Tyler Kupferer
@tylerkupferer.bsky.social
• Director of Cinematography @ Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Art, Movies, LEGO, Theme Parks, Etc.
• Art, Movies, LEGO, Theme Parks, Etc.
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Wondering what a CG Layout Artist does all day? Here's three clips from my work on Encanto.
We block out a rough 3D visualization of the scene w/ characters, cameras, lighting, and effects. This serves as a working template for all other departments to finalize on top of. The essence of filmmaking!
We block out a rough 3D visualization of the scene w/ characters, cameras, lighting, and effects. This serves as a working template for all other departments to finalize on top of. The essence of filmmaking!
So excited to share the final full trailer to our beloved Zootopia 2!! See it this Thanksgiving with your whole zoo crew! 🦊🐰🐍
youtu.be/5AwtptT8X8k?...
youtu.be/5AwtptT8X8k?...
Zootopia 2 | Final Trailer
YouTube video by Walt Disney Animation Studios
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
So excited to share the final full trailer to our beloved Zootopia 2!! See it this Thanksgiving with your whole zoo crew! 🦊🐰🐍
youtu.be/5AwtptT8X8k?...
youtu.be/5AwtptT8X8k?...
Our Zootopia 2 teaser trailer is LIVE and it's a TEENY TINY film all unto itself!! If you had told me part of this DoC job was supervising an original music video I would've been like "Okay not what I expected but SURE!"
youtu.be/xo4rkcC7kFc?...
youtu.be/xo4rkcC7kFc?...
Zootopia 2 | Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by Walt Disney Animation Studios
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our Zootopia 2 teaser trailer is LIVE and it's a TEENY TINY film all unto itself!! If you had told me part of this DoC job was supervising an original music video I would've been like "Okay not what I expected but SURE!"
youtu.be/xo4rkcC7kFc?...
youtu.be/xo4rkcC7kFc?...
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No one can make you use ai, and that is evident in the fact that increasingly desperate notifications and buttons appear everyday.
April 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
No one can make you use ai, and that is evident in the fact that increasingly desperate notifications and buttons appear everyday.
Reposted by Tyler Kupferer
For all the folks in US: There is another big protest planned for this weekend on the 19th. Don’t write down you’re gonna go, just show up. We need to make ourselves heard. This shit isn’t normal and we need to defend our neighbors
If you can make it, please do. Don’t worry if you can’t
If you can make it, please do. Don’t worry if you can’t
April 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For all the folks in US: There is another big protest planned for this weekend on the 19th. Don’t write down you’re gonna go, just show up. We need to make ourselves heard. This shit isn’t normal and we need to defend our neighbors
If you can make it, please do. Don’t worry if you can’t
If you can make it, please do. Don’t worry if you can’t
I want get off Mr. Chrome's Wild Update Ride
April 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I want get off Mr. Chrome's Wild Update Ride
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"Theme park history adult" is a category I never knew I needed for myself.
Since everyone wants to create categories, I will categorize myself as a Disney/theme park history adult, in that if I go to a theme park, I am most interested in the remnants of things that were replaced or removed, which is arguably more weird than simply enjoying the product as designed.
March 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"Theme park history adult" is a category I never knew I needed for myself.
A large majority of TV shows could just be called "Rich People Problems" and it would still be accurate.
March 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A large majority of TV shows could just be called "Rich People Problems" and it would still be accurate.
Reposted by Tyler Kupferer
Studio mismanagement is the number one problem causing instability in the animation industry.
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Studio mismanagement is the number one problem causing instability in the animation industry.
ABSOLUTELY YES
Here's the official trailer for The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Out March 14th 2025
Out March 14th 2025
February 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
ABSOLUTELY YES
Friendly reminder that the Annie Awards do not have any categories related to CG cinematography. Not for previs, not for layout, not even for lighting. That's practically a third of all artists that work on a CG project, and I'd say they deserve to be recognized!
February 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Friendly reminder that the Annie Awards do not have any categories related to CG cinematography. Not for previs, not for layout, not even for lighting. That's practically a third of all artists that work on a CG project, and I'd say they deserve to be recognized!
First Saturday working overtime on Zootopia 2. First of many. Many many. Like untold amounts of many. That many.
February 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First Saturday working overtime on Zootopia 2. First of many. Many many. Like untold amounts of many. That many.
Tyler-coded characters
February 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Tyler-coded characters
No honor amongst thieves.
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
No honor amongst thieves.
Some excellent and well-deserved picks ⭐
#Oscars Nominations — Best Animated Film:
• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• The Wild Robot
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• The Wild Robot
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
January 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Some excellent and well-deserved picks ⭐
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obv not the only reason, I feel restless at home when I’m not volunteering during the fire recovery. And it’s been so, so fulfilling to help others.
if you want to volunteer to help LA fire victims, check this Google doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
if you want to volunteer to help LA fire victims, check this Google doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
LA Fires | IN PERSON Volunteer Opps
docs.google.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
obv not the only reason, I feel restless at home when I’m not volunteering during the fire recovery. And it’s been so, so fulfilling to help others.
if you want to volunteer to help LA fire victims, check this Google doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
if you want to volunteer to help LA fire victims, check this Google doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
When dogs do that thing with their eyes
January 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
When dogs do that thing with their eyes
People rely too much on social media to remember who their friends are. If you're not constantly maintaining a strong online presence, some people will straight up forget about you.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
People rely too much on social media to remember who their friends are. If you're not constantly maintaining a strong online presence, some people will straight up forget about you.
For anyone tracking the LA fires, I have found AirNow really useful, as it shows updated locations of the actual burn area and air quality in the same map:
fire.airnow.gov#9.46/33.9879...
fire.airnow.gov#9.46/33.9879...
January 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
For anyone tracking the LA fires, I have found AirNow really useful, as it shows updated locations of the actual burn area and air quality in the same map:
fire.airnow.gov#9.46/33.9879...
fire.airnow.gov#9.46/33.9879...
Most of Burbank has post power tonight, eating dry food and watching our freezers melt. But for now we're safe from fire danger. 🙏 Keeping other LA friends in our thoughts as the fires grow across the region.
January 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Most of Burbank has post power tonight, eating dry food and watching our freezers melt. But for now we're safe from fire danger. 🙏 Keeping other LA friends in our thoughts as the fires grow across the region.
Honestly, "Tweet" should become a proprietary eponym that just means any kind of short form social media post on any site.
I'm just gonna call them Tweets. What are they gonna do about it? Twitter's not using it anymore.
January 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Honestly, "Tweet" should become a proprietary eponym that just means any kind of short form social media post on any site.
Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?
December 31, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?
Just submitted my vote! 🗳️ Remember fellow guild members, Sunday is the final day. Only half of membership has voted so far so let's juice those numbers!
Hey eligible voting TAGA members. Just 3 days left to vote on ratification. Cast yours now and spread the word – remind your colleagues that this is our way to show our strength as a union! #Vote4Animation #StandWithAnimation
December 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Just submitted my vote! 🗳️ Remember fellow guild members, Sunday is the final day. Only half of membership has voted so far so let's juice those numbers!
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Animation Guild: regardless of what you think of the tentative agreement, we need membership to engage more. Go to meetings. Join a committee. Become a Captain. Please stop complaining online & thinking that's sufficient participation.
The union is not just our leaders, it's US.
The union is not just our leaders, it's US.
December 11, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Animation Guild: regardless of what you think of the tentative agreement, we need membership to engage more. Go to meetings. Join a committee. Become a Captain. Please stop complaining online & thinking that's sufficient participation.
The union is not just our leaders, it's US.
The union is not just our leaders, it's US.
Today our beloved "Magic Hat Building" celebrates 30 years of making movie magic!
December 10, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Today our beloved "Magic Hat Building" celebrates 30 years of making movie magic!