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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Mar 27

20 years ago today, Animation Mentor welcomed its first class of students.

I feel so blessed to have been a part of it. It’s probably the best thing I will ever have been involved in!

Big love and gratitude to the staff, mentors, grads, and students who continue to make the school so special!

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Mar 21

Opinion: the existence of Severance is worth Apple “losing” 1 billion out of their $184B profit last year

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Mar 18

“Please be advised: there is no non-malicious reason to make this public, but this is where my enemies are, here are the details of their secret service protection, I’m getting rid of said protection, and if anything happens to them I’ll pretend it isn’t my fault wink wink.”

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 17

Donald Trump has pulled the Secret Service details of Hunter and Ashley Biden "effective immediately."

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Mar 7

He’s playing chicken with our economy, and the car he’s driving is his ego

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Jim Jagger @jimjagger.bsky.social · Mar 7

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Senior Gameplay Animator at Rockstar North. Please get in touch with any questions.

www.rockstargames.com/careers/open...

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Feb 15

The highest pitched sound in the universe is my daughter seeing a kitten

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Jan 31

Oh! Could be! I should ask around

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Jan 31

It took me like 30 years to notice the Falcon is upside down

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · Jan 29

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Jean-Denis Haas @jeandenishaas.bsky.social · Jan 27

Animators! 👇🏻 #animation #reference

Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · Jan 27

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository

www.animal-photo-references.com

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Jan 23

lol that’s literally where I was standing when I posted that. Agree 1000%

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Jan 23

I don’t know how you can walk into Galaxy’s Edge and not think it’s the coolest thing ever

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · Jan 20

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King

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🦇Miss Hell Batkeeper🦇 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · Jan 21

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jan 12

A reminder as Musk-bots, Trump-bots, and other bots start hitting Bluesky: blocking users removes their replies from your posts entirely.

The correct way of handlin antagonizing parties is to block. Not reply. Not dunk. Not mute. Block. It stops their reach and effectiveness right there.

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Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · Jan 10

Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

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Brandonomicon Ex Mortis (Brandon Seifert) @brandonseifert.info · Jan 10

⚠️ Comic book(+) writer looking for creator-owned work! I have HEAPS of projects to pitch! ⚠️

Marvel/Disney, Legendary Entertainment, Image, IDW, BOOM!, more. "Witch Doctor," "Hellraiser," "Doctor Who," "Godzilla," "Avengers," more.

Credits/contacts: brandonseifert.info

(Art details in alt-text!)

"Witch Doctor" Vol. 1 #2 (Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics). B&W art by Lukas Ketner; colors by Sunny Gho.

"Doctor Who" 2012 #4 (IDW Publishing). B&W art by Philip Bond; colors by Charlie Kirchoff.

"Hellraiser: The Dark Watch" #12. B&W art by Tom Garcia; colors by Vladimir Popov.

"Disney Kingdoms: Seekers of the Weird" #1 (Marvel Comics). B&W art by the late Karl Moline; colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · Jan 9

Hi LA County friends, just got a heads up through the wires and don't have a place to write it up so I'll put it here instead - the city of Rosemead is providing free N95s and KN95s to the public which can be picked up at the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce on Muscatel Ave between 12-4pm today...

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Dec 11

Fun thread about our work on #skeletonCrew!

Clayton Sandell @claytonsandell.com · Dec 10

Happy #SkeletonCrew Day!

Who wants to hear some facts about the visual effects techniques ILM uses to bring our beloved Neel to life? Along the way, we’re gonna debunk clickbait junk headlines like this. ⬇️

#NeelNation
#StarWars

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Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Dec 2

Awesome! Happy to hear it. Have fun!!

Shawn Kelly @shawnkelly.bsky.social · Dec 2

#SkeletonCrew is finally here!

If, like me, you grew up on a steady diet of Goonies and ET, this show is for you!

I’ve never been more excited to get to sit down with my kids and watch something I got to help make!

The Resistance Broadcast : Star Wars Podcast @trbpodcasts.bsky.social · Dec 2

Happy SKELETON CREW day to you all!

a picture of a person coming out of a space ship with the word kepler on the bottom

ALT: a picture of a person coming out of a space ship with the word kepler on the bottom

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