Sapphire Luna

Remember a few weeks ago when I asked who would be willing to buy merch based on Problematic Eeveelutions? Well it's finally here and ready to buy! I got acrylic charms/keychains, acrylic standees, stickers and prints all drawn by me and they are beautiful! I would appreciate if you could have a look at my store and support me by buying my cool stuff! I have limited quantities, but if this is a success, I will make more! If this is not a success, I will be sad and stop :(
Store link at the bottom, but first read the following:

IMPORTANT NOTE! If you live in the US, read section 1! If you do not live in the US, read section 2 !

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As of August 29, the US is now charging Canada (where I live) tariffs of 35% for any package entering the US, no matter the value. This affects charms and standees since they require being shipped in a package. If you REALLY want to buy them anyways and you are ok with paying this extra, do NOT buy them through my store, instead email me and order from me directly at luna_san1(at)hotmail.com and I till tell you your total. My store is unable to calculate the 35% fee, which is why I ask you email me. I guess one benefit of this is that you will get a tracking number, and you will not have to pay my store's platform fees. Note that this only affects charms and standees. If you buy only stickers and prints, there is NO extra cost and you can buy them through the store normally. Ask here if you have questions about this. Believe me, this sucks a lot for me too because the US is 80% of my sales and I'm gonna lose tons of sales :/
My store: sapphireluna.storenvy.com/

2.
If you don't live in the US, the above does NOT apply to you, you're fine! To keep shipping costs as low as possible, I ship things in a regular envelop and tracking is not included. Please note I will not be responsible if an order gets lost. This has never happened before, but it's not impossible. If you would like a different shipping option and tracking number, you can, but contact me first at luna_san1(at)hotmail.com and I'll tell you the options.

My store: sapphireluna.storenvy.com/

I also have a redbubble, which is based in the US so no tariff BS. There's no Pokemon stuff there though since it's not allowed: www.redbubble.com/people/sapphireluna/shop?asc=u

Ask here if you have any questions!

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6 hours ago (edited) | [YT] | 182

Sapphire Luna

**If you ever wanted to dub my videos in your language before but I said no, OR if English is not your main language, keep reading! ** Everyone else can skip this post!

I always got many requests from people wanting to dub my videos, but I always say no because I don't want my videos to appear on other people's channels because it causes copyright issues and ethical issues. But then I thought: What if I made a channel just for dubs of my videos, that way I remain in control of my own work and people get the dubs they ask for.

So I did! I made a channel for my videos in languages other than English: ‪@SapphireLunaDubs‬
(Note: I appreciate everyone's support, but if your main language is English, please keep watching them in English on the main channel. If you subscribe to the dub channel but never watch the dubs, it does not help.)


Right now it only has LA Spanish, but any other language is welcome. So how does it work if you want to make a dub? See these rules:

1. You send me the lines in your language, and I make the video myself and post it here myself. You cannot post the video anywhere. It remains my video. Reposts will be reported. Sharing is fine. Sending me lines is the only thing you need to do! Once again, you cannot post the video to your channel or anywhere else. If you want to post to your channel, this is not for you. You cannot do that.


2. You can choose any video of mine to dub. Any language is welcome, but you cannot dub a video that's already been dubbed in the same language. No duplicates.


3. This is on volunteer basis. You have no obligations, it's completely up to you. This is unpaid. But everyone who works on the dub will be credited with their name and links etc.


4. Make sure your audio and your acting are good quality!


5. If you are okay with all this, email me at the email listed in my channel description (luna_san1(at)hotmail(dot)com) and let me know what video you want to dub and we'll discuss it from there. Give a relevant subject to your email so I don't miss it cause I get a lot spam.

If you have questions, you can ask here.

Once again, the dub channel is here www.youtube.com/channel/UC41Q...
But avoid subscribing unless you plan on watching videos in another language.

1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 107

Sapphire Luna

What's happening here? Wrong answers only.

Screenshot from next week's new video!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 184

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If I made Problematic Eeveelutions merch, would you SERIOUSLY buy it considering it would cost:
13$ for a charm keychain
15$ for an acrylic standee
5$ for a 2.5" holo sticker

Shipping would be 1-2$ for Canada, 2-4$ for USA and 5-6$ International for charms/standees, depending on amount (A bit less if only stickers). Prices in US dollars, and only Paypal can be used to pay.

Please say yes only if you would REALLY BUY IT FOR SURE, this is to gauge real interest.

Context: My campaign for the Mr.Cat plush failed, so instead I'm going to make charms/stickers for him, and I figured I could make PE stuff in the same order. They would look like these: www.deviantart.com/sapphireluna/art/Selling-these-…
Only say yes if you have no doubt you would buy something! I don't want to end up with tons of unsold things.

1 month ago | [YT] | 79

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Are you a fan of the Lunar games? (Silver Star Story, Eternal Blue etc.)

1 month ago | [YT] | 63

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Guys! Since 2017 I've had a webcomic called Vote Mr.Cat (read it here:www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/vote-mrcat/list?title_n…) Well I'm trying to turn Mr.Cat into an official plush, using a pledge service called Gimme Swag. But we need a minimum of 100 pledges before July 11th for the plush to become a reality! Pledge 2$ now, and the rest will be charged to you when the plush is ready to ship.

The Vote Mr.Cat comic is ending soon after nearly 9 years, so I wanted to celebrate by making a plush! Thanks for supporting Mr.Cat all this time! I could really use your help for this!

See Mr.Cat's plush campaign HERE: www.gimmeswag.com/collections/pledges/products/vot…
Please have a look! If this is a success, I can consider making plushes for characters from my channels, like Jolt etc.

You can see examples of what other plush Gimme Swag has made in the past HERE: www.gimmeswag.com/collections/campaigns

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1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 309

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Hey friends! Sometimes I need a break from animating, so I made a new channel just for cute silly pet videos! It mostly features my Shiba Inu and my cats, but also other pets I happen to film. The channel is still very new so if you'd like to support it, it's over here: www.youtube.com/channel/UC3HI...
There's something great about being able to make videos that do not require any drawing o.o

The channel name Kirameki comes from my Shiba's name, Kira. If you enjoy that kind of thing, please give it a watch! If you don't, that's ok, keep supporting me here!

2 months ago | [YT] | 63

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Hey friends. I just spent a good 2 hours reporting reposts of my videos on Tiktok and Instagram for copyright. I could have used those 2 hours for something fun, but no, I had to use it because people steal my work, and worse, most of them CROP OUT my name from the video to hide that they stole it and giving me no credit at all! You guys know I'm trying really hard to make a living out of Youtube, so all of these reposts hurt me, those are views I'm not getting, but also my name is not getting out there.

I reported a bunch but I'm sure there are hundred more that I haven't found. If you see my videos uploaded anywhere else whether it's Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok or Facebook, please alert me. I do not allow reposts of my work anywhere, ever. Sorry. It takes me days or weeks to finish an animation, but only seconds for a thief to take it and reupload it as their own, sometimes ever making money off MY work. I've seen one video that has less than 15k views on my account get 260k views on instagram, it's very very frustrating! And the guy was claiming it a his own work! To prevent having people crop out my name from the top, I'm going to add a watermark somewhere else that is hard to remove from now on. Sorry about that.

Big Youtubers can ignore this because they are so popular, everyone knows who they are and where to find them. I'm still small, not always recognized and can't afford to let it slide. I've seen comments saying "Where is this from?" and the reposter replied "no idea" because he stole it from another thief who probably stole it from another thief who stole it from another etc. etc. This is why I don't allow anyone to sue my videos, even for dubs or reactions. I lose control and there are reposts everywhere and I waste my precious time having to hint them down and report them. Wow I'm so angry right now... I spend so many hours of my life sitting down and drawing cartoons, giving myself back pain and carpal tunnel, and people just walk in, reupload my videos and crop my name out!

Thanks for supporting me here, and please alert me if you see reposts of my work. Only the owner can send a copyright claim.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 324

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Here's an update on my situation that nobody requested. Last month I quit my job. Because I hated it and it was making me very depressed. Since then, my mental health has greatly improved! I have a lot of savings so I figured while I'm jobless, I'm going to try doing Youtube fulltime. If you saw me posting more often than usual, that's why.

Not gonna lie, my views are still way too low to be able to live from Yotutube only. Even lower than last year when I wasn't fulltime. It's nobody's fault, Youtube is just much harder now that it was in the past. There's a lot more competition, and the algorithm keeps changing. In order to be able to support myself at the bare minimum, I need to double my views. I need to triple them to live a normal life, and quadruple them to have a decent life. For now I'm just going to focus on doubling. Quadrupling sounds like an unattainable dream currently. The RPM for animation is very low, and due to my low views, on average I make only 20$ per video and it takes me a week to make one. That's just not sustainable. I make less money than I would be making if I worked part-time at minimum wage somewhere.

I really don't want to return to a normal 9-5 job I will hate, so I HAVE to succeed. It would make me feel like a failure, especially after I told my friends/family that I could do it and some were doubtful. There is a limit to how much time and money I can waste on something that is not successful, though. So I gave myself one year. If in April next year I still can't support myself, I will go back to a random job and greatly reduce the amount of videos I make, if not stop completely. Doing both is just too hard. I really don't want that to happen so I need to work super hard to make more views.

All my videos perform poorly, especially the Shorts. so I might stop Shorts. Recently, the Pikachu&Squirtle PMD video and Shadow Babysits Cream 5 did perform much better than the rest, but I'm not sure what to do with this information. I'm not sure what people liked about those videos that wasn't in my other videos. Looks like I still need to try something new/different until I find something that people really find entertaining and always want to watch. I would like to do one thing consistently, but so far nothing has been successful enough. Part of me still wants to only make what I feel like making and not care about views, but I need money so I kinda need to care. Also, I MIGHT be doing some sponsored videos, whether or not you like the product, please know I'm only doing it because I need the money D:

As usual, thank you if you read this far. If you have ideas/suggestions feel free to share. I will make another post about this later, but I did make a new, completely different channel just for cute animal videos. It's brand new and could use a boost, so have a look if you enjoy cat/dog videos: youtube.com/@Kirameki0

If you want to help, I also have a Patreon. The main perks is your name in the credits, seeing the videos a few days earlier than everyone else, and having your OC do a cameo in my video: www.patreon.com/c/sapphireluna
And, I draw commissions for people. Info on that here: www.deviantart.com/sapphireluna/journal/Commission…

If you don't have money, simply watching and sharing my videos is a big help. Thanks for your support, as always!

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 323

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✨✨You've asked for it, you requested it, you begged for it - well tomorrow (Saturday), after a wait of over 3 years, Shadow Babysits Cream part 5 is finally out! Yaay! ✨✨ Whether I make a part 6 or not depends on on many views it gets, so I hope you all watch~

I'm thinking of making it a Premiere, but I've never made a Premiere before so I'm not sure what to expect. I feel people would come expecting something amazing but then it's just a 2-minutes silly animation so I don't know. Either way, it will posted at 5PM EST. Please come see it!

Meanwhile if you want to watch or re-watch parts 1-4, there are here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

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