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@markandflops.bsky.social

I made a weird comic in some kind of sleep-deprived delusion last night and it turned out kinda funny so here it is, my one Sonic comic for 2025

December 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM

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NooB.

@noob3d.bsky.social

"Mario and Luigi Tell It to Their Hearts!"

Been wanting to do this animation for a long time. Definitely the most challenging animation I've ever done.

Hope you enjoy it!

March 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM

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💥 NINES!! 💥

@zeronines.bsky.social

I probably went insane along the way of making this but it doesn't matter, LAST DRAWING OF THE YEAR WE'RE FINISHING OFF WITH A BANG 🗣

#monkeywrench

December 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM

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magic🔄science

@magicscience.info

10,000,000 years

December 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM

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LEE GATLIN

@neilaglet.bsky.social

I got The Compleat Cul De Sac for Christmas so you can look forward to me posting random panels as I make my way through it

December 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM

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Rain

@shucklette.bsky.social

December 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM

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Nico Colaleo

@nicocolaleo.bsky.social

I hate to e-beg, it's embarrassing and I feel pathetic, but all I want for the holidays is to help my disabled mother with her medical bills so she can continue getting the care and treatments she needs. Please donate or share, I appreciate it so much!

LINK:
gofund.me/15682d815

Donate to Holiday Help for Nico's Disabled Mother, organized by Nico Colaleo

Hey everyone and Happy Holidays 2025- This is Nico Colaleo (creator of Ollie &… Nico Colaleo needs your support for Holiday Help for Nico's Disabled Mother

gofund.me

December 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM

Nick (Piggybank/MarkandFlops)

@markandflops.bsky.social

I remember wanting to work on Gil so badly back when i was on pencilmation lol, i'm really happy to see an episode of the show finally out there at last though!
I know it's getting buried by TADC right now, but be sure to check this out if you're looking for something new. :3

Litterbox Comics @litterboxcomics.com · 18d

First episode for Gil Next Door just landed on YouTube!
youtu.be/pztZFmnokMg?...

Really cool old school animation style (think Rocko's Modern Life!)

Go check it out and support indie animation!! 🤩

GIL NEXT DOOR - Episode 1: I Like Mayors

YouTube video by Pencilmation

youtu.be

December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM

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Litterbox Comics

@litterboxcomics.com

First episode for Gil Next Door just landed on YouTube!
youtu.be/pztZFmnokMg?...

Really cool old school animation style (think Rocko's Modern Life!)

Go check it out and support indie animation!! 🤩

GIL NEXT DOOR - Episode 1: I Like Mayors

YouTube video by Pencilmation

youtu.be

December 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM

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Charles Brubaker (NEW BOOK OUT!)

@bakertoons.com

Trickfilm #8 is now available! Had a great time interviewing @suprdee2.com for it in this "Supr-sized" issue!

Get yours at ko-fi.com/s/68b8ee0b0c

December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Nick (Piggybank/MarkandFlops)

@markandflops.bsky.social

I'll use this post to (finally) say that if you ever have any questions for me about art/animation stuff, you're always welcome to let me know anytime! I'll do my best to answer what I can, as best I can 💖

Lo 🎨🔞 @lodrawsfilth.bsky.social · 25d

Share your knowledge if/when you can. Teaching other people how to do what you do doesn’t lessen your art - it just means more and better art for everyone.

I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.

White text on a blue background, a yellow pencil, and a black blot of spilled ink. The text says “share if you welcome artistic questions”.

December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM

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David Cooper

@davidbcooper.bsky.social

December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM

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Josh Foreman

@josh-foreman.bsky.social

Tumblr user nocryptographer:
I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation.
A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written.
AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence.
Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same.
There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that.
I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it.
If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene...
then it's real.

December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM

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Sonic The Hedgeblog

@sonichedgeblog.bsky.social

Artwork of Robotnik, drawn by Milton Knight, for the 'Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog' pilot.

November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM

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Chance Kubesh™

@itskoob.mov

I love you production assistants I love you cleanup artists I love you background artists I love you editors I love you compositors I love you coordinators I love you everyone at outsource animation studios who are the backbone of this entire industry and deserve more than they get I love you layout

November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM

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they made gooseworx

@gooseworx.bsky.social

My favorite thing about creating and owning characters is that I can just be needlessly cruel to them for no reason and nobody's allowed to get mad at me.

November 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM

Nick (Piggybank/MarkandFlops)

@markandflops.bsky.social

Here's my contribution to @peanutscollab.bsky.social! This is such a cool collab and was a ton of fun to take part in. I loved drawing snoopy and his slowly inflating head, classic snoopy humor

November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM

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Kosperry 🧀

@kosperry.bsky.social

AAAA WOW this is my first TV credit! Thank you to Zach Hadel, Michael Cusack, and Aron Fromm for inviting me on this amazing show to design SQUIM! 🤗
I've always had a passion for designing characters for fun ever since I was a kid! It truly meant a lot to contribute a character to Smiling Friends!

November 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM

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Michael Ruocco

@michaeljruocco.bsky.social

It’s #IndieAnimationDay! Staving off the animation industry crash, I’m focusing my creative energies in 2026 into making a new short film. It’s called “The Twig Gatherer” about a little bird just trying to make a home. Ramping up a crowdfund early next year to hire folks to help me make it.