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Tom Lavery

@tomlavery.bsky.social

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Character animator In Ottawa Canada. Tangled the series-Hilda-Centaur World-Inside Job-Clone High-Exploding Kittens-Wylde Pak & more. Also indie board game & TTRPG designer (They/them) Opinions are my own. Against AI art & Nft’s

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · Mar 9

verytom89.itch.io/horse-majeur...

Excited to share that Horse Majeure: A comedy RPG is now available on itch!

If you missed out in the kickstarter campaign, nows your chance to get yourself a copy!

If you know anyone who would get a laugh out of it, please share!

Horse Majeure: A Comedy RPG by verytom89

Work together as two people disguised as a horse, looking for a delicious apple.

verytom89.itch.io

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 2d

This moment was so perfect! Loved this show to pieces

Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 3d

Animation by James Baxter* | Steven Universe (2013 - 2019)

#penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 4d

How come you lived in Montreal?

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 7d

Have you ever searched for that perfect animation reference, only to get sucked into the infinite labyrinth of social media distractions? Fast-track your research stage with the high-quality references of Motion Lab by @WimsAnimations. Learn more at bit.ly/41Tmhm0

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 9d

How much water/electricity/processing power did this tiktok use up do you think?

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Myra! @myrdrottningen.bsky.social · 11d

I animated one of the dogs my coworkers bring to the studio! He is a friendly menace and does a silly little walk!

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 10d

To shreds, you say!..

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Phui Jing Ling 🆖 @phuijl.bsky.social · 16d

Now that Knights of Guinevere pilot is out, I can finally share some of the animations I've done for it!

Truly have learned a lot from the team and really appreciate this experience✨

#2danimation #knightsofguinevere #kog #princessguinevere #indieanimation #indiecartoon #indiepilot

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 18d

Hurray! Someone bought my expansion! :)

Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 20d

verytom89.itch.io/horse-majeur...

The expansion to my zine RPG Horse Majeure is now available on itch!

Horse Majeure: Stable Conditions

#horsemajeure #TTRPG

Horse Majeure: Stable Conditions by verytom89

An expansion to Horse Majeure, a comedy RPG

verytom89.itch.io

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 24d

Stoooop!!! Pleaaase!!!

Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 25d

I love #TTRPG ‘s

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 26d

Holy moly hospitals in ottawa are understaffed… been here 17 hours

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · 29d

Blind drew my friend tonight and really captured their essence

Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · Sep 9

Earnestly nothing bums me out harder than knowing i will never own a house with a cool turret thingy

Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · Sep 9

Go cluuuuub

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · Sep 8

From "The Legend of Hei 2".
There are so many ways to use 3D to enhance 2D (and vice versa) ♡

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · Sep 4

It feels like the only business model thats currently working for animation!

Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · Sep 3

I love them

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Montford Tales: Asher's Ridge LIVE on Kickstarter @montfordtales.com · Sep 2

Now LIVE on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...

Asher's Ridge is a GM-less, zero-prep #TTRPG for one to four players, inspired by Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Stranger Things.

Connect threads of letter tiles and experience the unexplainable in the (dark?) heart of the Lake District.

A copy of Asher's Ridge sits among photos and a map. Letter tiles spell out "Back it now on Kickstarter"

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · Sep 1

2D animation is booming in theaters. In China, the film Nobody is outgrossing many of Hollywood's recent CG films—on a $10< million budget.

It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...

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Jellybox @jellybox.bsky.social · Aug 29

WE ANIMATED A REBECCA SUGAR MUSIC VIDEO!!!

ICE WATER IS OUT NOW!

Rebecca Sugar - Ice Water (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Rebecca Sugar

youtu.be

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · Sep 1

I made a big ol’ map for a game of mythic bastionland :) its messy as heck but it was a lot of fun to do. I love making maps!!!

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wrən @dirtsecret.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hi folksss... Stuff with my tax situation from my old game job got way worse so Im going ahead and making a gofundme to try and get help from my community. Im super grateful to any help I can get with this in these tough times <3
www.gofundme.com/f/support-wr...

Donate to Support Wren: Overcoming Tax Debt Crisis, organized by Wren Farren

Hello! My name is Wren, I'm a poor, queer, transfem artist and game developer fro… Wren Farren needs your support for Support Wren: Overcoming Tax Debt Crisis

www.gofundme.com

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Ash G. (the G is for Ghost) @kilomonster.art · Aug 24

I've been noodling in this Blender plugin for storyboarding for a little bit and I think it's gonna be enough for me to not miss Storyboard Pro as much: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b25k...

Storypencil - Grease Pencil add-on for Storyboarding

YouTube video by Blender Developers

www.youtube.com

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Tom Lavery @tomlavery.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thinking of trying to move to vancouver… which feels harder than when i moved to canada in the first place