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Miyazaki makes *real* art for a *real* purpose. He takes the regrets and beliefs from his own life and puts them into his work to inspire others to create a better world. He's criticized his own family for valuing profit over humanity during the war. A/I is so antithetical to all of that.

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 16h

Miyazaki survived the bombing of Utsunomiya as a child. His family escaped in a car, but left a neighbor and her daughter behind to save themselves. Miyazaki regrets this, and said this has stayed with him and shaped his film making. He hopes his audience will learn the courage he lacked in 1945.

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · 19h

Ohhh my goodness, this painting makes me feel like a badass!
Making a real effort to work digitally on fewer layers with traditional paint technique and I feel improvement!
A Common Loon, a beautiful 🪶, in the water.

#SciArt #Birdtober #BirdArt

A loon paddling in the water, its feet barely visible under the water. It’s feathers have iridescent shades of brown, purple, blues and grays. The striking white bands of dots line the black feathers and wings until the white breast. The collar around the neck and head are more iridescent, framing the bright red eye.

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbEv...

King of Meat - Official Release Date Trailer

YouTube video by IGN

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 1d

Omg Chef Amaury did one of the characters from the game I worked on??? This is so cool!!! King of Meat is out TODAY, everybody go build dungeons and explode your friends!!!

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, this is just funny.

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Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Narney @narney.bsky.social · 1d

Quick reminder that Spotify's CEO doesn't care at all about what you think, nor artists or listeners.
If you ever want to move to Deezer (still crossing fingers they do not jump into AI too), they have a tool to import all your Spotify's playlists.

Plus : Spotify audio quality sucks.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 5d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
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Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
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France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

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Visa

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Phone (outside US): click here

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 23d

We already have 1000+ reasons to hate """artist""" James C Mulligan (see below), but it was extra enraging to see him stealing and taking credit for the work of actual Bambi artist and all-around Disney legend Tyrus Wong, so here's a mini Ted Talk 🧵

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 1d

Did you guys know Disney has a hotline to report theft or unlicensed use of their IP?
You can email [email protected] or call their "antipiracy hotline" (818) 560-3300
Just some fun info for anyone who Mulligan has been targeting~

Ki @ SHOP IS OPEN ✨ @gawki.bsky.social · 2d

Going to start off that even if the final piece doesn’t look like the original, he definitely starts off with the original. This is a post where he showed his “process” — the sketch is exact to the original, but the final is just a bit different.

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Ki @ SHOP IS OPEN ✨ @gawki.bsky.social · 1d

Even his “originals” might not be original. Here’s an original Milt Kahl — I thought he didn’t trace this for a moment, but Milt drew a couple versions with one being a perfect match.

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 1d

May James C Mulligan always be having exactly the day he deserves 😤 To anyone who had a copyright/DMCA claim against them: "knowingly making a false statement constitutes perjury and can lead to both criminal penalties and civil liability for damages". I hope someone sues that snake.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 1d

Right?? It's like I can feel the art director's hand in every sequence haha it's so good!

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TrueAchievements @trueachievements.com · 3d

Fast, fun, and fabulous, King of Meat is dripping in style and should be on the radar of all co-op platforming fans ⬇️

King of Meat blends platforming with visceral cartoon action for a comedic co-op treat

While there are plenty of free co-op platformers to explore, King of Meat has won me over with its ridiculous cartoon fun and fantastic customization options.

www.trueachievements.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

the best answer i got for this:

awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 2d

You can watch Aladdin on Disney+, YouTube, AppleTV, GooglePlay, Prime.
To my animation peeps: send some love to your Art Director, Color Designer, and VisDev artists! They make cool stuff like this possible, and idk about y'all but every shot I've ever been proud of started with their skills 🙏
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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 2d

These are just snippets but if you want to look at the whole film as images, check out Animation Screencaps: animationscreencaps.com/aladdin-1992/

Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so glad the Aladdin crew really nailed this instead of making the desert beige, the walls white, the floors brown, etc. The red+blue+hints of gold combo gives the movie such a distinct visual flavor and it's such a treat to watch:

Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 2d

The Friend Like Me musical sequence uses even more blue-red-blue-red than I remembered.

Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 2d

Restating the obvious but the red glow on Genie's magic keeps the red/blue going even in this dark cave.