shawn kelly

Animation Supervisor: Star Wars Skeleton Crew @ILMVFX, Co-founder @animationmentor, father of 2, watcher of movies, player of games, eater of carnival food

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

I got to help previz this and animated the 2nd half of this clip myself. While the design is pretty different, Devastator was my favorite toy as a kid, and it’s some of the most fun I’ve ever had at work.

And yes, it’s true that this guy basically melted one of our computers!

[Guy Fdm @Fdmdarkshadow]

CGI and sound design peaked here

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@michaelCuevas27 Love reading that! :)

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

20 years ago today, Animation Mentor welcomed its first class of students.

I feel so blessed to have been a part of it. It’s probably the best thing I will ever have been involved in.

Big love to the staff, mentors, and students who continue to make the school so special!

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@connor_ricko Thanks for sharing your wisdom and insights with the school! 20 years later, and you’re still one of the best animators I’ve ever known of!

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@tvaziri I don’t know if Bluth should be more insulted that they tried to copy him or that they think that looks like Bluth animation

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@_rickyrobinson @NickTyson Someone sent it to me as an example of great animation and I wholeheartedly agree! :)

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@_rickyrobinson Thanks for believing in it!! I was just looking at your reel last week, by the way. Love that treadmill shot - super fun!!

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

It’s the height of hypocrisy to argue that training on copyrighted work without permission should be legal but that training on your model outputs should not

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

Can anyone explain how it makes America great to increase air and water pollution and roll back rules on mercury, soot, and coal-ash pollution? Like, what’s the actual rationalization for this beyond “who cares about our future as long as industries make more money.”

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@maggieofthetown Thanks! I really love it too. :)

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

This shot was originally going to be from behind the squadron of X-wings, following them in, but our previz artist and amazing animator Mate Medricky whipped up this idea all on his own one night. We all loved it and pitched it the next day and now it's a Star Wars shot forever!

[jacob @jtimsuggs]

Don’t mind me, just thinking about this one brief interior shot from the Skeleton Crew finale

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@Munks337 lol ok

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@Munks337 Cool, make your version and show us. Any medium. Genuinely interested to see it.

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@Endla1 Yup! I’m over there more and more too.

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@tvaziri Officer Vaziri was on the case!

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

@jtimsuggs This shot was originally going to be from behind the squadron of X-wings, following them in, but our previz artist and amazing animator Mate Medricky whipped up this idea all on his own one night. We all loved it and pitched it the next day and now it's a Star Wars shot forever!

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

This is gross, not to mention blatant copyright infringement, and is the antithesis of art

[Catsuka @catsuka]

So this is AI animation. And it's disturbing to see......
I doubt Ghibli would ever have given permission for their work to be used to train these kinds of tools.
And I hope Hayao Miyazaki never sees these videos...

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

The highest pitched sound in the universe is my daughter seeing a kitten

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

I have family members for whom the existence of an IEP team is absolutely life changing and makes education for those kids possible.

Great thread explaining what the DOE does and does not do.

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

🧵 If you’re applauding the abolishment of the Department of Education, you need to do a little research. You have ZERO clue what the DOE actually does.

Here’s a reality check on what the Department of Education actually does:
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[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

So long and thanks for all the fish

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed off the coast of California, forming an unusual "super pod" of more than 1,500 marine creatures. https://t.co/0PTNXI982M

[shawn kelly @Shawnimator]

It took me like 30 years to notice the Falcon is upside down