Credit ----------------------- Something Wild - Lindsey Stirling and Andrew McMahon Art/Animation/Characters - Geese321 ------------------------ Salutations ! This may be a tad bit confusing considering I basically disappeared off the face of the earth.,,. Four.,.,? Years ago now? Almost 5 on this account hAha ,, To be completely honest I do not know. Why the inspiration struck to redo this on a random Thursday afternoon after I honestly have not even drawn a cat or like. Actively drawn more than a couple drawings of cats since I left Scratch ??? But it did and I made this in like. Probably 10 hours total over like 3 days (?) Anyways !! I had been saying for a while that I'd try to make an explanation project for leaving and I figure this is as good as any (?) So I will give my best attempt at explaining -- along with a silly little cat amv ! First, I do want to clear up that this is not really me coming back, but I may stick around and check messages every once in a while and. Hopefully actually respond haha,, Let's go back about 5-6 years,, I make an amv,, we're vibing all is well,, making map parts,, working on my own personal projects,, everything's going good. Then I wake up one day and wow !!! My silly amv just got featured (?!?!) (Which despite what I am going to explain next, I am genuinely so grateful for all of the kind words and people who appreciated an amv I just made on a whim like that,, it means the world and I truly appreciate it so much.) Initially, so excited, and still excited ! But as the days went by it was just. A Lot (?) Got invited to. So Many Maps. Even ones that I had already tried to get into and didn't which in hindsight it so funny to me FDHJSd People requesting more amvs, more projects, more memes, games, art trades (Which I am grateful for the suggestions and invitations absolutely) but with me, being the people pleaser I am felt terrible turning people down and ended up working myself into burnout !! So I. Yeah I ran away </3 Switched accounts, and didn't tell anyone for a long time, which was a really nice break from all the expectations, because as a "new scratcher" no one was asking me for anything and I could just work on small projects so I didn't get burnt out as quick haha,, Then on my other account, I made a pmv! And it got curated (Thank you to the very kind person who wanted to do that for me !! I really appreciate it,, then and now! ) Unfortunately it was once again really overwhelming for me and I sort of ended up just. Announcing that I had switched accounts, until eventually I just. Left (?) There were a couple things that happened that really brought that on, but most of it just led to a general sense of being super overwhelmed haha,, Now you might be thinking "Wow you get overwhelmed really easily" And yes. Yes I do SFHjfd It's a very odd thing to say that I was overwhelmed by everyone's kindness but honestly, I kinda was. Which wasn't really a bad thing of course(?) I just. Was overwhelmed by everything, and also! I wasn't sure what people would think if I started changing my artstyle or the general focus of my art which, looking back is just kinda funny like, I'm sure some people would miss the warrior cats and "furry projects" as they were often called SSHJFf But I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been that big a deal in the long run,, So long story short !! I was just super overwhelmed/stressed and afraid people wouldn't support me as much for changing my focus in art (Which. Seems like the latter would probably fix the overwhelm really SDFHJfd) And so I ultimately just left! Could I have handled it better and actually tried to explain why I was going? It absolutely could have been,, I was just. not in the right headspace at the time and apparently not for the past 4 years considering how long it took me to actually make something trying to explain (?) But it wasn't all bad things at all! I met the best friends in the entire world right here,.,. and looking back at comments people have left has really impacted me (In a good way lol). It's so wild to me how a project I made in a couple days would have ever made such an impression on people that has them coming back for the nostalgia or to say it was the reason they joined scratch and started animating ?? Like. That is so crazy to me to have made that kind of impact on someone, let alone so many and I am so thankful I could do that.,,. I spent most of my childhood here on scratch and it really helped me explore art and animation,, and, admittedly, make friends because we all know being a little homeschooled farm kid I did not have any irl SFDHJGdsf It has been a wild ride and I am thankful for each and every person who was there for it hAha
More of an explanation in the instructions ^^ I ran out of room so I am continuing down here ! (Scroll to the bottom for a summary hAha) ---------- Thought I should do a Q&A if I didn't answer something above (??) Or if you have any additional questions(Within reason ofc) but pretty much anything goes and I will do my best to respond to the comments here !! -------------- Tl;dr: Not coming back to make more projects or anything, but will read comments and things,, I am just an easily overwhelmed little guy idk y'all I ran and hid from the world and I am sorry I could not express that at the time !! Also we are doing a little Q&A if you want >:) -------------
