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Scott OBrien

5 years

One of my #BirdsOfPrey scenes. I was super lucky to get to animate alongside @joeCARTOONguy , @Hayk_Animation , @brockadile , and @Yeaunganimation ! Feels like traditional animation is making a huge comeback! #HarleyQuinn #2danimation #toonboomharmony

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

I hate to break it to you, Daily News, but cartoons were never just for kids, ya stupids.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Mmm... monkey. My original rough pass. I just found out the cleaned-up final scene is a popular meme? It is? But it's not even funny! Or is it? I DON'T GET IT I'M SO CONFUSED

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

Here’s my entire clip for the #Shrek collab . #animonthly

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

5 years

Some of my old #OliveOyl animation. Commercials don’t come up often, but I always enjoy them

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

One of my scenes for DC's #LegendsOfTomorrow . They asked if I'd be interested animating a singing and dancing princess. The answer to that would be a YES!! It was so much fun to do, and opportunities like this don't come up often!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

I usually don't share much of my older work, but... #Animaniacs #2DAnimation

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

When Animaniacs first hired me, the scripts were ready yet. Since I wasn’t doing anything and they knew I animated, Gabe asked me to animate a simple Wakko walk so they could use it to test color and looks. This was before his final design.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Back in 2008 I thought this was going to be the last hand-drawn scene I would ever do. Traditional animation was dead, and my next job was as a storyboard artist. Good-bye 2D forever. WHO KNEW IT WOULD MAKE A COMEBACK! From Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Here's a Bugs scene I animated in Feb. Saw this going around yesterday from #CCXPWorlds and I wanted to clear up that this is NOT from #spacejam2 . It was originally for something called CinemaCon. Darrell Van Citters directed.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

Sharing one more of my #LegendsOfTomorrow scenes, but I promise this is the last one. #Animation #dccomics

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

1 year

Would anyone find anything like this interesting? It's a sample of the type of animation notes I'd do for #Animaniacs to help give a little guidance. OR IS THIS JUST BORING?

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

#birdsofprey premiered on #HBOMax this weekend, so here's some more #animation I did for the opening . Storyboarded by @NoelBelknap and clean-up done by Tiger Animation in Korea.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

My boards for the new Pinky and The Brain titles. For the final, we gave @GiantAnt free rein to do whatever they wanted for middle section, and they provided absolutely brilliant work. @TitmouseInc supplied wonderful animation of P&B at the beginning and the end.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

Some notes I did for the CEO's dialog. When a scene isn't quite right, a few small tweaks can make a huge difference and you won't need to re-do much at all.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

Some old animation of mine from long ago. This is the best rez I have, which is pretty low. I haven't had it on my reel for a while, but I still kinda like it. I've always loved to do stuff like this #2danimation #animation

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 months

Since I'm digging through old #animation , I stumbled on my original #Foghorn Leghorn pencil tests from that Geico commercial people were sharing a few weeks back. I think this was the very last time I animated on actual paper.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

There’s baloney in our slacks… There’s baloney in our slacks… There’s baloney in our slacks… There’s baloney in our slacks…

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

2 years

Cleaning up files, and found this early cycle I did for the series #oddballs ! I did this for them early in pre-production #animation

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

One of the very first shots we got in was this one animated by @hannahgayapa at @SnippleSnips , and I went crazy for it! The subtle little extra stuff she added was unexpected and absolutely perfect!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

I animated Mighty Mouse once...

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

I can't believe how fast someone animated this. I handed in my character layout on June 1st. Here it is already done and in full-color. Crazy.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

@spacejammovie

3 years

The Tune Squad rolls deep! Check out the artists showing up for the official Space Jam: A New Legacy soundtrack as they pass the 🏀 Pre-orders are now open - #SpaceJamMovie

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

11 months

In honor of the 19th Anniversary of #HiHiPuffyAmiYumi yesterday, I dug up some of my old character layouts from the pilot. #hihipuffyamiyumi #HHPAY #CartoonNetwork #CartoonCartoons

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 months

Here's some more older #animation of mine, this time from the #KungFuPanda Furious Five thing. Apologies for the lower quality. At this point I was better at drawing that turtle. "MMm Monkey" was my first scene with him, and I was never that crazy about it.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Animaniacs is script based, so we can't stray from the scripts too much. One exception was when I snuck in this E.T. gag... which was immediately almost cut! But then I threw enough of a fit that they put it back in.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

7 years

The animation in this new #hoteltransylvania series is good... like REALLY good!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Once upon I time I animated this little asshole. #2danimation #traditionalanimation

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Here’s some brilliant animation from @SnippleSnips

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@lotusfishicoot

4 years

I feel like whoever is responsible for this gorgeously fluid vampire animation is on this site somewhere

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

1 year

I've been a bit more quiet on Twitter over the past few years because I've been maxed out working on a couple of cool gigs-- AND HERE'S ONE

Sony Pictures Animation

@SonyAnimation

1 year

Every dog has his day. Here's your first look at Genndy Tartakovsky's adult animated comedy, Fixed, as seen at #AnnecyFestival . Coming soon from Sony Pictures Animation and New Line Cinema.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

@davidgagnonart @Spicy_Pacifist @cartoonbrew We drew it

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

2 years

Some Road Runner and Coyote animation I did at the beginning of the pandemic. Around that time, so many projects got canceled... I'm not sure if this ever was used for anything or not. #animation #animation2d

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

1 year

After @crtvblock 's podcast, I looked around for some old stuff. Here's a crap scene I did for #QuestForCamelot before they started over. Bladebeak's design got changed after this... they made him rounder and decided to have him talk and stuff. #2danimation #animation

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 months

When Darrell first landed The Tom and Jerry Show, he asked me to rough in some basic mouth shapes for the animators. I quickly did these and threw in some dialog to test. In the craziness to get the show out, these ultimately were never sent to the animation studio. Oh well…

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

1 year

Some vendor studios' 1st-pass were in full color but silent? I was confused at first, but realized their pipeline probably never used our audio- they'd follow the lip assignments on our x-sheets without question. We'd punch up here and there. A little helps a lot. #Animaniacs

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

One clip from from my 40 second contribution to @grantduffrin and his Shrek collab for @TheShrekFest #animonthly

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

I'm glad everyone's enjoying the new season of Animaniacs! Directing, I note up things, but sometimes I get to have fun. This scene came back a few times because no one seemed to want to animate this spider going in her mouth. My last note was finally "do this".

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Hellooooooooo Spielberg

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

5 years

@ArtofSpongebob Oh my God, I drew this. Where did you find it? The client in Atlanta was making me crazy... they would refer to Spongebob as just “Sponge” and I was losing my mind. I thought these boards were all just tossed?

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

My life for the past 2 1/2 years. Hope you enjoy it!

Hulu

@hulu

4 years

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANIMANIACS! 🎉 To celebrate the 27th anniversary of the original series premiere, we're giving you a special behind-the-scenes look of your favorite voice cast at work. Stream brand new episodes of #Animaniacs on November 20th, only on Hulu!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

My Pinky and the Brain boards for "Babysitter's Flub". I did this section because I wanted to showcase the ultimate truth: Preschoolers are THE MOST VIOLENT AND DESTRUCTIVE creatures ever to roam the Earth. #Animaniacs #storyboardartists

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Big time congrats to the incredibly talented and versatile @GenevieveTsai !! Getting featured as one of Variety's Top 10 Animators to Watch AND an ad sending congrats personally from Amblin? That's not something that happens every day! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Outside of frame, sometimes you just have to do fan art of things you wish would happen

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

@NitroSpidey @Wierd_o78033920 I was an animator on that— it was originally called “They Came From Upstairs”… which I thought was so much better. I actually like “Die Noobs” better, too!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

Here's an excerpt from our "Tom and Jerry Time" pilot! @GenevieveTsai 's beautiful designs are what got the project going, I directed, @AWDtwit boarded, and animation by @YeAungAnimation , @ConnHAnim , Will Cuna, and Spike Brandt.

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@TheCartoonCrave

3 years

Here are previews for 'BUGS BUNNY BUILDERS' and 'TOM AND JERRY TIME.' Both series will premiere soon on Cartoonito.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

One idea I came up with for the new Animaniacs was something called "The Gnome in Marsha's Mouth." The concept was that any time Marsha wanted to make a good impression, this gnome would come out and say the most horrible things, but it would still work out for Marsha in the end

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

My boards for some Space Jam 2 McDonald's commercial. I was told this was for a billboard in Time's Square? Did it ever even go up? I feel like everything has been such chaos

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

1 year

Storyboards from #pinkyandthebrain episode "Ex-Mousina". Look unrecognizable? There were a hell of a lot of rewrites when the new series started, so practically re-boarding episodes from scratch was fairly common. I kind of thought this was cooler... seemed more intense.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

@hiamymai Ooooooh!! Anything is good! When I first was doing notes on Animaniacs, I was just doing them in Storyboard Pro… whatevs!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

I've seen that Van Citters Bugs commercial for Kith shoes making the rounds, so I figured I'd share a few of my scenes. I didn't do many. Here's an alt ending with Daffy.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

5 years

@Animated_Antic @HeijnenCeline It was disliked?! Everyone I knew went CRAZY over it!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

These titles were getting some love at @OOCLooney , so I figured I'd share. They added bg music for the final, which surprised me. I assumed they'd air it like this... more behind-the-scenes sounding.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Why did I draw you?

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

The final...

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

10 months

The kids in our test audiences seemed to go bonkers over this scene specifically. I remember one kid reciting it verbatim! Thank you to everyone who's checked out #ZokieOfPlanetRuby on #amazonprimevideo in the U.S. so far!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

My rough animated traditionally in #ToonBoomHarmony . #2danimation #HarleyQuinn

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Genevieve's absolutely fantastic E.T. special pose. What's up with the hat, you ask? The original abandoned version of E.T. was called "NIGHT SKIES". It was about a family who were terrorised by aliens. Rick Baker did this creepy early development work. Pissed E.T.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

Speed Racer is a serious guy with serious thoughts and here he is all serious looking

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

I remember this coming through in dailies and getting a hell of a lot a laughs! HILARIOUS SCENE!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

5 years

Hmmm... #SonicTheHedgehog

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Oh hell yes

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

@DoctorCriticMan @NitroSpidey @Wierd_o78033920 God, you know… I have no idea. I know they went back in after I was done and had the aliens all talk. The aliens originally didn’t talk, so they must of had some hope for it to pour more money into it

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

The final shot I animated for #LegendsOfTomorrow . I loved animating those little enchanted things! We were right at the deadline so I charted the hell out of it to help speed through clean-up.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

@AlmirVela @3GoldBalls It’s a Thundercats parody… we weren’t saying they were cats. Why do people care what kind of animals they are anyway? Dogs, cats, monkeys, frogs… we’re all friends here (altho they’re not frogs).

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

@Gilition That's one of mine

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

@FandomArchivist @myunclesmemes When Tom is being over-confident and pompous is generally when he gets hurt, and seeing someone like that get their comeuppance is a universal theme which appeals to a wide audience.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

11 months

"I AM A COOL ROCK N' ROLL STAR"

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

Shrek Retold is on right now! You watching??

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@the3GI

6 years

SHREK RETOLD goes live at 7 PM CENTRAL 👉 👈

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

Karl posted these awhile ago, but I wanted to share them again... because Goddamn... this stuff is mind blowing.

Karl Hadrika

@karl_hadrika

4 years

Some of my storyboard screengrabs from “Gold Meddlers” #Animaniacs

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

An amazing scene done by animation director Royce Ramos!!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

8 years

My finished scene for @AWDtwit 's #supermariobros project. #animation #gif

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

@Doom_Man_ I love Chowder! I was actually kinda aiming for School House Rock/ Paul Coker Jr type stuff

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

@AbeAnimated Hhahaa! The designs of both the characters and BGs are fantastic, but the timing is just screaming "look at how clever we're being", and they just feel slow and boring. They don't feel like real characters making decisions like Bill and Joe's MGM ones.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

You’re welcome

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

Exclusive first look of the Animaniacs reboot’s opening titles. Enjoy.

Great-Bit Arcade

@greatbitarcade

4 years

Hey the #Animaniacs reboot is on it's way so we're celebrating the occasion with the Animaniacs intro made with Animal Crossing! #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

This is THE TRUTH!!

DumbNBass but scary

@Jaq_artz

4 years

I still hope we get to see one of Katie Rice's works animated one day, she deserves it, the Camp Weedonwancha short was a delight

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Season Two

The Animaniacs

@TheAnimaniacs

3 years

Zany? ✅ Brainy? ✅ Insaney? ✅ ✅ ✅ Watch the trailer for the new season of #Animaniacs now! See ya Nov. 5, only on @hulu !

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

The original pass of the #pinkyandthebrain "Ex-Mousina" episode had an entirely different robot design. And at the end he transformed into more of a battle mode, rather than grow...

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

11 months

My original layouts from that one image people tend to use when they talk about the pilot nowadays.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

I feel like I’ve boarded stuff like this a million times, and yet as it moves through production people always seem confused by it… as if they’ve never seen anything like this before. IT MAKES ME CRAZY

Kelly Turnbull

@Coelasquid

3 years

Drew this up earlier today as an example for my crew earlier of an old anime trick to do a high speed scene with the most efficient possible use of animation and BG elements. All you need is a cycling ground plane and a slow panning bg element and you’re off too the races.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

6 years

it’s time for...

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

4 years

THIS! People forget about this little movie, but the ending is so over-the-top spectacular, I love it!

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

5 years

#MickeyMouse every hour on the hour

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

9 years

Yes #TheRevenant

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

7 years

Some of my early Yumi development work. I had no idea what I was doing #puffyamiyumi

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

5 years

When I was first starting in animation, I was an inbetweener at @CalabashAni and these drawings by Wayne Brejcha blew me away. He is amazing

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@optimusscotto

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@ericjpringle He knew there was no way to top it.

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@optimusscotto

4 years

Season 3! Was there ever an announcement for season 2?

Hulu

@hulu

4 years

Season 3⁉️ 🥺 There's no trio I'd rather be zannier with. #Animaniacs

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

3 years

@OOCLooney @HannaBarberaCap We did this back at Renegade Animation when we were still a commercial house. I’m not sure who animated this coyote and road runner, but I animated the first scene where Porky can’t fit his butt in his pants and throws ‘em out.

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Scott OBrien

@optimusscotto

2 years

Bump, cuz of my last post. They're now hiring animators to do this at Gigglebug!

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