[ANIMATION] TTN_01

Link is here, it's time to cheer. I'm gonna have to start giving Google money, I'm running out of Cloud space. Where even is the Cloud? Fuck I feel old.

Fun Cartoon Network logo made by that same anonymous benefactor who sometimes edits my gifs. He also made my slick new avatar. And he's a coward who won't claim credit. You make me sick.

This one's finally done, son. Sorry it took so long. Unlike how I usually go about these animations, I wasn't agonizing over doing it. Funnily enough, it was probably one of the more complicated ones I've done, barring that fucking crab one. Maybe... second most complicated. Maybe. Look at all them tentacles, with their pretty colored lines and highlights. Still, it wasn't bullshit doing it.

I think that's the real reason I wasn't agonizing over it, I've been doing so much thinking about all this. I think the professionals call it Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or some such. I had a kind of epiphany after trying out traditional art again, something I hadn't done in like five years. I had a lot of fun drawing with a pencil, and it made me realize, I kinda hate digital art. And I think I always have hated it. Why? Well, because I hadn't tried to make it feel nice. I've spent my whole life listening to art advice from teachers and professionals. Make darker more confident lines. Use your shoulder, not your wrist. Make sure your drawing surface is level with your eyes, at a nearly 90 degree incline. And like, you know what? My arm hurt. My arm's been hurting for years and years. So what I did was, I increased the sensitivity of my tablet, and used my wrist again. I was able to draw lightly like I used to as a kid, and also make the marks I needed. And wouldn't you know it, I actually really enjoyed lineart. I felt like a fucking psychopath, for those of you who don't remember, I used to always bitch about lineart. And here I am, enjoying lineart.

That's what I've been trying to do lately. Just deprogram myself and make this fun again. Or rather, fun for the first time in my life. I guess that would be my advice, stop listening to so much advice. Especially from the "Use your arm" guys. I got bitched at so much for making such light marks during school, that I was pressing so hard I was literally damaging my screen. It's scratched to fuck and this tablet isn't even that old. Plus it made my arm hurt every day. What a load of shit. Oh, and I had a screen protector adventure earlier this month, because of the scratches. It felt gross drawing on them. I found one protector that had a paper feel to it, but it acted like sandpaper and ground down the nib in an actual hour. It was hilarious.

Anyways. Make this fun. Yadda yadda. I'm making good progress on that, I think. The isolation is doing wonders for me. My mind is really opening, and I'm starting to have visual hallucinations. Just last night, I was laying in bed, when I saw a grey-skinned man walk out of my bathroom, and he looked straight at me with bulging eyes. He opened his mouth in a noiseless wail, and black ink started pouring out of his eyes and mouth. See, that kind of stuff means that you're mentally on the right track with things.

Something I'm really, really trying to do, is no longer doing this doofy hiatus things. I'm sick of 'em. A big reason why I keep doing it, is that I feel like something is missing. I need to rediscover some vital part of my life that I've lost. Or something. Well, I really feel like, for the first time in a long, long, long time, I'm happy. And nothing is missing. So, I want to get more and more of these animations out. I'm tired of letting weeks and months slip by, and I'm really ready to make the most of this. After all, it has been fun lately.

So! This marks the first Teen Titans animation done. Two more to go. You bet your bottom I'm still doing the list. I'm committed. I'm locked in. I have nothing better to do. These bad boys are getting done. Eventually. I had a lot of fun making this one, and I'm happy with how it turned out. I think it looks pretty close to how the show looks. I'm happiest with the background, I think I nailed the weird texture that they use. It's like, a brushed steel overlay in the show, but I was able to get it pretty close with treebark flipped on its side, and stretched out. I'm glad I didn't wiener out and not do all that highlighting. It really makes it, I think. Man. Blackfire sure is a cool character. Weird that she's so liked, even though she's only in two episodes. I wish I had a hot gothy older sister who was evil and was always trying to kill me. All I have is an older brother with a sensible job who pities me. Sometimes, that hurts more than attempted murder.

Next up, is another animation. Stay tuned. Let's see if I can't make it way quicker.

• KYDE