The Animation Podcast
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The Animation Podcast, the original since 2005, created by Clay Kaytis.
Reboot (Season 2)… imminent.
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Reboot (Season 2)… imminent.
https://linktr.ee/animationpodcast
This was a nice surprise to find my first animation mentor at Disney – Russ Edmonds – has a YouTube and a Patreon. Good stuff. Brings me back.
Russ Edmonds Animation
Bringing Animals to Life - Drawing for Animation. I'm sharing my videos focused on drawing from life and bringing that knowledge back to the studio where we will draw and animate. Observe, Understand,...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This was a nice surprise to find my first animation mentor at Disney – Russ Edmonds – has a YouTube and a Patreon. Good stuff. Brings me back.
After a LONG break from animating, I animated seven 2D shots for an upcoming video for my @nowgomakeamovie.com channel, and the biggest takeaway - PLANNING. Follow the steps. Don’t just jump ahead to cleaning up a super rough shot “because it will be easy.” Each time I skipped a step I regretted it.
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
After a LONG break from animating, I animated seven 2D shots for an upcoming video for my @nowgomakeamovie.com channel, and the biggest takeaway - PLANNING. Follow the steps. Don’t just jump ahead to cleaning up a super rough shot “because it will be easy.” Each time I skipped a step I regretted it.
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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!
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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!
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“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.)
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.)
October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“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.)
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.)
They should heed the words of the irrepressible Disney animator Ward Kimball:
“Walt’s dead, and you missed it.”
“Walt’s dead, and you missed it.”
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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October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
They should heed the words of the irrepressible Disney animator Ward Kimball:
“Walt’s dead, and you missed it.”
“Walt’s dead, and you missed it.”
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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?
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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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2025 NBA Champions. Tribute animation by Antoine Tran.
www.instagram.com/toine_tran/
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September 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
2025 NBA Champions. Tribute animation by Antoine Tran.
www.instagram.com/toine_tran/
www.instagram.com/toine_tran/
I love seeing indie animation go for it. Worth a watch to see what’s possible.
NIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT
NIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT
KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT
YouTube video by GLITCH
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September 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I love seeing indie animation go for it. Worth a watch to see what’s possible.
NIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT
NIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT
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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.
Trying out Clip Studio Paint for this, and I’m mostly liking it.
September 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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.
Trying out Clip Studio Paint for this, and I’m mostly liking it.
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?
Basically a hotkey that goes: 2-3-2-1-2
Does what I’m asking even make sense to anyone?
September 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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?
Basically a hotkey that goes: 2-3-2-1-2
Does what I’m asking even make sense to anyone?
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.
September 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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.
Sorry for the cross-posting but I’m bad at separating my posts into the right buckets
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
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Sorry for the cross-posting but I’m bad at separating my posts into the right buckets
This is my first time seeing these but I can understand the fandom
BAMAN PIDERMAN ARE FINALLY BACK HOME UNDER @smallbu.bsky.social'S ROOF!
Truly a day of celebration for indie animators everywhere...
#FizzVsComics
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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August 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is my first time seeing these but I can understand the fandom
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?...
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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July 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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?...
We said that ALL THE TIME in my family.
youtu.be/jOypj5XFGrU?...
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!
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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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June 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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!
Who wore it better?
May 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Who wore it better?
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Happy 88th birthday to the greatest fictional character of all time
April 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy 88th birthday to the greatest fictional character of all time
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!
‘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...
April 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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!
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.
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.
A biopic about one of France's greatest writers.
Premiering at Cannes Festival. In french theaters on October 15th.
April 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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.
I think I’m gonna have to buy the EX version for a little animatioOOON.
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 😀
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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March 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think I’m gonna have to buy the EX version for a little animatioOOON.
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
@rookery-ceramics.bsky.social for sharing this with me. #blueseed #animationcels
March 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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
@rookery-ceramics.bsky.social for sharing this with me. #blueseed #animationcels
At the risk of sounding totally out of touch… isn’t an OC (original character) just a drawing of a character not based on an existing character? What criteria pushes a drawing into the OC category?
March 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
At the risk of sounding totally out of touch… isn’t an OC (original character) just a drawing of a character not based on an existing character? What criteria pushes a drawing into the OC category?
People, we have enough for a playlist! Enjoy Andreas Déja, Part 3
youtu.be/XYeL0MvKkjU
youtu.be/XYeL0MvKkjU
S1, E3 - Andreas Déja, Part 3
YouTube video by The Animation Podcast
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March 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
People, we have enough for a playlist! Enjoy Andreas Déja, Part 3
youtu.be/XYeL0MvKkjU
youtu.be/XYeL0MvKkjU