Five O'Clock Bugs Bunny
Some cartoons stay with you because they were funny. Others stay because of where you were sitting when you watched them. I grew up on a farm. Sheep,…
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39 field notes from a working animator — craft, AI, the industry, and the long game of making your own shows.
Some cartoons stay with you because they were funny. Others stay because of where you were sitting when you watched them. I grew up on a farm. Sheep,…
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Animation Is a People Business (Whatever the Software Says) Everyone tells you to get good at your craft. They’re right. They just stop one sentence too…
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Death, Taxes, and What Creative Freelancers Forget to Claim There are only two certainties in life. Death and taxes. I didn’t come up with that one, but…
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Coyote vs. Acme opens in the States this week sitting at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, and I did not expect that. Shelved as a tax write-off, rescued after…
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Castle in the Sky just turned 40, and its train chase still teaches action better than almost anything made since. You can play that scene at full speed,…
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Most people here didn’t notice it happen. It happened on the other side of the planet, in a little French town called Annecy, at the biggest animation…
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Feedback Isn’t Personal: What 20 Years in Animation Taught Me About Protecting Your Head When I started out, all I wanted was to animate for a living. I’d…
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When the Plan Falls Apart, That’s When It Gets Interesting There’s a version of production that exists only in your head. The clean pipeline. The tools…
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Extinction Report: Episode One Has Landed A cranky dinosaur with a news desk and a grudge against the modern world. Remember Kate Production’s newest…
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So you’ve got an idea. It’s been rattling around your head for a while — something vivid, something that feels like it and you’re ready to do something…
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There are a million shorts flooding your feed, so how does your message actually get through? Most people chasing something different have turned to AI,…
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The Listicle Era Ten animation software every animator needs. Five AIs you cannot live without. Seven steps to better health. Everywhere you look,…
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The Industry That Learned to Bend When the pandemic swept through the world, few industries pivoted as seamlessly as Animation and VFX. Major studios went…
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The Question Nobody Asks After the First Attempt Did you ever start something, try it once, and it didn’t work? Of course you have. The question everyone…
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The Quiet Power of Showing Up: Oscar VFX Shortlist When the shortlist for the 2025 Best Visual Effects Oscar was announced, I did what most VFX artists…
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The entertainment world may never look the same. On 13 November 2025, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger dropped a bombshell: Disney+ is exploring generative AI tools…
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A month has passed since my last dispatch from the production trenches. And you know what? That’s okay. The Perfection Trap Here’s a truth about creating…
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The Rise of Glitch Productions: From Indie Dream to Animation Powerhouse I’ve been following Glitch Productions since the Murder Drones trailer and pilot…
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Keep Learning, Even When You Feel Stuck Do you ever feel like you’re just stuck? Hours blur into days, then into weeks, then into months, until suddenly…
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Did You Get to Try That One New Thing Today? It’s a question that pops up everywhere: Did you try one new thing today? That one new thing at the edge of…
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From Hobby to Market: The Creative Balancing Act “I’m just an artist. I just want to work on cool stuff.” That mindset is perfect if you’re a hobbyist.…
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Do You Plan for Your Down Time? Downtime isn’t something most of us plan for—or even want. It feels counterintuitive. We push ourselves to run at full…
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Growing alongside emerging technology is a curious process. It touches so many areas of life that when you’re in your own little bubble, you don’t always…
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It’s easy! Plug this here and configure that and it will work. Not. Challenges happen. Every day, you can wake up, look at the world, and say, “Today, I’m…
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Intro – Why Write This? Episode 5 of Worlds Apart Season 2 has just been released — which marks the halfway point of the season! As with each episode,…
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Lunch Break Lessons: How Small Habits Shape Creative Careers I saw a link to an article from a colleague the other day that reminded me of the power of…
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Let’s face it, planning your calendar shouldn’t feel like a full-time job. I recently had a session with my business coach, and she recommended that I…
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Creativity is a curious thing. There are so many ways in which it can be applied. It’s one of those intangible qualities that many people believe they…
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Read the AusFilm Media Release For the first time ever, AusFilm has sent a cohort of Australian representatives to the Annecy International Animation Film…
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Building Real Value in Animation: More Than Just a Final Product Transitioning from a skilled practitioner to a business owner isn’t straightforward.…
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Feeling discouraged is something every creative person encounters at some point. Investing your time and energy into a passion project, where you have…
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We’ve been developing a new project recently, and we’ve reached an exciting milestone: engaging a storyboard artist to bring our sequence to life. This…
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The Introvert’s Guide to Following Up After Big Events After a big event where you’ve met a lot of people (maybe more than you can remember!) and…
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This week, Screen Forever 39 took place on the Gold Coast. It’s one of Australia’s premier events for screen practitioners, where creators from across the…
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If you’ve immersed yourself in enough podcasts or delved into the biographies of creative professionals, a recurring theme emerges: success often stems…
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Why Animation Reviews Matter — In Business and Beyond We’ve all heard business gurus talk about the importance of reviews. Whether it’s a team debrief, a…
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As the hours turn into days, the days into months, and then into years, it’s important to celebrate the events that happen along the way. Remember Kate…
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The Art of Iterations One of my favorite parts of the animation and VFX process is iterations. It takes time to get comfortable with, and how often it’s…
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Everyone has heard the saying - Shit Happens. Working on projects that have defined timelines and pressures that come and go, you get to learn to roll…
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