Clay Kaytis
@claykaytis.com
Director-Screenwriter-Animator
A Christmas Story Christmas🎄 2 Peanuts Specials🥜 The Christmas Chronicles🎅🏻 The Angry Birds Movie🐤 Disney🐭
Also me on bksy: @animationpodcast.com @nowgomakeamovie.com
https://linktr.ee/claykaytis
A Christmas Story Christmas🎄 2 Peanuts Specials🥜 The Christmas Chronicles🎅🏻 The Angry Birds Movie🐤 Disney🐭
Also me on bksy: @animationpodcast.com @nowgomakeamovie.com
https://linktr.ee/claykaytis
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Clay Kaytis
@claykaytis.com
· Aug 27
As this account becomes more personal about hobby stuff & opinions, I’d like to direct you to my other accounts for…
Animation: @animationpodcast.com
Filmmaking: @nowgomakeamovie.com
Or follow all three 😃👍
Animation: @animationpodcast.com
Filmmaking: @nowgomakeamovie.com
Or follow all three 😃👍
Apple should just go all in and rename the Apple Watch the Apple Timer because that’s all I use mine for.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Apple should just go all in and rename the Apple Watch the Apple Timer because that’s all I use mine for.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
Every time I vacuum up a bug or spider, I like to think of it as the beginning of a heartwarming animated adventure about returning home.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Every time I vacuum up a bug or spider, I like to think of it as the beginning of a heartwarming animated adventure about returning home.
We got a super soft rug for around our bed so the dog would have traction to jump up at night, but now she always sleeps on the rug. What have we done???
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
We got a super soft rug for around our bed so the dog would have traction to jump up at night, but now she always sleeps on the rug. What have we done???
That 🎄🎅🏻 mood is right around the corner!
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
That 🎄🎅🏻 mood is right around the corner!
Glad to see the Super S is still going strong
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Glad to see the Super S is still going strong
I’ve seen a dog sneeze, and a dog choke/gag, but I don’t remember ever seeing a dog cough. Do dogs cough?
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’ve seen a dog sneeze, and a dog choke/gag, but I don’t remember ever seeing a dog cough. Do dogs cough?
This @thomasflight.nebula.tv vid on GenAI is worth watching.
Why Does AI Art Feel So Wrong?
YouTube video by Thomas Flight
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November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This @thomasflight.nebula.tv vid on GenAI is worth watching.
Reposted by Clay Kaytis
Writing a Screenplay - Day 25 - I finished my first draft! What’s next?
Writing a Screenplay - Day 25 - I finished my first draft! What’s next?
YouTube video by Now Go Make A Movie!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Writing a Screenplay - Day 25 - I finished my first draft! What’s next?
I’m so close to becoming a rogue “sign guy.”
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m so close to becoming a rogue “sign guy.”
You’d think this amazing AI could be used to send spam to the junk folder, but instead we get racoons riding on dogs videos.
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You’d think this amazing AI could be used to send spam to the junk folder, but instead we get racoons riding on dogs videos.
It’s sad. My dad left me his classic car and it seems scammers are phishing car club members via email because they know it’s a large concentration of old people who might fall for their scams.
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It’s sad. My dad left me his classic car and it seems scammers are phishing car club members via email because they know it’s a large concentration of old people who might fall for their scams.
@lightboxexpo.com was huge, packed full of enthusiastic artists, and exciting as always. @bobbychiu.bsky.social has created something special to look forward to every year. Here’s our panel on Friday, you can’t see the screaming, cheering audience, but they were there, trust me.
October 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
@lightboxexpo.com was huge, packed full of enthusiastic artists, and exciting as always. @bobbychiu.bsky.social has created something special to look forward to every year. Here’s our panel on Friday, you can’t see the screaming, cheering audience, but they were there, trust me.
Who’s at Lightbox today?
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 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Who’s at Lightbox today?
Had a dream someone was presenting spaceship designs and one was so massive, I asked if those little specks all over the surface were windows. They proudly said Yes. Then I said “That’s no ship, that’s a space station.” No one got the reference and I had to explain. I’m awkward, even in my dreams.
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Had a dream someone was presenting spaceship designs and one was so massive, I asked if those little specks all over the surface were windows. They proudly said Yes. Then I said “That’s no ship, that’s a space station.” No one got the reference and I had to explain. I’m awkward, even in my dreams.
Feel like a lot of people will want to know this 👇 #filmmaking
By chance, I was in a store and met a Disney exec, so I took the opportunity to ask them why doesn’t Hollywood want to make movies anymore? Their answer cracked my brain a little, but I am not so perplexed anymore. Hope this helps you too…🧵 /1
October 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Feel like a lot of people will want to know this 👇 #filmmaking
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!
Reposted by Clay Kaytis
“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
Imagine how good I would be at life if I did everything right the first time.
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Imagine how good I would be at life if I did everything right the first time.
Okay, let’s go again.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Okay, let’s go again.
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If you accidentally post AI slop and are told “hey that’s AI” the correct answer is to go “aw shit I didn’t know” and delete it. Not “oh oops oh well, watcha gonna do” and keep it up because it’s giving you engagement. Stop it.
October 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you accidentally post AI slop and are told “hey that’s AI” the correct answer is to go “aw shit I didn’t know” and delete it. Not “oh oops oh well, watcha gonna do” and keep it up because it’s giving you engagement. Stop it.
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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.”
Remember during the lockdown how we started new hobbies to keep our minds occupied in order to stay sane? I’m feeling the same need right now.
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Remember during the lockdown how we started new hobbies to keep our minds occupied in order to stay sane? I’m feeling the same need right now.
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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.