JACOB BLOGSPA

I'm probably an idiot. But I'm also an animator working at Titmouse in New York, NY.

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Right.... This all started as drunken DnD doodles. I was very drunk. Then I tested this early AI coloring thing. This was almost 10 years ago. I had no idea AI would become the existential threat it is now.

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Bruce is so stoic.

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Some old, fun cartoony animation I did 20 hundred years ago for truTV's Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack directed and designed by Mike Carlo. I'm told by the internet some people are into this sort of thing.

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Honestly, I used to screw around so much back in the day, I don't know how I actually got any work done.

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9 year old D+D graph paper doodles from back when we used to play D+D at the studio. I guess, this was probably when I was helping out on Hanazuki. That would explain Stanazuki. And the Ike Hemka.

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Another old 5 Second Day short. From 2021. Super simple. Animation was all done in Animate. The squiggle was done in After Effects. An important lesson about self-acceptance.

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So…. I did end up rigging this ugly thing. Took longer than I would have liked. Still learning my way around ToonSquid. And getting used to doing this sort of thing again after 3 years.

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Who skips leg day?

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No… BIGGER!

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Who skips leg day?

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Long ago (maybe like, 10 years ago or something?) I was hired to work on a TMNT Facebook sticker set at Titmouse. It was supposed to be reminiscent of the OG Eastman and Laird Mirage ones, but simplified (they had to read since they were so small), which I love since that version is still my favorite. (I really wanted them to have all red masks, but I was overruled) I think it was one of the last times I did freelance, because I realized it just wasn't worth it. I think I also got sick during it, which sucked because it was a pretty fast turnaround. I don't remember much about where the individual sticker ideas came from. But I do remember that "rough day" was originally just Raph panting, but then they wanted him to be rubbing grit away from his face (didn't even get to finish coloring before the change). Each one could only be 12 frames, so that made it difficult to make some of the ideas read. Like "smooth move" where Leo is supposed to dodge and do a cool pose or something. And I don't remember which version of "Big Beatdown" they went with, either the one with the Foot or without. One of them, "We're Here, " I straight up traced from page one of the original comic, more or less. Nice thing about them being so small was I could be pretty sloppy. I think I had fun on this? I would have had more fun if I wasn't sick I think. And had more time. And wasn't working on whatever my main job was at the time, which I don't even remember what it was.

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I decided to try rigging this thing, since I haven’t done that sort of thing in years, or ever in ToonSquid. I don’t know if I’ll finish it. It’s sort of a pain , and I feel like rigging is on the way out maybe. IDK.

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This is really going to happen in the show, I swear.

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I should be asleep but I sketched this instead.

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I gave myself a little assignment, and now I remember why I don’t do this so much anymore. Animation is so labor intensive and time consuming and I’m old now and tire easily. I didn’t think it through, so I didn’t know what she was going to be sitting on, so I made it a little guy.

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Maybe I should just stop drawing.

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You can't escape this

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Maybe I should just stop drawing.

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