Cassidy Curtis

@otherthings
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960 Posts

Hacking human perception for fun and profit. (he/him)

I'm an #animator at heart, but I also post a lot about #watercolor #simulation, #NonPhotorealisticRendering, #GraffitiArchaeology, #timelapse, #gardening, and whatever else catches my fancy.

Websitehttp://otherthings.com
Birdsitehttps://twitter.com/otherthings
Publicationshttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pimVkyEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Cassidy Curtis2d ago
“I’m inescrutable.” #rabbitisms
Cassidy Curtis4d ago

RE: https://genart.social/@loosenut/116339088980931070

I don’t understand what’s happening here and I like it

Cassidy Curtis4d ago
Claire, The Ultimate Worrier5d ago
"prompt engineering" sounds like playing a text adventure game where you have to spend 30 minutes trying to guess the right verb to interact with the rock on the ground but worse
Cassidy CurtisMar 29
I'm going to #FMX! We'll be there to talk about our animated short, "Dear Upstairs Neighbors", which we made using a blend of traditional #animation techniques and generative tools. We'll get into the how and why of it all on May 5th: https://fmx.de/en/program/program-2026/detail/event/35042
FMX

FMX
Show threadCassidy CurtisMar 29
Like all our events, this talk is free for San Francisco ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter members. So if you've been considering it, here's how to become a member: https://san-francisco.siggraph.org/membership/
Membership – San Francisco ACM SIGGRAPH

Cassidy CurtisMar 29
More exciting #animation news from the San Francisco #SIGGRAPH chapter: The legendary Aaron Blaise will give a behind-the -scenes talk about his award-winning hand-drawn short "Snow Bear", Thursday April 16 at 5pm Pacific. Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/snow-bear-from-inspiration-to-a-finished-film-tickets-1985639871307
Snow Bear: From Inspiration to a Finished Film

Join legendary Disney animator and director Aaron Blaise as he takes you behind the scenes of his animated short, Snow Bear. Online Event.

Eventbrite
Show threadCassidy CurtisMar 29

@lkanies @mekkaokereke

I haven't read any of her other books, but afaict "Babel" is not a continuation of any other story. I'd characterize it as hard-fantasy (if that's a thing). The magic system is inextricably tied to colonialism, and all the characters are flawed and ethically complex, so don't expect easy answers for sure.

Cassidy CurtisMar 29
Want to support indie #animation? Check out Frank Abney’s latest project, The Turners: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frankabney/the-turners-animated-short-film
Frank is the real deal. If you haven’t seen his other films you’re in for a treat! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5752596/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
THE TURNERS - Animated Short Film

The Turners are taking their lives back, but in order to do it they have to revisit the one they left behind.

Kickstarter
Show threadCassidy CurtisMar 28

@mekkaokereke Ugh, that is so disappointing. I broke a 2-year streak of “only books not written by cis het white dudes” to read PHM.

Got tons of great recommendations for you though! Anything by Ursula LeGuin, Octavia Butler (the Xenogenesis trilogy is my personal fave), Becky Chambers, Annalee Newitz, Nnedi Okorafor, Charlie Jane Anders (esp. The City in the Middle of the Night). RF Kuang’s “Babel” is more fantasy than SF but it’s anticolonial and brilliant.

Cassidy CurtisMar 27
“I’m autoconfident!” #rabbitisms