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Leigh Ryan
@leighryan2000.bsky.social
Illustrator - Animator - Animation teacher at The Gordon TAFE - Arts and Culture Officer for The City of Greater Geelong
11 YEARS AGO??

Wow. There was a time when I had copious amounts of free time, when I'd mock up posters like this purely for the funz.

Oh. Wait. I'm STILL doing this.

Huh.

#perspective #growth?
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Okay, these algorithms are getting SCARY. I posted about this show idea this morning, and the next thing I know, tu-dum!

#Netflix #snake #kitten #tvshow #iwish
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"Not So Hidden Mickey" or "Donald's Nightmare"

#blender #digitalart #disney
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Signal"

#digitalart
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Another free sample!

It's almost Halloween, so I dusted this one off and dressed it up a little.

I should warn you, though, I'm not a writer, just a concerned citizen.

Image based on original artwork by @matthewryan_mr

#letters #gothic #horror #audiobook
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I noticed a few posts about International Animation Day, so I figured I'd share a trailer based on my self-published kids' books. The trailer is a collection of scenes from each book stitched together to test how this idea might work as a series.

#animation #internationalanimationday #trailer
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"I Waved, But I Don't Think He Saw Me."

#digitalart #Kirby
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Given the current trend of old IP to horror, there could be room for a film set in 70s London, where a killer in a mannequin mask is murdering patrons of a department store. And, like all good horror movies, it is the clerks managing the clothing floor who work together to stop it.

#horror #comedy
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Who can say no to a FREE sample? :D

#audiobook

Pt. 1
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Out of all the Galactic Gacha prizes from InterVend, this one is still my favourite.

#gacha #freeprizes #blender3d #middleage #koala #australia
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One year ago today, I did one of these. To celebrate, I took a whole year to do another one of these.

#gacha #freeprizes #blender3d
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Last class of the year for my 2Ds, so I showed them some 3Ds.

#blender3d #model #animation #tafe
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Found myself home alone with some time to kill. Remembered it was Spooky Month. Made a Little Boo in Blender. Shocking how much Blender you DON'T do when you're teaching it.

#blender #Halloween #vampire
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Saw a HUGE jump in page reads at the beginning of October for my books on Amazon. I usually get figures from the US, but oddly, the UK surged. 4 years in, and I've NEVER had engagement in this marketplace. Must be ghosts. You know, the ones from the telly.

#ghosts

www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Crow-and...
October 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Ideas don't die, they change forms.

Messing with some old designs to end the week. Additionally, I included some of the images I used as references. Who recalls the yellow fellow? 😃

#characterdesign #development #ideas #reference #spotty
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Introducing BCnLP: Short Stack.

All the fun of a Big Crow and Little Pumpkin book, in a way that doesn't require me to work like a loony in between the billion other things I'm doing.

Now, eat up before it gets cold.

#bigcrow #littlepumpkin #monster #gelatinouscube #dnd #wizard #amazon
September 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Quick intro to @adobe.com After Effects today for the Cert 4 design students @the_gordon. Showing how small animation fundamentals can (and do) make the difference.

#design #aftereffects #motiongraphics
September 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"Silly Rabbit"

#digitalart
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
July 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Betwixt"

#digitalart
June 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Recent book buys—The Mulligans Zoo and The Wizard of Oz by Mark Christiansen. I love to see those HB styles being used, and Mark is a master!

#books #amazon #hannabarbera #cartoons #wizardofoz
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM