The vultures yawping about ‘looking for the next Bluey' can only ever pick at carcasses. A zine you make in your spare time has more value to humanity than a lot of those people's entire careers. Don't forget that in the face of shiny, well oiled machines and people who are louder than you"

[...]To any fellow Animation workers reading this: Do not ever let other people devalue you or fool you into thinking you're inconsequential in this process.[...]

[...]I would argue more than Live-Action. For better or worse enormous media empires are build on the backs of those animated characters. Animation workers are gentle, humble creatures. I've seen these traits taken advantage of far too many times[...]

"Anyone who draw, who loves creating characters and telling stories: you hold a lot more power than you probably realize. I've seen with my own eyes how good storytelling and the ability to draw can enrich people's lives with happiness and shift culture on a global scale. People LOVE animation[...]

But I became disabled with my R arm fked within 2ishyrs of"making it"in the industry.The worst part wasn't just the pain but about the life I could've had, but the road not taken wasn't all rainbows and sunshine. I want to quote Catriona's post it's things I also want to say but she did it better.

from creating a show of the decade and I'm just like, oh yeah, I forgot that animation industry is a dead end career and when I was still working there I knew I would want to quit eventually to have the freedom of creating my own shows or books after having some financial stability.

I just saw the post by the creator/art director of Bluey Catriona Drummond, a show with 2 billion in revenue, and her being paid 88k after a decade of studio experience, that it feels pretty shitty despite "making it" as an artist in THE industry, and "making it" in the industry

I haven’t drawn in like a week or more again but I was having so much fun photoshopping my own photos, feels kinda un-artist of me to not be drawing every pixel on the screen when I was doing that.

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Wanna Play Spot The Differences and Count Cats? Results revealed in few days when I remember.

Cat-less illus is from few yrs ago and I draw extra cats.
#IThoughtIDon'tHaveToUseHashtagsThat'sWhyI'mHereFk #stupidmillennialThat'sMe #findthedifferences #cats #illustration #portfolioday

Yes ?!?

Doodling vampire girls based on this manga called Wicked Spot I recently read (it’s about witches but they also have fangs)

Oh hello there passing stranger. You’ll find art made from the highest effort possible by my fibromyalgia-migraine-ridden ass that had almost given up on drawing. I have only mins, not hours each day to art without being overtaken. I cannot and will not draw for algorithms, only for funsies. Amen