DIY Animation
@diyanimation.bsky.social
Formerly [at]diyanimation on Twitter.
Site: https://diyanimation.club
(editor: Dave MH https://davemh.com)
Site: https://diyanimation.club
(editor: Dave MH https://davemh.com)
Reposted by DIY Animation
December 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Reposted by DIY Animation
This Friday, we'll upload the full video from our Rogue Roundtable for Oscar-qualified features that are being overlooked this awards season. Here's a sneak peek at the Scriver Brothers ('Endless Cookie') reflecting on the good and bad of a nine-year production window.
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This Friday, we'll upload the full video from our Rogue Roundtable for Oscar-qualified features that are being overlooked this awards season. Here's a sneak peek at the Scriver Brothers ('Endless Cookie') reflecting on the good and bad of a nine-year production window.
Reposted by DIY Animation
Five Oscar-qualified indies, five radically different paths. Directors from 'Endless Cookie,' 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' 'Dog of God,' 'Black Butterflies,' and 'Slide' join our awards season Rogue Roundtable to discuss craft, constraint, and self-promotion.
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
Five Indie Features, Five Paths: Our Rogue Roundtable
Directors of 'Endless Cookie,' 'Black Butterflies,' 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' 'Dog of God,' and 'Slide' discuss their 2025 indie gems.
www.cartoonbrew.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Five Oscar-qualified indies, five radically different paths. Directors from 'Endless Cookie,' 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' 'Dog of God,' 'Black Butterflies,' and 'Slide' join our awards season Rogue Roundtable to discuss craft, constraint, and self-promotion.
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
How To tl;dr
1. Continue on your current skill-building trajectory, ignoring ChatGPT completely.
2. Watch as everyone else's creative & cognitive muscles slowly atrophy.
3. Cement status as Big Brained One; make 1st group of Earthlings to be abducted into space utopia built by advanced alien species
1. Continue on your current skill-building trajectory, ignoring ChatGPT completely.
2. Watch as everyone else's creative & cognitive muscles slowly atrophy.
3. Cement status as Big Brained One; make 1st group of Earthlings to be abducted into space utopia built by advanced alien species
I would rather walk in on my parents watching porno than catch them reading this
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
How To tl;dr
1. Continue on your current skill-building trajectory, ignoring ChatGPT completely.
2. Watch as everyone else's creative & cognitive muscles slowly atrophy.
3. Cement status as Big Brained One; make 1st group of Earthlings to be abducted into space utopia built by advanced alien species
1. Continue on your current skill-building trajectory, ignoring ChatGPT completely.
2. Watch as everyone else's creative & cognitive muscles slowly atrophy.
3. Cement status as Big Brained One; make 1st group of Earthlings to be abducted into space utopia built by advanced alien species
Studio Jimmaki's "Kid Nature". One of my favorite animation finds of 2025. Frenetic, inventive, and very funny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvqX...
KID NATURE | Stop Motion Thesis Film
YouTube video by James Moutsos / Studio Jimmaki
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Studio Jimmaki's "Kid Nature". One of my favorite animation finds of 2025. Frenetic, inventive, and very funny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvqX...
Reposted by DIY Animation
Lol the crazy thing is, no, you’re not running out of good ideas. There are tons of great ideas everywhere. You’re just not willing to fund them because you’re all cowards.
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Lol the crazy thing is, no, you’re not running out of good ideas. There are tons of great ideas everywhere. You’re just not willing to fund them because you’re all cowards.
I've got a few new things in Single Frame Boil: Still Works By Animators! Show opens 7pm Thursday 12/18 at Scribble Gallery, 5541 York, L.A., CA 90042. Incredible lineup. Full info on last slide.
December 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I've got a few new things in Single Frame Boil: Still Works By Animators! Show opens 7pm Thursday 12/18 at Scribble Gallery, 5541 York, L.A., CA 90042. Incredible lineup. Full info on last slide.
Great interview with Mansi Maheshwari ("Bunnyhood") in Vogue India:
www.vogue.in/content/indi...
www.vogue.in/content/indi...
This Indian director made about 20,000 drawings for her Cannes-winning short film
Her unusual Cannes-winning short film may have thrust her into the spotlight, but director and animator Mansi Maheshwari has always believed in marching to her own beat
www.vogue.in
December 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Great interview with Mansi Maheshwari ("Bunnyhood") in Vogue India:
www.vogue.in/content/indi...
www.vogue.in/content/indi...
Reposted by DIY Animation
I realized I never did a video talking about the Sublo and Tangy Mustard production zines from earlier this year. so here's one to let you know about it, just in time for the holidays. get em at aaronlong.bigcartel.com
Sublo and Tangy Mustard Production Notes
YouTube video by Aaron Long
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I realized I never did a video talking about the Sublo and Tangy Mustard production zines from earlier this year. so here's one to let you know about it, just in time for the holidays. get em at aaronlong.bigcartel.com
Reposted by DIY Animation
i did these animations hehe!
P1: What do you even do in New Jersey anyways? #indieanimation #whereistracymaddison
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i did these animations hehe!
Good to know! Need to upgrade Blender and take a look.
Another free option is Wonderunit Storyboarder. It's quasi abandonware at this point (hasn't been updated in years), but it is free, open source, and works well enough. github.com/wonderunit/s...
Another free option is Wonderunit Storyboarder. It's quasi abandonware at this point (hasn't been updated in years), but it is free, open source, and works well enough. github.com/wonderunit/s...
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Good to know! Need to upgrade Blender and take a look.
Another free option is Wonderunit Storyboarder. It's quasi abandonware at this point (hasn't been updated in years), but it is free, open source, and works well enough. github.com/wonderunit/s...
Another free option is Wonderunit Storyboarder. It's quasi abandonware at this point (hasn't been updated in years), but it is free, open source, and works well enough. github.com/wonderunit/s...
Reposted by DIY Animation
Background paintings by Sue Mondt for Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Background paintings by Sue Mondt for Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Reposted by DIY Animation
Hey this sucks
AI can't make comics
But those kids already can
All they need is a pencil, paper, time, and kind words of support
AI can't make comics
But those kids already can
All they need is a pencil, paper, time, and kind words of support
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool at Prince George's County high school
Former quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey this sucks
AI can't make comics
But those kids already can
All they need is a pencil, paper, time, and kind words of support
AI can't make comics
But those kids already can
All they need is a pencil, paper, time, and kind words of support
Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton share takes on the state of indie animation. Very interesting discussion. buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
"The future of indie animation is in events"
In the second part of our conversation, Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton talk about the future.
buttondown.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton share takes on the state of indie animation. Very interesting discussion. buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
WISHBONE Animation dropped a new micropilot this week! Super into this. So mysterious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwAG...
WHERE IS TRACY MADDISON - Pilot Concept
YouTube video by WISHBONE Animation
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
WISHBONE Animation dropped a new micropilot this week! Super into this. So mysterious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwAG...
Reposted by DIY Animation
I made a horror movie about cutting off part of yourself (also, about being transgender, also about rain in LA) and then forgot to ever make it public online. Please watch Olive and Otis! I think it's good youtu.be/lZlBa9uZ-Co #animation #calarts #trans
Olive and Otis
YouTube video by James Leong Holston
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I made a horror movie about cutting off part of yourself (also, about being transgender, also about rain in LA) and then forgot to ever make it public online. Please watch Olive and Otis! I think it's good youtu.be/lZlBa9uZ-Co #animation #calarts #trans
Shot I made for Teleframes2 (animated exquisite corpse collab). Final + process. #2danimation #traditionalanimation #tvpaintcommunity
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Shot I made for Teleframes2 (animated exquisite corpse collab). Final + process. #2danimation #traditionalanimation #tvpaintcommunity
Reposted by DIY Animation
In this house we love Gassy 🫶⛽
New episode is officially up! Thank you so much to all our voice actors, the AS team, and all the fans in the chat. This was so much fun to make. Happy Halloween everyone ⛽🎃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH4L...
Gassy’s Gas ‘N Stuff 03: The Ghost | adult swim smalls
YouTube video by Adult Swim
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
In this house we love Gassy 🫶⛽
New tut -- Batch align scans of frames drawn on ACME-punched paper, for free, with OLM Peg Hole Stabilizer! If you animate on paper and have been aligning your scans manually, you need to see this:
youtu.be/2a2RkdmRkqw #animation #traditionalanimation #animation2d #acme
youtu.be/2a2RkdmRkqw #animation #traditionalanimation #animation2d #acme
ACME Peghole Alignment with OLM Peg Hole Stabilizer
YouTube video by Dave Merson Hess / DIY Animation Club
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
New tut -- Batch align scans of frames drawn on ACME-punched paper, for free, with OLM Peg Hole Stabilizer! If you animate on paper and have been aligning your scans manually, you need to see this:
youtu.be/2a2RkdmRkqw #animation #traditionalanimation #animation2d #acme
youtu.be/2a2RkdmRkqw #animation #traditionalanimation #animation2d #acme
For L.A. folks, Remainders in Pasadena is amazing (hat tip to Derek QXQX for the tip) remainderspas.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
For L.A. folks, Remainders in Pasadena is amazing (hat tip to Derek QXQX for the tip) remainderspas.org
Don't tell TV Paint, but I've been hanging out with Rough Animator quite a bit lately. Super clean UI. Minimal system requirements. MacOS/Windows/Android/iOS. $8 (one-time fee). www.roughanimator.com
RoughAnimator - animation app
Mobile animation software! Fully featured hand drawn animation application runs on iPad, Android, Mac, and Windows. Powerful enough for professional animators, simple enough for beginners. Everything ...
www.roughanimator.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Don't tell TV Paint, but I've been hanging out with Rough Animator quite a bit lately. Super clean UI. Minimal system requirements. MacOS/Windows/Android/iOS. $8 (one-time fee). www.roughanimator.com
Reposted by DIY Animation
you can take 10 minutes a day to Know What's Going On. after that, my sincere advice is to protect your energy, then take an action along this spectrum based on your best assessment of your own capacity:
physical/mental self care--educating yourself--finding community--organizing--direct action
physical/mental self care--educating yourself--finding community--organizing--direct action
i wrote something about This Place for @404media.co. please read it, and then log off. 💗
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
you can take 10 minutes a day to Know What's Going On. after that, my sincere advice is to protect your energy, then take an action along this spectrum based on your best assessment of your own capacity:
physical/mental self care--educating yourself--finding community--organizing--direct action
physical/mental self care--educating yourself--finding community--organizing--direct action
Reposted by DIY Animation
Reposted by DIY Animation
Reminder y’all, Common Side Effects airs tonight on Adult Swim at Midnight. It’s been pushed a lot by the AS Marketing, is produced by Greg Daniels & Mike Judge, and is created by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner (Scavengers Reign)
DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS SHOW!!
DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS SHOW!!
February 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Reminder y’all, Common Side Effects airs tonight on Adult Swim at Midnight. It’s been pushed a lot by the AS Marketing, is produced by Greg Daniels & Mike Judge, and is created by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner (Scavengers Reign)
DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS SHOW!!
DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS SHOW!!
Reposted by DIY Animation
Still a lot of animation folks impacted by the fires who need funding! Link in my bio and here: tinyurl.com/ToonFireFund
February 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Still a lot of animation folks impacted by the fires who need funding! Link in my bio and here: tinyurl.com/ToonFireFund