Bob Flynn
@bobjinx.bsky.social
Cartoonist. Character Designer. Doodler. Director of Art & Animation at FableVision Studios
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I’ve tumbled into plenty of Disney color compare forums, but the difference here is *insane*.
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Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
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Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I’ve tumbled into plenty of Disney color compare forums, but the difference here is *insane*.
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Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
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Aladdin on 35 mm film (top) versus Blu-ray (bottom).
A nice study in how growing parts selection has changed Lego builds over the years. The 2020s example could pass as a cheap firetruck toy from Paw Patrol.
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A nice study in how growing parts selection has changed Lego builds over the years. The 2020s example could pass as a cheap firetruck toy from Paw Patrol.
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
You can still build blocky with studs showing, but the current trend is to hide any hint of Lego.
(src: www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme... )
My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My 6yo as BB-8 for Halloween.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
Really fun costume to make! Paper mache and paint.
I'm very curious about the difference between 'drawn lines' and 'mechanically perfect lines'. How our brains perceive them. Not which is better, more how they make us feel.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I'm very curious about the difference between 'drawn lines' and 'mechanically perfect lines'. How our brains perceive them. Not which is better, more how they make us feel.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
Not just lines, shapes as well.
Left: Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces
Right: art by undrey from Creative Market Place.
Silhouette use in Disney theatrical shorts, where Donald is surprisingly micro-scale in the composition.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Silhouette use in Disney theatrical shorts, where Donald is surprisingly micro-scale in the composition.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.
(Out on a Limb, 1950; Crazy Over Daisy, 1950)
Both directed by Jack Hanna.
Yale Gracey (Layout) & Thelma Witmer (Backgrounds) on both as well.
Another great drawing, arguably clearer.
This is why silhouette is overrated. Of course our eyes see internal shapes, especially high contrast shapes like this, but the clawed grip doesn't even show up in silhouette.
This is why silhouette is overrated. Of course our eyes see internal shapes, especially high contrast shapes like this, but the clawed grip doesn't even show up in silhouette.
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Another great drawing, arguably clearer.
This is why silhouette is overrated. Of course our eyes see internal shapes, especially high contrast shapes like this, but the clawed grip doesn't even show up in silhouette.
This is why silhouette is overrated. Of course our eyes see internal shapes, especially high contrast shapes like this, but the clawed grip doesn't even show up in silhouette.
Incredible silhouette on this vampire here. Wow. Even for Chuck.
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Incredible silhouette on this vampire here. Wow. Even for Chuck.
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
('Transylvania 6-5000', Chuck Jones, 1963)
Great interview by @ani-obsessive.bsky.social with Aaron Blaise. While I get what he's saying here (you want character out-boost everything else), *all I do* is look at the drawings.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Great interview by @ani-obsessive.bsky.social with Aaron Blaise. While I get what he's saying here (you want character out-boost everything else), *all I do* is look at the drawings.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
It's how I watch animation even more-so as I get older. I'm infatuated with the drawings—especially the good ones.
> perpetual headache <
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
> perpetual headache <
What's even more strange is that Donald's own 'charred to a crisp' look wears off by the time he falls safely onto a bush.
Why decide against the established cartoon-gag norm to keep the haircuts? Because they weren't really hurt?
Not sure, but it's odd when a throwaway gag has lasting effect.
Why decide against the established cartoon-gag norm to keep the haircuts? Because they weren't really hurt?
Not sure, but it's odd when a throwaway gag has lasting effect.
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What's even more strange is that Donald's own 'charred to a crisp' look wears off by the time he falls safely onto a bush.
Why decide against the established cartoon-gag norm to keep the haircuts? Because they weren't really hurt?
Not sure, but it's odd when a throwaway gag has lasting effect.
Why decide against the established cartoon-gag norm to keep the haircuts? Because they weren't really hurt?
Not sure, but it's odd when a throwaway gag has lasting effect.
Then they trick Donald into mowing down a branch onto a power line (and zap: high voltage).
But they don't shake off the new haircut for the remainder of the cartoon.
But they don't shake off the new haircut for the remainder of the cartoon.
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Then they trick Donald into mowing down a branch onto a power line (and zap: high voltage).
But they don't shake off the new haircut for the remainder of the cartoon.
But they don't shake off the new haircut for the remainder of the cartoon.
The 1950 Disney short 'Out on a Limb' breaks a cartoon convention I generally hold true: A gag-driven character change or injury should not persist beyond the length of the gag.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The 1950 Disney short 'Out on a Limb' breaks a cartoon convention I generally hold true: A gag-driven character change or injury should not persist beyond the length of the gag.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.
Here, Donald uses a manual lawn mower to zip over a tree branch (trimming the tree), and gives Chip and Dale a close cut.
You don’t see oval shaped googly eyes as often as you should.
October 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
You don’t see oval shaped googly eyes as often as you should.
This only works if you can eat the bricks.
September 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This only works if you can eat the bricks.
Enjoying the first state flag of New Mexico circa 1915, on a nudge from the 'E Pluribus Motto' podcast.
maximumfun.org/episodes/e-p...
maximumfun.org/episodes/e-p...
September 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Enjoying the first state flag of New Mexico circa 1915, on a nudge from the 'E Pluribus Motto' podcast.
maximumfun.org/episodes/e-p...
maximumfun.org/episodes/e-p...
Same thing in the farm store.
September 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Same thing in the farm store.
Local farm decides to use chatGPT to generate a lunch menu.
Makes me miss what I thought was a previously easy and fast solution: chalk-marker on a black board.
(Note: no roast pig was served at said luau, unless you count the ham and cheese)
Makes me miss what I thought was a previously easy and fast solution: chalk-marker on a black board.
(Note: no roast pig was served at said luau, unless you count the ham and cheese)
September 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Local farm decides to use chatGPT to generate a lunch menu.
Makes me miss what I thought was a previously easy and fast solution: chalk-marker on a black board.
(Note: no roast pig was served at said luau, unless you count the ham and cheese)
Makes me miss what I thought was a previously easy and fast solution: chalk-marker on a black board.
(Note: no roast pig was served at said luau, unless you count the ham and cheese)
If I hold still no one will see me.
August 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If I hold still no one will see me.
On a channel called Boing!
August 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On a channel called Boing!
Another example of "can't be a coincidence."
The green strip contains a rivet, bottom centered.
The red strip contained 6 of them.
The two frame a single rivet in the white negative space, like an eyeball.
The blue avoids any rivets.
The green strip contains a rivet, bottom centered.
The red strip contained 6 of them.
The two frame a single rivet in the white negative space, like an eyeball.
The blue avoids any rivets.
July 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Another example of "can't be a coincidence."
The green strip contains a rivet, bottom centered.
The red strip contained 6 of them.
The two frame a single rivet in the white negative space, like an eyeball.
The blue avoids any rivets.
The green strip contains a rivet, bottom centered.
The red strip contained 6 of them.
The two frame a single rivet in the white negative space, like an eyeball.
The blue avoids any rivets.
Here, you just know the painter drew the 8 and 9 to perfectly weave around the rivets.
It's super satisfying. I'm sure sign painters in the field conversed about the pros and cons of going one way or another. Avoiding rivets or painting over them. The craft, the choices.
It shows care.
It's super satisfying. I'm sure sign painters in the field conversed about the pros and cons of going one way or another. Avoiding rivets or painting over them. The craft, the choices.
It shows care.
July 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Here, you just know the painter drew the 8 and 9 to perfectly weave around the rivets.
It's super satisfying. I'm sure sign painters in the field conversed about the pros and cons of going one way or another. Avoiding rivets or painting over them. The craft, the choices.
It shows care.
It's super satisfying. I'm sure sign painters in the field conversed about the pros and cons of going one way or another. Avoiding rivets or painting over them. The craft, the choices.
It shows care.
I visited a trolley yard this weekend where I'm instantly drawn to hand-painted type. I focus immediately on how the forms need to navigate the surface.
Left: If a rivet is in the way, you paint over it.
Right: Where here, the 3 manages to avoid the rivets, but the metal ridge can't be avoided.
Left: If a rivet is in the way, you paint over it.
Right: Where here, the 3 manages to avoid the rivets, but the metal ridge can't be avoided.
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I visited a trolley yard this weekend where I'm instantly drawn to hand-painted type. I focus immediately on how the forms need to navigate the surface.
Left: If a rivet is in the way, you paint over it.
Right: Where here, the 3 manages to avoid the rivets, but the metal ridge can't be avoided.
Left: If a rivet is in the way, you paint over it.
Right: Where here, the 3 manages to avoid the rivets, but the metal ridge can't be avoided.