Bill Cass
@spiceopod.bsky.social
Animator and character designer in the Seattle area. All artwork I post is my own and made without AI.
Manager of Post Production at The Pokémon Company International, but all opinions stated here are strictly my own.
Manager of Post Production at The Pokémon Company International, but all opinions stated here are strictly my own.
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Bill Cass
@spiceopod.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Last one of my #reploid inspired robot designs. I think this guy is just the coolest.
He hosts a planetarium show and uses his lasers for nice reasons during the day. I imagine he sounds like Neil DeGrasse Tyson or Giancarlo Esposito. #animation #alligator #megamanx #oc
He hosts a planetarium show and uses his lasers for nice reasons during the day. I imagine he sounds like Neil DeGrasse Tyson or Giancarlo Esposito. #animation #alligator #megamanx #oc
This started as a joke sketch to draw them doing Sonic & Shadow poses from SA2 but I actually really like this and can't wait to color it.
Goth Girls Adventure 2!
Goth Girls Adventure 2!
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This started as a joke sketch to draw them doing Sonic & Shadow poses from SA2 but I actually really like this and can't wait to color it.
Goth Girls Adventure 2!
Goth Girls Adventure 2!
More development sketches of Zoe. Some of these are also storyboards for a script with her and Afterglow in it. I'll have to redo some of these with the asymmetrical bangs to see if I like that better.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
More development sketches of Zoe. Some of these are also storyboards for a script with her and Afterglow in it. I'll have to redo some of these with the asymmetrical bangs to see if I like that better.
Designing some friends and supporting characters for Afterglow since I'm writing episodes for her now.
Here is Zoe! Going for a 90s mall goth look for her. Still developing but I like these early drawings.
Here is Zoe! Going for a 90s mall goth look for her. Still developing but I like these early drawings.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Designing some friends and supporting characters for Afterglow since I'm writing episodes for her now.
Here is Zoe! Going for a 90s mall goth look for her. Still developing but I like these early drawings.
Here is Zoe! Going for a 90s mall goth look for her. Still developing but I like these early drawings.
The OG destroyer of innocence right here. I even was friends with / had a crush on a girl in high school who looked kinda like her. Short, strawberry blonde, autistic 😂😍 So this one hits deep.
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The OG destroyer of innocence right here. I even was friends with / had a crush on a girl in high school who looked kinda like her. Short, strawberry blonde, autistic 😂😍 So this one hits deep.
The industry leaders speaking at a AI-focused event I just attended posed a question they can't solve to the audience: as AI reduces the workforce and asks for higher skill sets for employees, how is the younger generation not left behind?
They have no idea what to do here and that's terrifying.
They have no idea what to do here and that's terrifying.
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The industry leaders speaking at a AI-focused event I just attended posed a question they can't solve to the audience: as AI reduces the workforce and asks for higher skill sets for employees, how is the younger generation not left behind?
They have no idea what to do here and that's terrifying.
They have no idea what to do here and that's terrifying.
We all hate genAI here, but we need to be careful not to act like stubborn airbrush artists hearing about Thomas Knoll's new "photoshop" in 1990.
As creatives, we should fight off AI slop but also fight to define "AI" as a tool. Just like Photoshop ended up being for those angry airbrushers.
As creatives, we should fight off AI slop but also fight to define "AI" as a tool. Just like Photoshop ended up being for those angry airbrushers.
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We all hate genAI here, but we need to be careful not to act like stubborn airbrush artists hearing about Thomas Knoll's new "photoshop" in 1990.
As creatives, we should fight off AI slop but also fight to define "AI" as a tool. Just like Photoshop ended up being for those angry airbrushers.
As creatives, we should fight off AI slop but also fight to define "AI" as a tool. Just like Photoshop ended up being for those angry airbrushers.
Finished and colored up version of this Afterglow sheet.
Want an embarrassing fact? Despite her whole deal being that her skin can glow and change color I haven't really drawn her DOING that other than slapping a cheap outer glow on a hand here and there. I'll change that soon.
Want an embarrassing fact? Despite her whole deal being that her skin can glow and change color I haven't really drawn her DOING that other than slapping a cheap outer glow on a hand here and there. I'll change that soon.
October 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Finished and colored up version of this Afterglow sheet.
Want an embarrassing fact? Despite her whole deal being that her skin can glow and change color I haven't really drawn her DOING that other than slapping a cheap outer glow on a hand here and there. I'll change that soon.
Want an embarrassing fact? Despite her whole deal being that her skin can glow and change color I haven't really drawn her DOING that other than slapping a cheap outer glow on a hand here and there. I'll change that soon.
I want Nintendo to make a sprawling sci fi space epic that weaves in Star Fox, Metroid, and F-Zero. They have so many space mercenaries/bounty hunters and never let them hang out other than silly tongue in cheek references.
Make it real!
Make it real!
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I want Nintendo to make a sprawling sci fi space epic that weaves in Star Fox, Metroid, and F-Zero. They have so many space mercenaries/bounty hunters and never let them hang out other than silly tongue in cheek references.
Make it real!
Make it real!
I tried a different Procreate brush for each pose, so this counts as 9 Inktobers, right Chat?
Excited to color and animate some of these. This is the best Afterglow has ever looked!
Excited to color and animate some of these. This is the best Afterglow has ever looked!
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I tried a different Procreate brush for each pose, so this counts as 9 Inktobers, right Chat?
Excited to color and animate some of these. This is the best Afterglow has ever looked!
Excited to color and animate some of these. This is the best Afterglow has ever looked!
I only just found you but I love the style and proportions you use!
I would have a few candidates for you if I won a sculpt... Robot animals? Cute dancing gal? Guess we find out together.
I would have a few candidates for you if I won a sculpt... Robot animals? Cute dancing gal? Guess we find out together.
October 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I only just found you but I love the style and proportions you use!
I would have a few candidates for you if I won a sculpt... Robot animals? Cute dancing gal? Guess we find out together.
I would have a few candidates for you if I won a sculpt... Robot animals? Cute dancing gal? Guess we find out together.
Drawing a bunch of Afterglow today became I just love her in this crop top hoodie.
The tiny drawings are referenced from pausing various videos of dancers. I wanna do a bunch more of these.
The tiny drawings are referenced from pausing various videos of dancers. I wanna do a bunch more of these.
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Drawing a bunch of Afterglow today became I just love her in this crop top hoodie.
The tiny drawings are referenced from pausing various videos of dancers. I wanna do a bunch more of these.
The tiny drawings are referenced from pausing various videos of dancers. I wanna do a bunch more of these.
If you think the title of this show is "Cow Boys of Moo Mesa" you are wrong.
If you think it's "Wild West Cow Boys of Moo Mesa" you're still wrong.
C.O.W. is an acronym, so this horrible show's amazing full title is (inhales deeply)...Wild West Code of the West Boys of Moo Mesa.
If you think it's "Wild West Cow Boys of Moo Mesa" you're still wrong.
C.O.W. is an acronym, so this horrible show's amazing full title is (inhales deeply)...Wild West Code of the West Boys of Moo Mesa.
September 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
If you think the title of this show is "Cow Boys of Moo Mesa" you are wrong.
If you think it's "Wild West Cow Boys of Moo Mesa" you're still wrong.
C.O.W. is an acronym, so this horrible show's amazing full title is (inhales deeply)...Wild West Code of the West Boys of Moo Mesa.
If you think it's "Wild West Cow Boys of Moo Mesa" you're still wrong.
C.O.W. is an acronym, so this horrible show's amazing full title is (inhales deeply)...Wild West Code of the West Boys of Moo Mesa.
I canceled D+ a while ago over something else stupid they did, but what they did this week is far worse. I was even about to come back because I want to watch Andor, but not after the Kimmel cancel. I don't even like Kimmel but I do love having rights!
We all need to ditch Disney completely.
We all need to ditch Disney completely.
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I canceled D+ a while ago over something else stupid they did, but what they did this week is far worse. I was even about to come back because I want to watch Andor, but not after the Kimmel cancel. I don't even like Kimmel but I do love having rights!
We all need to ditch Disney completely.
We all need to ditch Disney completely.
Reposted by Bill Cass
flintstones bit where fred washes his hands then pulls on the hand dryer dinosaurs tail and it rips ass for a minute straight
September 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
flintstones bit where fred washes his hands then pulls on the hand dryer dinosaurs tail and it rips ass for a minute straight
Great lesson to learn for other mayors and governors: standing up to Trump works. He's a bully and a loser with no ground stand on.
Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Great lesson to learn for other mayors and governors: standing up to Trump works. He's a bully and a loser with no ground stand on.
Trying some shenanigans with a 2D rig "3D rotation". It's about 30 layers dynamically changing layer order over time + lots of vector point motion tweens of the shapes. It's not quite convincing yet but good for a first pass I would say. I want Hivehead performing more actions as the camera "pans".
September 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Trying some shenanigans with a 2D rig "3D rotation". It's about 30 layers dynamically changing layer order over time + lots of vector point motion tweens of the shapes. It's not quite convincing yet but good for a first pass I would say. I want Hivehead performing more actions as the camera "pans".
Reposted by Bill Cass
Various boards for an animated short. That falling animation was just a little test!
The big wasp guy I designed back in college but I've never actually animated them. Better late then never!
The big wasp guy I designed back in college but I've never actually animated them. Better late then never!
August 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Various boards for an animated short. That falling animation was just a little test!
The big wasp guy I designed back in college but I've never actually animated them. Better late then never!
The big wasp guy I designed back in college but I've never actually animated them. Better late then never!
Whaddup! I'm Spruce! You're probably wondering how I got into this situation...
(Just a clip I made during my work commutes. I used Callipeg and Procreate Dreams, and they worked really well together! Expect more!)
#animation #procreate #callipeg #soda #cartoon #noAI
(Just a clip I made during my work commutes. I used Callipeg and Procreate Dreams, and they worked really well together! Expect more!)
#animation #procreate #callipeg #soda #cartoon #noAI
July 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Whaddup! I'm Spruce! You're probably wondering how I got into this situation...
(Just a clip I made during my work commutes. I used Callipeg and Procreate Dreams, and they worked really well together! Expect more!)
#animation #procreate #callipeg #soda #cartoon #noAI
(Just a clip I made during my work commutes. I used Callipeg and Procreate Dreams, and they worked really well together! Expect more!)
#animation #procreate #callipeg #soda #cartoon #noAI
I wanna share a current musical obsession of mine. Stage 1-1 and 1-2 of Jumping Flash!, and how it goes from cheerful to melancholic in a way very similar to Sonic 3's Angel Island.
Here is 1-1. Love the bagpipes and that very low pitched echoy chord that pipes in here and there.
Here is 1-1. Love the bagpipes and that very low pitched echoy chord that pipes in here and there.
Jumping Flash! Music - World 1-1 (Jump in the Grasslands!) In-game version
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July 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I wanna share a current musical obsession of mine. Stage 1-1 and 1-2 of Jumping Flash!, and how it goes from cheerful to melancholic in a way very similar to Sonic 3's Angel Island.
Here is 1-1. Love the bagpipes and that very low pitched echoy chord that pipes in here and there.
Here is 1-1. Love the bagpipes and that very low pitched echoy chord that pipes in here and there.
Reposted by Bill Cass
Made a picture to celebrate today 😁
July 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Made a picture to celebrate today 😁
Adopted a sea turtle man alien in No Man's Sky and now its my GOTY. So glad I waited for 9 years of updates before playing it 😅
July 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Adopted a sea turtle man alien in No Man's Sky and now its my GOTY. So glad I waited for 9 years of updates before playing it 😅
Mario Kart World's soundtrack makes me feel like I am a teenager listening to TheMushroomKingdom.net WTMK internet radio again. They had all those obscure official remix albums from Japan streaming and a lot of them were synth or jazz. What a great time this is ❤️
The Mushroom Kingdom: Super Mario Bros. downloads and information
TheMushroomKingdom.net
June 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Mario Kart World's soundtrack makes me feel like I am a teenager listening to TheMushroomKingdom.net WTMK internet radio again. They had all those obscure official remix albums from Japan streaming and a lot of them were synth or jazz. What a great time this is ❤️
Nintendo deciding that Mario Kart is a big band jazz music franchise was an A+ decision. I wish MKW had a sound test, so many bangers here.
June 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Nintendo deciding that Mario Kart is a big band jazz music franchise was an A+ decision. I wish MKW had a sound test, so many bangers here.
Petition to rename Galvanized Steel to Rancid Ass Steel
May 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Petition to rename Galvanized Steel to Rancid Ass Steel