The time has come !

Animation practice 3 is now out, if you haven’t already, check it out !

If you got any suggestions on what I can animate next, let me know.

Animation practice 2 out now!

Surprised I’m saying this but new video out now, check it out.

Made a little animation practice of hopefully many more to come, I have some more lined up already so with any luck can churn out a couple animations whenever I can as well as other content.

I don’t want to go to in-depth to this right now so stay tuned for more.

Mr Sticktastic

Which is better though, shaded or not shaded?

Would you say that this energy ball thing looks like Ice or Energy ?

It’s meant to be ice

Minecraft x5

👋 My return 🍋

Hello everyone, to some of your knowledge, you already heard I left the site for a while on break.

I’ve been on the ropes on how to make this post since I have a lot I could discuss so basically from this point onwards you can choose to read or not, I don’t really mind but if you wanted to know why I did what I did, even for people involved in dramas or conflict with me the past few weeks / months, this will put some insight to that.

Why I left? ( yappin’ )

For the people who were tied into dramas, even if it were true, or it were false or somewhere in-between, I think it came back to a thing of wanting to change the site for the better but that meant stopping people in saying and doing some things but to an exaggerated extent. I never did it because I was so naive to what I was doing expecting real bold results but I wanted to set examples and do what I could to try and get some more prominent figures to lead a positive example.

The problem is of course it meant shunning people and trying to regulate the site’s content ( flagging posts etc ) which is not doable plus denies anyone their right to say something. It’s a bit of a gatekeeping mindset too I think, I’m not 100% on that but I know I was being restrictive, even if it was within policies and for the sake of maintaining peace.

I don’t believe I was so wrong in my actions even if I word it badly or it looks bad, I did truly mean well but considering what this site is about anyway and seeing that even the Developer has certain inclinations towards strong political viewpoints or generally just failing to avert certain issues etc it just made me realise it’s my place to just work within my own boundaries, let Stick Nodes be what it is but instead dedicate myself to my own efforts which does in turn tie into helping others, running the Site Log, project opportunities, moderation etc.

So to anyone before that I called out, Cuss, Mellow, Gigan, Sillywizard and probably a few others, I want to apologise if I took anything too far, I’m not holding any of you unaccountable for any poor choices or actions but I feel I just want to apologise for any exaggerations or tensions raised, things said etc. regardless of whether you choose to accept this mutual apology ( if you can even call it one, since I feel all parties involved had some dirt on them ) or not I just wanted to clear my thoughts and why I did what I did.

I truly care for some of you here and I know I’ll care for many more as the time goes by.

Final messages..

Thank you all thus far, hopefully if everyone decides to leave we can at least do so on a positive note, all the best to everyone.

May 2025 be a good year, if not, maybe the next..

Site Log 2025 and much more coming..

I don’t know how long people usually take on making stickfigures since people probably pace themselves and what they can output but where I usually just throw myself in hoping for the best and trying to figure shit out constantly as well as either putting too much detail or too little, it takes so long.

Nodin’ takes time.

I’ve spent like a solid 40 + hours into one Stickfigure and it’s not even done. It looks pretty good, gone over a few changes, currently on the hair layers which is very rinse and repeat. It looks good but I’m on the final layer and then I need to add outlines.

I think at some point I might take commissions and charge for varying qualities of Stickfigures, the higher end taking on detailing traits of the current model I’m on, not to mention things like Sprite texturing etc. I’d probably also just make hair strands a sprite texturing thing instead.

Anyway sorry for rambling, here is the current hair so you’re not completely bored.

@ralph I encountered this weird bug where when I zoom the parts get moved for no reason.

I really have no idea why this is happening, if you need the Stickfigure to test the bug, let me know.

🍋 Update Post — On Break 👋

Didn’t ever want to be in this position but the time has come, this could mean two things for me..

First things first, I joined this site without any ideas or plans beyond submitting stickfigures and posting animations, pretty standard but at one of the hardest points in my life, this place, it’s people was what gave me hope about myself and my life. Sharing my ideas, interests, morals with like-minded talented amazing people helped inspire me to turn around what I could.

I won’t go into it too much but I had a lot of self-hatred, doubt and generally no respect for myself, it wasn’t until 2020 hit, lockdown put so many of us in a similar position and ultimately led to so many great things for me. I don’t mean to brag or boast but I became a pretty prominent and respected figure at least on the site during that time. After a while we needed moderation and the first mod to ever be was me, my point in all this?

What you put in is what you can get out, as I have gone about my days here I have realised that more and more but a certain point in time was reached this year and this place became like a lost cause to me. Too many of you, you may not fully realise the extent this place and its people possess, so much can be accomplished.

I wanted to make this place what I perceived it could be and to give back what was provided to me to others in a similar position as myself. I don’t think that this place is lost but my life isn’t getting any easier and my time is only thinning. When I spend hours on making things a certain way here for the sake of others and expanding Stick Nodes however I can it takes so much out of my time and effort only for so little to be given back. I can’t take that risk anymore, so I’m taking a break.

When I return if I find that I have reason to return I will and hopefully with the intent to accomplish what I started.

But, if I see too many things going well for me beyond this place, I have no reason to return again.

For now though I leave you all with a simple goodbye.

I will still be present when I can for the sake of the site log but beyond that, moderating the site, checking on the site, none of that is my concern anymore.

All the best SN. 👋