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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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🦇👻 Boo Li Khaw 👻🎃 @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 15h

I’ve been working for 15 years as an animator and I can tell you without a doubt, the best fix I ever found for imposter syndrome is living a full life where your days and worth don’t hinge on whether or not you were a good animator today.

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Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic-official.bsky.social · 1d

A Chao Tales Halloween special is coming this Friday...

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KUN @kungogeta.bsky.social · 1d

I havent posted on here in so long, im sorry yall lol. Uhh here take this!

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Semi Frequent Sonic Facts 🛹🦅 @semifreqsonic.bsky.social · 1d

i ranked sonic's balls

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Gareth @therealfta.bsky.social · 2d

One of the most important characters in fiction.

A symbol of hope, strength, and nobility.

An example of always being true to yourself, no matter what.

Also, Superman is here as well.

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Mijiu 米酒🍚 @miijiu.bsky.social · 2d

🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
#blazethecat #art

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 2d

“I asked chat GPT”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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spooky nishivivi 🦇 @justviv.and.cat · 2d

if anyone ever says "who cares" or "who asked" to you, y'all can say it was me, because I do care and I would've asked

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Werehud 🌙 Kurzwulf @ehudkurzweil.bsky.social · 2d

My reason for “making shit” varies but my general attitudes towards making anything creative is that I have a quirk in the brain where not creating things makes me feel like I’m dying

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Elizabeth Pennysworth @epennysworth.bsky.social · 3d

Every bit of this mess that we’re currently enduring is because rich people need more money & they dgaf if you’re hungry or homeless or dead in order for them to get more money

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Tealful Eyes @tealfuleyes.bsky.social · 2d

The way I view the arts is pretty simple...
I don't have competition, I have comrades. Art is far more enjoyable when you treat it less like an arena through a lens of comparison and more like a journey with people to learn from along the way.

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 3d

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 2d

With alt text so everyone can get it

Post from x account gooseymane that reads "can somebody explain to me why it's bad if immigrants take our jobs but it's good if a.i. does?"

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 2d

Bring back "Long time no see!" !!!

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 3d

Oh absolutely!

People often miss the aspect of media where a creative is capturing a “feeling”

The choices are meant to affect you subconsciously, so identifying it for clear discussion is tricky by design!

Animators are preforming a type of magic that is meant to be hard to discuss!

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 3d

However, this limits action sequences, prioritizing seeing the characters at all times.

My big thing is...

Why can't we use each method, when it's actually effective?

Studio Giggex for action, Chao Tales team for slower, more character focused moments

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 3d

Just so my hopes for the future are crystal clear, Chao Tales has the opposite issue, however because it's a cute side project it gets less focus from fans.

Sonic looks awesome, his Mouth and Quills cheating towards the camera and never disappearing behind effects.

Sonic from Chao Tales animation, about to curl into a spin attack

Sonic from Chao Tales animation, curling into a spin attack

Sonic from Chao Tales animation, spinning quickly, prepping his attack with a streak of blue energy

Sonic from Chao Tales animation, launching his spin attack with a light trail of blue

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 3d

I wanna see SHADOW do that, not some red and black lines.

It's like someone changed the channel, right when things get exciting looool

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 3d

Studio Giggex hides this issue with flashy effects, dramatic preceptive and camera angles

True talent on display and impressive animation, but being used as a band-aid solution to the underlying issue, specific to Sonic

I want SONIC to win, not a brand

(The effects stretch, instead of the shape)

Shadow dashing off in SHADOW GENERATIONS: Dark Beginnings, fully modeled

Shadow dashing off in SHADOW GENERATIONS: Dark Beginnings, instantly the model of Shadow vanishes into effects

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 3d

Sonic's ear is nearly as big as his whole EYE here

This animation is the most popular in the entire series

Stop focusing on the static shape of Sonic

It's about HOW those shapes are used to show movement, he's made up of arrows ▶️▶️▶️

The issue is the model we have is built to stay fixed