Reposted by Louis HudsonCatsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy Robot Dreams day from the film's art director Jose Luis Agreda. 219259
Reposted by Louis HudsonDave @sheepfilms.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I've always wanted to do invisible person effects 11497106
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The other day I chewed the fat with Ben Thompson on BBC News about the success of feature film Niu Lai (The Cow Is Coming).You can barely tell neither of us had the seen the film yet. 130
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 15/08/2026Jonathan Djob Nkondo is our guest 17th Sept 7pm at The Crossing Digbeth! Jonathan's work often features captivating, dreamlike and introspective narratives that combine the organic with geometric forms. He really is an artist’s artist. Get your tickets at: www.overlapsocial.com/event-detail... 0164
Reposted by Louis HudsonAJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 15/07/2026Smokedog is online!! I adore this film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Mk... #smokedog #animation #shortfilm #shortsyoutube.comSmokedog | Award Winning Animated Short FilmYouTube video by Andrew Onorato 34915
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Here’s a closer look at the compositing for the Tiernan the Pig Funboys scenes. The clouds were created by drawing shapes which Photoshop’s generative tool turned into photorealistic looking clouds. They were animated mostly using: scaling, warping, blur, and turbulent displacements. 000
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Here’s a closer look at compositing Tiernan the Pig The clouds were drawn shapes which Photoshop’s made photorealistic. Then a bunch of trickery pokery went into animate and composite it all together. Hopefully I never have to open that After Effects project again. 000
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Since Funboys Series 2 has been out it's nice seeing Series 1’s Tiernan The Pig scene tickling people. Here's a BTS. I handled most of the elements of the scene from concept to delivery. 020
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Some spot the difference invisible VFX for continuity. This was a simple but satisfying fix. It was just a freeze frame of the cut out fingers. A grabbed still of the replacement scan photoshopped to fit. Then tracked and colour levels animated to match the shadows. 010
Reposted by Louis HudsonAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Be careful out there. Nobody wants sun stroke (see illustration) 34836212
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 23/06/2026It looks like there's a bunch of hot & sticky Overlap alumni in Annecy this week. @louishudson.bsky.social will be there on 24th-25th with some stickers. See you there. 001
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026MORE night based invisible VFX. The sea at night has no tracking points. Thankfully that light on the horizon was somehow crisp enough for a solid track. 010
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Night for day. More invisible VFX for Things You Should Have Done. This was from series 1. I was tasked with making this footage be set at day. Time was too tight to rotoscope out the shadows on the ground, but it works well enough for the 5 seconds it's on screen. 010
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026More invisible VFX. A day for night shot that needed to lead into the following interior shot. I caught lucky that the windows and blinds were white against a dark room. Inverted it made a convenient luma matte. I don’t know who needs to know these things, but now you know I know these things. 110
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I did a bunch of invisible VFX and greenscreen for Things You Should Have Done. Invisible FX is basically fixing stuff that no one will ever notice. I'm normally called on for fiddlier fixes that need an animator's mind. This scene needing retiming and paint outs. All on handheld.🤮 but day rate. 000
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Here’s my title sequence for BAFTA-winning Things You Should Have Done S2. It was developed in collaboration with the director and producer, evolving to find the strange land between glib slapstick and morbid darkness. Love, grief, and grim reaper seagulls. 130
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Here’s a photo taken just after recording Don’t Fear Death with Rik Mayall and Ed Bye. It’s still a career high. The more I hear about Rik the more caring, decent and dedicated he was. He was instantly generous, humble and obviously seductively charming. 010
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My old film Don’t Fear Death is showing ahead of Drop Dead Fred (DFDDDF) at The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival June 4th 4pm Droitwich. Looking forward to hoping in the outpouring of love at this festival. Tickets: www.rikmayallcomedyfestival.com/events/drop-... 175
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 03/05/2026Last Overlap Louis dared to achieve the impossible. Escaping a chained straight jacket while jumping a ramp on a tricycle over The Animation Survival kit. Instead, Louis fell off the stage. Has Louis kept up the daredeviling? Find out May 13th 7.30pm at Secret Space, Digbeth. www.overlapsocial.com 021
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 05/05/2026Animation legend @thechrisshepherd.bsky.social was with us in February! We showed some of his most iconic films, and we were treated to reading of his debut graphic novel, Anfield Road. We had our very own Stare Our Championship. Despite an unfair advantage Chris still lost. 022
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 27/04/2026Overlap's on the horizon on May 13th. Here's a throwback to November 2025. The music is from Sebrina Stain's film Lettuce Leaves. Read up of the night and links to films here: www.overlapsocial.com/event 011
Reposted by Louis HudsonDcTurner @dcturner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Experimental animation using the constraints of #PICO8: 128x128 pixels 8 colours used (max 16) 15213
Reposted by Louis HudsonPsychoGoldfish @psychogoldfish.com · 04/03/2026Spread the word, an ACTUAL replacement for Flash is on the horizon! Go support this project NOW!!!!!!!! bill.newgrounds.com/news/post/16...bill.newgrounds.comBuilding a new FlashI don't know where to start with this but yeah I'm making flash if flash was built in 2026. I'm making it compatible with Linux,Mac, and PC. If you'd like to support this project I've started a patreo... 3830431592
Reposted by Louis HudsonTokusatsu GIFs @tokugifs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Warning from Space (1956) 8636227
Reposted by Louis HudsonJón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026oh my god, this is amazing. ❤️ www.blender.org/user-stories...blender.orgCreating “Il Baracchino”: Italy’s First Adult Animated Series Made with Blender — BlenderDeveloped using Blender, the series is set in the gritty yet vibrant world of stand-up comedy. 3152
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 04/02/2026If you want to submit animation, the deadline is midnight tonight (4th Feb). It can be from as short as 1 second. The OPTIONAL prompt is ‘Impossible’, but you can make whatever you want. It's not impossible. Submit here: overlapsocial.com 042
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Not entirely sure how we're pulling off the next one. Get tickets to find out: www.overlapsocial.com/event-detail... 000
Reposted by Louis HudsonHelen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social · 23/01/2026If I've learned anything from books and movies, the tiny people are always there and this is what allows us to see them. 38422
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 15/01/2026A dramatic, if not completely disorientating montage from August. Louis summoned Brum's foremost folklore. The 1st half was crammed with incredible talent and we raffled some Moho licenses. Finally, Cartoon Saloon’s Giovanna Ferrari gave us an insightful behind the scenes look of Éiru. 042
Reposted by Louis HudsonGary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people. 111232312
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025A satisfying loop I found of me hosting at the last @overlapsocial.com. I feel very conscious of how self indulgent this can seem, but if it helps cheerlead the animation industry I can fool myself that it's not about ego stroking. 062
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 12/11/2025Find out Louis’ next costume on Nov 26th 7pm @ Nortons. www.overlapsocial.com/event-detail... Last time Louis recounted and accidentally summoned Brum's foremost piece of folklore, the Piss Troll, while suspended in the air dressed as a fairy. Nov 26th’s prompt is FORTUNE. 121
Reposted by Louis HudsonAndy @alreadytaken74.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Good God, someone's just uploaded to YouTube a nearly 2-hour long video of one of the original Vic Reeves Big Night Out live shows at the Albany Empire from 1989. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKPU...youtube.comVic Reeves Big Night Out - 30 April 1989YouTube video by Peter Brooke Turner 1221678
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 05/11/2025Here’s a throwback to our 6th birthday in May. Loads of talent. A custom present from Pahnl, surprise messages from previous Overlappers, and a game of pass the parcel. Footage by Jake Wesley-Worrall. Editing by @louishudson.bsky.social Get booking for the next Overlap: overlapsocial.com 051
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Maybelline Prittstick-Hove (cake fork, sweety teeth, blu-tac eyes). First painting in a long time. Want to be more instinctive. 110
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Maybelline Prittstick-Hove (cake fork, sweety teeth, blu-tac eyes). First painting in a long time. Muddy. Want to be more instinctive. 000
Reposted by Louis HudsonEimhin McNamara @eimhinmcnamara.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Got a free Fire After Effects project file if ye'd like to grab it www.patreon.com/posts/140592... 0206
Reposted by Louis HudsonLouis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Throwback to when I made an Alan Partridge dot-to-dot favours for my wedding. 031
Reposted by Louis HudsonThe Space @thespacearts.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Applications for the 2026 Channel 4 Screenwriting Course are open. It offers 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission.buff.ly4Screenwriting | Channel 4 CareersApplications for the 2026 Channel 4 Screenwriting Course open on 22nd September, 2025! How it worksA series of lectures from high-profile writers, producers and directors. The expertise and guidance… 001
Reposted by Louis HudsonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed. 387129303815
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 26/06/2025About a year ago, I animated some scenes for Funboys. In the end I handled most of the elements. I storyboarded it to help technical supervise filming. I did the designs, animation,FX and compositing, which wouldn't;t be ideal on a larger project, but for this it simplified marrying the elements. 140
Reposted by Louis HudsonOverlap Animation Show & Tell @overlapsocial.com · 25/06/2025Last month @jeremieperin.bsky.social joined us for a rare Q&A of his incredible feature Mars Express. Thanks to Mockingbird Cinema for helping make this bonus Overlap happen. Photos by @maxpriddy.bsky.social. Editing by @louishudson.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Louis HudsonDr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 19/06/2025This is the smartest damn thing I’ve heard all year. If nothing else, it might serve to erode employers‘ trust in ChatGPT. 332484777
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025While everyone's off fannying about in Annecy, I'm at the coal face of animation. 030
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The @overlapsocial.com costume is underway thanks to some inspiration and materials from the studio’s bins 121