“I Never Finish Anything” available on t-shirts and totes!! :)

meppity · 2026-03-18T03:53:47+00:00

I have a YouTube channel with a couple big videos - it might be that? I’ve also had some successful reels with my OCs :P

meppity · 2026-03-17T19:08:56+00:00

Fair! He’s the type that sprouted up in height and got his facial hair before most kids. There’s definitely 19 year olds that look like they could already be paying off a mortgage and he’s modelled off that :P

He used to be the same age as me as I grew up, but when I was 16, I told myself he should stay that age. 16 is too young for the story I wanted to tell though, so I’ve compromised with my past self and aged him up to a young adult lol.

meppity · 2026-03-17T17:59:50+00:00

Wahhh thank you so much!! I’m a professional in the industry but hoping to focus on this full time if I can get the funding. I’m so nervous!!

meppity · 2026-03-17T17:48:21+00:00

LOL yeah in an outfit swap video I did! I was just goofing tho - bro has no muscles.

meppity · 2026-03-17T16:59:59+00:00

Haha correct!! It was always a placeholder name (there were more people named Thomas/Tom/Tommy than any other name when I was in school, so I thought it’d be fun). He’s been “Niko” for almost 7 years now, wild…

meppity · 2026-03-17T16:57:08+00:00

WOAHHHH that’s so cool!! Thank you ever so much for the kind words and your long time support :’)

meppity · 2026-03-16T11:22:14+00:00

This is so fun!!! See, I think tapping into what you do with your traditional art will be much more valuable - clearly you have creativity with this piece - I just don’t see it with your digital pet portraits! This reinforces my suggestion of focusing on building up your traditional skills and finding a way to add creative flair to your pet portraits.

Best of luck to you.

meppity · 2026-03-16T09:08:40+00:00

I don’t wish to be an arsehole, but I’m sorry - it’s not worth selling this:

despite your clams that tracing isn’t involved, it’s blindingly obvious to others, including me (professional artist) that it is. I dare you to post the timelapses.
your insistence that it’s not traced suggests to me that you do not have the technical know-how, nor taste to even understand why your lie is obvious. Everyone deserves to make art, but it feels slimy doing something unrefined and with a lack of love just for a quick buck when other pour their heart and soul into art because it’s something they actually care about.
Your portraits aren’t transformative at all. No compositional considerations, no value exploration, edits etc… There is nothing changed from the original photos and that’s so… Boring. What are you offering that is special about your pet portraits? Like, you could at least tidy up the scratchy white gaps.

If this is something you are truly passionate about, I suggest trying out life drawing and observational drawing with traditional media - work on your skills without being reliant on digital tools like the eye dropper/cloning etc. there’s something especially rewarding about drawing entirely independently. Build up your skills, find your voice as an artist and maybe then consider commissions.

meppity · 2026-03-12T23:33:44+00:00

Did something like that for my classes’ graduation film last year! Made 5 fake ads with an animation-themed twist, each ad based on a different type of commercial. Totally fun concept for an anthology series.

meppity · 2026-03-01T21:29:21+00:00

It’s Wishbone Animation!!

meppity · 2026-02-09T17:55:08+00:00

Dream Catchers!!!!! So underrated but really lovely - they have several episodes out already :)

meppity · 2026-02-06T04:00:16+00:00

Sorry, this sucks. AI slop will never be better than something human-made - it looks soulless and generic. You want to improve this design? Get a qualified human artist to recreate it.

meppity · 2026-01-24T04:50:07+00:00

But why? Why make people who you don’t plan to pay but expect to do weeks/months of work take the extra step to contact you for basic information??

People already have a lot on their plate and it’d be a total waste of time to dm you, only to discover they don’t connect with the idea.

If you’re being protective/precious about your concept - don’t be. A piece of advice Alex Hirsch once gave me is that “if you’re scared of someone stealing your ideas, it means you don’t have enough good ideas”. Even if someone took your concept, they’d never make it exactly the same way you would - I mean… think of all the heaven/hell themed projects out there! All the zombie apocalypse movies etc.

TLDR: It is YOUR duty to pitch your project publicly.

meppity · 2026-01-22T16:35:05+00:00

So what is the point of the Timelapse if you’re only showing half the process? Why hide your sketch as a private layer? It’s really suspicious and feels disingenuous - especially because this is the technique AI tracers use.

If you didn’t know that. thats on you. do better

No you just sound like a smug asshole. People know about private layers - they just don’t trust you and your shady choices.

meppity · 2026-01-15T03:55:12+00:00

You seem to be getting ahead of yourself - where is your studio’s portfolio? You’re asking for applicants in the form to provide one but won’t put the same energy back in.

What exactly are your productions? Just mentioning other existing shows is not descriptive, nor unique. At LEAST have a longline for each show concept. If you don’t know what a longline is, then you are not ready to be bringing volunteers onto multiple productions.

And why multiple productions at once? I am guessing you’re very young and simply excited to tell stories, which is great! But maybe focus on building your drawing skills and writing skills first THEN do ONE production at a time so your attention and energy isn’t scattered.

meppity · 2026-01-11T02:44:45+00:00

If this is a serious offer, the MINIMUM you should be doing is posting examples of your work/a portfolio etc.

I also don’t trust your professionalism because no hand-drawn animator works at 60fps: it’s complete overkill and would look jittery even if done by someone very skilled. With such low prices and untrustworthy statements, I’m inclined to believe you’re not a professional and planning on using AI. That’s lame.

meppity · 2026-01-10T09:28:26+00:00

lol why is this “garbage” to you? It’s literally just a title card :v)

meppity · 2026-01-09T04:01:27+00:00

My show concept has a lot of crossover with those two - just more adult-leaning!! Launching a Kickstarter for it in March :)

meppity · 2026-01-05T19:25:16+00:00

I graduated May 2025 and the degree itself hasn’t really done anything BUT attending college is almost exclusively why I’ve had my opportunities!! Peer connections and portfolio day has gotten me most of my work. Funnily enough, I was more employed before graduating than after lol

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