$GECKO
drawing the next frame…
$GECKO
a tribute coin from the animator who created him.
tom started as a side character. so did gecko.
not for studios. not for suits. not for committees.
in support of Daniel Chong — the artist behind Tom the lizard.
the same hand that drew tom is drawing gecko. no studio. no notes. no executives killing the character at the end of the run. one animator, one desk, one idea: tom's spirit isn't going anywhere.
hoppers. inside out 2. a stack of films you've actually seen. came up with tom and animated him personally. now he's free.
tiny. hyperactive. always bouncing. gecko is what tom would've been if disney let him cook.
no VCs. no presale. no insider bags. holders own the universe. holders fund the next short.
every frame by hand.
no AI animation. no studio assembly line. drawn the same way tom was drawn — one frame, one pose, one expression at a time. it's slower. it's harder. it's why it looks alive.
every trade shrinks the supply.
every shrink funds the next short.
a character that outlives the studio that retired his older brother.
keep tom's spirit alive in a character disney can't touch.
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 gecko universe (and counting)
no presale. no team allocation. no advisors. no insiders.
every trade feeds the burn. the longer you hold, the rarer he gets.
drawn by the man who animated tom
100% community owned · every short hand animated
no studio. no VCs. no permission.
BACKED BY NO ONE
not a single VC. not a single studio. not a single suit.
just an animator and the people who showed up.
hop in.
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