I started a Youtube and Tiktok channel a month ago and they both blew up (2k and 1k subs respectively), but after a couple of flops and my interests changing slightly, I am finding the shiny object syndrome to be fading away. Even my latest hyperfixation has a lull because I overdid it and have to physically recover lol.
How do you stick with something once you start to feel burnt out?
I see videos of animated IP/copyrighted characters on social media and wonder if those channels can be monetized. How is it different from the clip farm channels or reaction channels who get monetized off of those same brands? Or anyone else on the platform using those characters and their likeness? I'm trying to understand where the line in the sand is when it comes to IP/copyright and AI in regards to Youtube and monetization (with the AI disclaimer turned on of course).
I know 2.5 is better, but what can it do that 2.0 mini can't? I was given some free uses for 2.0 mini and want to know what to expect before I just use my prompts willy nilly.
I had an idea of a funny interaction in the show, which eventually led to this cute little one shot!
Rated: T
Summary:
Ladybug has a secret identity. And apparently, so does her Mother now too.
When Marinette, Alya, and Cat Noir are trapped by Mieléfique, Marinette has no choice but to trust her Mom with the Ladybug Miraculous. Sabine Cheng is about to discover that motherhood sometimes means running across rooftops and fighting supervillains.
And after a very eventful day as MamaBug, Sabine may have figured out a few things about her daughter’s love life, too.
I am still actively working on A Year Later, but when inspiration strikes in the middle of the night, you gotta grab it while the iron is hot! This all started from a 2 line/2 second idea I had after watching TikTok.
Rated: T
Summary:
Ladybug has a secret identity. And apparently, so does her Mother now too.
When Marinette, Alya, and Cat Noir are trapped by Mieléfique, Marinette has no choice but to trust her Mom with the Ladybug Miraculous. Sabine Cheng is about to discover that motherhood sometimes means running across rooftops and fighting supervillains.
And after a very eventful day as MamaBug, Sabine may have figured out a few things about her daughter’s love life, too.
I started learning French this past week, and definitely spent a lot of time doing so, but I didn't really track hours. I don't know what counts and what doesn't. I also bounce between activities a lot, so it's a ton of small bursts of focus with some hyperfocus sessions here and there. (TL)
A Year Later takes place after Secret Protocol in Season 6 where Marinette wakes up with no memory of the past year of her life.
I just uploaded Chapter 5! The fanfiction is now over 19k words long!
Rating: T
Summary:
Marinette Dupain-Cheng remembers the morning of September 1, 2015.
She remembers waking up for her first day of school, her parents, accidentally making a mess, hoping she won't have the same class as Chloé, and almost ruining the macarons her dad gave her for school.
Then she wakes up October 15, 2016.
A year completely wiped away from existence.
Her best friend is suddenly a stranger, her parents are hiding something, and Adrien Agreste... The boy who looks at her like she is the most important person in the world... claims that they are just friends.
As Marinette works to piece together the missing year from her memories, she rediscovers the relationships she once had, uncovers the secrets of her life she can no longer remember, and learns to navigate a world that has changed without her even knowing it.
Something happened during that year that made Marinette Dupain-Cheng extraordinary, and she is determined to find out what.
I just red Resurrection by agrestecookie and it was sooo goood! Now I want more of that! Both that story (but I gotta wait) and that type of story. No smut.
The story takes place during or after season 6 (depending on the direction of the finale).
I just posted Chapter 2, am working on Chapter 3! I am also in the process of fleshing out the backstory and some ideas that I have!
I don’t know how long the story will be yet, but I’m having fun with this concept!
I’ve read a few of them, but am looking for more recommendations. Basically plots where either Marinette or Adrien get amnesia or are hospitalized. preferably T at worst, and preferably happy or bittersweet endings. Completed works only please!!
I don’t remember the names, but I read a short one where Marinette was hit by a car, one where Marinette and Adrien both got hospitalized and Marinette was in a coma (it never finished), one where they were trapped in a burning building and Gabriel had a redemption arc, and I just finished Forget Me Not (Because I Will) by Bluestpaw (bittersweet ending, but man it was so good!!) I also read one where Marinette renounced her guardianship, but regained her memories, which was only about a day lost.
I would prefer happy endings, but bittersweet is doable. I just wanna see some amnesia or memory recovery happening or some hospital time! Idk whyyyyy I want this particular type of angst lol.
I have never tried chouquettes before and they always looked so delicious in the show, so a few days ago I looked up a recipe and made them! I live in the U.S, so they are not common enough to buy from a bakery so I had to bake them myself, but the recipe was easy enough!
They turned out great and the whole family loved them! I didn’t have to worry about storing any, because they didn’t survive the day lol.
10/10 will bake again and pester my sister with MLB quotes regarding chouquettes, croissants, and pancakes.
I don’t have pearl sugar, so I had to use regular sugar (sprinkled near the end to avoid burning).
I just finished reading Chapter 17, and it looks like the fanfiction was last updated 8 or 9 years ago, but there doesn't seem to be any sign of completion and aghhh I need to know how it finishes lol.
I never finished the final season of the show and want to check it out. Netflix only has the first four seasons. Where can I watch all of the episodes?
edit: Thanks for all of the responses! I found the seasons I was missing on YouTube! Thanks for all of the feedback! Y’all are way more than 20% cooler!
Scrolling through LinkedIn looking at professionals who have been in the industry for a while, I noticed that those who had their reels on their profiles used Vimeo over YouTube. Why is that?
I recently graduated from college with a portfolio and am ready to jump into a job, but how do I find one? The major studios seem to want you in-person, and I don’t live near one. one of the bigger ones in my area is outsourcing to Africa, and the other one doesn’t have a job page. Couldn’t this job technically be remote? How do I land an animation job?
I started learning about 3D art 5 years ago, this past year got into animation, and last semester took a class on character animation, and my goodness, I am absolutely loving the attention to detail, posing, comedic timing, and everything in the show, particularly with Marinette’s rig. It’s inspiring and so well crafted, especially the monologue in Lady Chaos! Her voice acting is also just soooo gooood.
after binge watching seasons 3-5 in only a few days, along with the specials, it took me some time to get used to the new animation style, but now I really enjoy it. the old one has charm, but looking back to anything before season 4 or even 5, everything looks incredibly dated. I also noticed that with the old animation style, there were some blatant time cuts the animators would use or a couple of animation errors or lack of keyframes where the characters seemed stiff at times. of course, Marinette was always very physically expressive, but some parts of the show felt stiff or less professional. I can tell they really put their time into the animating this season.
The scene where Marinette hands the victims a charm annoys me still (the one where it spins around her hand and Ladybug’s face is completely still), but that’s the only blatantly obvious one now. They do reuse scenes still, but it’s much less obnoxious.
The first 5 seasons had tons of scenes that were copy and pasted in each episode (hawk moth giving power to the akuma, sending it out, and the window opening and closing. Of course they reuse the hero transform scenes, commercial breaks, lucky charm, and miraculous ladybug scenes, which can be a little repetitive, but are understandable because it is a kids show. They also modify the lucky charm and miraculous ladybug scenes to fit the context. The hero ones are kinda just nostalgic or stylistic, along with commercial breaks. The hand rotating magic charm scene is the only one that bothers me of those lol.
But yea, the posing in character and facial animations are so insanely good! I would rewind sometimes when the voice acting and animation hit a sweet spot just so I could study it a bit more to apply to my own work. Once my computer is back up and running, I intend to do some animation studies and practice animating using some of these scenes as references.
I’m in the end game on my first run of Slime Rancher and am constantly running out of space. I’m tempted to throw out all of my slimes and start fresh to maximize space and plort production. any suggestions? I think I only have 1 slime left to unlock? I have Micho and the stlimulation space unlocked.
I’m asking not out of arrogance or anything like that, but as someone who is genuinely curious and out of good faith. What is it that you “start” learning once you reach your black belt? once the fundamentals are established from the color belts and you reach your first black belts, what’s next? What do you spend the next 8-9 belts learning and doing?
I’ve reached around 6th gup in 2 different organizations/schools and cumulatively between the two did TKD for about 2 1/2 years. I had to stop a year ago due to prioritizing finishing grad school (thesis is gonna thesis lol) and then had some health stuff pop up that delayed doing any physical activity, let alone something as extreme as martial arts. I intend to get back into it sometime within the next 6 months or year!
But yea, I’m curious about what happens after that first black belt rank is achieved. What are y’all’s experiences, focuses, goals, etc? What does learning, progressing, or advancing look like for you?
if it helps, both of my schools were Kukkiwon. One was more traditional, while the other was collegiate sport/WT.
Thanks everyone for the input! That definitely helps explain it a lot And makes sense with what I’ve seen with black belts, and even 1st and 2nd gups!
After a week of very little sleep due to preparing for today, I finally made it and am set to graduate! Crazy. I have some revisions to make to my thesis before I am allowed to publish, but man. This is insane.
Now to find one of those things people call jobs. I wonder if my thesis defense could lead to a job itself, or if I could get into a faculty position at my college. That would be cool!