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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I have the same finger rings. Hypermobility be rough

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There are hundreds of those unicorns out of work right now 😩

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Finally, it is October again, aka the best month 🎃🍎🍂💀

a box of apple cider donuts in front of a neon green trader joe's bag with black and purple accents

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Did you just pick up a bunch of more generic hats somewhere so you have them on hand to embroider wherever, or is it more just embroidering a hat whenever you happen to come across one that'd be a good canvas?

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Also walked over to the Center for Wooden Boats to hang out at the docks and take photos

view of pier on Lake Washington with several styles of paddle boats, canoes, and sailboats docked or out on the water

Small boats stacked up on wooden pier with big white and blue Museum of History of Industry in background

small boats piled on wooden pier in front of wooden hut labeled oarhouse. Sail boat on lake on background

wooden signpost with multi-colored arrows point to labeled locations in different directions, all in front of wooden building on pier on water

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

every now and then I'll take my 3ds out, and seeing that streetpass light, light up is such a high I need to remember to take it with me to that Zelda 40th concert next year; that will be the place to streetpass in 2027

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a nightmare. I've been looking for most of the year, and there's just no funding to hire or the studios have been wiped out from no investors/publishers

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This one is hitting hard. While I was at Squid, we always considered Heart Machine our sister studio. So many more great people out of work ☹️

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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Researchers point to 51 solutions that trigger rapid, transformative, & reinforcing change to the planet over the next five years, e.g. clean energy, which has already altered that tipping point. To achieve, need affordability, accessibility and attractiveness. 🌎 www.euronews.com/2026/09/12/r...

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The 5 positive tipping points that could ‘rapidly’ heal the world

“For too long a sense has prevailed that solutions to the climate and nature are out of reach. This new research explodes that myth once and for all.”

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I was worried this was happening. Such a loss; Im so sorry 🫂💔

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Back from a busy morning of running errands, which included getting this year's flu and covid vaccines 💪

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

oh, I may have found another Canadian connection, this time on the other side of the family and a whole gen closer 👀🍁👀

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Anyways, I'm still looking for work: bsky.app/profile/89ra...

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm still researching, but I did manage to confirm I do have Canadian roots, but alas, it's through a Great Great Great Grandmother, vs anything closer

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Reached a level of desperation with the job search, where I signed up with a family tree website to see if there were any countries I might qualify for citizenship, since no one wants to hire any animators from the US.

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Little Princess is a masterpiece. I think about it all the time

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Went up to Seattle today to treat myself to a morning walking around Ballard. Went to the Nordic Museum, the Locks, and had some apple cider ice cream

giant wooden troll sculpture in front of museum building entrance

view of fish ladder with a seal breaching the water in the background

view of water canal with lock doors. Trees and iron train bridge in background

two scoops of ice cream in couple with salt and straw building front in background

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I was there earlier today; it's such a gem. Though instead of salmon, I mostly saw seals and sea lions stalking the ladders to get a free lunch

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

theverge.com

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It feels like we just keep losing so much in all the animation industries, so many different forms of artistry, so much institutional knowledge. I'm just sad watching so much of the thing that I fell in love with slip away. I just want us to all to be able to live and make all the things

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Rewatched the Phil Tippet documentary tonight after hearing news of the studio closing its doors. So much history; truly the end of an era

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

been trying a bunch of glute-oriented stretches lately that seem to work, since my ass is so dead from sitting that my back is wrecked from having to compensate for it. So the indirect back stretches

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry had such a genuine enthusiasm for performing that it was impossible not to love them for it, there were things more highly and lowly regarded in their bodies of work but both of them threw themselves into everything because it was pure joy for them and that rules

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

couldn't help but notice you dropping the phrase 'utopian scholastic' in the alt text while I was clicking to zoom in on the art, and this on too much at our place youtu.be/6QOUNvMX-ws?...

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𝐔𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 📖 1990s Nostalgic Atmospheres (Music & Ambience) ✨🛰️🌍🦒🌿 (No AI)

YouTube video by Kester Spach

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

These would make a good sticker set; but then I'd be tempted to put them over every local AI event poster and/or menu I came across

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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 21/08/2026

Double Fine now officially owns all of its games made under Xbox and their publishing rights. kotaku.com/psychonauts-dev-now-owns…

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Psychonauts Dev Now Owns All Its Games And Publishing Rights

'Everything, we got back, the transfer of the IP came back to us'

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Compulsion Games @compulsiongames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thanks to @deantak.bsky.social for sitting down with Guillaume Provost to talk about Compulsion’s independence. Every game you buy now directly supports Compulsion and helps fund our next project. gamesbeat.com/compulsion-g...

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Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox | exclusive

Compulsion Games, the maker of compelling gamers like South of Midnight, has pulled off a management buyout and is now separated from Xbox.

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

saw this one yesterday and questioned how real it actually was

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Gary J Kings 🎮🎞️ Game Trailer Maker @garyjkings.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

South of Midnight is now self published, so buying it gives Xbox zero money. It's a great day to part with a bit of money.

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

nice! 🦊🧡 also, you've probably answered this a million times somewhere else, but what 3d software is this? I can't place it

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History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com · 12/08/2026

This is a bipartisan issue so if you have an R rep you can actually make them care by calling/writing Designated Wilderness areas are so rare, only congress can make them, & they're the most pristine areas we have- set aside specifically because of their uniqueness. This is fucking monstrous:

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🌿barayajis (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و🌿 @ziggyzagz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

With acres of land successfully secured for generations to come thanks in part to Jackie, Ojai raptor center stepped in to give her the best chances with utmost care and compassion. Wildlife rehabbers and medical staff deserve the same in return. Donations: www.ojairaptorcenter.org/donate

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

^ very much thinking of this video I watched the other day bsky.app/profile/litt...

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Though the working condition part is admittedly more of the same problem that every industry is having atm. Still part of the narrative though

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Anyways, it's been 15 years since that bad decision and we still haven't recovered from it. The wrong has been admitted, but regaining that institution is hard-going. Today's big 2D films (and 3D to an extent) are not made within a cohesive production, but dispersed, with worse working conditions

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Rewatching Princess and the Frog, and once again mourning Disney tossing away generations of institutional knowledge with the dismantling of their 2D department at the height of their technical prowess. Cant help but see the similarities with how the games industry is being destroyed right now

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🎃👻BOO Li Jaw-bone👻🦴 @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This information doesn't surprise me, because as someone who has been in an industry with lots of layoffs in the last few years, I have noticed it has hit certain groups of people much harder than others. And this is largely by design.

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Bre Melvin (Animator Looking for Work) @89ravenwolf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Went to a pretty cool local camera yard sale today. I now have a film camera again for the first time in a loooong time.

Black and silver Minolta-branded SRT 2021 slr 35 mm camera next to a small and long lens, sitting on top of a yellow nikon bag on a table

outdoor white folding table with dozens of 80s era black-bodied film cameras

white plastic outdoor table with dozens of silver and black slr 35mm film cameras on it, along with some older larger format dual lens top-down cameras

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We're so used to seeing these sorts of sky-high numbers relating to executive compensation that it's easy to become numbed to the reality of what the numbers actually mean. This chart (not the one shown in the preview) drills home the true absurdity of it all. Look upon it and despair.

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Jane Ng @janeng.com · 06/08/2026

This is a great read and totally worth your time substack.com/@robsandberg...

substack.com

I Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too Slow

AI is optimising the cheapest part of production

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