OPO
@oponok.bsky.social
Illustrator and Animator︱Past Work: Google, NASA, Sony, Dreamworks, Rob Zombie, BBNO$︱He/Him
www.oponok.com
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OPO
@oponok.bsky.social
· Dec 17
New reel to end 2025! I made something like 45 minutes of animation this year, which is pretty wild to think about - this includes storyboards, animation, background paintings, and effects/compositing!
Anyway, if you're looking for animation... I'm here.
#indieanimation #indieanime
Anyway, if you're looking for animation... I'm here.
#indieanimation #indieanime
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December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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New retro eyecatch for @daresiel.com - new stuff isn't going to stop at the debut folks. For 2026 and beyond, we'll work to give you what feels as close as possible to a live anime. Go see Dare's stream tomorrow on the purple app to usher in the New Year! #indieanime #vtubers #indieanimation
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New retro eyecatch for @daresiel.com - new stuff isn't going to stop at the debut folks. For 2026 and beyond, we'll work to give you what feels as close as possible to a live anime. Go see Dare's stream tomorrow on the purple app to usher in the New Year! #indieanime #vtubers #indieanimation
A LinkedIn post that starts at Shut The Fuck Up Street but meets endless traffic trying to merge onto Empty Shill Highway.
i can have a little violence in between reps at the gym. this too is a form of exercise
February 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A LinkedIn post that starts at Shut The Fuck Up Street but meets endless traffic trying to merge onto Empty Shill Highway.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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February 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I’m also not big on the anime aesthetic they picked up after Super Castlevania - a lot of people love Rondo of Blood, but it’s very very cheesy. Ecclesia is the closest the series got to a gothic adventure after that.
February 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I’m also not big on the anime aesthetic they picked up after Super Castlevania - a lot of people love Rondo of Blood, but it’s very very cheesy. Ecclesia is the closest the series got to a gothic adventure after that.
Out of the DS games, Order of Ecclesia was the one I liked most and has a really cool female lead. If you like Super Castlevania (my fave), the one Genesis game Bloodlines is pretty good.
February 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Out of the DS games, Order of Ecclesia was the one I liked most and has a really cool female lead. If you like Super Castlevania (my fave), the one Genesis game Bloodlines is pretty good.
Somehow I missed this… not probably more than two sessions. A lot of this work is just making parallel lines and when that’s something you feel comfortable with as a repeated motion - yeah, goes fast. So I assume two sessions and overall maybe 2-4 hours. I never timed myself thought I’m guessing.
February 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Somehow I missed this… not probably more than two sessions. A lot of this work is just making parallel lines and when that’s something you feel comfortable with as a repeated motion - yeah, goes fast. So I assume two sessions and overall maybe 2-4 hours. I never timed myself thought I’m guessing.
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Happy Valentine's Day: here's an engraving I did.
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Happy Valentine's Day: here's an engraving I did.
Also annoying is when a checkmark obviously feigns ignorance, like with a video about someone getting a haircut, they’ll respond, “I don’t understand, do people regularly get haircuts?” And then people crawl over each other to explain how hair works. It shouldn’t be this easy to be manipulated.
Any time we're seeing screenshots from some bluecheck on Twitter, we have to read whatever it is they're saying with the fact they're getting a payout for deliberately inflammatory/contrarian takes, and disregard them entirely. That's not an honest opinion, that's monetizing getting yelled at.
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Also annoying is when a checkmark obviously feigns ignorance, like with a video about someone getting a haircut, they’ll respond, “I don’t understand, do people regularly get haircuts?” And then people crawl over each other to explain how hair works. It shouldn’t be this easy to be manipulated.
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Share your couples art~
December 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Share your couples art~
Thanks! They're fun to do!
February 15, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Thanks! They're fun to do!
Happy Valentine's Day: here's an engraving I did.
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Happy Valentine's Day: here's an engraving I did.
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A friend and collaborator of mine is currently streaming a Valentine’s painting on Twitch!
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
A friend and collaborator of mine is currently streaming a Valentine’s painting on Twitch!
I think you're right - and if they just limited the scope to what existed in the original game, they could have been fine.
For real, I don't hear anybody complaining about the police station in Resident Evil 2 remake not being expanded - it's just a perfectly realized environment full of character.
For real, I don't hear anybody complaining about the police station in Resident Evil 2 remake not being expanded - it's just a perfectly realized environment full of character.
February 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I think you're right - and if they just limited the scope to what existed in the original game, they could have been fine.
For real, I don't hear anybody complaining about the police station in Resident Evil 2 remake not being expanded - it's just a perfectly realized environment full of character.
For real, I don't hear anybody complaining about the police station in Resident Evil 2 remake not being expanded - it's just a perfectly realized environment full of character.
The backgrounds had a colorful, lived-in dollhouse charm that seems to have been replaced by something more literal and modern. I can imagine it would take a lot of time to recreate such “designed” environments when you blow it up in scope, but it’s a shame. Mario RPG remake made it work.
February 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The backgrounds had a colorful, lived-in dollhouse charm that seems to have been replaced by something more literal and modern. I can imagine it would take a lot of time to recreate such “designed” environments when you blow it up in scope, but it’s a shame. Mario RPG remake made it work.
A friend and collaborator of mine is currently streaming a Valentine’s painting on Twitch!
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
A friend and collaborator of mine is currently streaming a Valentine’s painting on Twitch!
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Happy Valentine's Day!
February 14, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Happy Valentine's Day!
And not that many of those games haven’t been great, but anything gets fatiguing from both developer and consumer side, and it’s clear they need to diversify the catalog of anticipated releases by genre and budget.
February 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
And not that many of those games haven’t been great, but anything gets fatiguing from both developer and consumer side, and it’s clear they need to diversify the catalog of anticipated releases by genre and budget.
They’re able to decently port some incredibly demanding games to the Switch 2. And based on Sony’s most recent presentation, it seems they realized they need to focus on games again - and not just the costly cinematic errandventures most associated with their brand lately.
February 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
They’re able to decently port some incredibly demanding games to the Switch 2. And based on Sony’s most recent presentation, it seems they realized they need to focus on games again - and not just the costly cinematic errandventures most associated with their brand lately.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:35 PM