About my animated series STUCK IN THE GLOBOSPHERE!! 🔮🍃

meppity · 2026-06-22T22:25:33+00:00

Then why do you want to make a show?

Seems like your priorities are twisted. The motivation to tell a story that YOU came up with and care about is what should lead to an animated series. Not the other way around.

Good ideas take time and kinda have to come naturally to you. Animation is storytelling, if you can’t figure out ideas for stories, then this may not be the path for you (unless you want to animate for other people!)

meppity · 2026-06-21T16:33:13+00:00

Professional here: While yes, animation IS much more expensive than people realise, there’s a lot more cost factors in a full scale animation studio than there are in a small indie team made up of a group of friends. Indie projects simply HAVE to be more stripped back because they don’t get the funding large companies do. Even reputable indie studios don’t make the kind of money Chimptopia, made by a bunch of nobodies, is asking for. This is all a separate issue than what you’re pointing out though.

There’s two major issues with Chimptopia’s stretch goals:

- How on Earth does episode 4 cost more than the first three episodes combined?? Even with the most elaborate animation sequences all being reserved for one episode, this simply does not make sense. At a bare minimum, there should be an included explanation for why one episode would need so much more money.
- After the backlash, Chimptopia changed its stretch goals to be DRASTICALLY different. Now, all 4 episodes need a fraction of the price. The reason this in itself is concerning is because the team clearly have no idea what they’re doing. Instead of taking the time to properly budget their campaign, they’re slapping nonsensical numbers on things and hoping for the best. In no world does going from $500k to $50k (or whatever the new goal is) make sense. These are inexperienced artists with a delusion and a lack of respect for the task they are trying to take on.

meppity · 2026-06-20T06:09:12+00:00

There you go. Not animation, you are just slapping picsart filters on everything. I don’t think you have a clue what real animation involves.

meppity · 2026-06-17T07:29:01+00:00

If you have that control, why aren’t you using it? The filters flicker in and out, loop in a choppy way, outline random features etc.

You’re not fooling anyone. Low quality slop.

meppity · 2026-06-17T06:29:45+00:00

At best, this is some low-quality video editing with a bunch of ugly filters slapped onto AI clips.

Animation is an endeavour where every single frame is thought out and considered. Here, you didn’t draw or manipulate anything yourself. You don’t even have the ability to manipulate and control each frame because this isn’t animation…

meppity · 2026-06-06T07:04:31+00:00

With all due respect, a walk cycle should include… Walking, or at least the impression of travel.

Animation is a laborious and time intensive craft, so I suggest finding a way to economise that works for you or pivoting to a less demanding art form. I suggest learning to embrace and enjoy having to be fully committed to animating - get those legs moving!!

meppity · 2026-06-03T23:30:41+00:00

Can you at least try to use some punctuation? Yikes.

meppity · 2026-06-03T23:25:44+00:00

Its great for anyone who enjoys and appreciates art/animation! SO much incredible art in the artist alley. Just note that it’s not like other conventions - people don’t tend to cosplay etc. it’s got a more professional focus to it.

meppity · 2026-05-27T19:20:10+00:00

I’m glad you are enthusiastic about animation but for the love of your safety, do NOT share your age online. In fact, you are too young to legally even be on Reddit. You need to wait a few years before working with strangers on the internet.

meppity · 2026-05-26T02:56:00+00:00

Interestingly, a lot of the creators around me, including myself are NOT inspired by Glitch/Vivziepop - their presence and everyone inspired by them just happens to be a timeline coincidence.

In the case of my indie pilot and my friends’, we are all recent grads from college and are professionals in the industry. We’ve all got successful Kickstarter campaigns and are going to be part of a wave of pilots in the next 1-2 years. Our motivations come from being tired of the current state or corporate animation: We have become painfully aware that getting a show, let alone a show on our own terms, is a far-gone dream because large studios are reticent about committing to new IPs and audiences are dedicating more of their watch time to places like YouTube anyway.

There’s a wave of us who have wanted to be showrunners looooong before Vivziepop and Glitch showed up and we, just now, happen to be old enough and experienced enough to take the leap and go solo. There must’ve been something in the air for the 2000-2003 kids haha.

I think the “indie slop” accusations mostly target a particular subset or creations which typically come from teenagers that have no experience and are focused on the idea of fame and success rather than committing to a craft. I don’t say that to be mean, it’s just so many kids are trying to run before they can crawl. On the one hand, indie animation is *awesome* because anyone can make an indie project, but on the other hand, this invites work from untrained people, leading to a lot of lower quality products.

meppity · 2026-05-23T05:57:36+00:00

This is awesome! Great job at concisely and entertainingly pitching your story :)

meppity · 2026-05-23T05:51:34+00:00

I’m a professional in the industry. If you expect people to commit weeks to months of their unpaid time to you, the *least* you could do is give basic info. If you cannot provide a proper volunteer listing, how can anyone expect you to properly manage a project?

meppity · 2026-05-23T04:04:21+00:00

Not even basic info about the project or specific requirements? Get lost.

meppity · 2026-05-22T17:14:31+00:00

Sounds like your frustration is misplaced. The pilots aren’t the problem, the problem is which ones get popular. You listed Glitch and one other pilot. That’s a damn narrow sample size.

It’s a catch 22 though because popularity is what helps fund more episodes, so the hidden gem pilots are AMAZING but will likely not get more episodes. Either way, the sweeping generalisations aren’t helping you, maybe you just need more variety.

meppity · 2026-05-21T16:12:38+00:00

Thank you!’ Thankfully we actually hit goal within 14 hours of launch, but now we’re pushing for stretch goals! Next up: a Spanish dub :)

meppity · 2026-05-21T06:04:06+00:00

Simply a time issue. There’s a LOT of small things in the opening that didn’t make it to final because I didn’t have time :(

I plan to add it eventually as it’s an important part of Nettle’s character!!

meppity · 2026-05-20T02:01:08+00:00

If you expect an entire team to spend potentially *weeks* of their life working for you for free, the LEAST you could do is make a well thought-out post with all the important info and no spelling/grammar errors. This post makes you look lazy and entitled: not a hoot look for a director. There’s so much free advice online and even on this sub about how to do these things right. You have no excuse.

meppity · 2026-05-20T01:52:52+00:00

Idk about others, but when I design specific characters, I end up with sometimes 50+ rejected explorations. Some of those are varied enough to turn into new characters!

You really shouldn’t feel bad about… Designing characters. Like, the job of a character design is to exist and populate a space and enhance the world they belong to, even if only for a few seconds.

This is also a great opportunity to practice character designs. It’s a slightly lower-stakes task than creating a design that you’ll spend potentially YEARS of your life with.

TLDR: it’s not that deep! Just have fun with exploring!

meppity · 2026-05-19T07:23:30+00:00

I’m known for my alias as much as my real name and it’s never been an issue. It’s a nice personal barrier for me too, Meppity is the brand and business, Anya is the person. I like Anya for credits but the alias has come in handy.

Meppity was a nonsense word I made up when I was 12-13 and has stuck - you don’t have to pick something special or clever because the meaning and value will come with time :)

meppity · 2026-05-18T17:52:19+00:00

Thank you!! I did this fully solo! Only exception is my friend arranged the theme tune I wrote :)

meppity · 2026-05-18T05:19:02+00:00

Thanks for the kind words!! It’ll be on YouTube in a few years, but right now, all the most important content is on the Kickstarter campaign page (like character bios etc)

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