Get ready to get roasted!!! @pinofanimate 2 is coming out this Friday! Thanks @twilightciel for having a genius brain and for all the hard work organising and editing this. 🥰
One of my four clips for @pinofanimate, which has been a real masterclass in art and animation. Learning to draw using procreate, finding my own art style, watching the other animators’ processes and trying to apply all the things I liked to my own work, getting much-needed advice on my animations – all things I’m incredibly thankful for right now.
River
Everyone in the Phandom seems to be watching the The Politician, and I’m no exception. It’s completely absurd, but at its heart it’s about embracing authenticity, and resolving to do better. To make sure that ambition doesn’t override empathy. To admit to mistakes when we make them, and resolve not to reproduce the toxicity of prior generations. It also has Ben Platt’s unfathomably incredible singing. Seriously, how does he do the things he does? Anyway, here’s my cover of ‘River’ by Joni Mitchell from episode 1.
As it turns midnight where I am and I continue to think about Dye and White, I wanted to thank @calvinahobbes and @jestbee for organising puddlefest to celebrate the wonderful @intoapuddle. Goodnight y'all! <3
I LOVED your dance. Please keep dancing and posting if it makes you happy. I know what you mean wrt: "your brain thinks that your body should be able to do the things that you could do when dancing full-time". I used to be a high-ranking figure skater and I took 15 years off. Getting back on the ice was amazing but also I just have to accept my 30-something body cannot do triples or spin with my foot above my head anymore.
It’s a mix of sometimes making me happy and sometimes outrightly annoying me. Often both at once! (I’m guessing you probably know what I mean.) But it was nice to feel motivated, and I’m glad you liked it.
And figure skating – wow! I always wished I could try it. My teenage years were spent obsessively watching figure skating videos online :p
“Those branches still reach out, providing that shelter for anyone standing underneath.” Happy birthday, @intoapuddle <3
Still trying new things – though I *am* working on an animation project, and it will be released soon! Meanwhile, I’ve choreographed a dance to @doddleoddle’s amazing new bop, ‘Boys Like You’.
This is kind of a big deal for me: I stopped dancing 6 years ago, and it was hard to find the motivation to get back into it – my brain remembers what my body could do when I was dancing full-time, and assumes that’s how I should be dancing now. And I simply can’t do those things anymore. So more often than not I end up frustrated and turning to other things instead. But Dodie’s dance music video was so evocative that I decided to go up against my brain today and give myself a chance.
(Link to watch on Youtube)
hi, i'm back. i'm flat-out sobbing now bc of your animated "formless blob" thing omg thank you so much for these blessings
Dan might have made me very emotional when he said all that stuff about formless blobs prior to BIG. Thanks for watching it 🥰🥰
i'm a new follower, and um - i just really love your stuff. i don't know what's with my brain today but i've been near tears because your art is just so lovely and your song covers are so nice and omg your blog is 💙💙
You are the sweetest person. Thank you so much for saying all this. Your art is absolutely lovely, and I am now staring at it and trying to learn stuff as I attempt to expand my skills beyond animating blobs (even though blobs will always have my heart).
I finally managed to save up for a tablet and stylus, and am experimenting with new art styles for @PINOFanimate. Here’s style test #1 for Phil saying “Nose me up, Bosen!”
