An Alternate DNAVerse

I only made this because I have a lot of things to talk about and I don't wanna do it on my main blog in case I annoy what few people actually follow me there Main blog @DNA-D2

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(Ahem)

So

There might be some stuff happening

While I think it's fair to be cautiously optimistic, I am also among the people who wanna be sure that the conditions for this are better than the previous attempt

Though I wanna point out that multiple creators still seem REALLY excited about this (I saw multiple QSMP members expressing as much on the Bird Site, including Tubbo, Aypierre, Roier, and I think a couple others, possibly including former admins, though I didn't see that personally) And while I clearly can't say if this is the case or not, I'd like to believe they wouldn't wanna come back unless they had some knowledge that things would be better this time around. So while this isn't anything PROVABLE by any means, it seems to imply there has been some stuff happening behind the scenes. Though I would like some confirmation of that before everything kicks off. And anyone else wanting that as well, I think is fair

But I do wanna point out that considering how things went before, it'd kinda be a spectacular example of self-destruction if anyone let this shit happen again after last time, when you know people will be looking at this all under a microscope to make sure it doesn't.

(Though again I wanna emphasize that wanting confirmation of this before it all starts is totally fair)

All this to say, that while I'm not NECESSARILY back in the fucking building, I am for sure standing outside of it waiting to see what's gonna happen

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HEY YO ART FIGHT

I'M DOING ART FIGHT AGAIN Y'ALL. HERE'S MY CARD, AND MY NEW CHARACTERS AT THE TOP, WITH THE PRE-EXISTING ONES BELOW THE CUT. ATTACK ME IF YOU DARE

(In all seriousness, here's to another year of this, let's all have fun!)

Just finished two new refs for this year, featuring some guys who are gonna be in a little upcoming animatic short I'm working on!

For the new ones, I've got THIS DUDE

AND THIS OTHER GUY

And the ones I used last year below the cut, one of which got some slight alterations (I didn't make some details clear. That's my bad lol)

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(sigh)

Disfruta la Isla, chat

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(Hears about Quackity doing some sort of announcement)

Me: Eh, it's probably some clickbait, either for his gameshow or merch thing, I'll just skip it this time, what could it possibly be???

(Hears about QSMP 2)

Me: Oh for FUCK'S SAKE-

(Runs off to make this post and THEN watch it. Opinion reserved for later lmao)

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Sorry to start 9-1-1 posting on main (alt) but we've had an apparent main character death and my sister and I figured out what's REALLY happening next episode

WE'VE GOT NEW COPIUM CHIMNEY'S IN A COMA DREAM IT WORKS

(I can't believe these cowards only gave Owen Strand a fakeout death but killed off Bobby friggin Nash. This is bullshit and I demand we sacrifice him to bring Bobby back)

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Hey hold up guys this circle looks AWFUL FAMILIAR

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Honestly I'd probably also die in the Deathtrap Maze if the only food source was Subway

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♫ There's a Subway in the Deathtrap Maze ♫

♫ He's working at the Subway in the Deathtrap Maze ♫

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Gang I don't think Tubbo's doing so hot right now

**Edit but it's super ironic that I posted this moments before the Tiny Creatures started cooking him and Bad

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So it's starting to feel like Tubbo's not actually supposed to be here and that's HILARIOUS if that's true

Also he tried to run off immediately after realizing there's Create

And the little Pancake Racoon whose name I didn't see called him gay and lonely

This is starting to feel REAL nostalgic is all I'm saying lmao

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He found a Golden Gun in the chest, right as Tubbo showed up

This feels like a message to SOMEONE

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OH FUCK I MISSED THE NEWS I DIDN'T REALIZE BAD WAS DOING A STREAM WITH THE QSMP EGG ADMINS GODDAMMIT I'M SO FUCKING LATE TO THE PARTY

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I've decided on a whim to re-animate the very first digital animation I ever did outside of Flipnote Studio, and I don't know why it took so long to but it just fucking hit me that I DID THAT FIRST ANIMATION IN PAINT TOOL SAI

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It's basically the most BASIC of basic art programs I know of (outside of MS Paint) with nothing even resembling a timeline feature to be seen ANYWHERE and I just remembered what my entire workflow at the time actually consisted of

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Basically I was using each layer as a frame, lowering the opacity of the previous "frame" and eventually having to go back and put all the opacity back to 100% because my dumbass didn't do it as I was going

THEN I think I had some program that would export very (VERY) short gifs from a set of layers and I had to export like 5 different gifs because it wasn't a great program. If I'm remembering correctly

THENNNNN I edited those gifs together in a really shitty video editor to make one coherent animation

And I think the thing that's bothering me the most was that I didn't do storyboards or roughs, AND I had no way to preview the entire animation as I went. I think I was technically using straight ahead animation before I even knew what any of the principles of animation were because I was BRAND fucking new to that sort of stuff

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OH RIGHT AND ALSO I DIDN'T HAVE A TABLET

I WAS USING VECTOR LAYERS, WITH A MOUSE TO MANUALLY CREATE POINTS ON EACH VECTOR LINE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A FUCKING TABLET

Also shape tools aren't a thing in SAI I think (Or I didn't know how to use them at the time because again I was BRAND new to this) so I literally just had a separate document with a vector circle I made that I would open and copy over every time I needed a circle or oval

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God I REALLY wanted to be an animator back then the MOTIVATION I must've had before is MIND-BOGGLING

I was really out here animating with sticks and berries, fueled by nothing but the grace of god, boredom, and the crippling depression I had from living on my own for the first time in a whole other state than everyone I knew

With I'm pretty sure an ancient laptop even back then with WINDOWS FRIGGIN VISTA. Maybe. I might've upgraded by that point

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On an unrelated note I think I finally figured out how to draw rabbit ears

So there's that I guess

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Alright as a wrap-up for this rant, before I go to bed, I'm gonna make a mistake and give you guys a sneak peek of a frame comparison because I make bad decisions when I'm tired

Also I had to rewatch the clip to get a screenshot because I obviously do not have the original file anymore and I really wasn't joking about not knowing how to draw rabbit ears

Like damn there wasn't ANY effort in those 2017 ears were there??

(Also this bitch somehow looks more AND less goofy in the new version that's an interesting contradiction lmao)

[dnalt-d2]

I've decided on a whim to re-animate the very first digital animation I ever did outside of Flipnote Studio, and I don't know why it took so long to but it just fucking hit me that I DID THAT FIRST ANIMATION IN PAINT TOOL SAI

[dnalt-d2]

It's basically the most BASIC of basic art programs I know of (outside of MS Paint) with nothing even resembling a timeline feature to be seen ANYWHERE and I just remembered what my entire workflow at the time actually consisted of

[dnalt-d2]

Basically I was using each layer as a frame, lowering the opacity of the previous "frame" and eventually having to go back and put all the opacity back to 100% because my dumbass didn't do it as I was going

THEN I think I had some program that would export very (VERY) short gifs from a set of layers and I had to export like 5 different gifs because it wasn't a great program. If I'm remembering correctly

THENNNNN I edited those gifs together in a really shitty video editor to make one coherent animation

And I think the thing that's bothering me the most was that I didn't do storyboards or roughs, AND I had no way to preview the entire animation as I went. I think I was technically using straight ahead animation before I even knew what any of the principles of animation were because I was BRAND fucking new to that sort of stuff

[dnalt-d2]

OH RIGHT AND ALSO I DIDN'T HAVE A TABLET

I WAS USING VECTOR LAYERS, WITH A MOUSE TO MANUALLY CREATE POINTS ON EACH VECTOR LINE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A FUCKING TABLET

Also shape tools aren't a thing in SAI I think (Or I didn't know how to use them at the time because again I was BRAND new to this) so I literally just had a separate document with a vector circle I made that I would open and copy over every time I needed a circle or oval

[dnalt-d2]

God I REALLY wanted to be an animator back then the MOTIVATION I must've had before is MIND-BOGGLING

I was really out here animating with sticks and berries, fueled by nothing but the grace of god, boredom, and the crippling depression I had from living on my own for the first time in a whole other state than everyone I knew

With I'm pretty sure an ancient laptop even back then with WINDOWS FRIGGIN VISTA. Maybe. I might've upgraded by that point

[dnalt-d2]

On an unrelated note I think I finally figured out how to draw rabbit ears

So there's that I guess

[dnalt-d2]

I've decided on a whim to re-animate the very first digital animation I ever did outside of Flipnote Studio, and I don't know why it took so long to but it just fucking hit me that I DID THAT FIRST ANIMATION IN PAINT TOOL SAI

[dnalt-d2]

It's basically the most BASIC of basic art programs I know of (outside of MS Paint) with nothing even resembling a timeline feature to be seen ANYWHERE and I just remembered what my entire workflow at the time actually consisted of

[dnalt-d2]

Basically I was using each layer as a frame, lowering the opacity of the previous "frame" and eventually having to go back and put all the opacity back to 100% because my dumbass didn't do it as I was going

THEN I think I had some program that would export very (VERY) short gifs from a set of layers and I had to export like 5 different gifs because it wasn't a great program. If I'm remembering correctly

THENNNNN I edited those gifs together in a really shitty video editor to make one coherent animation

And I think the thing that's bothering me the most was that I didn't do storyboards or roughs, AND I had no way to preview the entire animation as I went. I think I was technically using straight ahead animation before I even knew what any of the principles of animation were because I was BRAND fucking new to that sort of stuff

[dnalt-d2]

OH RIGHT AND ALSO I DIDN'T HAVE A TABLET

I WAS USING VECTOR LAYERS, WITH A MOUSE TO MANUALLY CREATE POINTS ON EACH VECTOR LINE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A FUCKING TABLET

Also shape tools aren't a thing in SAI I think (Or I didn't know how to use them at the time because again I was BRAND new to this) so I literally just had a separate document with a vector circle I made that I would open and copy over every time I needed a circle or oval

[dnalt-d2]

God I REALLY wanted to be an animator back then the MOTIVATION I must've had before is MIND-BOGGLING

I was really out here animating with sticks and berries, fueled by nothing but the grace of god, boredom, and the crippling depression I had from living on my own for the first time in a whole other state than everyone I knew

With I'm pretty sure an ancient laptop even back then with WINDOWS FRIGGIN VISTA. Maybe. I might've upgraded by that point

[dnalt-d2]

I've decided on a whim to re-animate the very first digital animation I ever did outside of Flipnote Studio, and I don't know why it took so long to but it just fucking hit me that I DID THAT FIRST ANIMATION IN PAINT TOOL SAI

[dnalt-d2]

It's basically the most BASIC of basic art programs I know of (outside of MS Paint) with nothing even resembling a timeline feature to be seen ANYWHERE and I just remembered what my entire workflow at the time actually consisted of

[dnalt-d2]

Basically I was using each layer as a frame, lowering the opacity of the previous "frame" and eventually having to go back and put all the opacity back to 100% because my dumbass didn't do it as I was going

THEN I think I had some program that would export very (VERY) short gifs from a set of layers and I had to export like 5 different gifs because it wasn't a great program. If I'm remembering correctly

THENNNNN I edited those gifs together in a really shitty video editor to make one coherent animation

And I think the thing that's bothering me the most was that I didn't do storyboards or roughs, AND I had no way to preview the entire animation as I went. I think I was technically using straight ahead animation before I even knew what any of the principles of animation were because I was BRAND fucking new to that sort of stuff

[dnalt-d2]

OH RIGHT AND ALSO I DIDN'T HAVE A TABLET

I WAS USING VECTOR LAYERS, WITH A MOUSE TO MANUALLY CREATE POINTS ON EACH VECTOR LINE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A FUCKING TABLET

Also shape tools aren't a thing in SAI I think (Or I didn't know how to use them at the time because again I was BRAND new to this) so I literally just had a separate document with a vector circle I made that I would open and copy over every time I needed a circle or oval

[dnalt-d2]

I've decided on a whim to re-animate the very first digital animation I ever did outside of Flipnote Studio, and I don't know why it took so long to but it just fucking hit me that I DID THAT FIRST ANIMATION IN PAINT TOOL SAI

[dnalt-d2]

It's basically the most BASIC of basic art programs I know of (outside of MS Paint) with nothing even resembling a timeline feature to be seen ANYWHERE and I just remembered what my entire workflow at the time actually consisted of

[dnalt-d2]

Basically I was using each layer as a frame, lowering the opacity of the previous "frame" and eventually having to go back and put all the opacity back to 100% because my dumbass didn't do it as I was going

THEN I think I had some program that would export very (VERY) short gifs from a set of layers and I had to export like 5 different gifs because it wasn't a great program. If I'm remembering correctly

THENNNNN I edited those gifs together in a really shitty video editor to make one coherent animation

And I think the thing that's bothering me the most was that I didn't do storyboards or roughs, AND I had no way to preview the entire animation as I went. I think I was technically using straight ahead animation before I even knew what any of the principles of animation were because I was BRAND fucking new to that sort of stuff