iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Stargazer" (2025) has been selected for the official lineup of Luminous Frames in the Best Animated Short category! #luminousframes #filmfestival #animation

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Started developing my Wolf3D clone, got immediately distracted by Liereyy vs Hera AOE2 match, which inspired me to do a dozen Frontlines matches in Verdun, which in turn made me think of installing of both Oh, Sir! and Reigns - these transitions don't really make any sense, do they? #gamedev #add

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@duckduckgo.com why is the tag "AI images" on SHOW by default? Can't it be HIDE (preferably from here to eternity)? I know I'm weird, but when I use your search engine to find reference images I usually opt for quality stuff and have no need to see tons and tons of absolute shait. Thank you.

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I don't like it when art history books descripe in great lenght and detail about lesser-known, amazing pre-historic artwork and then completely omit showing any pictures. Instead, we get the same stock photos of the bust of Nefertiti, the Venus of Willendorf and Stonehenge, good grief. #art #history

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I've decided not to publish my art online anymore, but I make this one exception: I wasn't able to add "The Elven Queen of Hearts" in Cara without heavy censoring, here it is unaltered. Cheers. Done with Rebelle 7 by @escapemotions.com #fantasy #elf #queen #digitalart #2dart #EscapeMotions #Rebelle

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Surprisingly enough I managed to do some rough animation @tvpaint.com (a bit wonky look but the character is kooky so it fits). Background made with Rebelle 7 @escapemotions.com (wow you guys finally have a presence here!). #animation #indieanimation #2danimation

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

"Hopeless It Seems" and "You've Troubled My Day..." scenes from Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. Mayhaps a triptych is brewing here? Capital! Painted with Rebelle by Escape Motions. #tolkien #tolkienart #fantasy #fantasyart #silmarillion #lotr #middleearth #morgoth #melkor #fingolfin #elf #elves

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Doesn't mean much, but I'll say there's no chance in hell I'll ever travel to the Disfuntional Warring States ever again in my life. We are seriously at a point where as an European I'd say it's safer to attend a film festival in China than the cuntry [sic] with the leading entertainment industry.

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Coming at some unforeseeable future, my webcomic Doktores (2026) that I've been planning for some time now. There's no official release schedule or anything like that, I mostly do this on my downtime and to experiment with CSP. #comic #indiecomic #webcomic #amateurcomic #clipstudiopaint #csp

An image from a digital webcomic "Doktores" (2026) by Ville Julius

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

WOW NICE, I just got me the new FORCED #windows11 Start menu layout that I can NOT revert back to the previous, more sleeker option. Holy shit, after trudging along since Win95, I guess I'm FINALLY starting to look at #linux options! Better late than never, eh? God is in the details @microsoft.com !

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Aaron Blaise @aaronblaiseart.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

🐻‍❄️ 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀! I made Snow Bear one drawing at a time, not knowing how it would be received. To see it connect with so many people has been both beautiful & humbling. Thank you for watching & for believing that hand-drawn animation still has a place in the world. #animation

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

@tvpaint.com why is there constant freezing all of a sudden? It's a bit hard to #animate when the software stops functioning several times during an hour..

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Oh wow, I managed to do another digital painting of whatever with Rebelle (though this is done using its charcoal tools). Painted during #creatureartteacher live stream. #paleoart #dinosaur #prehistory #dinoart #digitalart #digitalpainting #rebelle

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

"Bluthyäne" starts the new creative year of 2026. Might also be the only piece of work I get done period, so there you go. #digitalart #rebelle #animal #animalart #wildlife #wildlifeart #hyena #spottedhyena

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Stiff Stock Pose. I felt like trying me some Micron-Promarker-Copic travesty. #inkdrawing #micron #promarker #copic #fantasyart #onehourdrawing

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I'm starting to feel like my claim of "this is just for research" isn't fooling anyone, least of all myself. I mean, just how many hundreds of hours of Crusader Kings III does it take to design a linear 2D platformer? #gamedev #indiedev #mathproblem

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Jeez, I remember when I went to study animation in 2021 and the world was literally open; plenty of jobs and demand for craftmanship all around #animation + #gamedev industry. Then that demand started to quiet/die down, and now it's pretty much AI this and AI that. Like, damn. It happened too fast.

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Try the best paperless animation software! It's just like animating with paper but you don't need even need rubber bands!

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A thumbnail-esque sketching for future storyboarding. I try to iron out most composition-related errors and wonkiness here and before drawing any actual readable storyboards. I know it's more work, but it's not like I have better things to do! #indieanimation #storyboard #thumbnail

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

By the by, anyone interested can still watch my stop motion animation short film Stargazer (2025) at Animusic Festival's finalist website: animusicfestival.net/animations-2... #indieanimation #animation #stopmotion #shortfilm

Film poster of stop motion animation short film Stargazer (2025) by Ville Julius

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

It's just too hard to come up with simple and realistically achievable game ideas. I'd rather suffer from severe burnout and fail completely at everything I do. #gamedev #indiedev

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Because I didn't get my animation idea funded, I'm disgustingly free to continue my other asinine projects - when I get my motivation back.

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Waiting for the decision of the powers that be on whether I will receive a grant to finance my animated short film, from pre to post. It's a learning experience as well, as I have yet to design and/or animate foxes. It's difficult. #animaldrawing #foxdrawing #animationdesign #sketching

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

CA tells Total War: Medieval 3 is in early development, yay fuel that hype choo-choo 🚂🚃🚃🚃 Seriously though, they only need to iron out Medieval 2's worst flaws and put the whole thing in a new engine. In fact, Medieval 2 Remaster would've sufficed, but whatever. Medieval!

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Aaron Blaise @aaronblaiseart.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

❄️ 𝟭𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 Drawings, 𝟯 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 of work, 1 Artist... And now 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 2 𝘿𝘼𝙔𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙂𝙊! ❄️🎬 This Friday at 12 PM EST, Snow Bear finally premieres FREE on YouTube! 📽️ Go Here & Click "NOTIFY ME" to See it First: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXolSQcEb4 🙏 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽!! SHARE & Spread the Word!

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SNOW BEAR - Award Winning Animated Short Film (Full Movie) by Aaron Blaise

🎬 *SNOW BEAR – Finally FREE For Everyone!* *SNOW BEAR – THE CARD GAME (KICKSTARTER LAUNCH)* https://bit.ly/4isMd20We are excited to announce the official la...

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

My "freestyle series" now has an icon. This is not based on any existing saint (that I know of). Not meant to promote or mock (Orthodox) Christianity - this is just an artistic interpretation of a subject I find interesting. #byzantine #icon #saint #rebelle #digital #painting #religious #orthodox

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"I Wanna Go Home", a digital painting done with Rebelle 7, for your Niccolò Pagagini and/or Aurelio Voltaire listening experience. #rebelle #digital #painting #art #devil #demon #lucifer #beelsebub #satan #prkl #pagagini #voltaire

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

STARGAZER (2025) is now officially one of the finalists at Animusic Festival 2025, running October 24th-25th. This is a great honour and no doubt thanks to the excellent soundtrack composed by @kuuraklaavu.bsky.social animusicfestival.net

A film poster for stop motion animated short film Stargazer (2025).

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🎶 "Dr. Me makes funny creatures / Let's them gawk through the night / They become great mantlepieces / And their time is right" 🎶 #handmade #noai #puppet #wip #project #silly

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Digital painting which unfortunately got all *ed up. I managed to lose the original workfile, and I can't use this png to finish the painting. Oh well! Here's my "Permanently Unfinished Fall of Granada". #rebelle #digital #art #painting #reconquista #spain #moors

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The devil hits a ball. Rough animation for the day, done with #animationpaper #animation #paperless #rough #rubberhose

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Searching animation concept with #krita and #rebelle. Not much success so far. #digital #concept #art #painting #sketch #sketches

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Doing background/digital painting exercises. This one done in #Rebelle. The birds were an afterthought, which kinda shows. #digital #art #painting #nature #forest #birds

A digital painting of a forest and three black birds

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Meh, didn't turned out to be how I originally visioned, so we'll see how it goes from here. Maybe I scan and try colouring this with Krita or something. #ink #drawing #traditional #micron #detail #castle #trees #busywork

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

A Micron project. It was supposed to a colouring page but now I just keep alternating it constantly. #ink #drawing #micron #traditional #art

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

A shot from Evoloop (2024), my animated short film greatly inspired by Dougal Dixon's literary works. This one is my personal favourite out of them all. #animation #toonboom #film #art #cartoon #digital #2d #framebyframe

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Using @animationpaper.com for animation exercises, and it's working like a charm, now if only I could animate like a champ! Getting there... #animation #exercise #paperless #2d #art #animationpaper

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

A shot from Evoloop (2024), my animated short film greatly inspired by Dougal Dixon's literary works. #animation #toonboom #film #art

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Stills from my stop motion thesis STARGAZER (2025) which I've been submitting to festivals around the world. So far Stargazer has been seen at Lift-Off Sessions Volume 7. The film was also accepted to Interfaccia Digitale. #stopmotion #animation #puppets #art #dragonframe #thesis

The Wood Nymph character from the stop motion animation film Stargazer

Sbotnik, the robot character from the stop motion animation film Stargazer

Wood Nymph preparing to slap Sbotnik the robot in the stop motion animation film Stargazer

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Well well. Disney is apparently so deeply ashamed of their live-action remake of Pinocchio they decided use image from Guillermo del Toro's version to make it look better. Oh dear. #pinocchio #disney+ #netflix #guillermodeltoro

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

My testing of Rebelle 7 painting software. Both pieces still work-in-progress. #rebelle #digital #art #painting #wip

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Trying out Rebelle 7 by Escape Motions. A weird fantasy knight with mix-max accessories, but the software was really nice to use. A big recommendation for sure. #rebelle #escapemotions #knight #fantasy #art #digitalpainting

A digital painting of a medieval fantasy knight.

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Ville Julius @nanbanstyle.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Let's ink wendigo.... It was actually supposed to be an original character, but I suck doing anything innovative, so here we are baah. #art #drawing #illustration #ink #microns

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