Project Star Dog

@projectstardog.bsky.social

In 1957, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow became the first living creature to go into orbit. Sadly, her mission was a one-way trip, as there was no way to bring her home at the time. This is her story re-imagined. 🚫No AI🚫

DreamWorks Animation’s remote workers have overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract with The Animation Guild. 97% voted in favor of the agreement, securing equal wage standards, healthcare, pension benefits and workplace protections as on-campus workers.

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Now that Bluesky allows 10 minute videos, should I restart this project's official thread from scratch? I never liked splitting up so many scenes into separate parts before, it feels impractical to watch the whole thing that way

The next scene features another flashback to Laika's childhood, this time from before WWII started. I'm about halfway through drawing it, and I think I'm finally getting the hang of her puppy design. Stay tuned!

A 7 year old Laika sits on a foldable chair on the rooftop of her childhood home, holding a small telescope. Her mother, Natasha, stands at an open door with folded arms

This is the kind of thing I see that directly demonstrates WHY so many are against AI. The people pushing this cannot help but start with "THIS WILL DESTROY YOUR JOBS" while talking about tech built on theft that's also making everything unaffordable. Gee, how exciting.

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The ONLY decent side effect of AI is that it made me consider my own artistic intent more. Why did I frame this shot a certain way? What did I mean by that line of dialogue? What was I going for with plot point X or Y? AI can never really work through questions like these

The rough edit for scene 15 is done! I still have to start the music in FL Studio, plus another round or two of sound mixing, but it's absolutely in the home stretch now. Soon I'll finally get to show this damn thing off in all its glory 🤞

Editing has begun on the next scene. It's still anyone's guess how long it might be, but I thiiiiiiink the runtime might be somewhere in the 8-10 minute range. It's also gonna be the first scene with a content warning at the start. Stay tuned y'all

Finished drawing the last frame in the Stalingrad flashback today (barring any extra bits I might still add later). It's been hard, but I'm finally in the home stretch for this next scene altogether, and I'm confident I'll have it out before the end of the month. Stay tuned!

Peter Jackson didn’t use forced perspective, scale models, adjustable and ‘“split-scale-sets,” where set pieces, such as tables, chairs, doors, and even some other props, were built in multiple sizes’ and children to double as Hobbits in LOTR, just for sloppy losers to tell us ‘AI is inevitable’.

Antlers Teeth Claws@gravewriter71.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Jim Henson & Co didn't use camera tricks & human-drawn animation alongside skilled puppety in The Great Muppet Caper just so idiots could tell us "AI is inevitable."