Ash.in.a.Tree

Ash.in.a.Tree

@astods.bsky.social

Color, Paint & Supervision for Animation & Games. Prev: Invincible, Mighty Nein, Legend of Vox Machina, Metalocalypse 💼 https://ashleystoddard.com

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Ash.in.a.Tree
@astods.bsky.social

Wow, hello everyone! Guess I should make a pinned. Hi I’m Ashley I do color design, BG paint and supervision for animation! I did color & FX design on LVM s1 & 2, and I was color supervisor on Invincible s2 & 3. I also tromp around the PNW and paint occasionally.

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Xiaoyi
@cleefouti.bsky.social

Replying to @cleefouti.bsky.social

"I used this generative tool to make concept art" people in the 17th century made shit up all the time from scratch, be better

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Vivian Zhou
@vivianz.bsky.social

sometimes I think about starting a newsletter but I'm afraid it would just be some variation of this comic ad infinitum

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David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social

The greatest challenge of our time isn’t to figure out how to get to Mars or become interstellar, but to figure out how to live sustainably on Earth.

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jess m. ☕🍂
@jametc.bsky.social

holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!! pinlite.app someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol

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Aimee Steinberger
@aimeekitty.bsky.social

My art makes me cry because I care so much and because it’s so hard. The process helps me evolve and the art is the result. Making it with no friction means nothing. “don’t fool yourself. (With ai) You aren’t writing. You’re shopping… It can’t hurt. You can. Pinch yourself, and rejoice.”

JP@jpbrammer.bsky.social

I wrote about AI, our relationship to pain and to comfort, and about why writing should hurt johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/writing-sh...

johnpaulbrammer.substack.comWriting Should HurtOn our relationship to pain and creativity

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Cartoon Brew
@cartoonbrew.bsky.social

DreamWorks Animation’s remote artists and technicians have ratified their first TAG contract, securing wage and benefit parity with L.A.-based workers. Sony Pictures Animation production workers have also voted to unionize. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...

cartoonbrew.comDreamWorks Remote Workers Ratify First TAG ContractThe unit secured wage and benefit parity in their first TAG contract, while Sony Pictures Animation’s production management workers voted to unionize.

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ToonHive
@toonhive.bsky.social

DreamWorks Animation’s remote workers have overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract with The Animation Guild. 97% voted in favor of the agreement, securing equal wage standards, healthcare, pension benefits and workplace protections as on-campus workers.

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Cartoon Brew
@cartoonbrew.bsky.social

Four decades of animation and VFX history are up for sale this weekend as Phil Tippett closes his legendary Berkeley studio. 'Star Wars' models, 'Starship Troopers' miniatures, 'Mad God' artwork, storyboards, prototypes, and much more. “Everything goes.” www.cartoonbrew.com/auctions/tip...

cartoonbrew.comPhil Tippett Closes Berkeley Studio After Nearly 40 YearsThe Oscar-winning animation and VFX pioneer is selling off decades of artifacts, but doesn't plan to retire anytime soon: “I will die with my sword in my hand.”

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Kendra, spooky version
@kendrawcandraw.bsky.social

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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More Perfect Union
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Walmart just received a $2.9 billion tariff refund, massively boosting the company's profits. Regular people paid the costs of tariffs by and large across America. But now corporations are getting huge checks from the government, while working people get nothing.

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AJ Jefferies
@moonjam.com

The more I debate awful, awful AI bros, the more I've come to appreciate that intent really is the core difference between consuming and creating.

Julia Gfrörer@thorazos.bsky.social

This is something that people without illustration experience tend not to see: every single thing in an image was put there with intention, nothing can be incidental. A writer says "the car," but an illustrator says exactly what model, inside and out, from every angle, and it's not optional.

Ash.in.a.Tree
@astods.bsky.social

Signed up for paramount+ to watch Aang. Making the most of it by watching all of Lower Decks. Late to the party but I want all my anim friends who worked on it to know: it’s great. A+. How did you track all of the UI assets.

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Peter Labuza
@labuzamovies.com

Warner Bros attempted to do an entire $90 million film non-union in the US by “subcontracting” every single job to a single company. So IATSE went out and unionized the whole damn thing.

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Ash.in.a.Tree
@astods.bsky.social

Loot drop after defeating me: - Magic Paint Set (cast Hypno-Idiot without using mana - 1d4 psychic damage to both target and caster) - one angry cat (pet) - 15 different flavors of pet biscuits (she will not eat any of them) - 3 books, all half read - mug of jasmine tea - 18 bars of fancy chocolate

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com

Loot drop after defeating me: - bird guide - 1 pair masterwork binoculars - Hat of Magnificence (+1 to Intimidate and Performance, -2 to Stealth) - Wondrous Item: Author Copies* - Book Contract (cursed) - random cheese - cat hair (also cursed)

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(DO NOT SPOIL ME ON WEIRD ROUTE) MilkyWay
@curlysquare.bsky.social

Calvin and Hobbes strip that says it quite well;

tctc@toastcrust.bsky.social

even if LLM actually made gamedev more efficient, which I see no reason to believe it has or will, that won't reduce crunch, because the business people will just push harder until you're crunching again. When a tool increases worker productivity, that doesn't translate into better work hours.

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Trung Le Nguyen
@trungles.com

Replying to @trungles.com

Like, beyond the obvious “you’re learning how to learn” stuff (which is true! There’s just more!), taking a challenging course shores up your distress tolerance and your discipline! Because frequently in life you have to work very hard on stuff you don’t want to do! An adult person skill!

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✨ sparkle goat ✨
@sparkle-goat.bsky.social

I feel this viscerally

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social

Even in the '70s, the Takahata–Miyazaki style of pacing was unorthodox. The way they slowed down to focus on tangible details made the anime industry nervous. It went against the accepted wisdom. But it really can work, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/slow-stori...

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Roberto Ribeiro Padula
@bonekrishna.bsky.social

Trying out a lighting scheme and some early color exploration. All in all I think this coming along just fine. I honestly can't understand anyone who would want to outsource this experience to AI. It's like building a robot to eat your pie while you sit on the cuck chair.

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Nicole aka Nimasprout
@nimasprout.bsky.social

Found these two retired prints today, offering them here first dibs at a discount. Ocean print -7x12" SALE $20 Magical Treetop print - 12x12" SALE $30 + $5.50 US shipping DM if interested!

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caitlin rose BOO!yle
@caitlinroseboyle.com

this is, unfortunately, still extremely relevant!

caitlin rose BOO!yle@caitlinroseboyle.com

I’m looking for work! 👁️👁️ I’m looking for storyboarding or revisionist positions, but I’m also open to work in games! I’m available immediately - I’m fast, funny, and friendly, & I’d love to work with you! Help me feed my cats, they won’t stop screaming!

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Zachary Berger
@zacharyberger.bsky.social

Black Forest Labs (like Stability AI) likely took a bunch of work off the internet in order to train their AI. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social

1/ This company’s models were trained on web scraped datasets (like LAION) and their founders are ex-Stability AI employees who engage in the same thieving practices that led artists like myself to sue Stability. GenAi companies NEED big names to sanitize their exploitation and crippling PR.