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!)
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.
More directly, you’re giving up agency to do things on your own.
It’s a form of behavior modification.
Chat mimes and digital agents are the latest mode of this tech.
It’s completely normal to do things for yourself. There’s meaning in doing things.
It’s a form of behavior modification.
Chat mimes and digital agents are the latest mode of this tech.
It’s completely normal to do things for yourself. There’s meaning in doing things.
It’s 2025, and I live a completely normal life
without a doorbell that can record people
without a speaker that I can bark commands to
My doorbell rings when someone pushes it, and if I want to play music I quickly look up the song and hit play on my pocket computer.
It’s a simple normal life.
without a doorbell that can record people
without a speaker that I can bark commands to
My doorbell rings when someone pushes it, and if I want to play music I quickly look up the song and hit play on my pocket computer.
It’s a simple normal life.
October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
More directly, you’re giving up agency to do things on your own.
It’s a form of behavior modification.
Chat mimes and digital agents are the latest mode of this tech.
It’s completely normal to do things for yourself. There’s meaning in doing things.
It’s a form of behavior modification.
Chat mimes and digital agents are the latest mode of this tech.
It’s completely normal to do things for yourself. There’s meaning in doing things.
Reposted by Bob Flynn
365 Days of Tunes - 299/365:
In TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (’63), directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, Bugs finds himself at the castle of Count Bloodcount (voiced by Ben Frommer), where he is offered a room for the night.
In TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (’63), directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, Bugs finds himself at the castle of Count Bloodcount (voiced by Ben Frommer), where he is offered a room for the night.
Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)
Released on November 30, 1963.
vimeo.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 299/365:
In TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (’63), directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, Bugs finds himself at the castle of Count Bloodcount (voiced by Ben Frommer), where he is offered a room for the night.
In TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (’63), directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, Bugs finds himself at the castle of Count Bloodcount (voiced by Ben Frommer), where he is offered a room for the night.
It’s 2025, and I live a completely normal life
without a doorbell that can record people
without a speaker that I can bark commands to
My doorbell rings when someone pushes it, and if I want to play music I quickly look up the song and hit play on my pocket computer.
It’s a simple normal life.
without a doorbell that can record people
without a speaker that I can bark commands to
My doorbell rings when someone pushes it, and if I want to play music I quickly look up the song and hit play on my pocket computer.
It’s a simple normal life.
October 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It’s 2025, and I live a completely normal life
without a doorbell that can record people
without a speaker that I can bark commands to
My doorbell rings when someone pushes it, and if I want to play music I quickly look up the song and hit play on my pocket computer.
It’s a simple normal life.
without a doorbell that can record people
without a speaker that I can bark commands to
My doorbell rings when someone pushes it, and if I want to play music I quickly look up the song and hit play on my pocket computer.
It’s a simple normal life.
Reposted by Bob Flynn
Halloween is the perfect time to watch 1930s cartoons.
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Halloween is the perfect time to watch 1930s cartoons.
Incredible silhouette on this vampire here. Wow. Even for Chuck.
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Incredible silhouette on this vampire here. Wow. Even for Chuck.
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
Great interview by @ani-obsessive.bsky.social with Aaron Blaise. While I get what he's saying here (you want character out-boost everything else), *all I do* is look at the drawings.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Great interview by @ani-obsessive.bsky.social with Aaron Blaise. While I get what he's saying here (you want character out-boost everything else), *all I do* is look at the drawings.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
Reposted by Bob Flynn
I like this Drewscape video about choosing a workflow for illustration projects & breaking down his decision making around polish/tightness. Especially appreciate his flexibility re materials and approach, his decision making is in service to the story rather than a style.
youtu.be/3b7V9eQcGa0?...
youtu.be/3b7V9eQcGa0?...
When is an illustration polished enough? (Ft. Sherlock Sam)
YouTube video by DREWSCAPE
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I like this Drewscape video about choosing a workflow for illustration projects & breaking down his decision making around polish/tightness. Especially appreciate his flexibility re materials and approach, his decision making is in service to the story rather than a style.
youtu.be/3b7V9eQcGa0?...
youtu.be/3b7V9eQcGa0?...
The 1950 Disney short 'Out on a Limb' breaks a cartoon convention I generally hold true: A gag-driven character change or injury should not persist beyond the length of the gag.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The 1950 Disney short 'Out on a Limb' breaks a cartoon convention I generally hold true: A gag-driven character change or injury should not persist beyond the length of the gag.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.