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Puppet Updates 2 - Full Steam Ahead
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 6/19/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 6/19/25

Puppet Updates 2 - Full Steam Ahead

The process of making Toonboom puppets is never a smooth or seamless process.

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Hardware + Software 1 - Tourbox
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 6/5/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 6/5/25

Hardware + Software 1 - Tourbox

A second here or there might not sound like much, but it snowballs really quickly, and that second or two, can turn into hours and eventually days of savings.

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IMO 2 - Sakamoto Days
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 5/29/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 5/29/25

IMO 2 - Sakamoto Days

The premise of the story is simple: An assassin finds love, and leaves his old life behind. He gets fat and comfortable and starts a family, but his past catches up to him.

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Status Updates 5 - New Horizons
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 5/22/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 5/22/25

Status Updates 5 - New Horizons

I’ve been working on longer shorts for a few months now, and a few weeks ago I finally finished the first one.

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Puppet Updates 1 - Ambitious
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 4/3/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 4/3/25

Puppet Updates 1 - Ambitious

I was going to focus on small updates so I wouldn’t have to drive myself crazy

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Production Diary 9 - Old Character Designs
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/27/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/27/25

Production Diary 9 - Old Character Designs

When I first started designing the style for my shorts, I made a bunch of preliminary designs of some family and friends

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Production Diary 8 - Some Templates
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/20/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/20/25

Production Diary 8 - Some Templates

The pre-production process is probably one of the most important parts of the overall short film process

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Status Updates 4 - Slowly
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/12/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/12/25

Status Updates 4 - Slowly

So I’ve been working on my first, long-ish storytime short. I began working on it last fall, and spent very little time each week progressing it

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Production Diary 7 - Social Icons
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/1/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 3/1/25

Production Diary 7 - Social Icons

One of the most annoying things about being an artist is self promotion.

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Production Diary 5 - Waiting Animations
Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 2/20/25 Animation / Art Stuff Kyle Samuels 2/20/25

Production Diary 5 - Waiting Animations

In the process of working on new content, one of the ideas I had was to upload various animation exercises

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