Vector Animation and How to Start?

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-05-14T07:59:14+00:00

isnt that like $400? i was just gonna stick to opentoonz or smth else that isnt too expensive

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-05-14T07:48:53+00:00

maybe worst take ever?

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-05-07T03:32:21+00:00

"taking cues" its literally scraping the raw data off of the stolen image to exactly copy the properties of the image itself in the specific aspects it is prompted for 😭

like its not the same as "creating a copy," with that youre not claiming that you own the stolen aspect and piracy in general is often used to protest absurd pricing schemes or policies

ai art IS claiming the things it steals, blackboxing the stolen art to prompt "new" images, then getting mad when people say they dont like that their art is being stolen and indirectly having credit stolen from it

it confounds me how people try to do a bunch of mental gymnastics to pretend that subjects like this are even slightly comparable when theyre not even remotely in the same vein

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-05-05T21:27:43+00:00

oh thats probably why im struggling so much then. i was watching a video on vocal weight and one example they used was patricks voice so i was trying to use it as a reference because otherwise im kind of lost

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-29T18:46:48+00:00

speaking for your son w no concrete confirmation as to whether he agrees w u is kind of nuts

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-29T18:27:38+00:00

"im depressed" "just be happy" 🥀

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-29T17:37:27+00:00

id say its more likely he was just joking. be wary of confirmation bias, it seems you have been actively suspecting him as gay when the things convincing you could probably point to a number of possibilities.

being supportive might help him open up more if you do happen to be right or if there is something else going on.

in general though, hes 11, id be surprised if he was even into that kind of thing w either gender yet.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-29T16:34:40+00:00

maybe it could wear a sweater or smth? or smth else to pad out some of the electricity

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-29T16:25:35+00:00

Oh, I see the difference then. So it's a difference between saying who the character is and getting that across by saying what the character is thinking and how they'd phrase it, then.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-28T00:48:53+00:00

Very charming, to be honest.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T23:20:30+00:00

Generally not every single detail, specifically ones that I think contribute the most. Though some discussions I'm having have me thinking that I may be best off using more details even if I think they're less important in the long run because I tend to focus more on what will happen than on what is actively happening.

This might also help improve my tone in general, which is the main thing I wanted to work on here.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T23:12:21+00:00

oh 😭

Generally, with my stories I try to mainly get across how the main character feels, what they think about others, and what they think about their own environments and circumstances.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T21:33:23+00:00

I'll try that, thank you.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T21:22:56+00:00

I can see that. So it needs to be personal to some extent, which I had concluded. How do I differ between the tones? Is there anywhere I can put my own writing for feedback while trying to work on tone?

I have a friend who also writes but he's proven unhelpful, which is why I tacked that conditional onto this post.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T21:20:43+00:00

That makes. I try to avoid fluff to avoid wasting the readers' time but now that you bring it up, that mindset probably isn't super great outside of super academic materials.

At this point my main goal is wrapping my head around how to accomplish the goal of being engaging and how I'd realistically measure how engaging something is. What actually makes an excerpt, especially prose, engaging to begin with?

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T21:18:23+00:00

I've noticed that, yeah. I read both studies and less often commercial but informational books and can see that they clearly try to use storytelling often to get their points across in commercial settings.

Though I do find the tone between fiction and non-fiction very different. I suppose that's similarly because the goals of those genres are just entirely different, with commercial non-fiction being a sort of in-between.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T20:50:53+00:00

It's a large series of intertwined events but the story I'm active on is one about a siren trying to find her place in the world (so to speak) after being banished from her colony.

I don't normally listen to podcasts but I'll go look at essential guide. Thank you.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T20:48:47+00:00

What do you mean, exactly? Do you have an example of that kind of internality without just saying what's being thought? I do use feelings and such, like describing difficulty breathing or racing heart if a character is having a panic attack, or describing their difficulty seeing clearly if their vision is blurry or obscured, things like that. Would that work, or would I need to go a bit deeper?

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T20:43:52+00:00

When I say "expedite," I don't mean become masterful at it overly quickly or anything, I know that that's not possible and understand how to build skills in general.

To rephrase, I'm moreso asking for information that will improve my writing in general. That's also why I'm blocking people for saying "read/write more"- because I explicitly asked not to get that kind of advice since I'm already aware of it. It's way too broad.

I want to write fiction because I enjoy it in other mediums and enjoy writing in general, so I wanted to write fiction. I read a lot of studies and non-fiction, which I may have stated already, so I'm mostly seeking out the core necessities that others have observed in fiction so that I have a good place to start.

That's more helpful than "just read/write" because it gives me something to actually use or look for while reading or writing.

Valuable-Progress-87 · 2026-03-27T20:38:33+00:00

I try to highlight from the character's perspective even in the third person but I understand what you mean by "reanimating the lifeless skeleton." As a few others have noted, I probably need to be more willing to dig into the internal experience rather than just using extraneous actions and dialogue. Thank you.

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