qmulus inspiration blog

i will typically tag posts with series names and artist names, along with any applicable techniques to help make searching for specific clips easier. this blog is primarily a personal project to help oragnize my references, but feel free to follow if u so desire!

some ancient pencil tests from Neon Genesis Evangelion. always love to see stuff like this

almost caught up with one piece again. 1144 had some of the most insane cuts i've ever seen from this series! the five elders were introduced as a force to be reckoned with, and the animation does a lot to help that

one of my favorite episodes of steven universe, especially in visuals

gorillaz's new short film is probably one of my favorite pieces of animation in a good while. its creation and design philosophy were reportedly motivated by the rise of AI, and their strive to celebrate human expression in art. as a result, computers were hardly used in the creation of the film. i believe they only used digital technology for compositing and sequencing, meaning that this is a work of painted-cel animation in big 2026, which is wild to think about

today my storyboarding professor showed this scene to my class and i immediately knew i had to post about it. whole lotta italian renaissance inspiration here its insane, especially with how the cape covers his body near the end. disney films typically are not my cup of tea but, at least during this era, they all have exceptional talent behind them that i can appreciate

one of my favorite scenes from evangelion. a surprisingly realistic scene placed right in the middle of a huge trippy mental breakdown, despite also being entirely in shinji's mind

a rather lazy and underwhelming establishing shot from novice animator Richard Williams debut short film The Thief and the Cobbler

my favorite scene from EOE

MTV's The Maxx is one of my favorite shows stylistically, with someo f the cleanest animation i've ever seen on a television production. however, it's often not the best for reference footage due to how heavily stylized it is

production sketches from The End of Evangelion. bottom is a good gore reference. a bit difficult to understand in sketch form, though it's much less blurry than the final version in-film. good facial expression with shinji on top as well

i find this particular clip a good reference for hands, along with naotoshi shida's iconic style of timing and coloring