-Play through until it syncs right (it might not because Scratch is laggy and lame) ... Well. Where do I start? Probably with stating, that, yes. I am leaving Scratch. Scratch holds a special place in my heart as a place where I grew up online, sharing my creative efforts for the world to see. I started out with not many followers, not much attention, but that didn't stop me. I just loved creating anything I could, coding, making animated comics, it was wonderful what scratch gave to me. When I started this account I was in the same place as I was when I was on @princepufferfish, but with just a bit more skill, and a bit more followers. But as you know, a lot has changed over the time since I created this account. I gained more followers and improved my animations a lot. But since January of 2021, I just don't know if it's quite the same as it used to be. I still love animating and loved the scratch community, but it felt like It was a priority to make animations, not a hobby. Another thing that started driving me away from scratch, was the fact that this website is slowly on its way down. Scratch Team is having a hard time maintaining the website because of how much it's grown, and all the different ranges of ages on the website. Mass reporting, tags in the titles, broken trending, and generally just more toxicity. I'm sure I see all of this through an amplified lense now as a Scratcher who has been on Scratch for a while, but a lot of it definitely still exists on Scratch. Also, It's crazy how quickly animators around me have improved. A lot of them, better than me now. And I just get this feeling that "Wow, who needs me if they have them?" The final reason I can pinpoint to why I'm leaving Scratch is that my interests have shifted. I'm really getting into music and producing more of it instead of animation. I don't think this means I will stop making animations, it might just mean that I make less, or make a different form of animations. Who knows, I might even make animations to go along with my music! I do plan to move to Youtube, for whatever I create in the future (you can also see the other websites I have a profile on by checking out my banner) So, don't worry! I feel like a lot of people would be worried that I leave Scratch, and stop making anything. But that is not the truth, I'm still making things! So please, if you enjoy my stuff, I'll have my youtube profile listed at the end of this description and then you can go check out my other stuff from there. Even though this is my "final project" it's not my last project. I still have my final art dump planned, and a series of unfinished projects to release on this account. Then, that will be it. (well I might crap-post on here like say a year from now as a joke) I'd now like to list people, that have been a critical part of my Scratch journey, and just made it so much better / - There from the very start, you always supported my projects by posting some weird comments on them lol. And as my irl friend, he's been there from the start of my LIFE. Thank you, Evan :) - I cannot express how much your art just made 2020 better. You were one of the first people I followed on this account, and I'm glad I did. Your characters are some of the most creative I've ever seen, and you've always just been a very nice person. - Always supported my projects and was just a super nice person. Thanks for always loving my projects ;) - HOLY CRAP HAVE YOU INSPIRED ME, MAN, you still do! And, you've also become a great friend to have throughout the last.. what, ten months? Idk, but you're one of the animators that led to me becoming better at animating. Thank you for that. - Another one of my early inspirations on this account, your art style is just INCREDIBLE. I love it so much, and it's inspired me to make actual art pieces to go along with my animations. (you're also the most underrated animator on this website even though you don't make that many animations anymore) - Once again, just another amazing artist who has THE MOST STYLISTIC AMAZING CREATIVE ART EVER. And you guessed it, inspiration. In June I found you on Scratch, and we immediately became friends. You always gave my projects a lot more support than you should've, and for that, I thank you. It kept me going and animating. - even though you're like 100000x better at animating than me, you've always supported my animations, thank you dude - Thank you for always keeping my ego in check :) And being a great friend - ANOTHER early inspiration, I've always loved your kind of PMV take on animations. Also, you supported me a bunch, thank you. - An early follower on this account, even though I definitely didn't deserve it. Thanks for being an inspiration and a friend (continued in notes and credits...)
Although I will always hold a small grudge against you for not completing best out of 3 ;) @xXHooded-FigureXx - Another supporter/inspiration, you've always had this great animation style that I can't pinpoint. Thanks for being a friend along the way :) @-Beantown- - Fellow map part maker, and friend, also supporter! You pretty much check off all of those boxes don't you XD @Snoopywoodstock13 - I LOVE YOUR ART SO MUCH SO SO SO SO SO MUCH Also, thank you for being a friend in the past almost year now, you don't know how much you've just improved my life by being there. Also, your art is better than mine period ;) @starsss- - all I can say is that you are very epic There are probably a lot more people a forgot to mention, but thank you to everyone who has followed me, loved one of my projects, supported me, posted a comment on my profile, even just looked at my projects! It means so much to me. - Credits myself for animation @-Useless-, @--PeriodicGames--, BurntPotatoArts, and @redbottleofpoison for their OCs Every single one of you for supporting me :D Switching Off - Elbow And with that, I say goodbye Scratch Goodbye, everyone, I'll see you on Youtube! -Orange <3 Hey you! Yes you, here's my youtube in case you want to check out my vids :) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6SaOiIzotPTYeMZ33QsvIQ?view_as=subscriber (psst also check out my inst a orangj)
