iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I would perhaps like one (1) break please

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VOID 🔞ART CATCH UP. @v0idm0nster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Burnout's no joke kids

A cat on a space and sky background that says "sorry i havent finished a project in months, i have been at war with myself"

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AL “Sonny” McClelland, Jr. @almcclellandjr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Heyyy there, SO if you'd like to help me make this thing that's been rattling around in my brain for a decade take a look at this 🐭⚔️✨ www.patreon.com/c/_scale_ #animation #indie #SCALE #Mice #Swords #Dinosaurs

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Dr Rehaminator's Monster Cock @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"I'm too talented to need shortcuts" goes so fucking hard.

youtube community post from Huggbees that discusses why he does not and will not ever use AI in his art

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André Guindi 🪷👹🪷 @andreguindi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

this one is especially egregious

A single panel comic hand drawn illustration of Barret Wallace from FF7 gesturing disgustedly to a screenshot from nvidia's atrocious DLSS 5 slop that leaked, showing a photo of what was once Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is now a yassified Al model standing in a flatly lit Instagram environment. Barret's text box reads "We're killin' the planet for THIS shit?"

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AL “Sonny” McClelland, Jr. @almcclellandjr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Inbetween job applications I've been adding to the character roster for SCALE! You can see the original pitch for it here: als2dart.com/scale/ Reposts appreciated!♻️✨ #SCALE #animation #Characterdesign #ArtDirection

A collection of characters and outfit designs from SCALE. The characters in order from top-down, left-to-right are Thorn, Tack, Shoot, Mite, Glumes, Chaff, Floret, and Crumb.

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Katherine Crossan @kackington.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

workin through it baby!

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’m marrying him I guess 👉🏽👈🏽

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Diana Huh @dihuh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

4,500 jobs alone would wipe out the animation industry in LA

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

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emmapixels @emmapixels.com · 15/08/2026

i want to be a hamster in a farm commune 🌞

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Katherine Lam @ LBX 431 @katherinelam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

final pieces for my show (1/2) the main objective was to show the working class of brooklyn. especially in the area i am in (sunset park/bensonhurst). all of these are based on real places!

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Kickstarter didn't quite make it but I really appreciate everyone's support!! I had measured expectations so it was still nice to see the support this little show got. It's not the end, I'll still be working on it in the background but may be a bit before updates occur. Keep supporting indies!

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Em!! @emggily.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

😭😭😭😭😭

A doodle of an artist in agony as the text "I WILL FINISH THIS CREATIVE PROJECT" repeats in the background.

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

You think we’ll make it? /rhetorical /gonna make it to smol art mart either way lol

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here it is all together! Support the Kickstarter in it's final hours here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf... #indieanimation #animation #2danimation

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Next up is refining by putting everyone more on model and adding key frames where I think they'll be helpful to my process. I also adjust the dialogue a bit. Boarders would normally stage out the background for other production artists but I work solo so I don't bother. #indieanimation #animation

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

FINAL DAY of the Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf... All the prep work done, we move on to rough animation! Not everything's done here but you get the idea. Didn't have VO so no lipsync yet either. Hope this was interesting, thanks for the support! #indieanimation #animation

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The Gaang, once again #myart ATLA was my entire personality during my high school-college years, it feels only right for me to go feral once I saw how AMAZING the Avatar Aang movie looked in the clips I saw. (repost yes for crop purposes hehe)

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Every small business I order from or see has to, for some reason, use AI for like one (1) single image…for no reason! Like a little “gift” art from a cardstock store supplier?? Who needs this????? What is the demand????? I just wanted envelopes!

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"I was in a hurry and used AI. Oops, sorry it was all wrong." Darlings. Sweethearts. Listen to me. If you're in a creative field and do this, you have no excuse. None. Especially now. The gen AI stole from YOU. The gen AI stole from your FRIENDS. It is wrong a lot! You should know and do better.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 31/07/2026

I have a Vision

Black and white cartoon portrait of a young lady in a poofy-sleeved dress with an empire waist looking pensively into the distance, gently decorated with daisies. The text reads “Fuck ‘em up, Elizabeth Bennet!!!”

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Kat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Golden Age of Airbenders. I painted these images for the flashback scene in Avatar Aang, showing Sonam and Tagah in their heyday.

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A look at Peat's turnaround, though their may be some changes by the time we get to him showing up in actual episodes

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

And here's Sylvia, same deal as Peat, might change a bit at some point!

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A little comic to introduce Peat and Sylvia, our older married couple who run the Garden Center! It's the final week of the Kickstarter and I'm grateful for all the support thus far 🙇 Please continue spreading the word and and supporting #indieanimation www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf...

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

we're at week 3 and haven't hit the 50% mark, so I'm here to pushpushpush y'all to spread the word about helping fund #indieanimation for an entirely animated season!

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Trying to figure out how to get my stuff open for more avenues...here's one?! 👁️

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

i am begging venues & bands to rediscover clipart

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Muni Long did it again 😭 her grip on me is strong

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’ve sewed the patches onto hats 🧢

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Parcel made an earlier appearance in our OST animations but his designs just been a bit more finalized. I'm looking forward to sharing Parcel in Session 1 proper, but in the meantime please keep sharing the Kickstarter as much as you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf... #indieanimation

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Meet Parcel, our Delivery Mouse 🐭 He's small (really small) but has heart and the strength to carry all sorts of packages. We're 1 week into our Kickstarter campaign and I can't thank y'all enough for the support we've received 🙇 #indieanimation

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Infinimart @infinimarthq.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

WE’RE 30% FUNDED! Thank you so much for everyone who pledged early. We still have some Early Bird rewards for the taking, so feel free to 🛒 take advantage We have some exciting updates to show soon about new characters soon! So follow and support for more details to come ♾️

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Chris Bak @bakbawk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hey, if any of y'all see this and are capable of sharing it, please do! I know I'm trying a kickstarter in a time of mass layoffs and AI techbros actively making the world a worse place but I still love making cartoons and want / will continue doing what I can to put something good out there.

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