In This Year’s Best Social Media Thread So Far, Artists Are Sharing Their Favorite Animation They’ve Done

Detroit-based animator and Twitter user Elsa The Cartoonist kicked off what has probably been our favorite social media thread of the year so far when she prompted other users to “Show me your favorite animation you’ve done!”

In the days since, Elsa’s post has been liked more than 4,500 times, retweeted more than 600 times, and quote tweeted more than 2,800 times. The majority of the quote tweets included short animated clips, creating one of the most diverse, exciting, and original collections of animation we’ve seen on social media.

YOU. ANIMATOR.

Show me your favorite animation you've done! ✨ pic.twitter.com/jGDUO4gtLz

— Elsa The Cartoonist ✨ | Animator (@Vingu1K) April 16, 2023

Below are some clips that stood out to us from the myriad of submissions. Surely there are many, many more that are deserving of being singled out, but there are only so many hours in the day and we’ve got other work to do.

Pafbar’s Sam and Max animation was a major crowdpleaser:

to an extent, i believe i snapped https://t.co/9frDbBZ2Ep pic.twitter.com/EcZEsLqCc4

— parted barns (@pafbarthedweeb) April 18, 2023

Tonic DNA animator Tazi’s Godzilla clip got a monstrous reception:

Not my favorite cause I can’t show that yet, but this one is an oldie. I just enjoyed how loose and unbothered with clean lines I got with it lol https://t.co/fnPVe9QwHa pic.twitter.com/XJeS6rSKZ3

— Tazi (@l_Tazi_l) April 18, 2023

Writer and animator Irving George shared his incredibly fun short big money:

big money pic.twitter.com/uWb42GIY1f

— irving george (@irviewurvy) April 18, 2023

Kévin Gemin, Kéké on Twitter, was laughing while they animated this clip and we were laughing as we watched it again and again:

This one because I was laughing so hard while animating it that you can still see many lines are shaky, I could not correct them and in the end I just let the animation like that 😅 https://t.co/wtzCkv6a0B pic.twitter.com/mDYccQ0eBP

— 🌸🥖 Kéké 🥖🌸 (@Kekeflipnote) April 18, 2023

Daisy shared this chaotic bit from their work The Mind Electric Animation – Lonely-Man’s Lazarus:

It’s probably this one for now !! pic.twitter.com/HjppmagUyU

— Lonely-man's Lazarus (@LazarusLonely) April 18, 2023

Pixar animator Jonah Sidhom submitted this timely little gif:

I had a lot of fun animating this one 😄 https://t.co/dIlLGC7Wo5 pic.twitter.com/qMuEfzysfW

— Jonah Sidhom (@JonahSidhom) April 18, 2023

Kosmo Columbo Perry shared some delightfully vintage work they’ve done:

I combined like 5 different clips I was pretty proud of at the time they were made!!! c:
Some fnaf/columbo/oc stuff and the last one was a bday gift of a friend's OCs, based on her fav scene from a new adventures of winnie the pooh episode! pic.twitter.com/CXQ2PiI3ps

— Kosmo Columbo Perry🦊🧀 (@Kosperry) April 18, 2023

Nasus Lee was proud of the work they did animating American sign language in this clip, and with good reason:

This is one of the coolest thing's I've animated (that is on air). ASL was so fun and interesting to do, I freaking love animating hands and fingers! #animation #thedragonprince https://t.co/J3vxxB7Pmm pic.twitter.com/GEnYieBdHE

— Nasus (*´꒳`*) 🌱 (@nasuslee_) April 18, 2023

This infinitely looping video from Drawmadillo about a poor cat stuck in a sea of dogs was one of the more popular replies:

pic.twitter.com/bXHIozPiER

— Drawmadillo (@Drawmadillo) April 18, 2023

Has Pacman ever looked better than he does in this bouncy clip from Sergio Monty?:

This little bit based on @Starjeti 's character designs. Not exactly the best I've done, but it is certainly the one that makes me chuckle the most. https://t.co/LGuPviMD2S pic.twitter.com/3euXfLJ3eV

— Sergio Monty (Monty Town)🇨🇴 (@Sergiomonty) April 18, 2023

We could go on, and on, and on with the list. There are hundreds of incredible clips in the replies and retweets, and we suggest going down that rabbit hole the next time you have a lot of time to waste.