Recently completed animation for the next video and I gotta say it's probably my favorite video I've done so far this year
It plays and relies a lot on dark lighting so that may be a little downside since it may make the video look very unclear or even blurry at times but without it I wouldn't haven't made the video in the first place so ya
I still have to edit it and stuff but yea I'm happy with how the animation turned out and I can't wait for you guys to see it
I mainly made this post cause of how fast blokees is starting to rise in the toy industry and how great some of their figures are in terms of not only looks but in articulation. And I think they have a lot of potential in making more star wars figures cause this stormtrooper looks really nice and I may even get it someday
It's kinda insane to me that I've uploaded 152 videos but at the same time It shouldn't be surprising or shocking to me at all
But it's still crazy to look back on stuff and think about where the channel was 2 or 1 year ago and see how I've slowly changed in animation and stuff
Hey everyone this is kinda a random post since it's not an update or anything about a new video but I decided to why not make this since it's about my thoughts on the channel rn
(*LONG READ*)
So how am I feeling about the channel? Well honestly I'm kinda just happy with it. It obviously could be doing a lot better and it's definitely fallen down after how lacking I was last year in terms of uploads and especially due to my long "retirement" but I'm still happy that I get to change some stuff
I'm pretty happy with the change in style for the thumbnails and videos ESPECIALLY with the thumbnails and I'm happy to just stop using the green baseplate. One of my favorite hobbies is photography and I try implementing that in the thumbnails. While they do seem basic in terms of the posing of figures and stuff it's mainly the editing part where I'm having fun with them. I try keeping them simple by not making them super saturated or using the fire or explosion background for the billionth time. So I sometimes try hiding the background completely or darkening it to make the focus towards the figures or something. And also try removing all or most color and instead making the whole image's color with just black and another color like blue, red, yellow, purple, etc.
But huge thing I'm not proud of is my creativity. For those og viewers of the channel you may remember that I used to do some series' back then like Remains of the Republic, Boba Fett survival of the virus and the TMNT series. And while those were during the very early days of the channel it just shows how much more different the channel would've been if I stuck to those series' and making series' in general.
Back then I've always wanted to do a series but it's always ended up failing like these 3 I just mentioned. And that's due to many factors such as losing interest in the series, not knowing what happens next or the biggest one being your imagination and ideas just simply being too big. I'd always plan way ahead of time and start making storyboards and stuff for upcoming episodes without knowing when I'd be able to work on them or if I do have everything I need to make them happen.
And while I may be able to make a series now just in my style (being simple and lame) I worry about it being boring or none exciting.
So how does this all connect to me questioning the future or state of the channel? Well to put it simply it's lack of creativity=lack of ideas and lack of ideas means I wouldn't know what I'd want my stop motions to be about which means I just won't make them and wait until I get an idea but with lack of creativity that idea will take a long while to come.
I'm obviously still gonna do videos and I think I'm in a better mental health state to where I don't need to take much breaks anymore so atleast there's that but I'd just like to change the amount of vs videos I make and just try making some videos with different ideas or something.
So yea a pretty long read and I'm very sorry for anyone who's actually read this whole thing and there probably was a way where I could've made this whole thing shorter but idk I just didn't find a way and I didn't feel like just making 2 walls of paragraphs with different topics and just post this
Just wanted to share this since it's been something I've been waiting for forever now and I'm so happy that it's finally out
Clones vs droids by Tobblebricks part 2 is finally here and if you didn't know of him well then I'd really really recommend watching clones vs droids part 1 first before getting into this one
Some of the best if not the best bootleg TMNT Lego Minifigures out there rn
If Lego ever does make TMNT sets again(other than the brickheads) I'd like to see them do the 1987 turtles cause it'd be interesting to see if they'd do a better or worse job than these bootlegs
I've been missing out on a lot of Lego sets lately mainly due to me just being kinda lazy with collecting nowadays but still wanting stuff
Some of these are sets I've been planning to get for a while but never did due to always buying other sets instead of them but they're still sets I really do want but idk when to get them since I'll probably find a set I want more than it and say I'll get that set at another time instead since that's how I amðŸ˜
But ya hopefully I do get these sets and this image is kinda a check list
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Recently completed animation for the next video and I gotta say it's probably my favorite video I've done so far this year
It plays and relies a lot on dark lighting so that may be a little downside since it may make the video look very unclear or even blurry at times but without it I wouldn't haven't made the video in the first place so ya
I still have to edit it and stuff but yea I'm happy with how the animation turned out and I can't wait for you guys to see it
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TeaTrooper
Best Stormtrooper figure?
I mainly made this post cause of how fast blokees is starting to rise in the toy industry and how great some of their figures are in terms of not only looks but in articulation. And I think they have a lot of potential in making more star wars figures cause this stormtrooper looks really nice and I may even get it someday
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It's kinda insane to me that I've uploaded 152 videos but at the same time It shouldn't be surprising or shocking to me at all
But it's still crazy to look back on stuff and think about where the channel was 2 or 1 year ago and see how I've slowly changed in animation and stuff
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Hey everyone this is kinda a random post since it's not an update or anything about a new video but I decided to why not make this since it's about my thoughts on the channel rn
(*LONG READ*)
So how am I feeling about the channel? Well honestly I'm kinda just happy with it. It obviously could be doing a lot better and it's definitely fallen down after how lacking I was last year in terms of uploads and especially due to my long "retirement" but I'm still happy that I get to change some stuff
I'm pretty happy with the change in style for the thumbnails and videos ESPECIALLY with the thumbnails and I'm happy to just stop using the green baseplate. One of my favorite hobbies is photography and I try implementing that in the thumbnails. While they do seem basic in terms of the posing of figures and stuff it's mainly the editing part where I'm having fun with them. I try keeping them simple by not making them super saturated or using the fire or explosion background for the billionth time. So I sometimes try hiding the background completely or darkening it to make the focus towards the figures or something. And also try removing all or most color and instead making the whole image's color with just black and another color like blue, red, yellow, purple, etc.
But huge thing I'm not proud of is my creativity. For those og viewers of the channel you may remember that I used to do some series' back then like Remains of the Republic, Boba Fett survival of the virus and the TMNT series. And while those were during the very early days of the channel it just shows how much more different the channel would've been if I stuck to those series' and making series' in general.
Back then I've always wanted to do a series but it's always ended up failing like these 3 I just mentioned. And that's due to many factors such as losing interest in the series, not knowing what happens next or the biggest one being your imagination and ideas just simply being too big. I'd always plan way ahead of time and start making storyboards and stuff for upcoming episodes without knowing when I'd be able to work on them or if I do have everything I need to make them happen.
And while I may be able to make a series now just in my style (being simple and lame) I worry about it being boring or none exciting.
So how does this all connect to me questioning the future or state of the channel? Well to put it simply it's lack of creativity=lack of ideas and lack of ideas means I wouldn't know what I'd want my stop motions to be about which means I just won't make them and wait until I get an idea but with lack of creativity that idea will take a long while to come.
I'm obviously still gonna do videos and I think I'm in a better mental health state to where I don't need to take much breaks anymore so atleast there's that but I'd just like to change the amount of vs videos I make and just try making some videos with different ideas or something.
So yea a pretty long read and I'm very sorry for anyone who's actually read this whole thing and there probably was a way where I could've made this whole thing shorter but idk I just didn't find a way and I didn't feel like just making 2 walls of paragraphs with different topics and just post this
Anyways hope everyone has a wonderful day/night
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Just wanted to share this since it's been something I've been waiting for forever now and I'm so happy that it's finally out
Clones vs droids by Tobblebricks part 2 is finally here and if you didn't know of him well then I'd really really recommend watching clones vs droids part 1 first before getting into this one
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Some of the best if not the best bootleg TMNT Lego Minifigures out there rn
If Lego ever does make TMNT sets again(other than the brickheads) I'd like to see them do the 1987 turtles cause it'd be interesting to see if they'd do a better or worse job than these bootlegs
5 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 14
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TeaTrooper
Upcoming video!
6 days ago | [YT] | 0
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New video out now!
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I've been missing out on a lot of Lego sets lately mainly due to me just being kinda lazy with collecting nowadays but still wanting stuff
Some of these are sets I've been planning to get for a while but never did due to always buying other sets instead of them but they're still sets I really do want but idk when to get them since I'll probably find a set I want more than it and say I'll get that set at another time instead since that's how I amðŸ˜
But ya hopefully I do get these sets and this image is kinda a check list
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New video out!!
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