Hey terabytes! It’s been quite a while since I last gave a more formal update about any of the stuff I’m doing, as I had some more personal stuff going on behind the scenes.

In fact as of this year, I’m considering on potentially moving out of California soon with my boyfriend. Reason for why is mainly due to the fact that living in the place we grew up in has become increasingly expensive, and we want to find a place to not only get away from the toxic environment and people that have invaded it, but to also potentially live for our independent lives together. As of this month, we’re looking to find some housing in Wisconsin, as it will help up us keep in close touch with the online creators we work with (mainly those from Sweet Release). While I can’t be certain on when the move will happen, we’ve already been planning accordingly and saving as much money as we can for when it does.

The next thing I wanna talk about is that I’m actually planning to add more extra features to my personal blog. While it may already seem easy to navigate through the pages on the site alone, I feel like it can be greatly expanded upon. The first plan of action is to change it from being a blog that was solely just about art and have more dedicated sections around some of the other stuff I create. Such as the game reviews I’ve done, voice reels, and as a surprise… fan translated song lyrics! 

As far as the latter goes, I’ve dabbled in translating my favorite vocaloid songs for a while and have only exclusively posted them on my DeviantArt account, but now I wanna be able to provide a much better place to where people can have easier access to them for if they ever wanna do song covers with them. It won’t always be vocaloid songs though as there are plenty of other foreign songs that I’d like to do my own translations on. It’s a rather niche experiment that I think will not only help me in contributing for the music world side of content creation, but to help those who aren’t as adept to learn new languages in order to sing their favorite songs with no issues.

I’ll post all the ones I’ve currently translated as like any other blog post (maybe once a week), and then afterword they will all be compiled to their own dedicated page. Same will go towards the game reviews and voice acting reels, as they too will have their own pages to where people can easily find them. Once I prepare the needed design assets, the links to them will then be featured on the front page for all to see whenever. These are small steps to not only journal everything I’ve posted online besides my artwork, but to also really expand my portfolio as a creator.

Speaking of which, the next topic I wanna talk about is the future of my Youtube channel. Lately it has seen a rather significant surgence of growth and attention for the past year and a half. Plenty of my latest uploads have garnering a whole lot more views than normal and I have a great feeling that they will continue to expand if I keep posting more content on there. So far it’s been mostly voice acting and dub related videos (and maybe an occasional short or two), but I do have plans for other videos such as my long awaited second art commentary, highlight compilations, and of course migrating my future game reviews into more cohesive video essay formats. 

However, this also brings up a potential issue. Due to Youtube being Youtube, there’s a good chance that they’ll end up making some stupid choices towards the channel when it eventually pops off. That being the act of censorship, copyright issues, and monetization. While most people do end up conforming with the Youtube Partner Program by the time they reach 1,000 subs, the vague rules they provided can also halt the drive for creative expression. (e.g. not swearing at the start of the video, no showcasing nudity unless its “artistic or educational”, no talking about certain buzzwords, etc. etc.) Even if I were to do my best to follow Youtube’s rules, I don’t greatly trust the site to its fullest due to their corporatized bot driven society and standards.

So in order to prepare for the worse, I’ve decided that the best course of action will be to upload some of my recent and older videos to Rumble. A lot of the creative friends I know tend to use this site as a backup in case their Youtube channels go under and as far as things go, it’s a lot more chill when it comes to what you upload on there (as along as it’s not extreme stuff like NSFW and such). I hope that the some of you will end up supporting me there as much as all my other socials, as I want to make sure my content reaches to as many as people as possible.

Lastly I wanna talk about the future merchandising of my artwork. A while back I’ve considered on potentially switching my services from RedBubble over to Etsy, but do to my financial situation, I haven’t garnered all the necessary equipment and time to learn how to make the merch I wanna create by hand. Plus I don’t wanna end up starting a business on a new site that requires me to mail stuff before the moving situation I mentioned earlier happens. In the meantime, I will continue to keep using RedBubble until I eventually find the means to expand my wares. As much as I hate how restrictive and almost hypocritical RedBubble can be when it comes to showcasing fan art merch (especially those that are Nintendo based), it’s the only easy outing I got when it comes to providing a means for those wanting to support my art other than commissions.

That’s pretty much all the important things I wanted to cover. In terms of other works, Regain Control is still being worked on while at a snails pace, but I wanna be able to make sure it gets done by the end of the year if possible. I’ll continue to upload more content as I go along, but I have high hopes for where these new changes will lead for me. Who knows? Maybe I’ll even take up live-streaming again when I’m open and feel like it. Only time will tell though.

Thank you all once again for the continual support of my online journey. Hopefully you are looking forward to all the other stuff I have planned later. Until then terabytes.