Bob Flynn
@bobjinx.bsky.social
Cartoonist. Character Designer. Doodler. Director of Art & Animation at FableVision Studios
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Bob Flynn
@bobjinx.bsky.social
· Sep 11
I shared a still from this over the summer, but now BlueSky has video! Give it a watch and listen.
It’s an iPad tapping soundboard I created with my 5yo. (He did the voices and inspired some of the character ideas!)
It’s an iPad tapping soundboard I created with my 5yo. (He did the voices and inspired some of the character ideas!)
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Hey guys! I just wrote an article about the best cartoon witches throughout animation history (tying in with WICKED: FOR GOOD). It's got old rubber hose weirdness, Disney classics, anime, oddball indie shorts and more! Check it out! www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hey guys! I just wrote an article about the best cartoon witches throughout animation history (tying in with WICKED: FOR GOOD). It's got old rubber hose weirdness, Disney classics, anime, oddball indie shorts and more! Check it out! www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...
Donald Duck balloons from Macy's past.
Evil Donald is the first Donald, from 1935.
The other from 1962, I believe.
Evil Donald is the first Donald, from 1935.
The other from 1962, I believe.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Donald Duck balloons from Macy's past.
Evil Donald is the first Donald, from 1935.
The other from 1962, I believe.
Evil Donald is the first Donald, from 1935.
The other from 1962, I believe.
Happy Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade!
Today day we celebrate giant balloons, Broadway musicals, KPop Demon Hunters, and pharmaceutical commercials!
Today day we celebrate giant balloons, Broadway musicals, KPop Demon Hunters, and pharmaceutical commercials!
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade!
Today day we celebrate giant balloons, Broadway musicals, KPop Demon Hunters, and pharmaceutical commercials!
Today day we celebrate giant balloons, Broadway musicals, KPop Demon Hunters, and pharmaceutical commercials!
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Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Returning: It really hits you with the interiors. The artists could have carved the staircase out of wood, they are so realized.
Not only that, every bit of furniture and every oil lamp.
These are in Cinemascope format, so make sure you click into them.
(screengrabs from animationscreencaps.com)
Not only that, every bit of furniture and every oil lamp.
These are in Cinemascope format, so make sure you click into them.
(screengrabs from animationscreencaps.com)
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Returning: It really hits you with the interiors. The artists could have carved the staircase out of wood, they are so realized.
Not only that, every bit of furniture and every oil lamp.
These are in Cinemascope format, so make sure you click into them.
(screengrabs from animationscreencaps.com)
Not only that, every bit of furniture and every oil lamp.
These are in Cinemascope format, so make sure you click into them.
(screengrabs from animationscreencaps.com)
I’m watching Lady and the Tramp. The backgrounds (and not just the Victorian home interiors) are so intricately drafted. Consistent art direction throughout. Pushing darks and lights in the foregrounds. Shadow play.
All made with paint on paper.
It’s almost overwhelming.
All made with paint on paper.
It’s almost overwhelming.
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m watching Lady and the Tramp. The backgrounds (and not just the Victorian home interiors) are so intricately drafted. Consistent art direction throughout. Pushing darks and lights in the foregrounds. Shadow play.
All made with paint on paper.
It’s almost overwhelming.
All made with paint on paper.
It’s almost overwhelming.
How many people in the Eastern Time Zone, right now, are signing onto video calls, apologizing for eating their lunch on camera, while uttering the phrase "Sorry, I'm inhaling my food."
Millions? 10s of millions?
How did we all decide on *inhaling as the verb?
Why is that phrasing so automatic?
Millions? 10s of millions?
How did we all decide on *inhaling as the verb?
Why is that phrasing so automatic?
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
How many people in the Eastern Time Zone, right now, are signing onto video calls, apologizing for eating their lunch on camera, while uttering the phrase "Sorry, I'm inhaling my food."
Millions? 10s of millions?
How did we all decide on *inhaling as the verb?
Why is that phrasing so automatic?
Millions? 10s of millions?
How did we all decide on *inhaling as the verb?
Why is that phrasing so automatic?
I long for a culture that allows more room for craft and care, where you don't have to race to finish. Where you go off on tangents and explore dead ends. Where ink and paint are allowed time to dry.
Where deadlines allow for reasonable flex, and projects aren't judged on profitability comparisons.
Where deadlines allow for reasonable flex, and projects aren't judged on profitability comparisons.
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I long for a culture that allows more room for craft and care, where you don't have to race to finish. Where you go off on tangents and explore dead ends. Where ink and paint are allowed time to dry.
Where deadlines allow for reasonable flex, and projects aren't judged on profitability comparisons.
Where deadlines allow for reasonable flex, and projects aren't judged on profitability comparisons.
I’ve tumbled into plenty of Disney color compare forums, but the difference here is *insane*.
via @ani-obsessive.bsky.social
Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
via @ani-obsessive.bsky.social
Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I’ve tumbled into plenty of Disney color compare forums, but the difference here is *insane*.
via @ani-obsessive.bsky.social
Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
via @ani-obsessive.bsky.social
Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
Big milestone tonight. Introduced my 6yo to ‘Unico in the Island of Magic’.
He’s gonna pick up one of the newer books at the Scholastic Book Fair this week.
He’s gonna pick up one of the newer books at the Scholastic Book Fair this week.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Big milestone tonight. Introduced my 6yo to ‘Unico in the Island of Magic’.
He’s gonna pick up one of the newer books at the Scholastic Book Fair this week.
He’s gonna pick up one of the newer books at the Scholastic Book Fair this week.
A nice study in how growing parts selection has changed Lego builds over the years. The 2020s example could pass as a cheap firetruck toy from Paw Patrol.
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A nice study in how growing parts selection has changed Lego builds over the years. The 2020s example could pass as a cheap firetruck toy from Paw Patrol.
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
I just watched the Fantastic Four movie. It’s still so strategically clear why they rarely show Reed use his stretchy powers. With all the CG wizardly of 2025, it still doesn’t work in live action.
And yet it works so well when Jake the Dog does it. You believe it every time.
And yet it works so well when Jake the Dog does it. You believe it every time.
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I just watched the Fantastic Four movie. It’s still so strategically clear why they rarely show Reed use his stretchy powers. With all the CG wizardly of 2025, it still doesn’t work in live action.
And yet it works so well when Jake the Dog does it. You believe it every time.
And yet it works so well when Jake the Dog does it. You believe it every time.
Reposted by Bob Flynn
My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Reposted by Bob Flynn
Here's the article: www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...
Cartoon Study: Great Cartoon Vampires In Animation History
For Halloween this year, we’re taking a look at some of the most memorable vampires throughout animation history, so pour yourself a cup of blood and dive in!
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Here's the article: www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...
My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Reposted by Bob Flynn
a halloweeny illustration I drew last year /
October 18, 2023 at 11:30 PM
a halloweeny illustration I drew last year /
Reposted by Bob Flynn
Is there really such a thing as a *timeless aesthetic?
Or is it just selective nostalgia working on us, allowing certain styles to flourish in the present.
Pretty sure any aesthetic can be pinned to a time, decade, or century, no?
Or is it just selective nostalgia working on us, allowing certain styles to flourish in the present.
Pretty sure any aesthetic can be pinned to a time, decade, or century, no?
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Is there really such a thing as a *timeless aesthetic?
Or is it just selective nostalgia working on us, allowing certain styles to flourish in the present.
Pretty sure any aesthetic can be pinned to a time, decade, or century, no?
Or is it just selective nostalgia working on us, allowing certain styles to flourish in the present.
Pretty sure any aesthetic can be pinned to a time, decade, or century, no?
I'm very curious about the difference between 'drawn lines' and 'mechanically perfect lines'. How our brains perceive them. Not which is better, more how they make us feel.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I'm very curious about the difference between 'drawn lines' and 'mechanically perfect lines'. How our brains perceive them. Not which is better, more how they make us feel.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
I’m sure there are hundreds of thousands of non-entertainment videos uploaded over a decade ago on YouTube documenting or explaining scientific research that will be gummed and sludged up by AI upscale.
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m sure there are hundreds of thousands of non-entertainment videos uploaded over a decade ago on YouTube documenting or explaining scientific research that will be gummed and sludged up by AI upscale.
Reposted by Bob Flynn
youtube decided they're gonna ai upscale sd content by default and if you have a youtube channel you should turn that shit off
Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
youtube decided they're gonna ai upscale sd content by default and if you have a youtube channel you should turn that shit off
Silhouette use in Disney theatrical shorts, where Donald is surprisingly micro-scale in the composition.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Silhouette use in Disney theatrical shorts, where Donald is surprisingly micro-scale in the composition.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.