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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 15/09/2026

Doing my best to make my 'Triple "A" Games' newsletter as accessible as possible on Patreon

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 09/09/2026

Metroid Ravenous looks like it's gonna blow me away YET AGAIN

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 09/09/2026

Ocarina of Time remake looks absolutely incredible, good job Nintendo.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 07/09/2026

Does anyone know of any animators who animate 2D FX on top of live action footage? Thinking of 'Is Tropical' by The Greeks as an example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwrb...

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Is Tropical - The Greeks (Official Video)

YouTube video by Kitsuné Musique

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 03/09/2026

In this age of ✦pristine AI✦ I think we should embrace imprefections and rough egdes more..

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 03/09/2026

Okay so it seems I really enjoy making shorter videos looking at indie game animation. If I mention your game, I'd love to hear from you!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 01/09/2026

Did Sony just say the quiet bit out loud??

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 01/09/2026

Short form content is so frustrating to produce and format for, cos there's all kinds of crap in the way of the actual video.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 29/08/2026

Playing Sonic Frontiers for the first time. I just can't get into 3D Sonic games. They feel 'stuck' with some archaic design that never seems to feel fun to me. This game in particular feels a little incoherent in all sorts of ways, nothing feels like it's connected in any sort of meaningful way.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 26/08/2026

Love the distortion effect they've added here in Mega Man Dual Override to fake a smear frame effect to mimic the original drawn quality from Mega Man 8

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 22/08/2026

Trying my best to keep up with 'creating content' as well as living fulfillingly within my means. Pretty tricky, isn't it.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/08/2026

So like....either the Devs used AI in remastering the James Pond art, which is why the milk-jug cannon for the cow was completely missed, or the people who remastered the art missed the milk jug cannon. Either way, the original vision was lost.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 17/08/2026

If you haven't played it yet, Outer Wilds is 50% off on Switch. The best space puzzler you'll ever play.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 30/07/2026

This is the best god damn pen, I tell ya

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 28/07/2026

I love the paper quality with lines

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/07/2026

Cool what you can do on a phone with a spare 10 minutes

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 19/07/2026

Eric Andre once told me he loved me for some fan art I did back in 2016

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 16/07/2026

I dunno about you but £69.99 feels ENTIRELY reasonable for a game that's going to be this massive, especially as many were moaning about Mario Kart World being £69.99

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Lewis Wake @lewiswake.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Huge milestone for the Sonic The Comic Rescan Project. We now have a complete run of high resolution scans complete from Issue 1 to Issue 100! Two months of effort and 3612 pages scanned! All downloadable in various resolutions from the STC Scans website. stcscans.zone

Covers of Issue 1 and Issue 100 of Sonic The Comic on a Green Hill style checked background

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Darnell Robinson🎨 @drobinson1989.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Time for my second entry in my "Pokemon Crystal Reanimated" series; Starmie! Shiny Starmie to be exact! Done in Procreate Dreams. Sounds added in DaVinci Resolve. Again, thanks to @danroot.work for the inspiration! #pokemon #animation #art

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 13/07/2026

Printed canvas GenAI art in my local chippy.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 08/07/2026

We're now in a possible timeline where a bin is the prime minister of the UK.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 03/07/2026

Please help this project get over the finish line! It's VERY like Mega Man, with great animation, a clean art style and most of all it just looks very, very fun! Please support! www.kickstarter.com/projects/and...

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DekaDuck : Hand-Drawn 2D Action Platformer

A hand-drawn 2D platformer inspired by old classics. Jump, dash, shoot and throw enemies around as space mercenary DekaDuck!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 02/07/2026

In my opinion, this right here highlights the biggest difference between being an actor and a VOICE actor. Just because you're an actor doesn't automatically mean you're suited to providing a voice for an animated character. youtu.be/aIkRFKsoOiM?...

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Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 01/07/2026

I'm writing a book on how to animate for video games!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 30/06/2026

This is a frosted window by a garden at my work

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 29/06/2026

Tried this idea of an 'animated pinbadge' - could be cool for a game

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 05/06/2026

Oh hey I made a video highlighting some cool looking upcoming indie games with great looking animation: youtu.be/6VOFDlOFk38?...

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Games with Awesome Art & Animation

YouTube video by Video Game Animation Study

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 05/06/2026

This bit of 2D animation in the live action The Blob (1958) movie

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 02/06/2026

Trying out a digital phenakistoscope

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/05/2026

Anyone wanna take a guess at what I'm doing?

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 19/05/2026

Spruced up my branding a bit with a new self portrait and a splash of new colours

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 15/05/2026

I do love how pretty a Premiere timeline looks when a video is finished the editing stage!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 27/04/2026

Here's an HD Mega Man redrawn animation

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 22/04/2026

Here's a couple of original Robot Masters Fog Man and Glitch Man

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/04/2026

So, motion tracking is fun and easy in After Effects: > Tracker > Track Motion > Find a high contrast point > Analyse forward > New Layer > Null Object > Edit target to Null > Apply > Parent animation to Null And voila! Animation loveliness

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 17/04/2026

Here's the jumping car animation with different frame rates

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 15/04/2026

Walk cycle on 1s vs walk cycle on 2s

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 13/04/2026

I animated this jumping car many years ago, pretty pleased with its little outcome

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 11/04/2026

Dang it, looks like I've already started animating the missing ones! Here's Oil Man Re-Animated from Mega Man: Powered Up, a remake of the first Mega Man game. As there were only 6 robot masters compared to the normal 8, Oil Man was added to fill up the roster.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 09/04/2026

And here is every Robot Master that I have re-animated from Mega Man games 1 - 10 (excluding '& Bass'). Next, I'll be working on Mega Man & Bass and Mega Man 11, then maybe I'll work on the Mega Man Killers and the Star Droids from the Gameboy games, but those will be a while. Please enjoy!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 08/04/2026

Here's all the Mega Man 10 Robot Masters Re-Animated in one go

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 07/04/2026

And here's the last Robot Master Re-Animated I'll have for a while, Solar Man from Mega Man 10.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 06/04/2026

Here's Nitro Man from Mega Man 10. He buddies up quite nicely with Turbo Man from Mega Man 7.

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