Eli
@ecopper.bsky.social
I’m an animator and artist in my mid twenties still figuring life out, and I’ll only post on here when I feel like it.
May 2026 give you all something special, even if it won’t happen immediately.
THAT IS ALL
THAT IS ALL
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
May 2026 give you all something special, even if it won’t happen immediately.
THAT IS ALL
THAT IS ALL
Joe Cappa's Haha, You Clowns is one of the most wholesome shows I've seen in recent years. In light of the series recently concluding its first season, I wanted to share my thoughts on what makes it worth watching, especially for men in need of good role models.
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Haha, You Clowns: Positive Masculinity Representation in Animation
WARNING: SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR HAHA, YOU CLOWNS. DO NOT READ IF YOU PREFER TO SEE THE SHOW FIRST.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Joe Cappa's Haha, You Clowns is one of the most wholesome shows I've seen in recent years. In light of the series recently concluding its first season, I wanted to share my thoughts on what makes it worth watching, especially for men in need of good role models.
medium.com/@elicopperma...
medium.com/@elicopperma...
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Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Oh this is so based
If these aren’t the 3 Spirits of Christmas visiting me tonight, I refuse to learn shit from this year and will actually decide to be even more toxic next year.
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Oh this is so based
In regards to Rob Reiner and his wife's sudden passing, I felt the need to share my condolences to the man who brought The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap onto the world. May Rob and Michele Reiner be missed but never forgotten.
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Farewell to Acting & Filmmaking Icon, Rob Reiner (1947–2015)
It has only been two days since the world lost a formerly pioneering actor turned film director and political activist, Robert Norman…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In regards to Rob Reiner and his wife's sudden passing, I felt the need to share my condolences to the man who brought The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap onto the world. May Rob and Michele Reiner be missed but never forgotten.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
Yo. This video on the Avatar movies by @thes-e-a.bsky.social is respectfully crafted and phenomenally well informed. Give her a watch. Thank you 😊
youtu.be/Sb458QdHOc4?...
youtu.be/Sb458QdHOc4?...
Avatar is Great and You Are All Insane
YouTube video by The S.E.A.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Yo. This video on the Avatar movies by @thes-e-a.bsky.social is respectfully crafted and phenomenally well informed. Give her a watch. Thank you 😊
youtu.be/Sb458QdHOc4?...
youtu.be/Sb458QdHOc4?...
So I was looking through some old sketchbooks at my childhood home, and I stumbled across this.
I think this dates back to early 2019 when that one specific episode of Steven Universe came out. And yes, I still love James Baxter’s work. Keep on drawing, James 🤘❤️
#stevenuniverse
#jamesbaxter
I think this dates back to early 2019 when that one specific episode of Steven Universe came out. And yes, I still love James Baxter’s work. Keep on drawing, James 🤘❤️
#stevenuniverse
#jamesbaxter
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
So I was looking through some old sketchbooks at my childhood home, and I stumbled across this.
I think this dates back to early 2019 when that one specific episode of Steven Universe came out. And yes, I still love James Baxter’s work. Keep on drawing, James 🤘❤️
#stevenuniverse
#jamesbaxter
I think this dates back to early 2019 when that one specific episode of Steven Universe came out. And yes, I still love James Baxter’s work. Keep on drawing, James 🤘❤️
#stevenuniverse
#jamesbaxter
The following film is a horror / drama about a young man's anxieties relating to his little daughter. It was a pleasure to make and I hope to craft more experimental works like it soon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=REfc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=REfc...
I Want a Drink of Water (A Family Film)
YouTube video by EMC Video Productions
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November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The following film is a horror / drama about a young man's anxieties relating to his little daughter. It was a pleasure to make and I hope to craft more experimental works like it soon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=REfc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=REfc...
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AAAA WOW this is my first TV credit! Thank you to Zach Hadel, Michael Cusack, and Aron Fromm for inviting me on this amazing show to design SQUIM! 🤗
I've always had a passion for designing characters for fun ever since I was a kid! It truly meant a lot to contribute a character to Smiling Friends!
I've always had a passion for designing characters for fun ever since I was a kid! It truly meant a lot to contribute a character to Smiling Friends!
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
AAAA WOW this is my first TV credit! Thank you to Zach Hadel, Michael Cusack, and Aron Fromm for inviting me on this amazing show to design SQUIM! 🤗
I've always had a passion for designing characters for fun ever since I was a kid! It truly meant a lot to contribute a character to Smiling Friends!
I've always had a passion for designing characters for fun ever since I was a kid! It truly meant a lot to contribute a character to Smiling Friends!
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM
From the director of the POTC trilogy and Rango! Easily my most anticipated movie of next year.
#goreverbinski #goodluckhavefundontdie
From the director of the POTC trilogy and Rango! Easily my most anticipated movie of next year.
#goreverbinski #goodluckhavefundontdie
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE | Teaser Trailer | February 13 - Only in Theaters
YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment
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November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM
From the director of the POTC trilogy and Rango! Easily my most anticipated movie of next year.
#goreverbinski #goodluckhavefundontdie
From the director of the POTC trilogy and Rango! Easily my most anticipated movie of next year.
#goreverbinski #goodluckhavefundontdie
Written by me and my dear friend @ncluke1024.bsky.social about the history of the move musical and how the art of animation rejuvenated the sub genre.
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How the Art of Animation Saved the Movie Musical
co-written by Luke Perkins (aspiring animator, theater kid and friend)
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October 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Written by me and my dear friend @ncluke1024.bsky.social about the history of the move musical and how the art of animation rejuvenated the sub genre.
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Here’s an animation I made for a local horror film festival called B’more Horror Fest. It was deliberately modeled after the classic Let’s All Go to the Lobby movie theater ads. It was a pleasure to work on.
#smalldollproductions #bmorehorror2025
#smalldollproductions #bmorehorror2025
October 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here’s an animation I made for a local horror film festival called B’more Horror Fest. It was deliberately modeled after the classic Let’s All Go to the Lobby movie theater ads. It was a pleasure to work on.
#smalldollproductions #bmorehorror2025
#smalldollproductions #bmorehorror2025
From the creators of A Bird Hit my Window and Now I’m a Lesbian. Please consider backing this ambitious project if you got the time and resources. Sharing the page around would be much appreciated too.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/god...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/god...
God is a Pelican
Two queer middle school girls start a religion. In stop motion. From the creators of “A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian.”
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October 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
From the creators of A Bird Hit my Window and Now I’m a Lesbian. Please consider backing this ambitious project if you got the time and resources. Sharing the page around would be much appreciated too.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/god...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/god...
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Few things have been as cathartic this week as finding out about an account where I can go through its feed and block every single account it RT’d before blocking the main account itself.
Don’t interact with government troll trash. Just remove it from your sight & spare yourself the mental stress.
Don’t interact with government troll trash. Just remove it from your sight & spare yourself the mental stress.
October 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Few things have been as cathartic this week as finding out about an account where I can go through its feed and block every single account it RT’d before blocking the main account itself.
Don’t interact with government troll trash. Just remove it from your sight & spare yourself the mental stress.
Don’t interact with government troll trash. Just remove it from your sight & spare yourself the mental stress.
One Second from Every Winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film (1932-2024)
October 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
One Second from Every Winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film (1932-2024)
Yes, I still love doing art
October 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yes, I still love doing art
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This is an important thing to understand about how social media works.
These two things will always both be true:
1) you are allowed to like or dislike whatever you want, and your opinion is valid
2) when someone is talking positively about a thing you don't like, you can say nothing!
These two things will always both be true:
1) you are allowed to like or dislike whatever you want, and your opinion is valid
2) when someone is talking positively about a thing you don't like, you can say nothing!
Not my picture but my god this EXACTLY sums up why I'm so done with goddamn internet discourse. Everyone feels they have to have a take. It feels like people are seeking out negativity rather than just... enjoying what they do like.
I genuinely don't wanna be around people who act like this anymore
I genuinely don't wanna be around people who act like this anymore
October 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is an important thing to understand about how social media works.
These two things will always both be true:
1) you are allowed to like or dislike whatever you want, and your opinion is valid
2) when someone is talking positively about a thing you don't like, you can say nothing!
These two things will always both be true:
1) you are allowed to like or dislike whatever you want, and your opinion is valid
2) when someone is talking positively about a thing you don't like, you can say nothing!
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I've been informed by a reputable source (my mom) that this was the pinnacle of comedy, according to 4-yr.-old me.
September 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I've been informed by a reputable source (my mom) that this was the pinnacle of comedy, according to 4-yr.-old me.
After months of analytical work, I’ve finally completed my own ranking of every winner for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, stemming from 1932 to 2024. Enjoy this countdown of 93 films worth checking out.
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My Ranking of the Best Animated Short Winners / Nominees per Year
For nearly 100 years to date, the Academy Awards have been the biggest movie award ceremony in American history. Whether they honor…
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September 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
After months of analytical work, I’ve finally completed my own ranking of every winner for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, stemming from 1932 to 2024. Enjoy this countdown of 93 films worth checking out.
medium.com/@elicopperma...
medium.com/@elicopperma...
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
(CW: article intended for 18+ audiences)
I might not win over the psychos for internet dwellers with this article, but the backlash over Genndy Tartokovsky's Fixed needs to end already. Read at your own virtue.
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I might not win over the psychos for internet dwellers with this article, but the backlash over Genndy Tartokovsky's Fixed needs to end already. Read at your own virtue.
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Shocking As it is, ‘Fixed’ is Not Worth Any Internet Hate-Mob (18+)
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS MENTION OF RISQUE CONTENT RELATING TO THE ADULT ANIMATED NETFLIX FEATURE, FIXED. IF YOU HAVE NOT…
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August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(CW: article intended for 18+ audiences)
I might not win over the psychos for internet dwellers with this article, but the backlash over Genndy Tartokovsky's Fixed needs to end already. Read at your own virtue.
medium.com/@elicopperma...
I might not win over the psychos for internet dwellers with this article, but the backlash over Genndy Tartokovsky's Fixed needs to end already. Read at your own virtue.
medium.com/@elicopperma...
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November 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM