Zev Chevat
@zevchevat.bsky.social
animation & film professor • scandalous illustrator • tired millennial™️ • unionized warlock • queer trans guy (He/His/hisss)
🐍 website: www.zevchevat.com
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🐍 website: www.zevchevat.com
🥀 IG: www.instagram.com/zevchevat/
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Zev Chevat
@zevchevat.bsky.social
· Apr 9
Hellooo #PortfolioDay!
I'm Zev, a NYC-based animator/ professor. Lately I've been focused on elaborate illustrative pieces. My interests are the Gothic, botanic, queer eroticism, and retro anime.
On IG/Tumblr @zevchevat, and on my site www.zevchevat.com. Always looking for work and cool projects!
I'm Zev, a NYC-based animator/ professor. Lately I've been focused on elaborate illustrative pieces. My interests are the Gothic, botanic, queer eroticism, and retro anime.
On IG/Tumblr @zevchevat, and on my site www.zevchevat.com. Always looking for work and cool projects!
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This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
the winter olympics events that aren't about making a rink of people who appreciate sequin placement as horny as possible are about checking in to see if a 19 year old from the taiga doesn't die popping off a snowbound cliff for funsies
the summer olympics are about...going faster
the summer olympics are about...going faster
February 14, 2026 at 7:20 AM
the winter olympics events that aren't about making a rink of people who appreciate sequin placement as horny as possible are about checking in to see if a 19 year old from the taiga doesn't die popping off a snowbound cliff for funsies
the summer olympics are about...going faster
the summer olympics are about...going faster
i love catching the big air highlights cause it's the most laid back people you have ever seen, wearing baggy snowproof skater clothes, throwing themselves off a mountain at extremely high speed and doing rotations that require quick math cause how many was that? many. possibly too many for me
the olympic snowboarding events are proof that dude is a universal gender and nationality
February 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
i love catching the big air highlights cause it's the most laid back people you have ever seen, wearing baggy snowproof skater clothes, throwing themselves off a mountain at extremely high speed and doing rotations that require quick math cause how many was that? many. possibly too many for me
the olympic snowboarding events are proof that dude is a universal gender and nationality
February 14, 2026 at 7:06 AM
the olympic snowboarding events are proof that dude is a universal gender and nationality
as someone who has known many people in career nursing, the care, humanism, and attention The Pitt brings to its nursing staff is truly a remarkable benchmark for television and media. #thepitt
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
as someone who has known many people in career nursing, the care, humanism, and attention The Pitt brings to its nursing staff is truly a remarkable benchmark for television and media. #thepitt
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Sam Szafran (1934-2019), “Model in the Workshop, Rue de Crussol” (1971), charcoal on paper, 75.5 x 105.5 cm.
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Sam Szafran (1934-2019), “Model in the Workshop, Rue de Crussol” (1971), charcoal on paper, 75.5 x 105.5 cm.
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1. it's not?
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
1. it's not?
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
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More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
despite the strenuous and joyful efforts of señor bunny, it is still february out here in the streets
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
despite the strenuous and joyful efforts of señor bunny, it is still february out here in the streets
pulling all my friends into the Pitt with me like "i know you too like to be sad"
February 8, 2026 at 6:27 AM
pulling all my friends into the Pitt with me like "i know you too like to be sad"
meet me behind the met if you want to fall in love and/or watch dudes get bodied in full plate, idk, you're an adult and can decide on your own path through life
what i am doing on valentine's if it's not impossibly cold is going to see the nyc gladiators fight with swords in plate armor behind the met because i understand romance
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
February 8, 2026 at 4:07 AM
meet me behind the met if you want to fall in love and/or watch dudes get bodied in full plate, idk, you're an adult and can decide on your own path through life
i just mean in central park, but it does sound very "out back behind the fancy denny's if you want a medieval ass-kicking"
what i am doing on valentine's if it's not impossibly cold is going to see the nyc gladiators fight with swords in plate armor behind the met because i understand romance
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 AM
i just mean in central park, but it does sound very "out back behind the fancy denny's if you want a medieval ass-kicking"
what i am doing on valentine's if it's not impossibly cold is going to see the nyc gladiators fight with swords in plate armor behind the met because i understand romance
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 AM
what i am doing on valentine's if it's not impossibly cold is going to see the nyc gladiators fight with swords in plate armor behind the met because i understand romance
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
i'll be there looking mysterious and inaccessible, weather permitting
it's fine it's fine i'm fine i can keep going grimly, determinedly, i just need a vacation or a windfall or to drink more water or to be enchanted in comalike sleep underneath a mountain for a millennia or to moisturize or to be presented with a tray of lemon possets or make out with someone cute or
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
it's fine it's fine i'm fine i can keep going grimly, determinedly, i just need a vacation or a windfall or to drink more water or to be enchanted in comalike sleep underneath a mountain for a millennia or to moisturize or to be presented with a tray of lemon possets or make out with someone cute or
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I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
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The quality of art is not the quality of the art; if it were, art would begin and end w/photorealism. The quality of art is in the quality of the artist's observations. Some of the greatest novels have workmanlike prose; they are carried by jaw-dropping truths about human life. Or take cartooning--
February 7, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The quality of art is not the quality of the art; if it were, art would begin and end w/photorealism. The quality of art is in the quality of the artist's observations. Some of the greatest novels have workmanlike prose; they are carried by jaw-dropping truths about human life. Or take cartooning--
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
anyway cartoons are bad for you
thanks to batman the animated series, something about having a charming young mayor in an overcoat and gloves doing all these noble public addresses makes me very concerned the city's about to endure supervillain attacks
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 AM
anyway cartoons are bad for you
thanks to batman the animated series, something about having a charming young mayor in an overcoat and gloves doing all these noble public addresses makes me very concerned the city's about to endure supervillain attacks
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
thanks to batman the animated series, something about having a charming young mayor in an overcoat and gloves doing all these noble public addresses makes me very concerned the city's about to endure supervillain attacks
today has been a DAY
i made a bechamel mac to calm down
everyone fuck OFF
i made a bechamel mac to calm down
everyone fuck OFF
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
today has been a DAY
i made a bechamel mac to calm down
everyone fuck OFF
i made a bechamel mac to calm down
everyone fuck OFF
true queer millennial issue is catching up with your parents and your live-in-with-them younger sibling and having to say emphatically on a family call "MOM YOU CANNOT WATCH HEATED RIVALRY WHILE MY SISTER IS WITH YOU"
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
true queer millennial issue is catching up with your parents and your live-in-with-them younger sibling and having to say emphatically on a family call "MOM YOU CANNOT WATCH HEATED RIVALRY WHILE MY SISTER IS WITH YOU"
much like bill murray does in the eponymous movie, i think we should try killing the groundhog next
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
much like bill murray does in the eponymous movie, i think we should try killing the groundhog next
for those of you waiting with baited breath, i made veg stroganoff this time
one of my big russian jew tells at home is that, when i'm not sure what i want to cook for dinner, i often will just start chopping an onion cause 9/10 i need to do that first anyway
January 31, 2026 at 3:35 AM
for those of you waiting with baited breath, i made veg stroganoff this time
one of my big russian jew tells at home is that, when i'm not sure what i want to cook for dinner, i often will just start chopping an onion cause 9/10 i need to do that first anyway
January 31, 2026 at 2:11 AM
one of my big russian jew tells at home is that, when i'm not sure what i want to cook for dinner, i often will just start chopping an onion cause 9/10 i need to do that first anyway
it's still january, despite community efforts
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 AM
it's still january, despite community efforts