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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 29

The past few weeks have been total Tamatoa weeks for me. Dear lord the fanfic I've written. Bluesky is not ready to know. (But come on, he cute.)

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 23

I loved Moana 2 - not gonna lie - watched it so often already - but I'm glad it didn't get nominated for an oscar cause Disney can do BETTER. And they should do better. Get Lin-Manuel back on board for 3 and I think the overall quality of the movie is gonna be so much better.

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 23

I liked it a lot. If you are expecting "Cinema" - maybe you'll be disappointed. If you're expecting a fun adventure movie (a la Pirates of the Carribean but more for kids), you're in for a fun evening!

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 23

Ooooh I love these <3 Wonderful!

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Chris Martinetti @whompa.bsky.social · Jan 22

Was fortunate to work on Moana 2. Helped with the marketing and sketched up a bunch of comps for their campaign.

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 10

Dropped a Moni icon pack on Tumblr. Moni is one of my fav new characters from Moana 2 (honestly the competition is hard cause all the new characters are great) - if you need an icon, feel free to snatch one up! :-) www.tumblr.com/cartoonjessi...

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Moni icons (150/150 px) from Moana 2 - free to use, just like/reblog if you do! :-)

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 9

Disney dropped "Can I get a cheehoo" from Moana 2 on youtube - which is just an excuse for me to go over all the shots and have a little laugh at how fun the animations are.

CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 8

Was so happy when my nephew asked me to see Moana 2 with him in cinemas. (I had already seen it twice at that point.) I took him to see the first movie when he was 5 - so to have this teen ask to go see the sequel with me again was heartwarming. He loved it! He's turning into a big fan of the Rock.

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 8

Yeah - agreed - I love Moana 2, don't get me wrong, (I mean it's my profile pic) but I love it like I love Star Wars or Marvel movies - it's just content now of characters I love to return to over and over. Flow and the Wild Robot are the only two movies I wanted to see win.

CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 8

I live for this. I love how he lassoed the sun in the final version. Would have been fun seeing Moana do some literal heavylifting during this scene.

RyanLangDraws @ryanlangdraws.bsky.social · Jan 4

One of my first assignments for #moana 2. The initial idea was that #Maui would use his tattoos to lasso the sun beams, but I think him using a rope is more readable. These were pretty quick, since we were initially on a lot shorter schedule. Definitely would’ve liked to have taken them further

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 8

I love this <3 Was Moana initially supposed to help pull Motufetu out of the ocean with sheer force too?

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 6

Hey Mark, buddy, master, pal, it's AI - don't give the droids more power than they've already gathered XD

CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Jan 6

When Maui pulls a frigging island out of the ocean in Moana 2 - I will be honest, I felt very very weak.

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 30

When your bestie is both happy to see you and terrified you're walking to your death. (And is being quite right about it too...) Moana 2 is at its best when Moana and Maui are reunited. Can't wait for Moana 3! (Thanksgiving 2026, maybe?)

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 25

Bless you, David Jenkins, bless you and your little heart and all the characters that live in both your mind and ours!!!

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 24

Agreed!

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 24

Total mood. I see Moana and Maui as demi ace, Moni obviously gay, Loyo lesbian and Kele possibly ace and/or aro

Kyle W. Kerr @kylewkerr.bsky.social · Dec 9

So we all agree the new crew in #Moana2 is super queer, right?

Moana (gives Ace vibes)
Maui (demigod, so obvs Pan)
Moni (Gay, creates fanart with him and Maui)
Loto (Lesbian, ship builder)
Kele (Gay, cares more about plants than people)

It just feels right.

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Concept Art World @conceptartworld.bsky.social · Aug 8

Moana early concept artwork for Walt Disney Animation Studios by character designer James Woods

View more - conceptartworld.com/artists/jame...

#conceptart #digitalart #illustration

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 18

Yes! Wordsprint! Word wars sounds a tad more aggressive and sometimes that helps people get started (though sometimes it also scares people from participating...)

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thanks so much for this! <3 I enjoyed reading this.

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 18

Maybe wordwars help? I love doing wordwars to get me started. Problem is I can't find wordwar partners. Ah well.

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Joyce Lee @jyckl.bsky.social · Nov 29

One of the very first concept piece I did being the Environment Art Director on Moana 2.

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Joyce Lee @jyckl.bsky.social · Dec 3

Matangi headdress design!

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CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 18

What We Do in the Shadows series finale - I laughed, I cried, I'm going to miss it <3 Thank you to the cast and crew that made it all happen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. <3

CartoonJessie @cartoonjessie.bsky.social · Dec 18

Love this art. She's just checking she hasn't butt dialed anyone.

YoukaiYume @youkaiyume.bsky.social · Nov 21

Modern!Moana & Maui. I'd like to think she also got demi-god status after restoring Te-Fiti and the both of them have been faffing about on adventures for centuries and are now just hanging with us normies.