Great Substack about UPA, the animation studio that revolutionized cartoons in the 1950s. Founded by the leftist animators who were purged by Walt Disney during the infamous 1941 strike, it was UPA that dragged animation into midcentury mod. Mr. Magoo was their big hit.

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free. Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...

unsure if the pub i did this for ever poublished this story so tentatively posting it here

Buncha life drawing sketches from last night at the Arthouse Hotel. most of my pens have dried up its been so long since i touched them 🥲

From "Tomoe", a new French animated short film directed by Cyrille Chauvin at Sun Creature studio. Currently playing in festivals.

"You were never without love; where you go, may you find it waiting." #thepersianboy

Duchess and Wylder レディと追跡者 #ELDENRING #NIGHTREIGN

Gaki parade.. some form studies of the monsters from #Kunitsugami. Fun to mix it up a bit and draw some teeth and claws. #wratsarts

"Goodbye, Lara" - Spring Illustration 🌷

From LRT. great article about Michiyo Yasuda, Ghibli’s queen of colour. Colour design isn’t simply a formula to emulate

She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...

Bury my Heart (Galehaut Laid to Rest) "And Lancelot himself lay his companion to rest inside the tomb. After he had laid Galehaut down, he kissed him three times on the mouth in such agony that his heart nearly leapt out of his chest." Lancelot Part IV (Lancelot-Grail /Vulgate Cycle) #Arthuriana

One of the nicest things about having been online for long time is being able to see artists I’ve followed for ages, still making art and having that love and spark for what they do.

God that ai slide is the one fleck of shit that ruined the whole avatar sundae for everyone. Looks like it got slipped in by some braindead from another dept too lazy to do their own fucking job 🙄 Fuck AI and everyone who touches it.

Continued their pj doodles from last week, still many ideas I look forward to drawing. 🌼 #KGAU #wratsarts

The answer is.. both #KGAU #wratsarts

wratty@wrat.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ive been debating in my head all day who would be most likely to wear flannelette pyjamas, yoshiro or soh

Gonna see if i can insert a TM Revolution hot limit pose for one of the chars into this next ep i am designing for work

「不語仙」 2026、M12 #日本画 #japanesepainting #art #艺术

"And in an eightfold blaze shall the truths bloom everlasting" messing around with some Soh sketches that led to an arrangement around their tattoo motifs #KGAU #wratsarts

fri lunchtime good times w the crew

Ive been debating in my head all day who would be most likely to wear flannelette pyjamas, yoshiro or soh

This morning

🧢 #KGAU #wratsarts

eosyn & thiollier

She's nicked it 🧢 #wratsarts #KGAU

Animals when humans aren't watching.

🍱🌵✈️🪑 #blender #b3d #3DCG

ピクニック #NIGHTREIGN

there's 'movies' and then there's 'film' and this was a Film

今日はカニの日なのだそう🦀

Winter wagashi menu 🌰🍊🍡❄️ #KGAU #wratsarts