Austin Shurtliff

Illustrator, cartoonist, writer, designer, educator, father, and reader.

[Austin Shurtliff @AWShurtliff]

My younger son also decided to give the little world summer challenge from @crunchlabs
a try. He really loves being creative! #CampCrunchLabsContest

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My sons at it again with the @crunchlabs summer video challenges. He did a great job with the little world he built and I love the opening he added to his video. #CampCrunchLabsContest

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@mikelaughead @Ch_JesusChrist I really enjoyed that one too!

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@otisframpton I think some people will use AI to do as much work as possible for them, but they’ll be some of the first replaced. Using it to make you more productive is going to really help you stay relevant. Thanks for sharing how you use it!

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@mrjakeparker My question is, where do you share your comic online if you want to build an audience? Things have changed so much since the early webcomic days, and I find it discouraging to think about the difficult task of finding readers now.

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@hendrixart @ABRAMSbooks Can’t wait to get our copy!

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@SquidMantis What is this sweetness?

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My son has been loving the @crunchlabs summer videos this year, so he decided to submit an entry for the last contest. I love backwards videos. They remind me of Walt Disney's early film work. ⁩It was fun helping him make this. #CampCrunchlabsContest

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@SquidMantis Hope you have a great time!

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@otisframpton This was the first Ghibli film I saw (it was part of a hotels collection of VHS movies you could borrow from the front desk). Still one of my very favorites.

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@nthonyholden Thanks for sharing this! I love the little comic strips you’ve made and the other fun characters you’ve designed. I’d love to see more, but nothing is as important as the work you do in your home. Thank you for being such an awesome example of a father!

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@JordanHarmon Growing up in Canada, where gay marriage was legalized way earlier than in the US, this document was very helpful and meaningful to me growing up.

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@RajaNandepu That’s a hard one. I think I’d pick gold.

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@SquidMantis @seqmagazine @strangeadventrz Congrats! So happy that you got this. I hope it brings more attention to this awesome book.

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@hendrixart What did you think of season 1? I enjoyed most of it (especially the visuals). I'm hopeful season 2 will be even better.

[Paddy Galloway @PaddyG96]

Today I turn 28.

I have dedicated over 50% of my life to obsessing over YouTube strategy and audience growth.

100s of channels, millions of revenue, billions of views later…

Here are 28 lessons for YouTubers:

[Austin Shurtliff @AWShurtliff]

@michaelregina So happy I saw this post! I didn’t know you had set up a substack.

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@brianhtaylor It’s one of the reasons I haven’t posted in a while on Instagram. I have a hard time believing I can grow a real audience on the platform and the new focus on reels makes that feeling even worse.

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@brianhtaylor @Jason_Brubaker I’ll check it out! Do you use any desktop applications to animate, or do you prefer to do it just on the iPad?

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@mrjakeparker I’m less than a year from my first teenager. Not sure if I’m ready for all that comes with that.