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black | GM: AKA | board artist: Invader Zim, Onyx Equinox, Moongirl & Devil Dinosaur/designer: D20: A Crown of Candy, Justice League: Crisis Pt 1 | He/Him/His
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It's been almost exactly a year since the finale of our first AKA campaign. We had some one shots here & there since, but after last night's light hearted beach themed one shot I wanted to give my players something to hype them up for the next campaign.
#AlphaKingAcademy
#MASKS
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SEE WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS, SCOOBY DOO WAS A LOT OF OUR GENERATION'S INTRODUCTION INTO HORROR, PEOPLE LIKE TO CREDIT NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS FOR OUR FASCINATION WITH SPOOKYNESS BUT SCOOB & THE GANG REALLY PAVED THE WAY, HONESTLY AHEAD OF IT'S TIME AND STILL RESONANT--
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Something beautiful about Spider-Verse is it's a tale about being defiant in a system that dictates your story is only allowed to be one way. The film itself does this, it's literally Miles in the system of animation saying imma do my own thing, & it wins every time it does.
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begging the west to invest in more animation like this
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To folks wanting an update on this, I spoke with a lawyer & their assessment was that trying to take any sort of legal action against WB would probably cost way more than anything I could get out of it, which I expected. I am only one small artist vs a big corporation./
My name better be in the credits on this one, I see my dude's legs in there lmao
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I'm not good enough to get hired as a designer but my designs are good enough to rip off I guess?
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I need all y'all to see SpiderMan Into the SpiderVerse 10 times each so it becomes stupid successful & gets WB to also want an animated movie about a black kid in a hoodie w/ super powers & maybe hire someone who drew that kind of character everyday for a month to make it.
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I wanna be a character designer for cartoons but I dunno man, I feel like the ship has sailed and the overall industry style has shifted too much. My designs are like 5 Ben 10s ago.
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My name better be in the credits on this one, I see my dude's legs in there lmao
The saga continues and the stakes have never been higher. Stay tuned for
#JLCrisis
PART TWO on Digital!
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I appreciate everyone who spread this around. It's wild to get exploited by your heroes like this, I'm glad many others agree.
@WB_Animation
@WBHomeEnt
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Netflix's sure fire plan for animation is to oversee it with people who have no animation experience which has historically NEVER been a problem in animation before
Ron Howard is going to Netflix to make his first animated feature film
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"Like a Meteor falling from the sky, the King erupts in flame, strikes into the ground...
...From the dust and rubble, the King of Candia stands..."
#ACrownOfCandy
#KingAmetharTHEUNFALLEN
#Dimension20
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Of the only 5 mainstream animated movies with black protagonists in the last 25 years I gotta say props to Home and Spider-verse for letting their protags stay human the whole movie.
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/Plus there's no guarantee I could win anything. And honestly I wasn't really interested in taking them to court, ultimately all I want is to have my work acknowledged and an apology. Plenty of artists came together to make this, mostly in good faith I assume,/
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forgot to post the OG. made this 10 years ago while I was working at Staples btw
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I need to somehow make more money but also work less and also exercise and get in better shape but also relax more and take it easier...
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Since the Stretch Armstrong special glitched & skipped over the one clip I boarded & won't let me see it this bit from Zim is actually the first time I've ever witnessed anything I've storyboarded be animated. I couldn't be happier to have been apart of this production & crew.
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/but to even accidentally exploit someone's work without taking accountability is tacky & lazy. Obviously Black Lightning isn't a character I created, to the folks who keep pointing that out: no shit, I never claimed that. But that design was a unique amalgamation of/
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I'm not saying Disney dropped an Obi-Wan trailer to offset the heat they've been getting I'm just saying the timing is convenient is all.
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Maybe one day it'll be nominated for another season
‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ has been nominated for Outstanding Children/Youth at the 2024 Peabody Awards.
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/Black Lightning designs plus my own take on it, done out of an affinity & respect for the character. For a corp to copy art without doing due diligence to find out where it came from or compensating the artist for their work, regardless of whether they own the character or not,/
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Not to shamelessly self promote or anything but one of my dreams is to make an action show with predominantly female characters that range a ton of shapes and sizes because i think that's important to see and the negative reactions to she ras new look further illustrates that.
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Yo has anyone else called out how "Sassy Housewives who wanna meet you" joke from Wreck It Ralph 2 trailer is straight up Aunt Cass from Big Hero 6?
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It's a little unpolished but here's my Wild Hogs style pitch for an adventure with all the
@dimension20show
Dads currently in Hell
#HellDads
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/is scummy. And the fact that they can do it & get away with it should worry you. Especially the weird DC/WB bootlickers who try to dismiss this. The properties you love appropriating your expressions of that love like it's their own should concern you, they don't love you back.
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lmao this kinda ironic now looking back
I wanna be a character designer for cartoons but I dunno man, I feel like the ship has sailed and the overall industry style has shifted too much. My designs are like 5 Ben 10s ago.
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Happy Belated Birthdays to the two and only twins of Candia,
@eaxford
&
@vornietom
aka Jet & Ruby!!!
@dimension20show
#ACrownOfCandy
(Watch the finale this Wednesday)
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Ravening War sketches vs final, Bishop Raphaniel. I liked drawing his big ol radish head.
#TheRaveningWar
#Dimension20
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Why y'all mfs would defend a studio actively trying to burry art is beyond me anyway. And if a rogue artist did the shit, maybe unintentionally, just step up & own it. I would have way more respect for you if you did.
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any studio heads looking at stuff like Arcane or Spider-Verse & going ew, this is too different & "ugly" need to be removed from animation & stop holding back progress
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And it inspires others within that system to break away and do the same thing. To be different, to be better, to not follow the strict "rules" of what animation is "supposed to be." I don't know if it's intentional but it's poetically inspirational.
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animation is a wonderful medium I wish more people would recognize the full potential of
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It has no audience attached either
‘SCREAM 7’ currently has no director or lead actors attached.
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He ain't never letting artists on the show again
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Making a Static show isn't my dream...
...it's my destiny
Everybody do a
@SimuLiu
today.
Shoot your shot. Speak out your dream job right here on Twitter. Tag the people who can make it happen. Don't even give a eff.
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then wtf are we even doing here then?
Director Kate Herron confirms Owen Wilson won't say his iconic 'wow' in
#Loki
(via
@ComicBook
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Ravening War art time! Here's Amangeaux & Karna. Sketches vs final.
#RaveningWar
#Dimension20
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Can we stop letting people who don't like superheroes make superhero movies?
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Anyway the next time a studio is telling artists they can't tell stories the way they want to I hope they think about Miles & just what these films have done for the artform. Also we shutting up anybody who don't respect animation from now on, they are not allowed to speak.
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Totally didn't even cross my mind to post this today. Happy Father's Day
#dimension20
#FantasyHigh
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Ravening War sketches vs final. Thane & Collin this time. Thane is like the only PC I nailed on the first pass lol
#TheRaveningWar
#Dimension20
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I took way too long to finish this but I appreciate the
@dropout
&
@dimension20show
people for being so patient with me. This new Ayda tee design is available now at
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Ravening War sketches vs final, Pamelia, Citrina, & Brassica. I've been meaning to post more of these I've just been busy, sorry haha. It was cool revisiting Citrina & Brassica again at an earlier stage in their lives.
#TheRaveningWar
#Dimension20
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Ravening War sketches vs final, Chutney & Jacque. I was very confused when I got the description for Chutney but eventually I figured it out lol. Jacque is just a big tomato.
#TheRaveningWar
#Dimension20
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Some people know because my mom couldn't keep it to herself but I'm allowed to talk about it now, today I'm officially a storyboard artist on Disney/Marvel's Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur!
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The two SEXIEST characters in the entire show, Lord Calroy Cruller & Thaddeus Strongpit! Put respek on their names.
The first pass of Calroy was too upsetting and Thaddeus wasn't upsetting enough.
#ACrownOfCandy
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Who wants to see some more Crown of Candy sketches???
Some
@dimension20show
Amethar Rocks dev sketches
I was still finding my footing at this point so he got the most sketches, but ultimately the design came from
@RichardHPerry
& his team's incredible minis. I just tried to add some character that matched their intros
#ACrownOfCandy
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Into the Spider-verse
Across the Spider-verse
Beyond the Spider-verse
Name your top 3 favorite Spider-Man movies…
Read our ‘Across The Spider-Verse’ review:
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It's crazy that I get to work on a show with a black girl superhero & a dinosaur, like beyond insane how cool it is
Look what just roared in: The series logo and concept art for
@Marvel
’s
#MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur
, coming to
@DisneyChannel
in 2022!
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*destroys a rainforest*
"I think we should look into planting some trees"
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to venture into more genres for adult animation, including drama, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, mystery and young adult.
"We think there's more to do in dramas and prestige animation," says Adult Swim President Michael Ouweleen.
#AnnecyFestival
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Heyy Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, Dreamworks, Netflix, somebody....
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The Daughters of Amethar. I fortunately nailed Jet & Ruby on the first pass. Saccharina I got her power there but needed to express more of her personality & grace so that's what the end result became.
#ACrownofCandy
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Something new I experienced this year: working super hard for months to craft & board an important character's first appearance in an episode & sitting in on the VA session to see the celeb actor hired not take it seriously, be rude, & autopilot thru the entire performance.
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Somebody at WB, steal & leak this shit.
Sincerely, from somebody WB has stolen from.
‘COYOTE VS ACME’ is now expected to be shelved and deleted forever.
Warner Bros wanted $75M - $80M for the film and rejected offers from Netflix, Amazon & Paramount, refusing to let them counter-offer.
(Source: )
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Some
@dimension20show
Amethar Rocks dev sketches
I was still finding my footing at this point so he got the most sketches, but ultimately the design came from
@RichardHPerry
& his team's incredible minis. I just tried to add some character that matched their intros
#ACrownOfCandy
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I think I need to update this for Sophomore year
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Ravening War sketches vs final, Cleva, Sirley, & Camille. I had to make Camille's neck waddle bigger. And I was super excited to get to draw more meat characters this time around.
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I too was 13 in 2002. I've had sketches found by parents that I did not want to be found. And I've had my mom absolutely go off on someone and embarrass the hell out of me over a misunderstanding that wasn't that deep.
I also had a favorite boy band lmao.
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Only now do I notice that the trees are dna strands
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I wish more animation fans knew that the moment you find out your favorite show has been cancelled and you want to petition it to come back it's already been dead for like a year at that point.
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Never beating the dumbest fucking studio allegations
Warner Bros. Discovery declined at least one bid for ‘COYOTE VS. ACME’ that came in at $40M. The value of the write-off they will receive is around $30M.
(
@THR
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This is why the "who cares, you got paid" argument doesn't hold any water for me. Most creatives aren't just doing this for the money, we're trying to put something out in the world & maybe make an impact. Stifling that is devastating especially when you put everything into it.
The hardest part is working on this thing for so long and not getting to share it with y'all. I took the first interview for this project 1004 days ago. A thousand days of thinking about our core challenges, crafting a world, helping others fill it with new, cool things. Gone.
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Hey Ducktales so I know Power Rangers is owned by Nick but hear me out...
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The people who gave up on Invincible so easily because of the hiatus are weak. You wouldn't have lasted 2 seconds as a Young Justice fan. You weren't really about that life.
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Eternally grateful that they kept this silly joke I threw in there for when Zim had to get out of his suit.
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This exchange makes so much sense now
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"You know that VFX heavy movie that bombed at the box office?
All their VFX artists got laid off"
"You know that VFX heavy movie that killed it big at the box office?
All their VFX artists got laid off"
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Yo is it too much to ask to just credit the person who came up with the design you took and are selling to people? Iron Spider?? maaaan fuck you.
Thanks to Nik for bringing this to my attention.
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Imagine finally getting the chance to see Hamilton and experience all of it's songs, performances, & artistry for the first time because it's finally been made available to a wider audience only to see that the internet's like it's cool to hate this now.
God damn.
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Randomly thinking about how insane it was that Ducktales 2017 set up the best Darkwing Duck reboot & Disney didn't do shit with it. We should be 7 years deep in the duckverse rn, smdh
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Ravening War sketches vs final, Allium & Darren. I love drawing just a couple of weird lookin dudes. Allium's mouth is the big hole and it flaps up and down when he talks, you're welcome.
#TheRaveningWar
#Dimension20
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Ravening War sketches vs final, Enzo & Ariana. Enzo is so far my most favorite Callorum NPC I've ever drawn, thank you Matt. Also Ariana has pasta hair so that's cool too.
#TheRaveningWar
#Dimension20
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And here's a version with the show title so it's kinda like a comic cover or movie poster lol
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everyone get vaccinated so we can go outside again
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Trying to zootopia kids into learning about racism/bigotry with muddy metaphors will never be as effective as just representing marginalized people on screen in good relatable stories & I know this cuz MOTHERFUCKERS KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE X-MEN BECOMING WOKE!
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Am I responsible for introducing the Spider-Man in a hood craze? Most likely not. Am I gonna claim responsibility for it? You bet your sweet ass I am.
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Makes sense Velma isn't attracted to Shaggy, Mindy Kaling hasn't played a character who'd touch a black man in her whole career
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Ohhhh so THAT'S what this was for, lmao
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Meet your Scrumptious Scoundrels, all illustrated by
@sktchmstrskllz
-
🥭
@sweeetanj
as Lady Amangeaux Epicée du Peche
#Dimension20
#TheRaveningWar
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alright crown of candy, take me away from the horrors & trauma of the real world and instead soothe me with the horrors & trauma of the fantasy world.
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Finally finished this tribute to my favorite fantasy teens from
#FantasyHigh
Say hello intrepid heroes!
@BrennanLM
@The_SweetestLou
@agbeardsley
@chmurph
@eaxford
@ZacOyama
@vornietom
#dimension20
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@childishgamzeno
I'm not defending the writing but a lot of people are calling this dude white when he's actually Mexican & Jewish. Our criticism has to be accurate too
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Skip This Ad...olescence spoilers (kinda)
This wasn't in the script, I just boarded it & hoped they'd let me keep it. I also suggested the characters that show up in the background.
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raise your hand if you would hang out with Brennan and listen to him talk about bird facts ✋
Reminder: never give Brennan an opportunity to talk about Bird Facts
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I'm starting the let storyboard artists rest movement.
Let me fucking rest.
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The Warrior Monk! Cumulous took me the most tries to get right because drawing a cotton candy person is hard lol. Initially he was going to have blacked out eyes but that was changed. I'm happy with how he eventually turned out.
#ACrownofCandy
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If fanboys are already upset at Captain Marvel they're gonna be super upset when Endgame arrives and she slowly chokes Captain America to death while whispering to his face "look at me... I'm the Captain now"
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The son I'm most proud of. He was the only character I didn't suck at drawing LOL
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Every story ever written about this very concept was about how it is a bad thing
We've all seen Black Mirror, right?
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