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drawing the next frame…
$TOM
a tribute coin from the animator who created him.
tom the lizard started as a side character. he's not staying one.
not for studios. not for suits. not for committees.
chapter 01 · the story
in support of daniel chong — the artist behind tom the lizard.
the same hand that drew tom the lizard is still drawing him. no studio. no notes. no executives killing the character at the end of the run. one animator, one desk, one idea: his spirit isn't going anywhere.
hoppers. inside out 2. films you've actually seen. came up with tom the lizard and animated him personally. now he's free.
tiny. hyperactive. always bouncing. what he always could've been if disney let him cook.
no VCs. no presale. no insider bags. holders own the universe. holders fund the next short.
chapter 02 · at the desk
no AI animation. no studio assembly line. drawn the same way tom the lizard was always drawn — one frame, one pose, one expression at a time. it's slower. it's harder. it's why it looks alive.
chapter 03 · the loop
every trade shrinks the supply. every shrink funds the next short. the longer you hold, the rarer he gets — and the more of him there is to watch.
keep tom the lizard alive where disney can't touch him.
fund indie animation outside the studio system.
build a universe one short at a time.
creators won't be alone anymore.
frames hand-drawn for the tom the lizard universe (and counting)
backed by no one — just an animator and the people who showed up.
chapter 04 · from the desk
what a working animation desk sounds like. a dramatised log — not a data feed.
chapter 05 · the split
chapter 06 · what happens next
he retired to the beach once. he came back for you.