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ATLAS AND THE STARS AND JNJ MENTIONED BY TRACY LFG

I hope you know that literally nobody is going to be able to live up to the standard you, V*v, and Glitch have set and your arrogance and exploitation of your fanbase and connections has screwed millions of creatives out of their dreams because Hollywood is a joke that isn't worth telling and wealthy e-celebs like yourself have claimed the indie scene all to yourselves and moved the goalposts into the stratosphere.

Nope. This isn't a zero sum game. There is not some limited, prescribed number of indie trophy slots that a few studios greedily filled up, blocking everyone else out. That is not how it works. Nothing any other creator is doing - short of personally sending hired goons to your doorstep or stealing your credit cards - is taking anything away from you or preventing your success. In fact if an indie creator can manage to demonstrate that they've got something viable going, it may help to map out a pathway for others.

I think I'm not going to bother trying to address whether or not cartoons in return for support from fans - an entirely voluntary exchange - constitutes exploitation. And I'm living in the Midwest driving a 2007 economy car with 200k+ miles on it, but let's just skip past the assumptions that I'm wealthy and connected too.

Instead, let's get to the weirdly myopic notion that the indie scene is held captive by three studios. Maybe YouTube algorithms or Twitter bubbles are somewhat to blame, but in actuality there are so, so many individual people, friend groups, and small production houses out there making independent animation, I cannot possibly name them all.

Here are some anyway:

Far-Fetched Worthikids Satina | Scumhouse Noodle and Bun Punch Punch Forever Ramshackle Noodle Papajoolia | Pipi Angel Hare | The East Patch Jonni Peppers Salad Fingers Monkey Wrench Studio Heartbreak Felix Colgrave JelloApocalypse Odd1sout (started indie, got picked up by Netflix) Allie Mehner JaidenAnimations Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy Cloudrise | The Worlds Divide Telepurte RubberRoss James Lee ENA Godspeed | Olan Rogers Ollie and Scoops Meat Canyon Port by the Sea Kekeflipnote Boxtown Kevin Temmer Weebl Joel Haver CircleToons Long Gone Gulch Atlas and the Stars Animist Skibidi Toilet A Fox in Space Alex Henderson Talon Toniko Pantoja Sr. Pelo Hullabaloo Kane Pixels (started indie, picked up by A24) Homestar Runner Fennah Gods' School Alan Becker Dungeon Flippers JazLyte Psychicpebbles (started indie, Smiling Friends picked up by AS) Piemations vewn Metal Family Dead Sound chluaid Jacknjellify Betsy Lee | No Evil

By no means a full list. That's just YouTube, and mostly just English language stuff, and I didn't even get to the multitudes of Warrior Cats animation collabs.

The point is, the indie landscape is vast and populated by creators new and old, making all kinds of animated media from skits, to shows, to ARGs, to films. Audience sizes vary as much as the content, stylistic approaches, subject matter, and budgets do. There are no compliance standards, no gateways to entry, no goalposts. There's not even any preset definition of success except what you decide for yourself.

Anyway, instead of nurturing your resentments, consider making something. I assure you, it's a far more rewarding use of your time and energy, and pretty much no one can stop you. ------------- EDIT- Made some additions to the list based on comments. Thanks!

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Lost in Translation circa. Feb 2024

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Mordecai dripped out in a different fit, cause why not, it fits him. circa. Febuary 2024.

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This is my my main Lackadaisy OC, Randall "Rand" Sarbamon. Charasmatic, cunning, deceitful, and always trying to find a way to make as much cash as possible through any means necessary.

Fun fact, he uses a crossbow.

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welcome to tumblr fan!

hewwo people!! haven't touched this account since ancient civilization times.. my name's christina and im an artist//animator from syberia! :3

for those who don't know me yet - you can read my carrd or visit my twitter account (@fantein_sm), i draw silly things sometimes <3

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One of my Lackasonas, Uragiru

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A Secret Santa I made for someone on twitter. Circa. Dec, 2023

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I'm a man of my word, so of course I drew Zib looking pretty in a dress!

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Congratulations Luz 👏

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My Sonic OC, Gleam the Eagle, circa. January 2024

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About 6 hours til the Ramshackle Pilot drop!!!

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I love Wings of Fire

turning those prints into stickers

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Money money money! circa. November 2023.

Jack by @666calistaxx

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this goes so hard

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Viktor: *A very large, bad tempered, unshaved, casually dressed Slovak with broken English, that can and will pull your limbs off if you get on his nerves, that even most people he has worked with for years don't want to make eye contact with if they can help it*

Mordecai: I can FIX him

But SHOCKING TWIST, the big guy flips the table and starts fixing Mordecai "Repression" Heller

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LMAOOOO

Where's the clown music when you need it?