So it's been 3 years hasn't it.. What a ride, let me talk you through my entire journey so far. On August 18th 2022 I created the account @SoftPuffin64 to make animations and show the world my talent, except I didn't know how to animate. I made small animations and I had no followers, so I had a strategy... F4F baby WOW *i stopped after like 10 followers* My very first follower was a scratcher called @scratchcatfunny, I used to watch his stuff when I was 9 and I thought they were really funny, so I was super happy when he followed me, then I made a stupid mistake, I asked @-funnytoons- to follow me... bruh. I didn't see his small 'No F4F' sign on his pf and I got hated for that, looking back it was quite funny. I was new to Scratch so I didn't understand much. Then in September I moved to France, I tried making animations but I didn't get any WiFi until a few days after I moved in. I was very lonely, I had no friends, not online nor offline. I was very sad during this time, my Dad also didn't want me commenting on anything to avoid me being hated on again (lol) so it was just a place I'd make animations. People didn't know who I was, and it was like that for 8 months, because after a full 8 months on Scratch had passed, I had met @Cyber-King- (who is banned from mass reporting), he was hosting an animation contest, and nervously, I joined, little did I know this was going to change my life, I completed my animation (which is now unshared) with the help of @-NerdAnimator-'s (AKA @Nerdimations) animation tutorial, I had made a small animation, I then submitted it, a month later, I came 3rd, and the uprise of Puffin had hence commenced, I started to get views on my stuff, people starting to realise how good my projects were and in September 2023, I had reached 100 follows, I was so happy, bouncing off walls and everything. If things couldn't get better, I then got trending, and in the end I got 28k views on the project that got trending. I got tons of fame from my trending project and hit 300 in November, I started to get an audience, I was bullied by but he was hated on a lot back in that day, either way, we're all good now. In December 2023 I made a Voice Reveal (I unshared it now tho) Now I was starting to grow, I then saved from quitting scratch, and then he became one of the best animators alive. I came 10th Place in his 1k animation contest and by then I was quite popular. In February I hit 400 and soon decided to move to bitmap which I didn't do until March 2024. I got tons of hate at times and but I didn't care too much, but then I met someone by the name of and he was a small scratcher with 1 follow, I decided to follow him, then he asked me for an OC, and I refused multiple times as it was 11pm, but he insisted and I made on for him in 3 minutes, he was super happy and he begun to grow extremely fast on Scratch, I felt like a Father towards him, like I was raising someone (ofc we're not related but I'm his friend) in March 2024 I made a collab with and in June 2024 I got trending again, just 6 days from my birthday. It got around 2k-3k views and I was very happy. I went into some phase where I was rude and all and it impacted my viewer count, frustrated I was even more rude, but then a Scratcher called came and started manipulating my friends, starting rumours, make threats, menaces, he was a toxic idiot looking back. I was then banned for 3 days of Scratch from this guy, he thought I was ignoring him and made me apologise, I did (but ofc I had my fingers crossed, I did nothing wrong) I said I was gonna quit, but despite me being a huge jerk, my community and my fans begged me to stay, I apologised to my fans, griffpatchfan019 decided to chicken out and quit, and all was good. I then reached 1k follows on August 27th 2024 bc followed me, and I was sososososo happy. Life was good, in September I uploaded a new animation and then after October I begun to make flipaclip animations. was a huge scratcher with 1.3k follows or smth at the time. I had 1k. Then I started to get lots of loves and favs, and then I moved to on March 14th 2025. My audience wasn't as active, and I didn't get much attention, I started to think I was too old for scratch and I should move. I left for 2 months until I came back for no reason, and now I am re-quitting after hitting 3 years. It was a fun journey, I'll never forget it. I also got into some beef with but we figured it out. I feel like it has been a journey. I like chess and stuff but when I'll be a grown man, working in an office or smth. Someone might see a little doodle and say: Where did you learn to draw? I can proudly say: Scratch. I was the first Scratcher to ever notice it's downfall. I have emailed scratch abt it. Thank you guys so much for supporting me. Bye...
