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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill

@mcthrill.bsky.social
207 followers 369 following 1.2K posts

He/him. Freelance animator, artist, illustrator and amateur clawhammer banjo enthusiast. Very tired most of the time.

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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 22h
The thought „bicycle“ in my head and a thing that actually looks like a bicycle are two different things that are only bridged through the use of references.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There's a lot to say, good and bad, about my home state of New Mexico but one thing they definitely got right is their absentee voting. So easy and quick to do, it's really great.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The best horror isn’t found in what the artist shows the audience but in what they choose to keep hidden from us - currently contemplating what „the bathroom brothers“ could be and I hate it (complimentary)
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I already know that my son is receiving an Otomatone from his aunt this year.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
„Time to split this atom apart like an oppenHAMMER!“
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
„Great with kids“ and „great for kids“ are two separate skill trees
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The goose I get. But the falcon? What the hell I thought we were cool man.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I can’t figure out any of the relationships specifically but it definitley appears that Diddy and Dixie are quite a bit closer than kissing cousins.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can understand why this scene was cut from the movie TBH.
Screenshot of the movie poster for "The Vourdalak," showing the main actor being chomped by a vampire-like creature. The main character bears a resemblance to a photo of Mark Zuckerberg surfing while wearing zinc sunscreen on his face.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not sure if „fun“ is the right word but i found the discourse about whether high-follower accounts owed followbacks to lower-follower accounts who followed them to be a fascinating glimpse into a very broken worldview.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The cookie recipes that all had 2 packages of instant pudding mix as the first ingredient?
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Damn that answer could use some work.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Game does poorly? Sorry you get laid off. Game does well? Also laid off. Game not technically released yet? Buddy, you’re not going to believe this… What exsctly is the incentive for anyone to try and get a job in the games industry right now?
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“…‘Ope for even afraid birds to be avin’ shags ‘n wutnot.” Sometimes this comic feels like an any% glitched speed run of the English language if that makes sense (complimentary, extremely complimentary)
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In the last year people have asked me to play music with them on stage, makes me feel good about the progress I’m making :)
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I feel like "Army of the Dead" would have been much more enjoyable if its budget had been about 90% less than what it was. I'll forgive a lot about a movie like "army of the dead" if I know it's budget is 9 mil and most of it went to getting Dave Bautista, but that thing cost almost 100 mil to make.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I can only assume that these are related.
Screenshot of a series of tweets, the first is announcing the showing of the movie Walkabout (1971) on the criterion channel, the second is from the same user saying "Sorry, these posts nearly always inform at least one person," thethird from the account "USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST" saying "Why are you even reporting this?"
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Apple II, the very first computer.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I blame the removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack. I’m sure the intent was to push people to buy expensive Bluetooth headphones but the actual result is that I have to listen to 15 TikTok videos at once while I’m on the train.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A long time ago my job entailed me making an animated video for a food safety-based parody of Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy With It" called "Gettin'Sicky With It" and 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, for 3 months was spent listening to small portions of the song on repeat as I animated it
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hey I'm a farmer and I'm here to say, we raise cows in a major way
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
„Lore friendly detail“ apparently means looking like an X-Wing should be skimming over your shirt looking for an exhaust port. All that greebly detail makes my eyes tired.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Eating good, unless you’re Dracula.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Yeah. „May - Cold-Hunger-moon“ romances can be really tough to navigate.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The effort made the joke. You had to care about the idea enough to crack open a program and do a thing, that filter of „do I really want to deal with MSpaint“ cut out a lot of drivel.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Everyone loves to share water with Irooshrawur, the legendary animated waterskin! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the waterskin has commited warcrimes
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Going to be honest here: If I were a sentient waterskin i have a feeling it'd actually be very easy to trick people into sharing their freshwater with me.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not even 2 seconds after the character portrait fades and I’m already stressing out about how aim and move at the same time with that ship.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You’ve also got to give yourself permission to fail or make bad things too. Like, hands are very hard to draw and starting out, your hands are going to look terrible. But you’re also never going to get better at drawing hands by *not* drawing them.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I live in Germany and had to look around to find a place that had it in stock - Amazon proudly promised me „free delivery by March 17, 2027“ but fortunately every other place I found had it in stock and could ship it immediately.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I just ordered a copy yesterday!
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Chemicals that smell exactly like rootbeer are sometimes used to mask the scent of Porta-potties where I am in Germany, which I can only assume is also an unpleasant association for most.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This movie has been rated R for explicit subtlety. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or guardian.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention his best role, as Poet Man in the cinematic masterpiece that is Lexx.
Tim Curry in his often overlooked role as Poet Man in the sci-fi masterpiece Lexx.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Motion blur is on by default. Can’t even wave goodbye to my friends without everyone getting nauseous.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I also found a friend living in one of my flowers the other day!
A close up of a cute green garden spider nestled snuggly in the soon-to-be bloom of a young titan sunflower.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You have to fight fire with fire. Likewise you have to stop fighting skeletons with a fighting skeleton. Even a child can understand this.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
this dude is basically just asking "Hey, can anyone tell me what it was like to be alive 4 years ago?" and i have to assume they're more than 4 years old.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I only see one warrior, so I assume the actual transcription is "You are outstanding warrior(s)!"
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Unfortunately this is one of those jokes that comes from real-life experience. I hope that others can learn from my mistakes.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How was Carl going to escape the monster? He had no idea. CHAPTER 4 Suddenly Carl realized how he could escape the monster.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There’s one more scene with similar vibes in the beginning of season 2, involving a hot spring. Just remembered that.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
First episode was the roughest mainly because there’s a specific scene where the female protagonist is being threatened with probing by aliens, if that’s a concern for you. That’s the only scene like that in the first season that I can remember.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
„I only use it for the foundation and most important part of the work that determines the direction it evolves in“
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
99.9% of the time yes. It’s got its vibes on point.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Scintillating scotomas are so obnoxious.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Black coffee and a tortilla chip.
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Oops! All depression! (Works on both the macro and micro levels)
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Boy nothing makes you move faster than when your kid starts screaming „IM GONNA THROW UP!!“
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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill @mcthrill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If your goal is to not have any AI in the final game seems like the worst way to do that is start the game by making AI assets.
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