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Scribbles: You came to the right episode.
Please welcome today’s host: CloudCuckooCountry!

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[applause]

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CloudCuckooCountry: Hello everyone, and hello
Crowne. It’s good to be here.

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Scribbles: Cloud is going to read all of your
animation questions, which I sorted into these

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lovely categories. The bonus FUN questions
are scattered throughout the episode. Alright

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Cloud, take it away.

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Cloud: And the first category is… Art! Here
is the first letter.

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Ledacacic88: How can a young artist find his
or her style?

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If you draw the same thing repeatedly over
a few years, you will naturally develop a

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style. Making a comic is a good way to find
a style. Even if you start by mimicking someone

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else’s style, eventually you’ll think
of ways you want to improve or change it.

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Many people asked: What are the best free
programs for drawing or animating?

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Read the list of programs under episode five.

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Renee: How much money should I be spending
on my art as a hobby?

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If art is a big priority in your life, it’s
normal to spend money on supplies and programs.

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You might even prefer to get a tablet as a
present than a video game system. As long

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as your art spending isn’t affecting other
areas important to you, like paying for food

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or college, then it’s fine.

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S-HowlingStallion: Is it better to critique
your own work, or have others point out things

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that you can improve on?

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It is much more useful to get critique from
other people. They will see what you cannot.

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Zack: How exactly do you get an image in your
head to appear on your paper or computer screen?

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I have such great ideas but when I try to
draw it, the idea doesn't come out the way

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I envisioned.

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The longer you make art, the closer you will
get to putting your imagination on paper.

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It takes a few years. Also, you find out that
not having it come out the way you imagined

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can actually make the piece of art better.

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Friender Ender88 + Rebecca: What is your favorite
Pokemon?

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I say this unironically. Magikarp.

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Midnight Blaze: What platform do you think
would be best to promote your art/animations

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and reach out to different people?

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YouTube for videos, DeviantArt for artwork.

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Thomas: I have heard drawing “not safe for
work art” can hurt your ability to get a

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job in the art industry. Do you think this
is true, and would you ever consider drawing

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mature art for profit?

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This is true. If there are two qualified candidates
for a job, and I see one of them draws a lot

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of porn, I hire the other artist. Yeah, employers
are judgemental, it sucks, but there’s an

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easy fix: make your not safe for work art
under a pen name.

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Just like any other specialized art category,
you have to build a good reputation to make

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money drawing mature art. If I took a real
interest in drawing it, I’d start a new

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identity to handle those commissions.

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Eve: Could you show us some examples of earlier
work?

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Cloud: And the next category is Animation!
Alena: Do you suggest Toon Boom or Flash?

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Toon Boom.

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Branden: Chunky or smooth peanut butter?

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Chunky!

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Awes0me Panda: I'm going to get an animation
software soon, and I was wondering what would

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be the best thing to do first: walk cycles,
face expressions, or just get used to the

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program?

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Learn the basics of the program, especially
the tools. You’ll learn the tools faster

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if you try to make something simple, like
a blink. Look up tutorials if you get stuck.

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Warriorwyatt: How long did it take for you
to be at this point in animating?

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Six years self-taught, but I’ve only been
animating a lot for three years.

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Ravenhoof: What's the dumbest thing you've
done as an animator so far?

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Cloud: Invite me on. Ha ha ha!

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Micheal T: What is the best way to do motion
blurs and/or smear frames?

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Motion blur depends on what programs you are
using. Smear frames, on the other hand: the

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principle is to show the path of motion and
shapes that connect two extreme poses. You

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can have lots of crazy fun with them.

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Zack: How difficult is it to animate a character
in 60fps?

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Puppet animation: it takes two to three times
longer.

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Traditional animation: don’t.

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Rebecca: Do you ever have projects you didn't
like the outcome of, or think could use improvement?

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When I finish something I can at least say,
this is okay, it’s good. Improvement? Everything

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can use improvement. I even know exactly what
to do, but it’s too expensive to make it

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better.

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kyle wuvswubs: What are some of the worst
and best characters you have made?

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I really, really wish I still had the drawings,
but I think I tore the pages out of my journal

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because I could never find them. I made Tiger
Dragon, Turtle Dragon and Eagle Dragon.

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Cyn, Argent, Bingo, and Raúl are the best.
Cloud: Spinning the wheel again. This isn’t

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prescripted at aaaaaaaaaaaalllllll. Business!
A few people asked: How did you determine

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your commission prices?

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I kept a log of all the commissions I did
that showed hours spent for each project.

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I used the log to determine the normal time
it takes and multiplied that time by an hourly

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rate.

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Animation prices are complicated so those
I have to custom estimate depending on the

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order.

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William C: Would it be more profitable to
work freelance or get a job in a studio?

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A studio, by far. As a freelancer you have
to make 20% more than a studio salary to make

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up for the hidden costs of working for yourself.
(self employment tax, health insurance, business

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insurance, business registration & filing
requirements)

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Kevin F: Is Scribble Kibble and YouTube your
main source of income right now or do you

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also do things like commissions or part time
jobs?

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I make less than $100 a month from YouTube.
Commissions (animations for other channels)

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are my main source of income and tips plus
Patreons are the second.

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ValorZeroAdvent: Heya, I'm just wondering,
what is your MBTI type (Myers-Brigg Type Indicator)?

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I usually test as an INTJ. I find personality
tests like this fun but not useful.

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Rainbow Woof: My goal is to become an animator
and own my own studio. How did the bigger

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animation studios start and how do they work?

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Two ways a world class studio starts: with
one or two visionary artists working in a

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run down shack, or with a small team of already
successful studio people breaking away and

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starting their own company.

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If by big studio you mean one that employs
at least a few hundred people, they are corporate

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environments that function like any big business.
You have departments, like finance, legal,

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sales, animation production. The whole studio
is owned by shareholders (investors), who

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get a percentage of company profits. Like
how you can buy some shares of Disney or Dreamworks.

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Shareholders want to make money, so they appoint
a Board of Directors to control the animation

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studio. The Board decides what the studio
is going to do to make the most money. The

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Board also hires the highest level staff in
the studio, and those people are responsible

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for hiring other employees and developing
animation ideas they can present to the board.

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The staff at the studio pitch ideas to the
Board about animations they want to make.

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Whoever is pitching the idea has to compromise
between the vision of the artists downstairs

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and what the Board wants to see, which is
an animation that will make lots of money.

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Ella: I’ve been using Flash for around three
years. I can't seem to learn how to use other

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programs and I've been worrying about my future
as an animator. If I want to get into TV or

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Film animation, will I have to learn how to
use another program?

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Yes. Flash is still used in TV animation,
but it was never a film quality software.

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I wouldn’t say Flash is kicking the bucket
quite yet because Adobe is pushing hard to

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improve Adobe Animate, but so many TV studios
are switching to Toon Boom that right now

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Toon Boom is what I recommend for North American
animators.

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Ffsssksk grbarout aroulourarloraromoroor.

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Elijah: I'm a high school student interested
in some sort of art career, and I was wondering

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if animation is a viable field right now?
Could I actually get a job coming out of college,

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or is it super competitive?

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Animation is not as competitive as you would
think. 3D animation is a really good field

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to be in right now. We haven’t moved on
from 2D completely - anime and cartoons are

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still going strong - but 2D is dead in the
film world and most major games require 3D

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animation now.

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Scribbles: That’s the first half of our
show. Let’s roll intermission with some

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art and comments you sent in.

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Cloud: And we’re back. You’re listening
to Scribble Kibble, thanks for tuning in.

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This is the Q & A episode and the next category
is Scribble Kibble, the show. Let’s take

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it away!
LaniBoss: Where did you get the idea for Scribble

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Kibble?

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I wanted to make a show I could post weekly,
and I saw an opportunity. None of the cartoon

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reviewers talk about how to make an animation,
and none of them talk about indie cartoons.

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If Scribble Kibble was just a review show
I wouldn’t want to do it, but I like teaching.

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xxWolfii: What flavor is the scribble kibble
and can my dog or I eat it?

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Scribble Kibble is a healthy addition to any
human or animal diet and comes in four flavors:

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chicken, beef, shrimp, and banana.

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AStrollWithMyShadow: Where do you find the
animations to feature?

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I’m subscribed to animation studio channels
on YouTube and I follow a lot of independent

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animators, who run around shouting every time
they see something cool. I prioritize animations

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that get mentioned a lot in the comments.

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Panicmun + CynderGirl77 + Kryn: How did you
come up with the design for Scribbles, and

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did you ever write a story for the character?

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Scribbles is an adaptation of this horse color
scheme.

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Scribbles had a story, but she grew away from
it. All I know right now is she lives in a

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happy world with a lot of different animals.

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Lpssplashpaint: What is your favorite show
that ended?

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Firefly. WHY. WHYYYYY (cries).

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Metrosaurus Rex: Where else can I find an
animation or drawing lessons via videos like

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Scribble Kibble? It is very fun and easy to
understand.

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For art: Aaron Blaise and Draw With Jazza
Brain Dump is the closest show style to Scribble

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Kibble. The production value is a lot higher,
but the content is definitely not for everyone.

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If you like dirty, irreverent humor, check
it out!

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OsageOrange: What do you feel is the best
part of making a Scribble Kibble episode?

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The fan mail and art! Hearing that Scribble
Kibble inspired someone to try art or go back

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to making it, or that the show makes people
happier. Easily the best part.

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Cloud: Only two categories left. Spin, wheel.

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Many of you asked: I want to make art or videos.
Where do I start?

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Anywhere. If you have an idea for a comic
or a show, start it now. Don’t wait until

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you’re a better artist, or it’ll never
happen. If you’re too scared to start, make

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some things for yourself and build the courage
to post them. If you’re not motivated enough

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to start, then maybe art isn’t for you.
Drawing always made me feel better, so if

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drawing doesn’t do anything for you then
maybe your hobby is something else. Cooking,

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gardening, small engine repair, music.

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Another popular question: What inspired you
to start animating in the first place?

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I watched animated movies all my life and
never thought it was possible to make them

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myself. Then I discovered YouTube and saw
these simple cartoons made in MS Paint and

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thought woah, maybe I could make one after
all!

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Angsty Doqq: I struggle with procrastination
a bit too much. Any tips on how I can overcome

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that?

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Set a deadline. Procrastinators need deadlines.
Make it simple, like, “I am going to post

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one 30 second animation a month,” and tell
everybody that is your schedule. Then you

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know that if you fail to deliver, you disappoint
all of your subscribers.

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1C3 W01F: How do you live with the fact that
everything you do is not controlled by you,

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but your creator? That your response to this
question will not be from you?

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Why is my creator bored enough to be talking
to itself through two drones and make a few

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thousand other predestined drones listen?

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A simulation isn’t any fun if you don’t
allow randomness and free will.

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FramedDragon08: Where do you think your channel
will be in a few years?

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In a few years everything will be different.
Scribble Kibble will be scaled back or completed

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and an original animated series will be in
its place.

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Unless I can’t make enough money, I go to
work for a company, and my channel goes back

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to being a dump for the rare memes I can make
in my spare time.

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WizemanTheWicked: Right now the animated movie
scene is dominated by 3D animation. Do you

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think 2D animated movies will make a comeback
any time soon?

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No. 2D animated movies are dead. They are
like black and white films. Nobody wants to

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invest in a 2D animated movie. It costs too
much and doesn’t make money the way a 3D

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movie does. 2D animation will not make a comeback.

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2D is still really strong in the independent
industry, so as long as you don’t want to

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go work for a major video game company or
movie studio, you can do 2D.

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Aaron: With the ever increasing sophistication
of computer software, it is possible in the

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future that most of the animation processes
could be automated. What level of automation

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is acceptable?

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Totally possible. I used to think art couldn’t
be replaced by a computer, but now I know

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I’m wrong. The programs today that allow
computers to imagine and create new art out

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of nothing are primitive, but give it time.
Compared to giving a computer an imagination,

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programming it to automate a walk cycle is
easy.

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It’s depressing to think we can program
away everything, even art, but I like to imagine

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that the human race is on a path towards more
creativity, not less. There’s more freedom

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and tools and knowledge than ever before.

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Royal: Why is there an "e" at the end of "Crowne"?

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Scribbles: The “e” makes it fancy.

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Cloud: Because it’s fancy!

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Scribbles: Hey, this turned out to be a pretty
educational episode. I mean, chunky versus

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smooth peanut butter. Who knew?

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Well, for more of my voice stick around, for
more of CloudCuckooCountry’s voice, here

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is his channel.

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And thank you so much for sticking around
to the end of the first season of Scribble

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Kibble. So against all odds, here’s to a
nice, relaxing new year!

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Cloud: Happy New Year. Goodbye everyone.

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[music by Josh Woodward la la la la]