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Greymuzzle & Tailkinker Brighttail & Piper!! @brighttail.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Hey @cathicks.bsky.social !! Look what I found happened 9 years ago? :) :) You look awesome in front of all your puppets. <3

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MadameNostalgic✨Tanya @madamenostalgic.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

'Ink and Paint' was where many of the women artists at the Disney studio started. I'm happy to still see it around in some form.

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The Disney Artform That’s Almost Extinct (Only 4 Artists Still Do It!)

YouTube video by The Academy

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.

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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

@ani-obsessive.bsky.social did there 2025 recap of what was definitely a hard year for animation. Even with the few bright spots. They included a link to this article which in a weird way gives me resolve to keep going in 26 animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-pressu...

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The Pressure That Made Miyazaki and Takahata

Plus: news.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

It’s an honor to be nominated and it will be an honor to be absolutely annihilated by K-Pop Demon Hunters.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

… and he SERVED ✨

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 18/11/2025

I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This is what a placeholder asset looks like.

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

typical bluesky user

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Animation by Milt Kahl* | The Aristocats (1970) #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

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Jason @jasondws.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

A reminder, now is a good time to go through your follower list and see who's following you. I found some cool people to follow back, and some bots/yucky people to block. Keep you blue skies blue.

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

In a major post-acquisition loss, Nickelodeon and Paramount Animation president Ramsey Naito is departing, leaving behind a legacy as a thoughtful steward of beloved franchises who kept iconic properties fresh and relevant and fostered new talent. www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/r...

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Ramsey Naito Exits As Paramount Animation President Amid Skydance Merger Shakeup

Naito departs Paramount Animation, leaving a legacy as a thoughtful steward of beloved franchises who kept classic properties fresh and relevant.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

12 seconds from 8 stop-motion films (1968–present) across the career of animator Yuri Norstein

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

You can learn a lot about somebody from their HOUSE OF DYNAMITE review.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Lightbox is good medicine for anyone working in creative AI right now.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Guillermo Del Toro comparing Victor Frankenstein to AI tech bros… 🤌

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I have never seen anything like THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (Netflix) before. It’s a documentary about a racist woman who shoots her neighboor, all told through police body cam footage. It won best directing (US doc) at Sundance and it’s clear why. I highly recommend it! Trigger: kids in high distress

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Gallery Nucleus @gallerynucleus.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

💡Come see us at Lightbox 2025, Booth # 925, from 10/24 - 10/26! Nucleus is proud to host a signing at our booth with @lilyseikajones.bsky.social & Entei Ryu We will be debuting new prints & more! Details: gallerynucleus.com/events/1106?... #gallerynucleus #lbx #lbx2025 #lightbox #lightboxexpo

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!” Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

"Tears of the Mountain", the 3rd 2025 graduation short from french Gobelins school, is online. Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima. Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Drew Struzan! That one hurts. What a loss.

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This is REALLY worth a read! It avoids getting stuck on some quick surface level problems with AI art and gets to the heart of things. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

“out of the three mass shooting today”

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👻🕯️ Human Depleted Big Natural Resources🕯️👻 @dagnificent.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Oh do people love cartoons? You wouldn't know it by how cartoons are treated

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2025

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Another library haul gem. Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl" series)and illustrated by Steve McCarthy.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

AI has only been useful to me as an artist when kept on a VERY short leash. After the Pixar layoff, I joined a startup making new animation tools. We just released this video reference to anim blocking converter. I hope this helps speed along your blocking first pass! Try it out at getcartwheel.com

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this wonderful idea on creating COLOURFUL, STYLISED FOLIAGE by the talented @cysketch! Love that in just THREE STEPS you have a bold, characterful approach to your backgrounds and plant life! #conceptart #clipstudio #digitalpainting #manga

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

"Common Side Effects" sequences animated by Ricard Ubach. www.instagram.com/mr.ubach

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Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Exploring some of my interests in morphing LEGO builds

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

KPop Demon Hunters! WOW! Rock on Sony Pictures Animation friends!

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Elio was the most expensive Pixar film ever made. Ain’t no business like show business! 🎬

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This month, a team endorsed by Guillermo del Toro released Mexico's first stop-motion feature. It's 2 hours of pure imagination. The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Animation by Andreas Deja, Alex Kupershmidt & Others* | Lilo & Stitch (2002) #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 27/05/2025

Just took a weekend trip to LA. Y’all seen that place? They got some cool stuff there. Beach. Other stuff.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I’m not on social media much and I highly recommend that lifestyle.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

What a day. Also: The Pope has probably eaten at a Wawa.

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🦋　Bluesky Support　🦋　(unofficial) @bsky.support · 25/04/2025

we will never let you edit posts. you must wear each typo as an albatross. you will bear the weight of your hubris

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

@elsasketch.bsky.social My two daughters picked out these two golden books at a local book store yesterday, separately and totally on their own accord. I was stoked to buy them!

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Quick apology to everybody who followed me on Twitter and then noticed that I stopped posting on Twitter but then eventually joined Blue Sky and then of course stopped posting on Blue Sky as well. Sending love to you all. I wish everyone here a wonderful day!

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ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a turtleneck sweater and a dress .

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