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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I’ve been messing around with Nomad Sculpt. My daughter wanted me to make Sailor Moon. 🌙

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The first episode of "Common Side Effects" is available for free on Youtube. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrJt...

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Spacing some keys out and adding some spin to the hit.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Spent too much time trying to make the tools but I'm ready to really start working on this thing. Need to re-time pretty much everything. Going to add a little more terrain and deformers once the later part is in a good spot. Having fun with it so far. :)

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Nathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

night time 🟡🔴🔵🟢

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Some more progress tonight. I gotta unlock a few translates to get some better poses but having fun with the rig. (Cool rig, Gaethan Bracke!)

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Managed to finally put down some keys tonight.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A quick sketch of what I’m gonna try next. Just gotta find the time. 🙃

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Adam Turnbull @animturnbull.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Link to Resources: animatorsresourcekit.blog (see still images below with the details from the video)

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I think I finally understand how Python Class’es work! 😱 Only took, like, 5 years.

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Inbal Breda @greyannis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Last one I did in TVP I think

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Inbal Breda @greyannis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Going over my old files and re-exporting some old stuff to post here.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

January entry for the 'Pose Cycle Challenge' created by @animturnbull.bsky.social. Feels good to keyframe again. Punisher Rig by Scaloso (animprops.com)

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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

HANG IN THERE BABY!! #art

a simple and graphic three-color drawing of a cat hanging from a tree branch, wailing in fear and misery. The text in the border around it says “Hang in there baby. You can cry. You can cuss. But you gotta hold on.”

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I decided to start over. This is way more stressful for me than it should be. Haha. #posecycleanimationchallenge

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Wife and kid are making cupcakes. This is me apparently.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Let's do this. I've wanted to brush up on some animation outside the j-o-b so hopefully I find enough strength to churn stuff out this year. :)

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Jon WeisNEWSKi @sharkeatsman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Seattle: last chance (for a long time) to get loud with me before I move. ❤️ www.axs.com/events/82502...

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meganimation🍊✨ @meganimation.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

some clothes study~ normally find this level of detail a little too busy personally, but doesn't mean there isn't something to learn from it, I had fun!

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Mika Mobile @mikamobile.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I’ve gotten a lot of questions/comments re: my character art style, so I made a little video about it. Spoiler: it’s mostly just painting. :D youtu.be/HGPyjYG4sak?...

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Stylized Characters in Unreal - Zombieville USA 3D

YouTube video by Mika Mobile

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I updated my animation demo reel for 2025. Ready for a new year and on the lookout to join a rad studio to make cool stuff with! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday and safe New Year. 🎄

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Tom Saville - Animation Demo Reel 2025

These were collected over the course of 24 years in the film, television and game industry. More recent work is at the front. Animations from projects: Concord Destiny…

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

To the one person who bought my Storybook Maker for Kids book. Thanks! It actually lit a fire under me to get the storyboard maker out there and keep doing this.

I hope it sparks a passion that changes the world!!!

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I'm gonna shout out for Jon's (@sharkeatsman.bsky.social) ridiculously awesome album one last time. You should REALLY buy the album on his bandcamp page but it's on Spotify too (Compression Crimes 1). I'm listening to it tonight while I work and it's crazy motivational.

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Nuclear Dudes

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Kurt Margenau @kurtmargenau.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

We are hiring Associate Tech Designers for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet If you script hot fire 🔥 , apply now: www.naughtydog.com/greenhouse/j...

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I can’t get enough of this Concord reel from @sharkeatsman.bsky.social . The music (also by Jon) is so kickass. Loved making and playing this game.

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Concord Gameplay Reel

YouTube video by Jon Weisnewski

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JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The Games Industry, a 2024 year in review 😊

Four images of a life size Hello Kitty in an office having a difficult time with work life. In the top left image, Hello Kitty is pointing a gun at a computer screen while wearing blue headphones. The top right corner shows Hello Kitty swinging a mallet in an office and breaking furniture. The bottom left image has Hello Kitty waving a shovel threateningly. Finally, the bottom right image is Hello Kitty pouring a liquid onto a computer. It is not clear if it is water or gasoline.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Moana 2 spoiler? The scene where Moana is talking to Maui’s tapestry was incredibly well acted.

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Evi 🌼 .𖥔 ݁ ˖ @evenlyevi.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

The creative process 🖌✨

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Check out this monstrosity. Spent a few hours learning a bit about Procreate Dreams to see if I can do some storyboarding in it (I think I can!). Had a tough time with cutting and retiming frames but this was fun!

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This perfectly captures the energy I want to bring into 2025. Made by Jon Weisnewski, the Lead Gameplay Character Designer at Firewalk. Also, great dude.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Video Game Animators, where you at? I've created a new starter pack and added a few folks to get the ball rolling. If you're a video game animator (specifically) then drop your handle in the replies. Reposts welcome 🙌🏻 go.bsky.app/88k8BgR

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 17/11/2024

Weekend reminder of some of my starter packs to get you going. Game dev studios: go.bsky.app/VZ374ep Gaming news: go.bsky.app/KCFRZJH Game developers: go.bsky.app/JscC4Fx Linux and open source: go.bsky.app/VpVujwk

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jjasperthef.bsky.social @jjasperthef.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I don't have any reels put together for what I do on LEGO Fortnite, but I have also been doing some talks on animation in engine youtu.be/FdDgume4fTE?...

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Transitioning to Animating In Unreal - The Same But Different

YouTube video by John

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The kids drawings are getting so good!

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Any of my animator friends put together a showreel of all the work they did on a project? Its nice to have all that work on a character/project in one spot. But definitely demo reels should feature your best stuff. Anyway... heres a showreel of all my anim work on 1-off from Concord.

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Concord - 1-Off Gameplay Animation Showreel

Farewell Firewalk. I'll add more to this later.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Mika Mobile is back at it! ❤️ this game.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Some co-workers seem to remember Paul the Monkey the most from my DNA Productions days. I was SUPER fortunate to animate him for a few DNA logos. Voiced by the legendary story artist at DNA, Paul Claerhout! vimeo.com/tomsaville/d...

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DNA Productions, Inc. - Paul logos

I was fortunate enough to work on the DNA Productions logos! Everyone loves Paul! All material copyright Nickelodeon

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Laura Lico @lauraivylico.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

It's been a rough year for the gaming industry. Unfortunately, like the two prior. But the end of the rough news is hopefully in sight. I heard something positive today that gives me joy. I can't say what, but I can help spread that joy. Here's an old clip I made for Moss 2, years ago.

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Tom Saville @bestfriendtime.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Remember REACH! I'm sure I did more work on this project but didn't have the sense to archive most of it. vimeo.com/tomsaville/t... PS Vimeo lets you customize your links. Pretty neat.

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Halo REACH showreel

Here is a bulk of the shots/move sets I did for REACH. It was a great project to work on! All material copyright Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios. To…

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Darren Chui @chuichuitrain.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

I just feel like dancing!

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