in the newest edition of KEYS & CURVES! open.substack.com/pub/keysandc...
🔑 Darth Vader, Sonic, + a Startling Shoe Spot
Where's animation going and how can we get onboard?
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Your reminder that Light & Magic on Disney+ is an incredible documentary series you need to watch. What could have just been a behind the scenes look at special effects is instead a heartfelt human story from filmmaker Joe Johnston that has no right to be this good—In season two.
I stumbled into Substack’s podcast-making capability, so now KEYS & CURVES has short quickcasts where I take a walk and record my musing on animation and motion design topics weekly. Today’s topic? Animated anthologies and why maybe we should be making our own? 🤔 open.substack.com/pub/keysandc...
🎧 Predators, Robots, & Jedi + Us Too?
Animated anthologies are all the rage, but where are OURS?
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Good morning! If all you do today is one tiny doodle in the margins of your to-do list, that still counts as making art. Celebrate the small wins! 🎉✏️
This whole “you’re cooked, artists” thing is the equivalent of someone who tried a microwave for the first time saying it’s over for restaurants now. You better quit now all you cooks & chefs and become a plumber because I can make a limp grey salisbury steak in 30 seconds!
I finally got to do official Treasure Planet art for Lorcana!! John Silver for the upcoming Archazia's Island set ✨
Going live with @ecabrams.bsky.social in about 40 minutes! If you're anti-Corporate Memphis, we welcome you to come hate-watch! 😅 (But know that we're in on the joke...) See you on @adobelive.bsky.social! Noon ET / 9a PT 👉 behance.net/adobelive 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Deh...
Kyle Hamrick@kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · last yr.This week, Motion Design Hotline takes on Corporate Memphis. @ecabrams.bsky.social & I break down the style and tackle tips for creating your own elements using After Effects and Illustrator - because we know they're still asking for it. 🤷♂️ Wed Noon ET / 9a PT Links below!
BREAKING: We're beginning live coverage of this major story. Technicolor, owner MPC, Mikros Animation, and The Mill, is on the verge of total collapse. Over 10,000 animation and VFX workers in the US, Canada, UK and India could become unemployed this week.
Live Updates: VFX Industry On Edge As Technicolor, Owner Of Mikros Animation, MPC, And The Mill, On Verge Of Total Collapse
Over 10,000 vfx and animation workers around the globe could become unemployed as early as this week.
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In terms of head count, this is how big MPC & The Mill were in June 2024, according to Visual Effects World Atlas: public.tableau.com/shared/9ZQXC...
Writing 4 panel comic strips for a project. Thought I’d take a break & read some early CALVIN + HOBBES. DONT. It is SHOCKING how good Watterson was, right out of the gate. His fourth strip in and it’s jam-packed. Visual puns. Established the dynamic between C+H. A double funny final panel.
The chilling effect continues across VFX shops as Technicolor US seemingly is shutting down operations on Monday – this includes Mikros, MPC and The Mill offices across the country.
