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Mostly comics, Poetic Rumination, and Skits. Sometimes amateur photographer. -Death & Reincarnation Under Gods Supervision.

[lunariteonthemoon]

“Let us return to Bear Island, Cousin.” The Mormonts.

[makingtoons]

How TV Cartoons Are Made - A (Mostly) Simplified Guide

When I was in school and wanted to work in animation, there was very little information about how cartoons are actually made. Even my professors at college knew very little about the industry as it is today. I’m sure it would’ve been better to study somewhere in California (like CalArts) to be better informed about this stuff, but I didn’t have that opportunity.

Nowadays, many kids in school have a dream career that they don’t really know much about. There’s a lot of missing bits of information and a lot of straight up lies that get circulated as fact as people try to scramble to put the pieces together on how cartoons for television are actually made.

I’ve been storyboarding for television for a while now, and there still aren’t clear resources for those wanting to get into the industry. I wanted to make the basics available to everyone, so here’s a quick rundown through the TV pipeline. Please note: all studios and productions are different. Even cartoons made within the same studio could have wildly different production guidelines. This is not a concrete explanation of how every cartoon is made; this is simply a generalized look at the “typical” television pipeline.

**DISCLAIMER** All images in this post have been sourced from blogs, twitters, scribd and flickr pages are publicly available, and no internal studio materials have been used that have not been already published publicly online. This post is influenced heavily by my own individual experience, as well as friends’. 

With that said, this might be a lengthy read, so let’s go!

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[jessdrawz]

I know this is lengthy, but if you’re in art school studying animation, thinking about a career in animation, or just want to learn more about the TV animation industry, this is a MUST READ!!!!

Seriously. A lot of this stuff I had to learn on the job the first few weeks working in the TV animation industry. I really really wish professors taught me this stuff in college. This is invaluable information, folks. 

[loukassh]

HENLO I am here WITH ART!! I’ve been rewatching Avatar The Last Airbender bc that series is amazing, and I obviously had to draw something!! So I did a screenshot redraw of when Zuko and Aang are doing the dancing dragon with the masters! I think this came out really well! Enjoy!!

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

literally the only time i hear about digibro it’s because he said some incredibly dumb indefensible shit 

https://twitter.com/Digibrah/status/978050277713555457

for example, him getting indignant on twitter because patreon banned bestiality and lolicon porn 

fun fact: the “bro” in digibro’s name is short for “brony” and he used to make mlp videos. so connect the dots yourself to find out why he’d be upset about patreon banning those two things specifically 

[kassima-aethera]

kys

[intoekinzone-deactivated2024071]

A Drawing of Digibro

[strangeauthorarchive]

got blocked by digibro on twitter lads 

he was mad at patreon for banning lolicon and incest and i said “shut up and drink your shit beer you medicore anime reviewer” and he got mad. iconic

[kassima-aethera]

because you’re an asshole

[wizardsmagic]

AAAAhhhhaaaaaaAAAAAAhhhhhh it’s finally coming! Look at it! LOOK AT IT!! Tag yourself I am THE COOL SPIDER LADY WITH FANTASTIC SCISSORS. Guilds of Ravnica prerelease is September 29th and 30th. Get in on that and preregister at your local store if you can!

[hyperboull-deactivated20210105]

updated

[infiniteedge]

[meow-wow72]

[teir3s]

Ch. 1 of a LWA fancomic project I’m starting! It’s set a short time after the end of the series and revolves around Chariot and Croix.

Informal prologue  (reunion scene) here

[fantastique-bastard]

Reasons why I hate many life/style transformation shows:

The show: so your clothes are ugly and your family and friends are EMBARRASSED to go out with you. Everyone hates you and the style of clothing that makes you feel comfortable is awful. So we’re gonna rip all that away from you and put you in stylish expensive circulation obstructing skinny jeans, a trendy shirt that you dislike and a blazer because FASHION!

Reasons why I love Queer Eye:

The Fab 5: We understand that this is the way you like to dress and look, so we’re just going to improve it a litle bit but in no way make you look like us or someone else because it’s not the idea. Also, we need to teach you how to eat better for your own health, and while we were getting you new clothes you like, we fixed your house a little bit and redecorated it taking your preferences as the only reference. Also, here’s Karamo, he’ll help you with your personal issues because we care about your emotional wellbeing a lot. *Kisses the person’s forehead*

[nasafic-deactivated20200122]

incorrect marvel quotes (x)

[mankillercalledbunny]

I thought this was just a regular Chris Evans behind the scenes interview until I got to the last part

[nefia-deactivated20180810]

mercy rescuing a reaper who got his cape stuck

[cluboverwatch]

This is so wholesome and I died.

[bryankonietzko]

Messed around with that old unused Zuko promo sketch. Thought it would be fun to add some color and lighting. Turns out it *was* fun. #zuko #avatarthelastairbender

[celinekim218]

Revisiting student work ideas:

I had this idea for the crucible which originally would just serve as a burning fire prison for Wukong. What if it’s some sort of high-tech ancient weapon that can target-trap the prisoner?

Thought of as a prison/weapon that is a mash of magnetic-tetris that has a heating system to burn anyone it manages to trap inside….and in result we get burning emo monkey heh.

[craptacularlesbian]

[chaoticgood-queer]

Happy pride month reminder that it was a gay who defeated the nazis and was responsible for the turning point in WW2 leading to the end of a terrible genocide, and also who invented the first computer

[beynons]

please also remember he ended up taking his own life due to psychological implications of borderline torture due to his sexuality 

[atraiu96-deactivated20210823]

It wasn’t borderline torture. It was actual torture.

[space0n]

this hasnt been done right