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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They have to go in with a solid plan. Is there an ending the series is building up to? How long does it take to get there? How well does the pilot set everything up? Will each episode stand on its own? Some ideas are just half-baked, "we'll figure it out as we go"

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You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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there are indie showrunners who I wish would/could give a TED talk, going into detail on how they got their shows off the ground. What worked for them is not likely to work for anyone else, but I still want to know.

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No matter how they try to stammer through that their idea is clearly on the screen, I would shoot back "yes, I can see that. But where are YOU? Your ideas are there, but YOU are not" ...they'd probably take that a bit to literally, but it could kick off a lecture on the subtle extras.

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One day one of my students would proudly present a full short that they made with AI, & expecting praise. I would watch it objectively, silently with the class. When it's finished, I would look directly at that student and ask "where are you? I don't see any aspect of you in your video"

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I can see that. Williams seemed to me to be a very detail-oriented artist, and Sher Khan had so many details to try to keep consistent.

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That clip of Sher Khan was animated in the 1960s. No immediate playback, other than manually flipping the drawings. To really see if the animation worked, you had to shoot a pencil test, and wait until the next day for the film to be developed. Milt was showing off, because he could.

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Think about that. His signature is forever there on the screen, for those who recognize it. It's there, but it isn't distracting. It makes the character feel more alive. All artists do this, in one way or another. It's also part of why AI is so lifeless - it lacks that extra personal touch.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If I were ever to teach an animation class, sooner or later I would show my students a montage of Milt Kahl's head wobbles. You could tell if he'd animated a character, if they shook their head for emphasis while talking. It wasn't just his thing, it was something few others could do at all.

The one where the asshole rival is instead a bitchy girlfriend?

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The ones I kinda wanted to get in on were the ones that were basically "draw your character in this thing that barely counts as clothing." Problem was, those outfits are always a poor fit for any of my characters that folks would want to see wearing them.

Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Seems like there's always some art meme that I'm just too slow (or uninterested) to take part in. Sometimes I do feel like I'm missing out, though. ...this latest one has me realizing that I don't need attention THAT badly.

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To me that speaks to the talent of real character designers. An AI will barf up a mix of Disney & Pixar characters it's been trained off of, while a character designer will be like "this girl is built like a gorilla and has a face to match, but I still made her girly & cute AF because I COULD"

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If only. Then I could at least make a joke about having crabs. Best guess is I got clipped setting up the canopy.

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I mean, even their "roast beef" is made of the scraps that are sandblasted off the bone after everything else that can be classified as meat has been cut off the cow's carcass. It's part of the agreement when you go to any fast food joint - you know & accept that you're eating garbage.

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My voice of reason pointed out that I'd had two rum runners, and it was time to stop. But the other voice pointed out that it'd be about 4 hours before I might need to drive, and besides, fuck it, it's beach day. Now I want to swim, but reason is saying it's probably a bad idea. The fucker.

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I was hoping to take a dip in the water, despite how rough it is, but now I gotta worry about flesh-eating bacteria. I didn't survive everything else up to this point just to be done in by a free-floating microbe. I gotta see Donny die, first.

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Beach day. It's barely started, but Poseidon has already exacted a toll of flesh and blood.

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Kid-me - Alice is pretty, the queen is funny-ugly. (Teen-me would call her fugly, if he cared) Adult-me sees the queen as a fine wine.

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DekoNSFW 👀👄👀 @dekonsfw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nothing like finishing a drawing, then deciding an hour or two later "nah, I can do better" Problem was, by then it was past midnight, and I was ready to go to sleep.

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We are losing ground everywhere. Adult content is being banned and censored in place after place. We MUST protect one of the few places that still stands it's ground. It is our moral obligation if you value artistic freedom. Individual support might be small but we are many!

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The difficulty facing me now is I'm finally home after 5 months of sensory and/or emotional overload. I'm getting settled in, can finally relax & think straight for more than 5 minutes at a time, BUT I'm still wired to expect the calm to be broken at any moment.

Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A few years ago I had an idea for a Halloween comic but not enough time to draw it. Each year since, it got expanded & refined, and now clocks in at 7 pages. ...me drawing 7 pages by Halloween is unlikely, but I am aiming for two. Pages 1 & 3 can work on their own, the rest later can be done later.

Mary showing aspects off her wolf form on page 2

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marauder6272 @marauder6272.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'Tis Gothmonth once again

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spooky season already? Time for Mary to get fluffy!

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Momma Sciggles @sciggles.com · 30/09/2026

A lot of people assume FA is profitable. If that were the case we wouldn't have needed a GFM when Neer passed to keep it out of probate. It's been two years. The funds were used. FA is struggling financially. And I am 🌟s t r e s s e d🌟 I'm scared to ask for help, I feel like no matter how much-

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There might've been a number of factors. When the cell were recorded to film, the camera settings might've muddied the colors & softened the image. When converted to HD, the quality of the film print might've been another issue. For 4K, a lot of companies simply upscale HD.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"How'd they do that?" used to be my first thought when an animated video really caught my eye. Now I check the comments for AI call-outs before the video is even done playing. I can't trust random discoveries anymore.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just think it would be fun if repeated use of AI could somehow melt their devices. Maybe have it display a laughing skull & crossbones just before it happens, like in 1990s movie hacking.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

...I really, really hate having to share space with AI users who pat themselves on the back for the "effort" of typing a prompt, when they put even less thought into the story/joke they felt needed to be told. And the people who praise them for it... Can a big space rock just wipe us out, please?

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There was one app over 20 years ago - Photo modeler, I think? - that had you match at least 3 points between pairs of photos. With enough points & pairs, it would figure out the camera position & angle, but you had to do the modeling yourself. Modern apps auto-match points, and they SUCK at it.

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With the number of pictures I've taken around Disney World's Magic Kingdom - not to mention various walk-around videos on Youtube - I would think a decent 3D photo scanner could recreate the entire park. Or maybe it would, if it would let me manually match reference points...

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Yeah, closer inspections revealed some glaring anatomical mistakes. As disappointing as this is, I'm kind of more upset that every 3D photo scanning app I've tried still produces blobby garbage.

Man's Exasperated Facepalm

Saw someone on Facebook showing off a 3D print they'd painted. Source Cults3D link was shared in the comments, after someone asked. Over 100 designs to pick from. Everything good, at first glance. Minimal profile, no social links. Turned on the "No AI" filter, it filtered out EVERYTHING.

static.klipy.com

ALT: Man's Exasperated Facepalm

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

...I don't supposed I have any followers in the EU, who have this DVD? I bought a copy back in June, but it seems to have been lost in the mail. Same seller has more copies listed, but I've been burned once already and would rather work something out with someone else.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For me, it's more about its presentation than the film itself. The film was recorded twice - one with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, and the other reformatted for 1.33:1. This release is the only time that 1.33:1 version was released on video. All other releases just cropped the wide version.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another title off my list! In fact I'm not even sure I have a list left, now.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also the guy who wanted to shut down the Disney animation studio when he was hired in the early 1980s, because he figured they had enough films they could just keep re-releasing.

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Spooksource @0lightsource.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Swamp Ass

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It would certainly be a process. There are plenty of free rigs you can download & take for a spin, while learning the software. Some rigs even come with custom UIs, to make them easier to use.

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Jared Lindquist @jklind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Normally my summer in Michigan is a little over 3 months. Last year it was 4. This year, 5. It's... taken that much more of a toll.