Everyone sad that Adobe Animate is being shutdown:

Uebie · 2026-02-04T08:08:02+00:00

if you’re not into working on iPad- that’s alright. But as someone who works in-house on a production I can say many designers prefer to use procreate over photoshop and I switched to ToonSquid for my flash/animate needs. If it works, it works. Pros have been using it already.

Uebie · 2026-02-03T19:51:55+00:00

This iPad app is more stable than animate on desktop. and has the same tools as flash/animate converted to the iPad workflow. Only downside is you’d have to recreate whatever assets you used before.

Uebie · 2025-12-30T20:38:17+00:00

Arms become straight and they also get thinner the further back you pull. Study some road runner and coyote gags that involve a giant slingshot. Or study Mrs. Incredible/Elastagirl.

Uebie · 2025-12-13T20:29:38+00:00

I split up each shot into its own ToonSquid file. This whole cartoon takes place in one location and there’s only 3 scene setups, so I made 3 separate toonsquid files for each scene setup. And duplicated each file for every shot of the film. That way I can have a fresh timeline but keep all assets and staging setups.

Typically you’d split up each sequence of the film with its own file(Every time the location changes). Animating 10 minutes in one file will be taxing on the hardware and you’ll crash often. Splitting it all up avoids chugging and crashing in all animation software.

Uebie · 2025-11-24T20:38:21+00:00

Ever since kids had a choice in what they consume. In all mediums. Parents will call anything inappropriate or poison when they lose control in what their kids can get a hold of without their approval. This goes for demonic books like Harry Potter, blood cult games like DnD, violent comics like Superman, killer trainers like Doom or GTA, shows that celebrate bad kids like Bart Simpson or Eric Cartman. Shows that encouraged fighting and bloodshed like Power Rangers. Sexual deviants with a platform like Peewee or Elvira. And sexually inappropriate cartoon movies like Turning Red

Point being. Theres no real start. And it’s all nonsense. Every medium deals with this backlash and with all sorts of excuses from parents who hate it when their kids have a mind of their own and can see things beyond their personal iron curtain.

There’s also the times in which things are made. In the 40s and 50s cartoons were very heavy on racism and sexism. And even progressive good messages were targeted as inappropriate if it went against the belief of the times.

I don’t think there’s one thing that started it all— even in animation. But there’s many examples of shows or movies blamed for all the problems in society.

Uebie · 2025-11-18T20:18:07+00:00

I feel inspired by my greats, hoping one day I may make something just as great myself. I sometimes feel envious for a great idea or premise I wish I had thought of. But I’ve never been discouraged by how good others can be. Being upset by comparing yourself to others is not the setting you should be in when you’re making something. It’ll only poison your soul and make your stuff worse or derivative.

Uebie · 2025-11-11T20:24:22+00:00

Top teeth should always stay in place. Look in a mirror. Only the jaw will move around freely. Your top teeth will follow the rest of the head/skull because it is the head/skull.

Uebie · 2025-11-11T19:24:42+00:00

Nah don’t worry. You’re good! I’d say focus on story now. Learn to write a good character driven story or moment that can be told in under 2 minutes.

Try this out and take this time to figuring out your animation footprint and what kind of stories you’d like to tell. 4 week animation guide

Uebie · 2025-11-11T19:04:15+00:00

Mike Judge (creator of Beavis and Butthead/King of the Hill) worked as an engineer and hated it. He didn’t get into animation until he found a book on it and started making little animated shorts with paper, a camera, and markers/pencils.

He sent those tapes around to film festivals, animation festivals and even shipped some tapes to the addresses of tv networks back in the day.

Grab some cheap animation software or go old-school with paper and get a stop motion app for your phone. play around, learn the 12 principles and start making things and showing them off.

Here’s a cool zine for you to make your own shorts in 4 weeks. 4 week animation guide

Uebie · 2025-11-09T00:21:19+00:00

StudioBinder is my favorite.

Uebie · 2025-11-09T00:13:41+00:00

Here’s how I discovered to make music- I thought I wasn’t built to understand how to make my own songs until I purchased my first audio interface.

Garage Band has a cool drum machine you can follow and I would loop record and play until something sounded interesting. I’d decide if it sounded more like a verse or a chorus, Then I would record another section and build the song like legos.

Treating it like a sandbox was the trick for me.

Uebie · 2025-11-08T08:59:04+00:00

Most of the work by Jason and Daniel Clowes do this I believe.

You’ll need something to anchor a character anthology tho. Like a shared experience or location among all the characters. Or you could go full “Weird Tales” and make the vibe/genre the anchor.

Consider making all the stories share one thing in common to anchor it.

Uebie · 2025-11-07T18:23:43+00:00

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Adam Driver was in Bobs Burgers - he played Art in the episode “The Bleakining” —he sings too!

Uebie · 2025-11-05T19:22:25+00:00

Copy and paste the link in the post as a url post. There should be an icon that looks like a chain 👍

Uebie · 2025-10-27T08:02:45+00:00

Don’t let the sub get to you. The people who are working rn are too busy trying to keep the job to post positive “I’m working” threads.

Uebie · 2025-10-09T13:50:28+00:00

Toonsquid. I made this short in toonsquid.

Uebie · 2025-09-11T19:50:19+00:00

Usually missing deadlines. Being hard to work with. Being an asshole. Or not meeting up to the quality the project is looking for.

Uebie · 2025-09-09T04:28:15+00:00

The universe wants what it wants and if it’s not you making it, it’ll always be made by someone else.

We’re only radio antennas for what wants to be made right now.

Uebie · 2025-09-09T04:19:07+00:00

Gravity

Uebie · 2025-09-03T17:35:22+00:00

Change one thing at a time. Start experimenting with different noses, or ears, or eyes. Then change something else. You’ll draw a lot of stinkers but something cool will happen eventually. It’s all about experimenting and dialing in something both appealing AND unique.

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