Rebecca's Mindless Creativity

Animator, Story Artist, Singer, Voice Actress... and all around dorky fan of obscure things. Hard to believe I'm an adult sometimes.

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“hello my geeks and peeps! my explainers and entertainers! my little oodelallys!” (x)

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HOW TO CREEP OUT YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBERS AT CONS!

Featuring TomSka, JaidenAnimations, and Daneboe!

A tongue and cheek How To video about all the ways I’ve creeped out people in the past!

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I made a cipher style secret code and I think I made it too hard. Hahaha. Any Gravity Falls fans willing to give this a shot?

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My top three. TomSka, Markiplier, Daneboe

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DON’T LISTEN TO THE DEMON

A talk about the voices in your head and which one you should listen to.

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Reblogging for Positive Thinking Day.

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DON'T LISTEN TO THE DEMON A talk about the voices in your head and which one you should listen to.

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Recent work.

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Me in my previous life... :B

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Courage is sexy.

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Some #MerMay related stuff.

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Some of my portraiture work.

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What is the true cost of piracy to an independent creator?

I just saw a torrent site that had more than a thousand illegal downloads of my Photoshop Megapack … in 24 hours. Seriously, how many people use Photoshop out there?! I mean, of course I’m upset, but I’m equally baffled by this number - I didn’t realize that many people had an interest in making digital art. It’s nuts.

Artists stealing from artists. I can’t understand it.

And I am always afraid to raise my already insultingly low prices BECAUSE I am afraid of more piracy. So, what am I supposed to do here? 

The sad truth is that I either DO need to raise prices to make up for the gross number of thefts and keep my income stream from diminishing (which would, of course, make them less affordable for students and young pros), or I need to completely change the business model somehow to somehow fight piracy. I don’t know how to change it, exactly, but since piracy of my products has been steadily increasing every year since I started, I need to figure something out.

Final thought: If just 5% of those people had bought legally, I’d have made $750 today. Okay, okay - that thought will definitely not improve my mood.

If you are a victim of piracy of your creative products, and you have some thoughts on this topic, I welcome them in comment form. Also, if you agree that this behavior is disgusting, and that we artists should be supporting one another, rather than acting like cannibals, then PLEASE REBLOG. Perhaps, if we make a little noise, it will at least make people reconsider using torrent sites when they realize that working artists are behind all of the creative products they love: music, art, film - all of it.

Thanks for reading. - Kyle

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I own every one of Kyle’s brush packs and paid for every one of them. If you consider yourself a creator, PAY FOR THE TOOLS that a fellow creator spent time and effort to make.

If Kyle doubled or tripled his prices, I’d still pay for them because they’re WORTH IT, but that would sadly just make piracy worse, because apparently WAAAH I’M POOR or LAZY apparently means people feel entitled to something for nothing. No. Pay up or cope without until you can.

If you are, in addition, a PROFESSIONAL and have stolen Kyle brushes, then you are a disgrace and should know better.

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Bra? I think you mean my front pockets.

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Today's loafing/working from home outfit accidentally turned out cute.

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Deadlines.

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FLAN