Story Notes!
Wren PetkovLearning Story, Writing and Filmmaking one post at a time.
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I survived my first year in animation!
Whew! What a year it’s been! This post is my attempt to make a time capsule of the world of animation in 2025 - a year in which the industry continued to self-combust through mass layoffs, GenAI poisoned the internet with slop forever, and,...
I took Stephanie Stine's Story Development class!
My favorite panel from the ~400 the finished sequence is made up of:)
To anyone new here, hi! I’m Wren, a Story Artist in animation! This blog is my personal notebook where I look for what makes stories tick, and how we can tell better sto...
My short film comes out in less than 24 hours!
Hi everyone,
just a quick announcement for you all! My graduation short “You've Got This, Allie!” comes out on YouTube tomorrow!
I’ll be hosting the premiere with my co-director Michelle Saal, along with lots of other great folks wh...
The best one in the room
I’ve been holding a pencil for as long as I can remember. At first, joyfully. But as I reflect on how drawing has shaped my life, I realize that the reason I draw has changed. It’s lost that initial joyfulness, instead becoming something se...
Ponyo and the Magic of the Everyday
Image: Studio Ghibli
Hi everyone! This May, I finished my 10,000-word thesis on Hayao Miyazaki's process. I watched every documentary, read every essay and interview he ever gave, and I came out with more respect for his work than before....
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Story artist in Animation - always drawing and learning! sometimes writing about it on my blog \ud83c\udf1f
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