this is what i do instead of journaling

portfolio blog for @barefoot--and--braless

[andy--the--dandy]

Hi. My name is Andy. I'm 25, and stop motion animation is my passion. I'm not very good at it, because I have no formal training. I've been teaching myself to animate for the last 2 years.

My project budgets are whatever I have leftover after I pay my bills. Voices are supplied by myself and whoever loves me enough to play dolls with me for free. This is a hobby, but it's also the only thing that makes living worth surviving.

My intended audience is me, but from 10 years ago. My only goal is to make something that I would have thought was cool - something that proves I am now the kind of adult that I needed when I was a miserable teenager. I've always loved dolls. I think I would have loved this.

Most of my projects can be found under the tag #unleash the beast. My completed projects can be found on Newgrounds.

Thanks for your time. I hope you'll come play dolls with me.

[andy--the--dandy]

practice makes perfect, but lighting and camera auto focus are the bane of my existence.

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just being friends

i resolved to complete three animations this year. halfway through july, the first is finished.

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just one of those days :/

[lamiasage]

the reblog situation is dire besties half of them are mine

[lamiasage]

I once again dare to say, if you like art, reblog it. That's how you show some love to the artist. It's simple. Plus, you can show the art around and be unhinged about it with other people. That's community. Everybody wins

[occasionallysubtle]

happy year of the horse ya'll

[andy--the--dandy]

messing w the lighting and practicing w camera angles

[artisimpossible]

I genuinely wonder if people realize how many projects get abandoned because the readership "wasn't there", when in reality, the readership just stayed silent. It's a big thing in trad pub that book series get discontinued because readers pirate the books or wait until the series is finished to buy a copy, leading the publisher to think that nobody actually wants the book enough to continue the series, but it happens with indie creators too.

I've discontinued a lot of free, online series because it's not worth putting 3-5 hours a week into posting a project for no readers. Sometimes I finish the series for me but just never post it again, other times I don't finish it at all because it feels more worthwhile to put my time into other things. Sometimes I hear from readers who are sad or upset that I didn't finish something they were liking, but the *reason* it never got finished is because I didn't know anyone liked it. If you like something, tell the creator, tell your friends, make some noise about it. If you would be sad if a story never finished, make that interest known because one of my biggest considerations before discontinuing a series is "will people miss this? Will I be letting people down" and 9/10 times, I come to the conclusion of "no, it doesn't even seem like anyone's reading this" only to learn after I've moved on that apparently someone was.

[healerqueen]

I've said this before in a different way, and this post said it so well. With real examples. If you like something, tell people.

If you want more content from an artist or author, if you like their stuff, tell them. It will give them creative fuel to keep going. And often it gives them other resources as well. Recommend a work to other people. Leave a comment or a review. It doesn't have to be long, just genuine, a sentence or two. Not many people know that a book's success is judged by book reviews as well as sales. Review the book on Amazon or another site to help it pass the metric of success and be recognized by publishers and retailers.

[barefoot--and--braless]

the price of progress

[barefoot--and--braless]

full version of Dez's closeup

her choker is one of my old rings and her belt is a bracelet I got from Five Below

the glasses were mattel, but I cut out the plastic lenses and painted them black, and the outfit is also from Mattel tho w her curvy body only Ken pants fit her

the hat was made by my dear friend, Olive

her tattoos are from a pack of tiny temporary tattoos that I set w Mr. Super Clear

the hair and face were done up by me

I love Dez so very much - too much for words. she was the first doll I ever purchased for myself as an adult, and even tho the face-up and reroot was a bit of a learning process, I giggle every time I see her from pure joy at how much she looks like who I always knew she could be

[barefoot--and--braless]

Until I find a new home for the videos that were on my (now deleted) YouTube channel (fuck you, YouTube), I'll be posting my animations here.

Ergo, once more, I give you... The Tramp Stamp.

[barefoot--and--braless]

Behold! Baby No Thunder! Or, bbno$ but as an elemental. I wanted to call him Baby No Thunder, but @gaoshunenjoyer said "thunder" was a euphemism for farts and refused to call him that. In my heart, tho, I know his True Name.

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close up of the man, the myth, the legend

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1-1. a sword

I need everyone to be so niceys to me.

[barefoot--and--braless]

bedtime stories (so far)

andy, you're a star

there's only one ciera

nooo don't kill yourself your so sexy aha

[barefoot--and--braless]

monachopsis

this music video used to be on my youtube, but fuck that noise. this is the culmination of almost 10 years of work, from having written the song as a teenager to finally recording and animating it as an adult. the project was completed around this time last year. the full version is available on newgrounds.