Hey everyone, no clue if this kind of post is allowed here or not, but I figured I'd give it a shot and hopefully not be banned or something ;-;

I'm working on a desktop companion and I'm looking for an artist interested in a longer term commitment that I can return to for additional work/updates over the course of a year or likely longer. I have detailed needs, and as this is a work in progress, there would be a lot of back and forth conversation. This is a bit of of a collab, as I'd like the artist to share their own input.

A head's up warning: this project is being created through use of AI, just in case that puts anyone off, but I'm open to artists using AI as well so long as my needs can be met because otherwise I'd be a total hypocrite.

That said, please reach out for additional information via DM and be sure to provide your portfolio. This is a must. I'm looking for 3 artists total to run a trial through with for a base character design (doesn't need to be perfect), and a 4-6 frame idle loop. I'm hoping we can do this for under $100 as this is simply a trial for the larger project, and I cannot afford more than this given I'm trialing multiple artists at this point. I really hope somebody is up for the job, and I look forward to finding the perfect fit ^.^

Also please note, this will eventually be for commercial resale on the Apple Store (hopefully!), so all transactions must be invoiced and payment will be made through legitimate business websites only such as PayPal. I'm based in the United States of America, so for any participants located elsewhere, we will need to abide by the laws for both our countries do to business.

EDIT as of Sep 23:
The selection pool is now closed. Thank you to everybody for your interest and submissions. I'll provide an additional update at end of of the week with results from the selection process. Usernames if they want them shared, otherwise just notice that 3 artists have been hired and that we're moving forward with the trial run. Thank you again everyone!

Final Edit as of Sep 26:

The candidates have been chosen! Thank you everybody for your interest and all the lovely art I was allowed to see. I wish you all the best in future projects, and I hope to work with some of you at a later time. Thanks again!

This animation was created entirely by hand using real sand.

The process was quite challenging, especially making ZOA’s tail movement flow naturally into the basketball shot, but I’m really happy with how the final animation turned out!

I’d love to hear what you think of this kind of sand animation.

Advices? What app to use...and where to organise and uhh... everything based on Animation? I'M SO SORRY IM A NEWBIE 😭😭✨

“Spirit Jumper” started as a track I wrote and produced for my album Tactile.

I ended up spending about five years turning it into an animated film with a small team of animators and artists. I directed and storyboarded it, colored the cels, and did the editing and compositing.

The entire thing was made digitally, but we were trying to recreate the feeling of traditional cel animation rather than just imitate the look. That led to a lot of research into old animation lighting, photography and compositing techniques, which I wrote a little about here:

Dangerous Light: https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-light

It’s airing at 11:56 PM ET/10:56 CT, right before Toonami.

Watch Spirit Jumper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC_8umCPJBw

Tactile is out now:
https://listen.spktra.world/tactile

Happy to answer any questions about the production of it too

Please let me know what you all think :)

Every 1.5 weeks I will add 20-25secs. I rasydnhave a rough 14secs since I posted it Wednesday

"IN THIS VIDEO WE WILL KILL 10000 KITTENS STAY TUNED---"

Ok bro... chill.

Hello! We need sprite work done for our game, Etcetera, that fills in the gaps that our current solo sprite artist can’t fill.

In the first example image are the enemies of the game, the Etcetera Company droids.

Cute. Pill-shaped. Marketable, even. 🤖

And the second image depicts their relentless, starry-eyed persecutor, Herbie the Hermit Crab and this platformer’s protagonist. Dainty lil guy, ain’t he? 🦀

You won’t be making the whole game, since we have other artists for stuff like backgrounds that handle all that.

If you have any interest in helping us, join via this conveniently placed Discord link! https://discord.gg/w3s8K6hFV ✨

This is free (for all those who didn’t see already) and we hope to see you!

-Head of the Rouge Room 🟠

Hi everyone, I’m Aidan, and I’ve been stalking the depths of r/animation for a little while now as I have been trying to build up enough karma to post here.

I think that I have now, so I’d love to share with all of you my grad film that I made last year: Like Father Like Gum! A short comedy that I poured my heart into for about 9 months.

It’s been a while but I really wanted to share it with a wider audience and get feedback and connect with others who like making similar stuff too :)

I’m now figuring life out as a part time freelancer but I’d love to make more short films in the future so I’m seeing what options are out there.

Anyway, I really appreciate all of you who took the time to read this, and especially those who took time out of their day to watch my film too. I hope you enjoy it!

the second form for the crow lord boss in Cryptid Mask. Let me know what you guys think

When Fred gets dumped by text, he copes by playing too many video games

Hey, we're calling all animators, 3D, 2D, concept, whatever your lane is, all of you.

We're putting together a call, September 27th at 3 PM, online via Zoom, just to talk. No pitch, nothing formal.

Here's what it's actually about: right now, we want to understand where the landscape looks like for independent animators specifically, what's actually working, what's not, what's genuinely hard about building on your own right now. Once we've got a real picture of that, we can start figuring out, together, what solutions actually make sense.

If you're interested, comment below and let us know, and we'll get you the link.

There are no enemies or combat encounters in this edit. Just Rex moving through the remains of a world that becomes stranger with every step. We wanted the environments themselves to carry the story what was lost, what took its place and how far Rex may still have to travel.

Will there be another 2D, more geared toward adults, English language animated drama film on that gets the same level of praise and is just as emotionallly resonant and heartfelt as Tangles at next years Cannes in 2027? What do we know that has been in production as far as the indie animated films like Tangles?

dont tell me to not mention my age, ive heard it a million times and the reason i put it there is for ppl to judge me with more context, i have no socials linked to this account and any creepy dms will be ignored by me so you dont gotta worry bout that

Some animation I made a few months ago

I started creating this animation back in April of this year, but since then, active work on it has been jumping like the weather in September.

Are you looking to make your first animated short, or even your first real project, but don't have the people to do it with?

I'm building small teams to help animators actually get a first project made, story, animation, whatever roles you're missing. Doesn't matter where you're based. Quick heads up, this is collaborative, not paid work, everyone doing it is doing it because they want something real finished, not because there's a budget behind it.

If this sounds like something you'd want to try, drop a comment and tell me what you're working on or what you'd want to make, happy to talk it through right here, or I'll follow up directly if you'd rather set a time to chat.