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Clay Kaytis @claykaytis.com · 3d

I’ll be at Lighbox Expo this Friday, speaking on a panel at 3:30 - Adapting Games into Animated Series and Films - with my Angry Birds directing partner Fergal Reilly @f3rgal.bsky.social. Hope to see some familiar and new faces there!

Adapting Games into Animated Series and Films

Civic Auditorium | Maureen Fan, FERGAL REILLY, Patrick Osborne, Clay Kaytis, Jony Chandra, Katherine MacDonald
Recent animated game adaptations have crushed it with fans like Arcane or at the box office with Sonic. Making them is hard though: these games have rabid existing fanbases much larger than comics, the games are still ongoing, some have thin story, and Hollywood + games have had a storied history with many previously failed film adaptations. Hear from the creatives, who adapt these beloved IP into animation, share how they do it well.

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 6d

“7 little hand-drawn animated shots - how hard can it be?”
This is the first - and maybe the last - time I do cleanup, color, and tones (shadows) on my own animation. I’m really enjoying it, but it’s taking FOREVER! Doesn’t help to have three characters, either. (It’s for an upcoming YouTube video.)

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 18d

They should heed the words of the irrepressible Disney animator Ward Kimball:
“Walt’s dead, and you missed it.”

Reuters @reuters.com · 25d

AI hologram of Spider-Man creator Stan Lee debuts at L.A. Comic Con reut.rs/3KlW0tD

AI hologram of Spider-Man creator Stan Lee debuts at L.A. Comic Con

Wearing a green sweater and tan pants against a bright blue screen, Marvel comic book superhero creator Stan Lee will return to L.A. Comic Con in holographic form to meet fans of his characters including Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man and Thor.

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Clay Kaytis @claykaytis.com · 24d

I hope I’m not wrong, but I’m going to go out on a pretty stable limb and say an animator colleague of mine animated that - Bill Waldman. Good on ya, Bill! People like your stuff! Wonder if he’s still working?

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 27d

2025 NBA Champions. Tribute animation by Antoine Tran.
www.instagram.com/toine_tran/

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 29d

I love seeing indie animation go for it. Worth a watch to see what’s possible.

NIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

YouTube video by GLITCH

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · Sep 18

Hand animating a TEENY clip for a YT video and I feel so… EMPOWERED. Creating something from scratch – FOR MYSELF, BECAUSE I WANT IT TO EXIST – feels like a giant middle finger to everything wrong in tech and entertainment right now.

Trying out Clip Studio Paint for this, and I’m mostly liking it.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Sep 8

If any animation app companies want a consultant who has helped develop state-of-the-art animation software at Disney Animation, I’m your guy.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Sep 8

While I’m asking, do any apps let you ROLL drawings like on paper? Basically quickly step backward through the previous five drawings and then step forward five drawings to where you started. Again, completely crucial and intuitive way to animate with flow of motion and shapes, and it’s just ABSENT.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Sep 8

Flipping is a very intuitive way to draw an inbetween and it just doesn’t exist in apps AFAIK. Do people really just trace between lines with onionskin turned on and step linearly between drawings? What, are we cavemen???

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Sep 8

Does anyone know of a 2D animation app that does flipping the way it happens on paper: going from drawing 2 (the inbetween I’m drawing) to 3 (next drawing), to 2 to 1 (prev drawing), back to 2.

Basically a hotkey that goes: 2-3-2-1-2

Does what I’m asking even make sense to anyone?

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Sep 6

Doing some hand-drawn animation for myself after a LOOONG break. Rusty, but it comes back. Funny, wanted to do a slow-in, so I instinctively drew a timing chart and it worked! Lots of things are coming back & I’m done w/ a rough pass. Time to tie down. I dunno, just sorta happy and wanted to share.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Aug 4

Sorry for the cross-posting but I’m bad at separating my posts into the right buckets

Clay Kaytis @claykaytis.com · Aug 3

I remember the day James finished this shot. It took him hours to shoot it on the Lyon-Lamb and we (all the young guys at the time) kept giving progress reports “still shooting”. Then when it was ready we gathered around and he hit play. Jaws dropped, people cheered, then we staggered away awestruck

The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Aug 1

This is my first time seeing these but I can understand the fandom

Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · Aug 1

BAMAN PIDERMAN ARE FINALLY BACK HOME UNDER @smallbu.bsky.social'S ROOF!

Truly a day of celebration for indie animators everywhere...
#FizzVsComics

BAMAN PIDERMAN - Episode 1 - Find Da Sandwich

YouTube video by SmallButera

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Jul 10

Before the Dumb & Dumber/Ace Ventura double-feature @newbeverly.bsky.social last night, they played “Of Fox and Hounds” (1940 Tex Avery) & a flood of memories came back when I heard that famous line: “Which way did he go, George?”
We said that ALL THE TIME in my family.
youtu.be/jOypj5XFGrU?...

"Which Way Did He Go, George?"

YouTube video by Kevin Nguyen

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Jun 5

I worked with Rosaemary @travale.bsky.social on the Peanuts specials. Happy to see fellow creatives creating for themselves. Give Rosaemary and Craig a follow here and on YT!

Rosemary Travale @travale.bsky.social · Jun 5

Please please subscribe to our YouTube so we can hit that monetization goal 😭😭

www.youtube.com/@Brongadoo

Brongadoo Productions

Brongadoo Productions is a boutique studio consisting of Rosemary Travale and Craig Arndt. At Brongadoo we focus on making animated shorts, games, and illustrations that are fun, playful, and thought-...

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · May 4

Who wore it better?

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Brian Lynch @brianmichaellynch.bsky.social · Apr 17

Happy 88th birthday to the greatest fictional character of all time

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Apr 10

In 1994 I would drive around LA with John Aoshima and Sean Jimenez to go to every figure drawing class we could find to build up our portfolios. Then we all got jobs and now 30 years later I’m here still cheering on John!

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Apr 9

‘Ultraman: Rising’ co-director John Aoshima signs overall deal with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. Aoshima is also guest directing on season two of Netflix’s ‘ Blue Eye Samurai.’ Full story on Cartoon Brew: www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/ul...

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Apr 10

I always get excited for a new Sylvain Chomet film. Such a unique filmmaker. I still have that dog from The Triplets of Belleville seared into my memory.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · Apr 10

First poster for "Marcel & Monsieur Pagnol" french animated feature by Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist...).
A biopic about one of France's greatest writers.
Premiering at Cannes Festival. In french theaters on October 15th.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Mar 14

Amazing to hear I was a small part of your artistic journey. 🙏

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Mar 12

I think I’m gonna have to buy the EX version for a little animatioOOON.

LightBox Expo @lightboxexpo.com · Mar 12

Clip Studio Paint (v4) is doing a release sale for only $23.40 for a perpetual license.

Check it out at: www.clipstudio.net/en/

Full disclosure: CSP will be a sponsor of LBX this year but they didn’t ask us to do this (and we don’t do social ads for sponsors anyway), we just wanted to share 😀

CLIP STUDIO PAINT - More powerful drawing.

Your go-to art studio for illustration, animation, manga, & webtoons. Fully packed with customizable brushes & tools. Draw on your smartphone, tablet, and PC.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Mar 11

Now that Bluesky allows 3-minute videos, it is my responsibility to post one of the greatest moments in animation c/o Blue Seed. I will be forever grateful to
@rookery-ceramics.bsky.social for sharing this with me. #blueseed #animationcels

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · Mar 11

Thanks for humoring my curiosity.

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