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Vanamation🪻Bleating Heart
@vanamation.bsky.social
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Allie/Van (she/her) Librarian by day and indie animator by night. Creating a webseries called #BleatingHeart and writing a western called #TheTasteofGold 🐺🤠
🕸️ https://linktr.ee/vanamation
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Vanamation🪻Bleating Heart @vanamation.bsky.social · Oct 31
Happy Howl-oween! Watch the latest teaser trailer for Bleating Heart episode 1: Cry Wolf NOW! 🐺🪻🐑

#bleatingheart #indieanimation #webseries #trailer
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hannahtempler.com
every use of ai involves tricking someone into thinking something is real lol. the premise is so cheap and annoying, i genuinely suspect it takes a lead-filled boomer brain to find any long-term or authentic enjoyment in it
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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skidarstudios.bsky.social
It's my birthday! 🥳 whopping level 34 over here

Could I requests some sharing of my favorite pieces? 😊
Gouache painting of a California quail with a fantastical colorful desert sunset in the background A digital painting of a mule in a golden autumn wood stretching up to eat an apple An anthro dik-dik wearing glasses and a large pack full of plants and flowers stooping down to pick flowers in the forest An anthro mouse with long hair and a traveling coat in Western style holding a pocket watch and standing at the edge of a path in a high desert forest
December 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
vanamation.bsky.social
Another absolutely adorable (animated!) holiday advert 😍
docomega.bsky.social Doctor Omega @docomega.bsky.social · 2d
Saw this adorable French animation ad and I had to share it over here! The style looks familiar but I can’t my finger on what group it is. Any ideas?
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
vanamation.bsky.social
While we’re on the topic of artistic Christmas adverts, here’s my favorite of all time (or at least, the making of it, which is even more emotionally stirring now): youtu.be/mer6X7nOY_o
Lily Allen | Somewhere Only We Know (John Lewis Christmas Advert)
YouTube video by Lily Allen
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December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
vanamation.bsky.social
I didn’t think it was possible to make a worse AI Christmas ad than the latest Coca Cola one, but wow! McDonald’s pulled it off!! The cynical tone, off-key song, and lifeless montage of unmemorable clips under 3 seconds really put me in the holiday spirit!
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad

The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'

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December 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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bellandpixel.bsky.social
Second half of Push the Pose! These steps are a bit more obvious but just as crucial as height and width. #ccadedu #drawingtips #sketchingtips
A sketching tutorial tip that discusses adjusting the overall silhouette shape to make the pose read more clearly. Also discusses the idea of increasing the angle for limbs / positions and making sure to show overlap. Sketch tip by Charlotte Belland
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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sidneygale.bsky.social
@miathetoon.bsky.social’s latest Mazie dropped!! Go watch!!
Really happy I got to lead the AMAZING clean up team 💛 Thanks for lightening the load, gang 🤝
🎸
#indieanimation #supportindieanimation
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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dihuh.bsky.social
I've been directing on a pilot in development for the past year now that is completely at a standstill because of the constant mergers that have been happening. Its a good show! I think people will love it. Its sad that we cant get new and good stories out there because of billionaire greed
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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bellandpixel.bsky.social
It’s the end of the semester #ccadedu so here’s a sketching tip from class: Push the Pose also applies to design! #sketchtip #drawingtip
A sketching tip that shows an initial sketch of a flying gull. The next step pushes the design by enlarging the wings, reducing the depth of the body (for contrast), and shortening the beak. Sketch by Charlotte Belland
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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jonkk.bsky.social
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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wizzymmd70.bsky.social
Happy 5 years to Bob’s World. Thanks for all of your support over the past half a decade🤯 there’s more to come from the project in the near future, so stay tuned for that!❤️❤️

(Sorry I’m a day late)

#indieanimation #animation
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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littlegoodsheep.bsky.social
The Q&A video is here! Stay till the end for a sneak peek at some WIP rough animation! 🐺🐑🩸🫀

#indieanimationday #indieanimation #bleatingheartseries
youtu.be/mk3kBX4ehsc
Bleating Heart Q&A and WIP Animation Reel #IndieAnimationDay
YouTube video by vanamation
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November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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littlegoodsheep.bsky.social
Happy Indie Animation Day!! I’m giving away a Bleating Heart merch pack!
To enter, like this post, follow @bleatingheartseries, and reply with whether you prefer Halloween or Christmas. One lucky winner from Bluesky will be selected at random and notified on November 21st!
#indieanimationday
A photo of items spread out on a wooden tabletop: an enamel pin, a sticker sheet, two stickers, a keychain, and two postcard prints. All feature anthropomorphic sheep and werewolf characters from the webseries Bleating Heart.
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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littlegoodsheep.bsky.social
Looks like I’ll be doing Q&A video (among other things!) Reply with your questions and I’ll include them in it!

#indieanimation #indieanimationday #bleatingheartseries #webseries
littlegoodsheep.bsky.social Bleating Heart 💜 Animated Series @littlegoodsheep.bsky.social · 27d
Indie Animation Day is this Sunday! Reply to this post with the corresponding emoji of what you want to see from Bleating Heart 👀

🐺 Q&A video
🐑 Work in Progress Scenes
🌕 Merch Giveaway
🫀 All of the above??

#indieanimationday #indieanimation #bleatingheartseries
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
vanamation.bsky.social
Wow I can’t wait to get home from seeing the Labubu animated feature film to settle in for a night of watching AI generated Mickey Mouse cartoons scripted by randos who can’t be bothered to pick up a pencil. The future of animation is bright
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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littlegoodsheep.bsky.social
Indie Animation Day is this Sunday! Reply to this post with the corresponding emoji of what you want to see from Bleating Heart 👀

🐺 Q&A video
🐑 Work in Progress Scenes
🌕 Merch Giveaway
🫀 All of the above??

#indieanimationday #indieanimation #bleatingheartseries
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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1wantedpumpkin.bsky.social
Wrapping up this project was super fun! I've been working in Blender for the past few years, so I wanted to challenge myself by going back to Maya and getting a modeling project done!

You can check out high res renders and asset renders on my artstation: www.artstation.com/artwork/AZbY2e
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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kastiakbc.bsky.social
HAPPY FARMER FRIDAY! Chapter 2 - Page 47 is up!

#TheFarmerAndTheWolf | #art | #webcomic | #werewolf | #comics | #webtooncanvas | #storyboards

Read Here 🔽🌟
tinyurl.com/395c79nc
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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kastiakbc.bsky.social
Happy Farmer Friday! Spooky season is over but this comic keeps on trucking, rain or shine 🌄

#TheFarmerAndTheWolf | #art | #webcomic | #werewolf | #comics | #webtooncanvas

Read Here 🔽🌟
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...
The Werewolf gazes at the sun, as if it was the first time he's ever seen it...
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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littlegoodsheep.bsky.social
ko-fi.com/s/7a7c6f1b4d
Fall ‘25 Halloween Sticker Sheet - Vanamation's Ko-fi Shop
Marsha and Ten are feeling festive this fall, donning cute costumes and collecting candy on Halloween! Add some treats to your water bottle, notebook,...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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littlegoodsheep.bsky.social
Bleating Heart Halloween sticker sheets are available in my ko-fi shop! Get ‘em before the spooky season ends! 👻🎃🌙
www.ko-fi.com/vanamation/shop

#bleatingheartseries #halloween #stickers
A square photo of three sticker sheets stacked on top of each other, laid on a spread of leaves and surrounded by pumpkins and candy corn. The stickers have designs featuring a cartoon anthropomorphic sheep dressed as a witch, a werewolf dressed as a devil and with a pumpkin head (a la headless horseman), and a floating wolf head as a ghost. The same sticker sheet in the previous image but this time propped up against a pumpkin and a little kawaii ghost decoration.
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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kastiakbc.bsky.social
You know what's the scariest part about making/marketing your own work?

👻 SeLf PromOooootiOnnnnNnn!!!! 👻

Patreon 🔽
patreon.com/fatwcomic
A preview of this week's upate of the webcomic "The Farmer and the Wolf" on webtoon canvas! It's got werewolves and farmers and chickens oh my! Ever wondered what it would be like if An American Werewolf in London and My Neighbor Totoro had a baby?? This is probably what it would look like. I'm also a huge weenie myself, so it's not too scary if you're looking for something spooky to read this month!! Also thank you to those who read these alts, you're the real ones. I've been out of work for over a year and this comic keeps me sane.
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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indieanimezine.bsky.social
🎉LEFTOVERS OPEN🎉

Leftovers for the Indie Animation Zine are OPEN until November 21st!

Limited stock, act fast!

Shop: indieanimezine.bigcartel.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM