Kelly Needs More Coffee

Artist. Animator. Cat mom. Former: 3D artist on Futurama.

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

11 year old me bounced out of The Lion King declaring she was going to work in animation one day.

40 year old me just saw her name in credits for the first time.

Somewhere in an alternate universe, 17 year old me heard those credits were for Futurama and fainted. 🥹

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

This is the kind of film that makes you fall in love with animation, and push yourself to be a better artist.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) was one of Disney’s most ambitious productions. Its hand-painted backgrounds and meticulous animation took nearly a decade to complete, resulting in one of the most visually stunning animated films ever made.

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

Your work will look bad for awhile, maybe even a long time, and then one day suddenly it won’t. But you’ll never get to the good stuff if you quit during the awkward growing stages because that’s when your eye gets trained and your skills develop.

[SUPPORTING ARTISTS 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 @QuoteArtists_]

Artists, what’s the most important advice/lesson that you’d give to beginner artists?

[Is this a 3D model? @IsThisA3DModel]

modeling them yourself

[Ole @OleLoken]

Guys guys… animation is hard

[Dr. Mia Brett @QueenMab87]

I did not spend my teenage years in love with Cary Grant to be told millennials didn’t watch old movies

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

It do be like that sometimes 😅

[Meme.blend @meme_blend]

Literally how it works (not really, but I lied for dramatic effect)

[Katie @ALadyNamedKatie]

The best thing about being alive is that sometimes there's a cat

[༈༈ @Shirinsmit]

Absolutely hate to admit this, but I haven’t felt fly like a G6 in a long time

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Of all movie opening scenes, what one sold the entire film the most?

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

I need you to see you’ve got some issues in your UV layout first 🥴

[Icona @iconawrites]

A professional illustrator I admire a lot once told me, “The only people who get good at art are those who are willing to be absolutely, shockingly dreadful for a long time, and keep trying.”

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

You can’t be good at something unless you’re willing to be bad at it first.

✨Trust the process✨

[Meme.blend @meme_blend]

Everyone has to start somewhere

[vids that go hard @vidsthatgohard]

“We are celebrating people, not AI. Animation is more than a prompt, it’s an art form that needs to be protected.”

Amazing message from Will Arnett at the Oscars

[Gin! @awildes_]

You think you can draw until you're entrusted a storyboard. it's a traumatic experience

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

And yet, 15+ years later, I’m still not switching to anything else. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

I want to see the CEO of Autodesk work an entire day in Maya without crying.

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

@Joshiepoo25 Welcome back

[mariana Z @mariana057]

The older I get, the more I understand why roosters just wake up and scream.

[sʏʟᴇssᴀᴇ ♕ @sylessae]

Actually now IS the most important time for you to make art.

Show people what's possible. Show others the depth of their own agency.

Show the world they have a soul that yearns for something more than output, over stimulation and productivity.

[Kelly Needs More Coffee @KellyAnneRodak]

Director: the rock in the front looks odd, please rotate five degrees.

Director: rock still looks weird please scale down

Director: remove rock

The notes are really that insane sometimes y’all 💀

[VFX Soldier @VFXSoldier]

VFX Supervisor notes: head flips through his ass. Please fix, rerender and resubmit for dailies.