Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Got a new Bluesky account. Not sure how active I'll be there, but we'll just see how it goes for now.
bsky.app/profile/woutmees.bsky.social
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Today is the fifth anniversary of Monika Can't Decide, which is arguably my most well-known work and a video that I hold personally close to my heart.
I still vividly remember the day I made it. Back around that time in 2018, I was still in college and I was still living with my parents. I was not in the best position at the time, physically and mentally, and it would only get worse the following few years. But I had one thing serving as an escape, and that making stuff for the DDLC community. I made all sorts of stuff on a nearly daily basis, and with each new thing I made I got better at editing. You could say it was like my golden age as a creator. And because of that, I was able to meet a lot of amazing people who I still call friends today.
Back then, I tried making a video every week, which wasn't easy with my schedule at the time. Looking back, it's crazy how I managed to keep it up for that long. Usually I would chip away at a bigger video over the course of the week while making smaller more silly stuff on the side.
But for Monika Can't Decide, I basically made the whole thing in the span of a single day, which was unusual for me. I was at my dad's house at the time. I remember waking up, realizing I hadn't made a video that week yet, and asking myself "Am I really going to force myself to make a whole video today?". I considered not doing it at first, but then I saw a drawing on the DDLC subreddit by one my friends called @ThatGuyNamedJoe in which he specifically said "I hope woutmees posts a video today".
That was all the motivation I needed. I stayed in my bedroom all day that day, from 9 AM until midnight, only taking breaks for breakfast, dinner and to walk my dog. I was in the zone like I had never been before, and by the end I was absolutely knocked out. I posted the final result on my YouTube channel and the DDLC subreddit, and went to bed not long after. By the time I went to bed, I read a few positive comments so I was pretty satisfied with the good job I did.
What I never expected was the morning after. When I woke up, there were a ton of comments praising Monika Can't Decide, way more than I was used to. The subreddit had exploded, with multiple top posts praising the little video I made, and the YouTube gained traction much faster than my other work. It was absolutely surreal.
And not long after, I found that people were actually making their own versions of my own videos, some using their own animation, some using their own characters. I search for these every once in a while on YouTube, and even now I still see a new one pop up every once in a while. I absolutely love watching other people's versions of this video.
I'm so happy that this little video I made in the span of 12 hours with barely any breaks could bring joy to and inspire so many others. I will absolutely never do something like that ever again now that I have a job and a steady sleep schedule. But even though I was knocked out by the end, it was absolutely worth it.
I want to thank everyone who watched this and my other silly videos over the years for sticking by me. I know I'm not as active as back then, but I never stopped having ideas. And as long as I have a passion for editing, I am not planning on going away anytime soon.
<3
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it is once again my birthday c:
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So my community post of last year absolutely aged like milk. Let me explain.
There were quite a few reasons why I didn't make much this past year, despite me saying I would. First, the start of the year was when I finally moved out of my parents' house, which was a big milestone for me and something I've dreamed of doing for the better part of a decade now. Around the same time, I also switched jobs, with my new job requiring me to travel quite far multiple days a week. The start of the year was a very stressful time for me, and the rest of the year was spent recovering from that time and generally adapting to my new lifestyle.
On top of this, my laptop which I had used to make nearly all of my modern videos started dying on me. Well, it didn't die exactly. Moreso, it became very slow to work with. So slow that it couldn't handle rendering more than a handful of layers in my editing program. Plus very many crashes. Everytime I opened up my editing program it just became a slog to do anything, and that kinda turned me sour on editing as a whole for a good while. I just recently bought a much faster laptop. I haven't tried editing on it yet, but I hope it will make the process smoother from now on.
Most importantly though, I just simply haven't focused on my editing hobby as much. This past year, I have been much more focused on gaming. This year was the year I've basically switched over to Steam as my main way of playing games, and I've tried taking on the challenge of playing every game in my ever-growing backlog. I've experienced a lot of great games: Persona 5, Nier Automata, Outer Wilds, Steins;Gate, Rabi-Ribi, Chicory, Your Turn To Die, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and many many more. I've played more games this year than any other year, and I still have quite a few games to go. Gaming is my hobby as much as editing, and I just so happened to focus more on the former than on the latter this past year.
I admit, because of all these reasons, I've become a bit out of practice with editing. That doesn't mean I'm done though. I still have ideas I want to realize. These ideas bounce around in my head nearly every day, and I often feel the need to get them out. Things are looking more optimistic from here on out though. I am much more settled in my current lifestyle and have a shiny new laptop to work with. No more promises though. I hate making promises that I don't end up fulfilling. I need to learn not to do it anymore unless I'm absolutely sure I can do it. I am not sorry for not editing much this year, but I do apologize for not holding up my promise of last year. This year, we'll just see what happens.
Happy holidays and a good 2023 to you all!
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Thank you all for a million on one of my favourite videos! ☺️
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Another adorable drawing of my OC by @ngocthuyduock1 on Twitter!! 🥰
twitter.com/ngocthuyduock1/status/1553647019298029…
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it's my birthday!! :D
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I make stuff sometimes about things I like.