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Alex J
@alexjohnstonart.bsky.social
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| 32 | She/Her | Storyboard Artist | Animator | Creator of Frozen Heart | Northerner 🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈 ✨

Contact: [email protected]
Portfolio: https://alexjohnstonart.weebly.com/
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Alex J @alexjohnstonart.bsky.social · Apr 8
Hello #PortfolioDay !! I'm Alex and I'm an artist based in the UK. I'm available for fulltime or freelance from Storyboarding/Revisions to Background Colour. I'm highly flexible and looking for work in TV and feature.

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I love this movie so much
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Jill Sandwich
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
Brad Dourif in The X Files, he's wearing a prison uniform Tony Todd in the X Files, it's a close shot and he's holding a phone up to his head Bryan Cranston in the X Files, he's sitting in the back of a car Tony Shalhoub in The X Files, he's looking completely exhausted and has sensors stuck to his head
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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"I can't stand to see you this way!!" *murder*
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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painperdues.bsky.social
#zootopia2
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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characterdesign.bsky.social
Animation by Milt Kahl* | Robin Hood (1973)

#penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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amandawtwong.bsky.social
I'm so happy for everyone who worked on this movie, it's what she deserves 🥲🥲🥲
mudron.bsky.social Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 2d
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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new episode of Fionna and Cake, “The Bird in the Clock”, is out tomorrow!
this is my favorite episode from this season, so get ready !! 🐦‍⬛🕰️

directed by Cole Sanchez, boards by @killapede.bsky.social , Graham Falk, Jacob Winkler, and me!
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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nat-the-dev.bsky.social
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
June 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Demon: a togore comic
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Marvel Team-up
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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alexadoodles.bsky.social
Being a Layout Artist on 'Let's Go Luna!' was such a delight. I'd love the chance to work again with my team from the show~

#layoutartist #backgroundartist #illustration
A black and white illustration of street market. There are stalls for produce and accessories. A black and white illustration of a rural, grassy plain. There's a fence in the foreground and mountains in the background. A black and white illustration of an abstract cafe and courtyard, where two characters dance in the center. A black and white illustration of Fenway Park. There's a hotdog stand in the foreground.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Carnotaur Totem 🦖✨

This friend will be available in my next shop update coming this Friday at 9am PT! 👀👀

Link for bookmarking: shop.lioninthetrees.com

#art #pottery #sciart
A large ceramic sculpture of a Carnotaur (think T-Rex but has horns coming out of their head over their eyes) done with black underglaze. This piece features sgraffito markings and my signature California Poppies crawling up it's sides and back. Also noting that the dinosaur looks rather happy. A photo of the back of the piece to show more of the Poppies curving up and around the back. The flower and it's stem have been coloured in using orange and green underglazes.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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practice
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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katoncomics.com
So Animation industry, these are the type of people in positions of power? These are the type of people who are put in charge of hiring artist?
This is disgusting from an art director on linked who's trynna tell me "Complaining that you’re not getting favors is asinine". This is where we're at hun?
"I was the Art Director at Cartoon Network for both Powerpuff Girls and Dexter’s Laboratory, and I held the same role on half a dozen top-level shows at Nickelodeon, Henson, and elsewhere. From experience, I can tell you this: if you’re not the best, you will get passed by. You have to ask yourself, “Am I truly as good as the best I’ve ever seen?” If the answer is no, then—hard truth—you’re out of luck. So what’s left to do? Work hard to be an artist with something special enough to cause an art director to remember you." Me: "As an industry veteran, don't you think thats a problem with the industry with having these unattainable high standards for artist just starting out? You are trying to get new grads and self taught artist to compare themselves to 10+ year pros. The real problem is these studios not having the budget nor willing to train new talent to fit the mold. How exactly are artist going to be the best with no prior experience other than education?" Him: "Adam T., as an art director my job is to maintain the highest level of quality and talent — not to hand out charity. That said, I’m actually known for hiring people with zero experience if their talent is undeniable. The point is: the animation industry is more competitive than it has ever been. Complaining that you’re not getting favors is asinine. The only way to work in this industry today is to be good — and the only way to be good is to work hard and be brutally honest with yourself. And look, we all see how thin the market is right now. Even really good people are out of work. Young artists need to understand they should have fallback skills — real, blue-collar skills. Learn to weld. Become an electrician. Whatever it is, have something solid to stand on."
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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alexjohnstonart.bsky.social
Princess Ozma taking Dorothy on a whirl wind ride across Oz on her trusty steed Saw Horse ✨ #art #digitalart #fanart #landofoz #dorzma
Princess Ozma and Dorothy Gale riding on top of Ozma's loyal steed Saw Horse, a wooden horse brought to life by Ozma. They are pictured galloping across the field in Oz, Dorothy is happily waving hello to people off screen as they speed by while she has her other hand on Ozma's waist. Ozma has hold of Saw Horse's reigns and is also happy for a moment of freedom.
March 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Special agent Dana Scully ✨
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Mouthwashing. Oil pastels + colored pencils on very cheap A3 paper
#mouthwashing #mouthwashingfanart
June 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Since 2021, Manuel Kamekura has been making a pixelated version of Evangelion.
www.instagram.com/fredrikov
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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My Celes gouache painting from a few weeks back! It was difficult but still worth the attempt 🗡️
Celes Chere gouache that didn’t go as I’d hoped but completing it is better than nothing!
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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heyitsmyles.bsky.social
Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.

Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
marvelmania.bsky.social Marvel Mania @marvelmania.bsky.social · 9d
HBO CEO Casey Bloys says 'HARRY POTTER' Season 2 is already being written

"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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This is so much fun!!! I hope the originator doesn't feel bad, Frieren Looking Up is so delightful because of all the different ways artists try to "solve" a drawing like this. Some really accomplished artists struggled here! It's nice to remember some things are just hard to draw no matter what.
animenewsnetwork.com Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 8d
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
alexjohnstonart.bsky.social
Please, pleeeease give me an Ozma of Oz film ~
discussingfilm.net DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 8d
Stephen Schwartz says he and Winnie Holzman are developing a new ‘WICKED’ project.

It wouldn’t be a sequel to Glinda and Elphaba’s story but instead a new idea that “expands Oz in a new direction”

(Source: theankler.com/p/more-oz-wi...)
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM