Lucas Nunes
@lucasjn.bsky.social
Senior Animator at Industrial Light and Magic. Worked on del Toro's Frankenstein, Mandalorian & Grogu, Andor, Godzilla vs Kong and a few other projects. Opinions my own. He/Him
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Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
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For over a decade industry legend (Big)Jeff Simpson has kept his arcane teachings to himself, that changes now. Y'all should check this out if you want to get better at art.
Sign ups are on Nov 17! Weekly course with me, starting early next year underpaintacademy.com/product/inno...
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For over a decade industry legend (Big)Jeff Simpson has kept his arcane teachings to himself, that changes now. Y'all should check this out if you want to get better at art.
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Balerion reborn
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Balerion reborn
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Hello? Who's this?
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hello? Who's this?
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Everyone go watch 'Nightfall'! I did the majority of the VFX and supervised the animation team for this film! I'm very proud of how all the dinosaurs came out and I hope you like them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-xu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-xu...
NIGHTFALL | A DINOSAUR HORROR SHORT FILM
YouTube video by Digital Duck
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Everyone go watch 'Nightfall'! I did the majority of the VFX and supervised the animation team for this film! I'm very proud of how all the dinosaurs came out and I hope you like them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-xu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-xu...
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And they dated?!
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
And they dated?!
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Dragon skull. Always liked the idea of creating skulls of various fantasy creatures. Just never got around to it.
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Dragon skull. Always liked the idea of creating skulls of various fantasy creatures. Just never got around to it.
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Quickie little guide to T. rex faces. I feel like I've gotten into the habit of only sharing big final works but let me know if you'd like me to post more of my little sketches.
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Quickie little guide to T. rex faces. I feel like I've gotten into the habit of only sharing big final works but let me know if you'd like me to post more of my little sketches.
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Happy to announce, my palaeoart below, won the "Impression on China" Award (II), organized by the Chinese Embassy in Poland.
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy to announce, my palaeoart below, won the "Impression on China" Award (II), organized by the Chinese Embassy in Poland.
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I will NOT cry. I will NOT cry
omg, it's so beautiful. I love how this is about the craft and the artists, and only gives you just a little bit of the vibe. Back in the 90s this is how they'd do trailers, they'd literally have pencil tests IN THE TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE, that's what this is giving
omg, it's so beautiful. I love how this is about the craft and the artists, and only gives you just a little bit of the vibe. Back in the 90s this is how they'd do trailers, they'd literally have pencil tests IN THE TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE, that's what this is giving
First look at "Wildwood" new stop-motion feature film by Laika studios.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-...
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-...
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I will NOT cry. I will NOT cry
omg, it's so beautiful. I love how this is about the craft and the artists, and only gives you just a little bit of the vibe. Back in the 90s this is how they'd do trailers, they'd literally have pencil tests IN THE TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE, that's what this is giving
omg, it's so beautiful. I love how this is about the craft and the artists, and only gives you just a little bit of the vibe. Back in the 90s this is how they'd do trailers, they'd literally have pencil tests IN THE TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE, that's what this is giving
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Check out this amazing bird we made (I work on it's silicone feet a lot and was on a lot of the car/road shots):
youtu.be/3HQ-HrwIgOc?...
youtu.be/3HQ-HrwIgOc?...
Wildwood First Look: Where Magic Takes Flight | LAIKA Studios
YouTube video by LAIKA Studios
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Check out this amazing bird we made (I work on it's silicone feet a lot and was on a lot of the car/road shots):
youtu.be/3HQ-HrwIgOc?...
youtu.be/3HQ-HrwIgOc?...
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I’m doing a creature design demo this weekend at Lightbox Expo, here’s a taster of what I’ll be covering 💪
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’m doing a creature design demo this weekend at Lightbox Expo, here’s a taster of what I’ll be covering 💪
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Today marks the two-year anniversary of a great modern sci-fi show: Scavengers Reign. 🥰
A new classic that is only officially available in a few countries.
A new classic that is only officially available in a few countries.
October 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Today marks the two-year anniversary of a great modern sci-fi show: Scavengers Reign. 🥰
A new classic that is only officially available in a few countries.
A new classic that is only officially available in a few countries.
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“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
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I reposted this earlier but I gotta boost it again
this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
"Tears of the Mountain", the 3rd 2025 graduation short from french Gobelins school, is online.
Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...
Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I reposted this earlier but I gotta boost it again
this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
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Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.
Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?...
Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?...
ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair
YouTube video by Vanity Fair
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.
Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?...
Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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my hot take is some of y'all need to stop only reading comics. read prose, go to a museum, learn scrimshaw, wtfever. go be an interesting person first because i can TELL when people don't ingest anythiinnggg else but comics
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
my hot take is some of y'all need to stop only reading comics. read prose, go to a museum, learn scrimshaw, wtfever. go be an interesting person first because i can TELL when people don't ingest anythiinnggg else but comics
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Do you guys ever look at a drawing in progress and simply feel so overwhelmed by the amount of work left that it paralyzes you?
Anyways I'm 65 hours into a piece and have not yet completed the drawing step. Realizing there is a reason I put this idea off for 11 years 🙃
Anyways I'm 65 hours into a piece and have not yet completed the drawing step. Realizing there is a reason I put this idea off for 11 years 🙃
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Do you guys ever look at a drawing in progress and simply feel so overwhelmed by the amount of work left that it paralyzes you?
Anyways I'm 65 hours into a piece and have not yet completed the drawing step. Realizing there is a reason I put this idea off for 11 years 🙃
Anyways I'm 65 hours into a piece and have not yet completed the drawing step. Realizing there is a reason I put this idea off for 11 years 🙃
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As we look at this gif of Twig and the Lighthouse, it makes us think of the time we tried to befriend a local crow. Unfortunately, we put out some cat food that the crow deemed unsatisfactory. The rest of the week we were dive-bombed by an enraged bird.
Moral: Appreciate your friends! #KeeperGame
Moral: Appreciate your friends! #KeeperGame
October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As we look at this gif of Twig and the Lighthouse, it makes us think of the time we tried to befriend a local crow. Unfortunately, we put out some cat food that the crow deemed unsatisfactory. The rest of the week we were dive-bombed by an enraged bird.
Moral: Appreciate your friends! #KeeperGame
Moral: Appreciate your friends! #KeeperGame
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I forgot about this #paleoart of Deinocheirus I produced back in 2019 until this morning. Having not looked at it for years, I think it holds up pretty well. And no, it's not got the "feather mountain" look because D. was a big animal in a temperate climate.
#dinosaurs #fossil #paleontology #sciart
#dinosaurs #fossil #paleontology #sciart
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I forgot about this #paleoart of Deinocheirus I produced back in 2019 until this morning. Having not looked at it for years, I think it holds up pretty well. And no, it's not got the "feather mountain" look because D. was a big animal in a temperate climate.
#dinosaurs #fossil #paleontology #sciart
#dinosaurs #fossil #paleontology #sciart
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Forgot to announce I have a new paper out this week! Animals that are more front-heavy have thicker, differently shaped forelimb bones to deal with the extra load. Limb bones alone may thus be useful proxies for body shape - but posture complicates things. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Forgot to announce I have a new paper out this week! Animals that are more front-heavy have thicker, differently shaped forelimb bones to deal with the extra load. Limb bones alone may thus be useful proxies for body shape - but posture complicates things. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...