Emily Abele
@zemthings.bsky.social
✨ CG light/comp, Nuke artist, technical director
✨ prev. lead light/comp artist at DreamWorks
✨ TD committee co-chair, IATSE 839
✨ baker, chaos incarnate
📝 writing an original fantasy novel (and lots of fanfic)
✨ prev. lead light/comp artist at DreamWorks
✨ TD committee co-chair, IATSE 839
✨ baker, chaos incarnate
📝 writing an original fantasy novel (and lots of fanfic)
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Emily Abele
@zemthings.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Happy #PortfolioDay I am still looking for animation comp or light/comp work :)
-Lead exp
-2D, CG, stop motion, live-action
-TV & feature
-Nuke, After Effects
Available immediately for full time, part time, fixed contract, short term, or freelance! Union preferred, willing to relocate!
-Lead exp
-2D, CG, stop motion, live-action
-TV & feature
-Nuke, After Effects
Available immediately for full time, part time, fixed contract, short term, or freelance! Union preferred, willing to relocate!
Fig spoke to us 😭 I said “hey Fig!” and she did some little chirps, then got up to go to her bed where she feels safest and then I said “you talk!” and she did a very solid ‘mrow’ in response 😭😭😭
She’s learned how to purr too, I’m so proud of her.
She’s learned how to purr too, I’m so proud of her.
December 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Fig spoke to us 😭 I said “hey Fig!” and she did some little chirps, then got up to go to her bed where she feels safest and then I said “you talk!” and she did a very solid ‘mrow’ in response 😭😭😭
She’s learned how to purr too, I’m so proud of her.
She’s learned how to purr too, I’m so proud of her.
I was given a slightly baffled look by Ewan McGregor when I burst into the kitchen area of a studio and asked for a cake server. In my defense he was in the kitchen on his laptop, and I was there for kitchen reasons.
Apparently he hung out in there for privacy.
Apparently he hung out in there for privacy.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I was given a slightly baffled look by Ewan McGregor when I burst into the kitchen area of a studio and asked for a cake server. In my defense he was in the kitchen on his laptop, and I was there for kitchen reasons.
Apparently he hung out in there for privacy.
Apparently he hung out in there for privacy.
Ginko loves helping me play Expedition 33, Fig has learned how to purr, and Maple is cute as usual.
May we enter 2026 cone-less and healthy.
May we enter 2026 cone-less and healthy.
December 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ginko loves helping me play Expedition 33, Fig has learned how to purr, and Maple is cute as usual.
May we enter 2026 cone-less and healthy.
May we enter 2026 cone-less and healthy.
They are having two very different experiences on their drugs.
In all fairness, Fig loves having a room to herself and she did get knee surgery. So.
In all fairness, Fig loves having a room to herself and she did get knee surgery. So.
December 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
They are having two very different experiences on their drugs.
In all fairness, Fig loves having a room to herself and she did get knee surgery. So.
In all fairness, Fig loves having a room to herself and she did get knee surgery. So.
Your drugs, m’lady
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Your drugs, m’lady
I love my middle child
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I love my middle child
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River of Light 🍃🌕
November 4, 2023 at 3:27 PM
River of Light 🍃🌕
This doesn’t make it better. In fact, I think it makes it worse.
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This doesn’t make it better. In fact, I think it makes it worse.
I’m gonna need places to start stating WHERE in LA they are right off the bat. I might go to DTLA but I’m not hauling to City of Industry.
At some point we gotta do away with just saying ‘LA’ when it covers so much area.
At some point we gotta do away with just saying ‘LA’ when it covers so much area.
December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I’m gonna need places to start stating WHERE in LA they are right off the bat. I might go to DTLA but I’m not hauling to City of Industry.
At some point we gotta do away with just saying ‘LA’ when it covers so much area.
At some point we gotta do away with just saying ‘LA’ when it covers so much area.
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God: Welcome
Me: So what was the meaning of life?
God: Did you ever see a cat do something stupid and then act all embarrassed?
Me: Yeah. That's the whole—
God: Hilarious
Me: So what was the meaning of life?
God: Did you ever see a cat do something stupid and then act all embarrassed?
Me: Yeah. That's the whole—
God: Hilarious
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
God: Welcome
Me: So what was the meaning of life?
God: Did you ever see a cat do something stupid and then act all embarrassed?
Me: Yeah. That's the whole—
God: Hilarious
Me: So what was the meaning of life?
God: Did you ever see a cat do something stupid and then act all embarrassed?
Me: Yeah. That's the whole—
God: Hilarious
All our cats have ‘emotional support’ toys.
Ginko has his pink hedgehog dog toy.
Fig has her stuffed fruits.
And Maple has a 1997 Czech Republic 2 Koruny coin.
Ginko has his pink hedgehog dog toy.
Fig has her stuffed fruits.
And Maple has a 1997 Czech Republic 2 Koruny coin.
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
All our cats have ‘emotional support’ toys.
Ginko has his pink hedgehog dog toy.
Fig has her stuffed fruits.
And Maple has a 1997 Czech Republic 2 Koruny coin.
Ginko has his pink hedgehog dog toy.
Fig has her stuffed fruits.
And Maple has a 1997 Czech Republic 2 Koruny coin.
日本語を話すのより自信を持ってなりたい…でも家に人りに勉強している。
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
日本語を話すのより自信を持ってなりたい…でも家に人りに勉強している。
Reposted by Emily Abele
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Agreed. Do not harass the creators who work for Disney. The artists, the writers, and the performers. Those who put their hearts and souls into the actual work are the ones who are getting screwed over here.
The disrespect they're getting here is shameful.
The disrespect they're getting here is shameful.
Don’t harass anyone who works for Disney though people.
They didn’t do this shit.
They didn’t do this shit.
December 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Agreed. Do not harass the creators who work for Disney. The artists, the writers, and the performers. Those who put their hearts and souls into the actual work are the ones who are getting screwed over here.
The disrespect they're getting here is shameful.
The disrespect they're getting here is shameful.
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100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.
You’d think after speaking with the recruiters, working for this place for ~5 full years across, oh, 4 feature films, one short, and a whole TV show start to finish I’d get more than a canned rejection.
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
You’d think after speaking with the recruiters, working for this place for ~5 full years across, oh, 4 feature films, one short, and a whole TV show start to finish I’d get more than a canned rejection.
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South of Midnight coming to Nintendo Switch 2 & PS5 in Spring 2026
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
South of Midnight coming to Nintendo Switch 2 & PS5 in Spring 2026
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
It would be so fun and cool if American entertainment companies used American labor to make their films.
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It would be so fun and cool if American entertainment companies used American labor to make their films.
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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what you should do: repost art; write alt-text as much as you can; encourage others to do the same
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
what you should do: repost art; write alt-text as much as you can; encourage others to do the same
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
what you shouldn't do: engage in harassment campaigns against people who don't write alt-text or repost art, either when they forget or ever. folks who use alt text never asked for this.
What an expensive tantrum
Paramount CEO David Ellison has declared war, launching a hostile takeover bid to keep Warner Bros. from Netflix. We’ve laid his plans out — including Jared Kushner’s connection to his bid.
David Ellison Just Declared War
Paramount CEO David Ellison has declared war, launching a hostile takeover bid to keep Warner Bros. from Netflix. We’ve laid his plans out — including Jared Kushner’s connection to his bid.
www.vulture.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What an expensive tantrum
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"Every year, bottles and cans left behind in nature kill countless animals.
Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
Return everything for recycling."
infinitum.no/aktuelt/pant...
Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
Return everything for recycling."
infinitum.no/aktuelt/pant...
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Every year, bottles and cans left behind in nature kill countless animals.
Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
Return everything for recycling."
infinitum.no/aktuelt/pant...
Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
Return everything for recycling."
infinitum.no/aktuelt/pant...
If they have that much liquid cash why aren’t they making shows
Paramount Launches Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
“The Paramount offer for the entirety of WBD provides shareholders $18 billion more in cash than the Netflix consideration."
“The Paramount offer for the entirety of WBD provides shareholders $18 billion more in cash than the Netflix consideration."
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If they have that much liquid cash why aren’t they making shows