//caps, mental yuck HEY EVERY !! bet you forgot about me but i am Alive and Better Than Ever having people leave scratch or go inactive has always been tough on me. it felt like they weren't loyal enough to the site, or they abandoned me, or they got too old for me--even if i never interacted with them. so i'm going to try and explain it, regardless of how many people actually care "did u leave scratch" nope! i forgot about scratch. it's weird when i put it like this but scratch was too much of a responsibility for me. i didn't have the energy or motivation to make stuff, and i don't need scratch to make stuff anyway. i was trying my hardest to not forget about the site and to keep checking it, because i felt like i had to be loyal to this place where i started my internet career and where there are so many great communities. i thought i would hurt too many people by going inactive. but that mindset didn't work for too long "so was it a mental health thing" looking back, it definitely was. eighth grade was absolutely the worst year of my life (so far) and i'm so glad it's over. i was feeling like crap pretty much all the time, and i would retreat into random things on my phone and laptop with no choice over what those things were. art required effort, so that was pushed to the back of my mind. and since i couldn't be active on scratch without feeling the constant need to put out content to compensate for the activity, scratch was pushed back with it. "so you're coming back to scratch, right" nope. my brain forcing me to forget about scratch was probably for the better. i've unfortunately outgrown this site. there isn't room for me to grow as an animator here, and the overall community doesn't fit me as a person like it did in 5th grade. i'm too old for this sort of crap. and i'll never forget the communities i found, even if i'm too old for them now. "but i want more animation from you, you're my favorite :(" TIME FOR A PLUG THEN BOYS i have other social media you can contact me on! YT: 'guster animations' (i haven't published any videos yet, but i'm completing my first one soon--it's an hour long video essay on the KOTLC series .-. i'm doing an amv after that) TMBLR: 'guster-animations' WARNING i use a lot of harsh language on this site (and so do the people i reblog from)!!! do not look up my url on this site unless you are already using the site! BLUE ROBOT: 'gusteranimations' [you’re welcome, i’m reading this project back a year after posting it] (i also use some harsh language on this site but i will refrain from it if you ask me to) UHHHH I GUESS THAT'S IT BYE PLAY CHICORY A COLORFUL TALE!! music: art academy by lena raine (chicory ost)
"wait i just wanted cool animations and all i got was this crappy trans kid and a goodbye project" Okay!! i know you're scrolling through this random scratch profile because you're jealous of my ability to make moderately okay art! so here's the deal: if you scroll to the back of my projects you will find horrible stuff. maybe better than what you have managed to make. maybe worse. it doesn't matter, because we've started at the same level. "but scratch user guster animations, that's not fair you're clearly naturally gifted with artistic abilities" NO. 3 years ago, i could barely draw. i have only managed to get good because i've tried my very hardest to learn. if you want to get better at what you make, look everywhere for inspiration. look up the principles of animation or platformers or combat systems or music composition. look up tutorials. look up examples for how to do them right. look inside the projects of your favorite scratchers--study the costumes, the code, everything. create what you love and build from what you make. don't sit there and be basic, don't keep your stick kid in a hoodie. be original, do something new. and i promise you will be happy with your result, regardless of how much attention it gets.
