⭐️🌈☁️Creator of Dream Along With Me | Fil-Chi American Character Designer/Animator working with puppets and indies | Walk on into that Good Night ☁️🌈⭐️
Hello, hi! I'd like to introduce my indie animated series called Dream Along With Me, which follows a group of puppet friends as they navigate a patchwork dreamscape while being stalked by secret horrors of the past. An escapist dream may become their cotton-candied purgatory!
I guess I came back to Twitter just in time for
#IndieAnimationDay
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I've been working on Dream Along With Me on and off ever since I finished up at Jim Henson's about 10 ish years ago, give or take. Muppet enjoyers, pspsps! Here are some animation tests I did recently🌈☁️✨
A couple months ago I made these Teddy O'Stara talking sprites reminiscent of the Phoenix Wright ones for an IG QnA session :oD It's so funny, he won a popularity poll and I didn't understand why, then my roomies explained what a Tumblr Sexyman was 🫠
Hot diggity dawg... Thank you so much for the really cool response to my muppety fellas! Do you...? Would you like??? Some art of the Dreamalong Gang? I am working on a new Master Post for my project but I am happy to share anything else you'd like to see/know! 😭😭 Thank you!
Seasonal Icons! You can watch Archie and Earl get in the holiday spirit, ha! My favorite was Ghost Host Archie :o) I was thinking about The Haunted Mansion and that Muppets special and thought he would look really cute as a ghost!
(Also, the frog's name is Ocho Pickles)
“Are you tired of feeling empty? Do you ever feel like you’re carrying around Dead Weight, or are waiting for a Higher Force to take the wheel? Does it feel like, no matter what you do, it’ll Never Be en O u g H . . . ?”
Introducing Dreamalong's Late Night TV Host, Roy G. Biv :o)
Character Interactions are my bread and buttah :oD I love cute friend groups having fun, kicking their feet, gigglin'! The horrors remain and yet the Dreamalong gang stays silly!
“The Daily Doldrums may fill you with Dread, but shed not a tear, dear! I’ve Lost my Head, yet I hang on by a thread!”
(He immediately drops dead for about 5 minutes)
You guys want to see crusty Earl art I made through 2009-2024? :'o)
He was the main character for Dreamalong right up until last year when I thought perhaps a change would freshen up his story! He went through a lot of change but still somehow stayed himself :oD
Hi
#PortfolioDay
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I'm Mage, I'm a character/prop designer with 4 years experience available for freelance and full-time :o) Working on a personal project in my free time.
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⭐️ Email: maggiecallicoat
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Someone recommended I post my Boundaries across all my social media and they are right! I know it's not going to make people be nice/behave but they're things to be aware of. Thanks for reading and being mindful of them if you do :o) It means a lot! 💖💛💙
I got to work on a couple episodes of
#AlphaBetas
as a character designer! I had the pleasure of designing Captain Jordan Whaler for Jordan Fisher's guest appearance, as well as doing color and cleanup for the groups' suits ^^
#characterdesign
birth!!
Because it is my birthday and I hit 4K followers on here, I am thinking I will do a QnA for you :o) Ask me anything and I’ll answer when I am back in town! Thank you for being so nice to me! I am giving you all pats on the head and some cake if you like 💖💛🩵🍰
I got peer pressured into making a dogsona and... you know what, she is a good girl! I can imagine her being a cheerful little muppet that will listen to you about whatever you’re hyperfixating on, and make you a nice cup of tea or coffee when you’re sad!
#characterdesign
I can't believe I have to say this... Please do not trace my art and then pass it off as fanart for another project. Don't trace my art in general and pass it off as your own. Undermining a smaller artist WHILE stealing their hard work is pretty awful.
Things are really rough right now with all the mass layoffs. If you love animation and want to keep seeing quality shows/movies, then I hope the good folks in animation can count on your support this upcoming August <:o) You all have my love and support!
Can you name all the cameos??👀
The Animation Guild’s (TAG) Master Agreement expires on August 16th — and we need YOUR help!
Spread the word about what’s at stake for animation!!! Follow, repost, and
#StayTooned
for more!
Hi
#PortfolioDay
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I'm a character designer with 2 years experience looking for freelance/full-time work✌️💖
I'm a quick learner and am versatile with style!
Portfolio:
DM for Professional Work pw
🌟maggiecallicoat
@gmail
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I mean this with love and sincerity, as long as your stories, characters, and ideas are coming from your heart and your mind, and you are mindful not to clash with other stories, it's totally fine to make something with puppets however way you want to draw them.
I heard there's a great Twitter exodus so if you wanna chat more and want to see more art from me:
I am more active on Insta and Tumblr anyway :'o)
Mutuals hit me up with your socials! I probably won't check here much anymore!
Roy was a ton of fun to write and develop with my friend, Shanti :oD He's inspired off of a love of creepy late night television like The Twilight Zone-- here are some other inspiration sources for his design, including an old fan design I made of Cecil Palmer from WTNV!
@rsdream12
Apparently, everything that we had online right up until that point has already been scraped, so even if we mass delete all of our content, they have it anyway. 😔 I suppose we have to look for filters that have not yet been compromised...
Hi, my name is Maggie! I'm a recent Animation graduate that loves designing characters and animating them in TVPaint and Adobe Animate! I'm available for full-time and freelance!
#PortfolioDay
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🍯maggiecallicoat
@gmail
.com
I'm making an adaptation of the little mermaid based in a scifi setting, here's some sketches of the mermaid in her human form :o) I love sea creatures and thought some of them look quite alien, I wanted to explore that!
Science shows this was effective! How funnie! 😆
Since you are here, if you like these fellas and want to help support the making of this show, I do have a Ko-Fi! I'm making something nice for a membership option, but in the meantime:
a perpetually injured rollerskating witch, her fallen-angel-turned-bird friend, and a grudge ghostie with one hell of a curse for them 👻
#characterdesign
#ocart
Everyone should be allowed to enjoy drawing and playing with puppets; no one should have a monopoly on them. It is a puppet community, not a competition. Let us be silly, look out for one another, uplift each other, and show kindness and grace towards each other. :o)
Lovely floating cat in the men’s bathroom of Night Vale Community Radio, I want to take the top left one home with me, but he’s fixed to that *one* spot 😔
I've noticed other puppet creators and/or their friends have been really weird, cruel, or straight up harassing other puppet creators lately, myself included. You should not have to have my work experience or worked where I've worked to justify wanting to draw puppets at all.
I think the funniest thing about coming back to the internet after not being on it consistently for about 12 years (beyond messengers and throwing art spaghetti at the wall during the pandemmy) is finding out there’s a lot of people making puppet projects too :o) makes me happy.
@TheRatManstor
Please do animate! It's so much fun and it's nice to share with the world! :o) Also YES I was an intern on Sid the Science Kid for a couple years and I colored a few pages for the Dark Crystal comic!
Someone on Tumblr asked about the stitches on Teddy's neck that made me want to show why-- he's a Plush Rabbit, so I wanted to emphasize a stitching pattern on him, but some were indicative of a particular dismemberment magic trick he likes to put a spooky spin on :oD
I can't believe I have to say this... Please do not trace my art and then pass it off as fanart for another project. Don't trace my art in general and pass it off as your own. Undermining a smaller artist WHILE stealing their hard work is pretty awful.
The 1972 Man of La Mancha movie had such a huge impact on development of Archie! That, and The Little Prince! Archie is inspired by some of my favorite storybooks and songs, including The Impossible Dream :oD It’s a meaningful song for me.
@Nunyabuisness96
Hi there, I don’t know what the intent of this was, but I say this as nicely as I can, I don’t really appreciate that response. My time working at Jim Henson’s was really influential to me! Wally’s hair is also clearly not the same shade of blue. I hope that clears things up!
Also, my teammate Shanti (@/shantimochi on insta) helped me with coloring on the first 3 frames and helped with backgrounds on this piece :oD Go give her some love too~
@edmeadart
The amount of people that are like this and working in animation is so scary 😭 I'm not sure if something happened as I just happened to hop on and see this but I hope you're doing okay regardless!! I know trying to talk about things is really tough!
@VileH3llHound
That is my guy Early Early Oxenfree, aka Earl! He’s a Soothsaying Jester! He’ll give you your fortune for free if you beat him at any game, but beware— he cheats 😂
I really appreciate everyone that was kind and supportive of my project today, I had unexpected guest appearances from Sudden Loss and Grief recently and have been struggling to be present... Everyone being sweet put a smile back on my face, thank you 💖
@rainyy_kid
Aahh!! Thank you! 🥺💖 I was inspired by a lot of cool stuff I grew up with but still wanted to do my own take of it, I appreciate the kind words!
One of the huge indications of me being acespec was that this was my favorite movie for many years and when I watched it with friends they were all yelling about the bulge and I was like ":o) What bulge?"
I haven't been on social media for a year because I never was super good at keeping up w it and I can't post NDA stuff, but if you're seeing this I really appreciate you sticking around, and for your kindness and support, thank you ^^ I'll try to have more of an online presence
@TRTL_GRL1
I love Sesame Street so I am honored 😭 I was also looking at the 90s Moomin and Carebears among other things for the vintage animation look :o) also love Welcome Home!! Started throwing money at Clown as soon as I saw it haha!!
@TheoristScouter
I am sad for the state of the world too 😔 Here is my little bluebird of happiness, hopefully he makes you smile too. Take it easy, my friend.
@Opossol
I am silly and replied to the wrong comment... But! I think she looks adorable 🥹💖 I love the tufts of fluff on her ears! We definitely need more purple goblins out in the world and I'm here for it! 👏✨
@charlottest4r
@AntonellaO21663
Thank you so much! 😭 It's honestly been really fun to work on during my free time! I plan on making this a series on Youtube/Tiktok. :o) 💖💛💙
@SADSATANLSDD
Ah oh my goodness thank you! I just saw your project too and oh! Such beautiful work, and for exploring liminal spaces! I am looking forward to seeing more of your project as well! :oD 💖💛💙
I get to go see a band tonight with my friends! I’ve never gone to see a band before! Yippee!! Baby’s first live show kinda!
The venue has food and the mental image of getting soup is so funny to me! Instead of jolly beverages, friends, we are getting rowdy on soup in a cup!
@hankatun0921
Holy hell…💀 I swear, people really don’t pay attention or read/inform themselves of what they’re even talking about before they speak… I’m so sorry 😭 Giving you and your team your favorite treats for having to deal with that🍡🍨🍫🍬🍭🍩🧋💖