FWDIO Studios
@fwdiostudios.bsky.social
An indie creative content studio made by people of color for people of color, and home of Poison Us.
Based in Washington, D.C area.
https://linktr.ee/FWDIOStudios
Based in Washington, D.C area.
https://linktr.ee/FWDIOStudios
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Built by queer creators of color, this studio strives to tell inclusive original stories that go beyond our labels. POISON US's pilot is one of those.
What kind of stories do you crave? #FWDIOStudios #PoisonUs #QueerCreators #BIPOCinAnimation #indieanimation #RepresentationMatters #AdultAnimation
What kind of stories do you crave? #FWDIOStudios #PoisonUs #QueerCreators #BIPOCinAnimation #indieanimation #RepresentationMatters #AdultAnimation
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Cute receptionist I met today.
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Cute receptionist I met today.
It's Transgender Awareness week and one of our characters in Poison Us, Oleander, is a nerdy transman with a not-so-secret crush on our bisexual babe Penny Royal
Support our Kickstarter to hear his voice (played by @vynvox.com) come to life!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
Support our Kickstarter to hear his voice (played by @vynvox.com) come to life!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's Transgender Awareness week and one of our characters in Poison Us, Oleander, is a nerdy transman with a not-so-secret crush on our bisexual babe Penny Royal
Support our Kickstarter to hear his voice (played by @vynvox.com) come to life!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
Support our Kickstarter to hear his voice (played by @vynvox.com) come to life!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
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You know who else looks awesome? Supernatural comedy
The Graveyard Shift on @kickstarter.com. Loving the characters' "energies" already. (haha, get it?)
kickstarter.com/projects/tgy... #IndieAnimation
The Graveyard Shift on @kickstarter.com. Loving the characters' "energies" already. (haha, get it?)
kickstarter.com/projects/tgy... #IndieAnimation
The GraveYard Shift! (THE ANIMATED PILOT)
Who better to teach you about living? Than the dead! A supernatural comedy following a clairvoyant who sell's his soul to work retail.
kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You know who else looks awesome? Supernatural comedy
The Graveyard Shift on @kickstarter.com. Loving the characters' "energies" already. (haha, get it?)
kickstarter.com/projects/tgy... #IndieAnimation
The Graveyard Shift on @kickstarter.com. Loving the characters' "energies" already. (haha, get it?)
kickstarter.com/projects/tgy... #IndieAnimation
While it's not the focal point of the plot, none of the main characters are straight in Poison Us! Yay #IndieAnimationGay, I mean #IndieAnimationDay!
Big News for Indie Animation Day! We have been sponsored by
@toonboom.bsky.social so here is a short preview of a scene still in storyboard phase
Please support our @kickstarter.com so we can reach our goal and get this funded!
kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
@toonboom.bsky.social so here is a short preview of a scene still in storyboard phase
Please support our @kickstarter.com so we can reach our goal and get this funded!
kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
While it's not the focal point of the plot, none of the main characters are straight in Poison Us! Yay #IndieAnimationGay, I mean #IndieAnimationDay!
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I know I'm in the middle of posting about Poison Us Kickstarter, but there are some other cool projects I haven't heard about until now like @dellacioso.bsky.social and Popsicle!
kickstarter.com/projects/18410…#IndieAnimationon
kickstarter.com/projects/18410…#IndieAnimationon
https://kickstarter.com/projects/18410…
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I know I'm in the middle of posting about Poison Us Kickstarter, but there are some other cool projects I haven't heard about until now like @dellacioso.bsky.social and Popsicle!
kickstarter.com/projects/18410…#IndieAnimationon
kickstarter.com/projects/18410…#IndieAnimationon
Support a real indie studio and indie projects, real voice actors, and human artists (God, it's so weird that I have to qualify "human" before artists)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Support a real indie studio and indie projects, real voice actors, and human artists (God, it's so weird that I have to qualify "human" before artists)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation
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I'll specifically shout out this kickstarter for @fwdiostudios.bsky.social's indie animation pilot! The art is gorgeous, the premise is delightful, and the creative team is so talented. They have reward tiers starting at only $5.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi...
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'll specifically shout out this kickstarter for @fwdiostudios.bsky.social's indie animation pilot! The art is gorgeous, the premise is delightful, and the creative team is so talented. They have reward tiers starting at only $5.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/poi...
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Happy International #Animation Day!!
I’m on a team with Dancing Atoms, and we have a kickstarter for our 2-D animated short called “Popsicle.”A South Indian daughter uses five sensory memories to awaken her father from a coma. 🇮🇳
Consider backing any amount 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
I’m on a team with Dancing Atoms, and we have a kickstarter for our 2-D animated short called “Popsicle.”A South Indian daughter uses five sensory memories to awaken her father from a coma. 🇮🇳
Consider backing any amount 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
Popsicle
Popsicle is an animated short. A South Indian daughter uses five sensory memories to awaken her father from a coma.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Happy International #Animation Day!!
I’m on a team with Dancing Atoms, and we have a kickstarter for our 2-D animated short called “Popsicle.”A South Indian daughter uses five sensory memories to awaken her father from a coma. 🇮🇳
Consider backing any amount 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
I’m on a team with Dancing Atoms, and we have a kickstarter for our 2-D animated short called “Popsicle.”A South Indian daughter uses five sensory memories to awaken her father from a coma. 🇮🇳
Consider backing any amount 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
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A boy and a sliver of the moon now has a premier page yalllll 👀
#animation #storyboard #stb #boards #anim
youtu.be/9gMQkN_uTKc?...
#animation #storyboard #stb #boards #anim
youtu.be/9gMQkN_uTKc?...
「 ✦ 𝘈 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯✦ 」by peter henry
YouTube video by peter henry
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A boy and a sliver of the moon now has a premier page yalllll 👀
#animation #storyboard #stb #boards #anim
youtu.be/9gMQkN_uTKc?...
#animation #storyboard #stb #boards #anim
youtu.be/9gMQkN_uTKc?...
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My friend @shofcoker.bsky.social and his team just launched a kickstarter for their indie animated film, Crocodile Dance—please pledge or share. This needs to get made!
Witness the origin of the West African monster-goddess known as Mami Wata! CROCODILE DANCE - An Africanfuturist animated thriller is LIVE on @kickstarter.com ! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
#AfricanAnimation #kickstarter #mythology #folklore #mamiwata #animatedfilm #blender3d #crocodiledance
#AfricanAnimation #kickstarter #mythology #folklore #mamiwata #animatedfilm #blender3d #crocodiledance
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My friend @shofcoker.bsky.social and his team just launched a kickstarter for their indie animated film, Crocodile Dance—please pledge or share. This needs to get made!
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Thank you @hazbindemon.bsky.social for you donation to the Kickstarter! We will be sure to send you production reports!
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thank you @hazbindemon.bsky.social for you donation to the Kickstarter! We will be sure to send you production reports!
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We are at 5% funded! It may not seem like a lot now, but every $1 counts and one of those $5 donations is what made the difference.
Thank you for supporting your artists, animators, and illustrators!
Thank you for supporting your artists, animators, and illustrators!
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We are at 5% funded! It may not seem like a lot now, but every $1 counts and one of those $5 donations is what made the difference.
Thank you for supporting your artists, animators, and illustrators!
Thank you for supporting your artists, animators, and illustrators!
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Worried about getting your rewards for our pilot? Don't be!
We partnered with @jellybox.bsky.social to make sure distribution runs smoothly!
We partnered with @jellybox.bsky.social to make sure distribution runs smoothly!
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Worried about getting your rewards for our pilot? Don't be!
We partnered with @jellybox.bsky.social to make sure distribution runs smoothly!
We partnered with @jellybox.bsky.social to make sure distribution runs smoothly!
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Thank you @ruraljones.bsky.social for your donation to our Kickstarter! We look forward to having you watch the pilot!
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thank you @ruraljones.bsky.social for your donation to our Kickstarter! We look forward to having you watch the pilot!
@toonhive.bsky.social shouted us out on Twitter and we love it! Please donate, we have tiers as low as $5 that still earn rewards #supportindieanimation #diversityinmedia
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@toonhive.bsky.social shouted us out on Twitter and we love it! Please donate, we have tiers as low as $5 that still earn rewards #supportindieanimation #diversityinmedia
And there will be FREE FOOD
Come out to our fundraiser at the Lord Baltimore Hotel during Happy Hour on Friday! Genn Fraser, the artist of many mediums, gfraserart.com will be there alongside Sapphic Lit Pop Up authors and FWDIO Studios!
We're celebrating #diversityinmedia, #indieanimation, and everything in between
We're celebrating #diversityinmedia, #indieanimation, and everything in between
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And there will be FREE FOOD
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@silvervase.bsky.social Thank you for donating to the Kickstarter! We know we're excited to see you join us when we release our pilot!
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@silvervase.bsky.social Thank you for donating to the Kickstarter! We know we're excited to see you join us when we release our pilot!
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Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
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There's something here, that so many femme and Black women are leaning into magical girl series at this moment in time
The magical girl renaissance is here. If you love black magiacl girls, you'll see they're thriving in the Indie Animation space. So much has premiered!
links below:
@towardsgalaxysend.bsky.social
@poppihin.bsky.social
@thethreetomes.bsky.social
@pearllow.bsky.social
#IndieAnimation
links below:
@towardsgalaxysend.bsky.social
@poppihin.bsky.social
@thethreetomes.bsky.social
@pearllow.bsky.social
#IndieAnimation
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
There's something here, that so many femme and Black women are leaning into magical girl series at this moment in time
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Thank you for donating to the Kickstarter, @sunnsuto.bsky.social! We are excited that you'll be able join on the list of VIPs to watch the pilot early when it comes out!
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thank you for donating to the Kickstarter, @sunnsuto.bsky.social! We are excited that you'll be able join on the list of VIPs to watch the pilot early when it comes out!
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Want to know where the money goes for funding of our pilot? (Not to me!)
Check out the breakdown on the Kickstarter or here. The very cute pie chart was done by @berriedtreasure.bsky.social!
kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation #diversityinmedia #fairwages
Check out the breakdown on the Kickstarter or here. The very cute pie chart was done by @berriedtreasure.bsky.social!
kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation #diversityinmedia #fairwages
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Want to know where the money goes for funding of our pilot? (Not to me!)
Check out the breakdown on the Kickstarter or here. The very cute pie chart was done by @berriedtreasure.bsky.social!
kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation #diversityinmedia #fairwages
Check out the breakdown on the Kickstarter or here. The very cute pie chart was done by @berriedtreasure.bsky.social!
kickstarter.com/projects/poi... #IndieAnimation #diversityinmedia #fairwages
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Thank you to @eeveevision.bsky.social for donating! One of the stickers from Sticker Bag Two comes is this one! These are Halloween themed and designed by @vanhhopi.bsky.social!
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Thank you to @eeveevision.bsky.social for donating! One of the stickers from Sticker Bag Two comes is this one! These are Halloween themed and designed by @vanhhopi.bsky.social!
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Ooohhh @implydone.bsky.social one you're gonna be one of our Hexes and Hoes! Thank you for donating to the Kickstarter. This pilot is gonna crash into your life! (in a good way)
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ooohhh @implydone.bsky.social one you're gonna be one of our Hexes and Hoes! Thank you for donating to the Kickstarter. This pilot is gonna crash into your life! (in a good way)
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the world needs more indie animation 🙏🏽 so cool seeing people around the fandom do awesome things!
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
the world needs more indie animation 🙏🏽 so cool seeing people around the fandom do awesome things!