I made a thing

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I know shilling isn’t exactly smiled upon here but hopefully this series is enough to pay the /co/-toll. I first read it on here and it was the first time I feel like I really ‘got’ the FF.

Also, if yall will forgive me I’d like to do a little blogging as well- I want to tell you about why I’ve been avoiding /co/ for the past two years.

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>>92330598
Not that I think anyone here remembers me or cares, this is more for me I guess. Not that yall can’t weigh in if you want to, I just need to get some shit off my chest.

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>>92330620
I first visited /co/ when I was a freshmen in college when I was just starting to learn how to animate. I think ever since then /co/ has kind of felt like home for me. It was the first time so many of my interests have been in one place (and I didn’t have to pretend to love shitty anime to talk about the stuff I actually enjoyed).

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>>92330640
The college I went to had a decent fine arts program but ended up having a shit animation studio. The head professor of the programs qualifications were pretty much “Knew how to make art on a computer”. So in a big way I ended up depending a lot on /co/ to learn about the industry.

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>>92330666
/co/ felt like this amazing secret. Taste wasn’t just important here, it was a competition. Not only was it a smorgasbord of amazing content but you also had at least three people constantly debating the merits of every potential thing you might watch/read.

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>>92330685
I mean obviously /co/ has problems but for someone who has only a handful of friends who really enjoy cartoons and comics this place was a godsend. It only became a problem for me when I actually started trying to make my own stuff.

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>>92330727
I wanted to make shit that was really good and I felt like I could apply all the great stuff I’ve learned on /co/ to get better. The problem was that every time I started to make stuff I could just hear a /co/mrade in my head started pointing out all the qualities that made my work shit.

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>>92330759
Making stuff wasn’t fun for me, everything I did was just a constant reminder of how far I had to go. For so long I had felt like my ‘refined tastes’ would be what set me apart from other amateur animators, but it seemed to be dooming me more than anything.

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>>92330809
Through a lot of blood sweat and tears I barely managed to finish my first cartoon, a tribute to the kind of relationship you see a lot on 4chan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KM5Lx0K4kc

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>>92330853
I was proud that I had finally made something to call my own but the 6 months of animating after work had left me emotionally drained.

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>>92330890
While working on my next video I kept on procrastinating and spending time on /co/. Eventually I decided that I wouldn’t allow myself to go onto /co/ until my next video was done. At the time I thought it would just be a way to temporarily improve productivity, I didn’t realize it was going two-year exorcism.

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>>92330930
Even after I stopped going to /co/ I could still hear it in my head, constantly pointing out all the flaws in everything I was doing. I started actually working on other videos hoping that they would help me improve to the point where I had enough confidence to take on the main video. Pretty stupid idea looking back.

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>>92330962
I eventually took a friends advice and joined Tumblr, if anything just because I enjoy seeing the differences in online communities. And being a typical /co/ user I actually started to see the appeal of the site. Despite the hugbox that Tumblr was, I saw artists flourishing there. This flew in the face of everything I thought.

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>>92331006
All this time I thought having impeccable taste and being able to recognize flaws would help me get to where I needed to be but I’ve come to realize that you can’t be a critic and a creator at the same time.

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>>92331053
That’s it. I’m back and I’ve missed you anon, but I’m trying to maintain this mindset as I move forward. It took some time to shake my /co/mrade but I think there’s still a lot of value to this place.

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>>92331094
I'll keep posting for as long as I can, got a couple of books to go through.

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>>92330555
This was pretty funny.

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>>92331254
Thanks anon

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>>92331279
Love this page and the next.

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>>92331304
Good shit.

>>92330555
OK, that ending got a laugh out of me.

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>>92331355
Sweet. Thanks anon.

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>>92331634
Aw damnit I was trying to avoid posting ads. I'll probably stop after this, captcha is getting pretty ridiculous.

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>>92332015
I seem to have angered the Captcha gods.
I'll swing by later to keep posting.

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>>92332054
Last page for now.

>>92330555
I laughed heartily.
Good job, OP

>>92330555
Great job! To be honest, I was hoping it was a true story there until the name was dropped at the end. Good sound mixing, and your voice (or whoever did the narration) sounded pristine and sincere. Honestly, that casual voice over is what made it sound authentic. The animation wasn't super smooth, but I think with your aesthetic I wouldn't want it to be; the whole thing clashes, but somehow in a good way.

Good job, OP. It might take another long while, but I'll be looking forward to your next project. Where's the best place to follow your work, Tumblr?

I like it