3DAnimatorSpotlight @3DAnimationSL

@tonikopantoja Yeah man, when Jorge first showed his ass, I made a thread of smaller indie animation projects that I know didn’t use GenAi. There all so cool and I am sick of them getting thrown under the bus by sellouts x.com/3DAnimationSL/…

3DAnimatorSpotlight @3DAnimationSL

a week ago

Bound By A Cycle, an animated action short notably made by somebody who was harassed during the making of by a SORA shill till Sora was shut down, something Gutierrez himself mocked just a few months ago: youtu.be/PNs3chvtEqo

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My attempt at making big budget scifi without AI or any money:

Alex Jay Brady 🥶 @AlexJayBrady

6 months ago

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Most are probably burnt out by the Jorge Gutierrez situation reposted this after his apology, which sadly makes me quite sure he isnt sorry, justmore bitter his peers and Del Toro called him out. So below is a thread of SINCERE non Ai indie animators 👇

Meg (they/them) @meganroseruiz

4 days ago

Unfortunately, he is correct. Use of Gen AI is already adopted in many major studios. BUT I think hiding behind “everyone’s doing it” is a beyond lame and shitty excuse. We should be collectively fighting against the normalization of this tech being integrated in our pipeline

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If you're any kind of creator, listen to me. You do not need AI to create 2D or 3D animation or art. Honestly, you dont even need to know HOW to animate yourself. Sometimes, all you need is an idea, a vision, patience, and the right artist who can bring that vision to life. And if you cant afford an artist yet, thats okay too. You can always learn, practice, fail, and improve yourself so that way you can spearhead your own projects. Another option is also just saving your money so you can "indie" fund your project. I’ve done both. Ive hired animators, and Ive also learned how to do it myself because, honestly, I got tired of waiting on people. I got tired of being disappointed by speed, quality, communication, or work ethic. Personally for me, at some point, it became a "Fine ill do it myself" type of situation and literally "picked up the pencil" myself. And I did. It took years. A lot of frustration, a lot of late nights, a lot of self doubt, but every step forward came from actually showing up for myself and my work. No shortcuts. Not pretending im an animator. actually being one. Not letting a machine, make my journey FOR me. What drives me is passion, discipline, and doing the work over and over again because I love animation. The best part is looking back and seeing that my work improved because of ME. Because I kept going. because I gave enough of a shit to get better, thats real human growth, no AI needed. You can do it too. Start from nothing. become something.

ToonHive @ToonHive

5 days ago

Jorge R. Gutierrez has announced he is dropping out of Amazon’s AI program and will no longer be making the animated series Punky Duck. “I promise to do better moving forward. Thank you for your patience with me.”

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@calebsmxlti No wonder you defend NATLA so vigorously, your just naturally drawn to the worst writing choices possible

@spikermonster Yeah, he is reposting it as a defense of his actions, which isnt actually better in any meaningful way. If anything it just makes it more obvious Del Toro calling him out is the only real reason he pulled out, not personal or artistic integrity

No, animation studios are not "using AI behind the scenes." Some are being forced to pretend to use it or clean up its mistakes because some c suite dork can't backtrack on terrible monetary decisions. To claim being forced to touch it is equal to gleefully using it is laughable

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hi all, I'm an artist from Indonesia and this is a trailer for my cosmic-religious horror animated thesis film that i directed, RAPTURE. hope you like it!

@ToonHive Hope he means it, but even if he is just covering his ass others his previous work inspired will carry the torch: x.com/3DAnimationSL/…

3DAnimatorSpotlight @3DAnimationSL

a week ago

Jorge Gutierrez, creator of El Tigre and The Book of Life, who has also repeatedly mocked GENAi output allowing himself to be involved in this is immensely disappointing. So here is so neat non AI Indie animations that came out recently. Thread/

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@blazingb00mrang @StudioPsycho @Poppihin @studioheartbrk @djaxx Spice Frontier from @SteamrollerAnim youtube.com/watch?v=SeAqnH…

@blazingb00mrang @StudioPsycho @Poppihin @studioheartbrk Some additions: @djaxx created a multiple full feature films all by himself with zero AI, and while they havent been released to the general public yet, I can vouch The Worlds Divide is an amazing achievement x.com/3DAnimationSL/…

3DAnimatorSpotlight @3DAnimationSL

6 days ago

With everyone rightly saddened by Jorge Gutierrez' choices, I wanted to highlight @djaxx's "The Worlds Divide" an entire 2 hour movie he created single handily without any GenAI. I have seen it and can't wait till the general public can to, its something REALLY special #animation

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Jorge Gutierrez, creator of El Tigre and The Book of Life, who has also repeatedly mocked GENAi output allowing himself to be involved in this is immensely disappointing. So here is so neat non AI Indie animations that came out recently. Thread/

Animation Magazine @animag

a week ago

Three AI animated series are heading to Prime Video streaming via Amazon MGM/AWS-backed GenAI Creators' Fund: 'Cupcake & Friends;' 'Love, Diana Music Hunters;' and 'Punky Duck' from Jorge Gutierrez. animationmagazine.net/2026/05/prime-…

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Can't make claims about his sincerity or lack off, all I know is that some directly inspired by his previous stance don't intend to let this break them down. Some of those animators work can be seen here, but there is many more, please support them x.com/3DAnimationSL/…

Jorge R. Gutierrez @mexopolis

6 days ago

Learning a lot from many of you. Thank you. Lots of information that I'm digesting wholeheartedly. I am absolutely understanding the concern of using AI to assist an animation pipeline. For all those showing me grace, I really appreciate it. I have a lot to think about.

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@mexopolis Regardless of what you choose to do from here, x.com/3DAnimationSL/…

3DAnimatorSpotlight @3DAnimationSL

a week ago

Jorge Gutierrez, creator of El Tigre and The Book of Life, who has also repeatedly mocked GENAi output allowing himself to be involved in this is immensely disappointing. So here is so neat non AI Indie animations that came out recently. Thread/

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With everyone rightly saddened by Jorge Gutierrez' choices, I wanted to highlight @djaxx's "The Worlds Divide" an entire 2 hour movie he created single handily without any GenAI. I have seen it and can't wait till the general public can to, its something REALLY special #animation

@mexopolis Sadly, all the very valid angry or constructive tweets you could make to him are not going to actually change his mind. We don't speak in green. So instead of wasting your breath, here is small thread of cool indie animations you could support instead: x.com/3DAnimationSL/…

3DAnimatorSpotlight @3DAnimationSL

a week ago

Jorge Gutierrez, creator of El Tigre and The Book of Life, who has also repeatedly mocked GENAi output allowing himself to be involved in this is immensely disappointing. So here is so neat non AI Indie animations that came out recently. Thread/

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@zuk_micha Besides her specifying "on air" 3/4 of your examples where notoriously poorly received by EU fans when they came out because they were incredibly bad. Like, nothing in TCW is half as bad as LOTF turning Tahiri into a pedophile. Sorry dawg

Bound By A Cycle, an animated action short notably made by somebody who was harassed during the making of by a SORA shill till Sora was shut down, something Gutierrez himself mocked just a few months ago: youtu.be/PNs3chvtEqo