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John Berry
@drawncoyote.bsky.social
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Professional animator and storyboard artist. (Cartoon Network, Titmouse, Marvel Studios) Less professional but still proud parent.

Art blog: https://cara.app/drawncoyote
Email for art gigs at johnjberry at gmail dot com
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John Berry @drawncoyote.bsky.social · Mar 10
Bsky can handle 3-minute videos now, so I can upload my #AnimationReel natively!
drawncoyote.bsky.social
I can't believe Sesame Street escaped HBO for Netflix only to be merged together again in the end.
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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mattwilsoncss.bsky.social
Zaslav should never have been allowed to tank the company and devalue it to get to this point. No CEO truly cares, but one that at least pretended to care and had any competency would have kept WB, HBO, CNN, and Cartoon Network flying high. it’s a very dynamic catalog
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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noodleawesome.bsky.social
NEW VIDEO HI NEW VIDEO NEW VIDEO HI HI GUYS NEW VIDOE
youtu.be/bC-8y2R6IxI
CRTs and Pixel Art
YouTube video by Noodle
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December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
I stayed up too late last night to rewatch "The Martian" because I desperately needed to experience smart characters solving problems.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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pftompkins.bsky.social
Billionaires are a self-alienating race of people, they don’t want to be treated like everyone else
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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mbthomas.bsky.social
Are you familiar with the fable of "The Frog and the Scorpion"?
variety.com Variety @variety.com · 9h
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the streamer has no "opposition" to releasing Warner Bros. movies in theaters, but hints that "windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly."

variety.com/2025/film/ne...
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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caitlinroseboyle.com
my animation group chat is white-knuckling though this nightmare bullshit
discussingfilm.net DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 23h
Netflix has made the highest bid to buy Warner Bros so far.

(Source: bit.ly/3XE0Wxl)
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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captaindisillusion.bsky.social
I can't believe @kenplume.bsky.social has never shared this rare Disney documentary footage of the Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers theme song studio recording session, where legendary keyboardist Perry "Pecker" Spelgowitz performed the vibe-defining synth keys part in a SINGLE TAKE.
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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catsuka.bsky.social
First trailer for "The Elephant" by Patrick McHale, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar and Pendleton Ward.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tli7...
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
Please check this out if you can! I've never seen (or worked on) something this experimental funded by a big studio before!
The Elephant | OFFICIAL TRAILER | adult swim
YouTube video by Adult Swim
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December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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josh-foreman.bsky.social
Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
20 years ago, I tackled walk cycles in "Evil Josh & Billy" using the "Bullwinkle" approach. It was all about getting anything out the door as quickly as I could every 1-2 weeks, 90% on my own. The DIY landscape has changed significantly in that time so taking my time this time. Time timey time-time.
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
Hey, can my deleted BlueSky post get re-posted?
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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kendrawcandraw.bsky.social
Happy old year
A black and white comic of the author talkin to themselves, they say “ahhh a new year, a fresh start”. They then look at the calendar in shock seeing it’s already May. “HUH? MAY??” they say. Then they say “that’s fine, I have the whole summer ahead of me!” They look at the calendar, now it’s September. “WHAT?! HUH?” They hold their head in their hands, despairing. “No, no, it’s okay, there’s still time” they look at the calendar which now says December and shriek “STOP!!” At it
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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katietiedrich.bsky.social
I just want to eat berries in the woods (the berries are videogames and the woods is my house)
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
Sure is whiplash to end an online meeting with such creative, talented people with Zoom pushing its "AI Companion" tools.
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is one of my favorite holiday specials. Its message of love being more important than stuff really resonates with me. Just thinking about that for reasons.
Grinch Merch
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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ok.glass
yesterday i was shown this and it blew me away. it's like a victor børge routine but for math instead of music www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN2_...
7 times 13 is 28 | 13×7=28 | Abbott and Costello
YouTube video by Khan Salman
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November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
Well that explains the horrendous AI upscaling done on his last handful of film restorations.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
My old Newgrounds account is still active after decades. Can't believe it. Uploading some old stuff back onto it.
Jeibi - newgrounds.com
jeibi.newgrounds.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
drawncoyote.bsky.social
Watching a Rankin-Bass special in 4K, I could see every string holding up a puppet and every crease in the fabric of the backdrop. Fascinatingly, modern digital video made it look more analog than ever!
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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membrane.hellstar.plus
i’d make so much fucking art. make more music, write, draw, take pictures, write code, all of it
basicincomeaction.bsky.social Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.bsky.social · 7d
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?

Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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gaius.bsky.social
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
carnage4life.bsky.social Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 7d
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.

I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM