Well, we didn't win the Oscar! But you know, the competition this year was absolutely fierce. And just the fact that Robot Dreams was at the Oscars is wild and I will be forever proud of our little champion baby TwT
So the birds were the first sequence that we started animating, closely followed by the rabbits. I was in charge of three fourths of the sequence, together with my colleage Adèle, who did the remaining fourth. I remember how excited the guys in the director's room were to see the first ever animated shot (the one where momma bird lands and pecks at Robot's feet).
A lot of us at the studio will remember having doubts when it came to the Blackbird sequence, being one of the least favorite among the team at the time. But that quickly changed, and now it appears to be one of the most memorable according to the public. <3
I figured I'd repost that list of other animation creators on YouTube that I shared last week, separate from it's original, weird context.
I've also included several more entries based on suggestions in the comments. Thanks for the feedback!
General Content Warning: Some of the below is not for kids, or contains violence or other subject matter some viewers might find distressing. Please use your adult discretion.
Also, this is not a list of moral endorsements. I know some of these creators personally, but many of them I do not. While I have tried to make sure I'm not listing anyone who is a criminal or otherwise objectively harmful person, I don't have encyclopedic knowledge of every little internet drama that has gone down (and chances are I'm not super interested in hearing about it all because it's really difficult to tell fact from fiction from hyperbole around here).
Anyway, check out some Indie Animation:
Far-Fetched
Worthikids
Satina | Scumhouse
Noodle and Bun
Punch Punch Forever
Ramshackle
Noodle
Papajoolia | Pipi
Angel Hare | The East Patch
Jonni Peppers
Salad Fingers
Monkey Wrench
Studio Heartbreak
Felix Colgrave
JelloApocalypse
Odd1sout (started indie, got picked up by Netflix)
Allie Mehner
JaidenAnimations
Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy
Cloudrise | The Worlds Divide
Telepurte
RubberRoss
James Lee
ENA
Godspeed | Olan Rogers
Ollie and Scoops
Meat Canyon
Port by the Sea
Kekeflipnote
Boxtown
Kevin Temmer
Weebl
Joel Haver
CircleToons
Long Gone Gulch
Atlas and the Stars
Animist
Skibidi Toilet
A Fox in Space
Alex Henderson
Talon
Toniko Pantoja
Sr. Pelo
Hullabaloo
Kane Pixels (started indie, picked up by A24)
Homestar Runner
Fennah
Gods' School
Alan Becker
Dungeon Flippers
JazLyte
Psychicpebbles (started indie, Smiling Friends picked up by AS)
Piemations
vewn
Metal Family
Dead Sound
chluaid
Jacknjellify
Betsy Lee | No Evil
My Pride
Cranbersher
GeoExe | Gwain Saga
Horatio the Vampire
Mech West
Playground | Rodrigo Sousa
The Brave Locomotive
Finchwing (+ check out other Warrior Cats animators)
Quazies
SamBakZa
Kamikaze: Trial by Fire
Parasomnia