🧶💬 I've had well meaning folks show me this, esp since I make tutorials + accessible models and wanted to share my thoughts while also discussing an underlying issue in the larger creative sphere. Disclaimer: IDK kaia personally, I just use the program a LOT lol (+) - ThreadSky

tsurudraws.art • 7 hours ago

🧶💬

I've had well meaning folks show me this, esp since I make tutorials + accessible models and wanted to share my thoughts while also discussing an underlying issue in the larger creative sphere.

Disclaimer: IDK kaia personally, I just use the program a LOT lol (+)

Reposted from WrongTypeOfHero 🔪 Sackboy PNGTuber

ah that's..that's the creator of PNGTuber+ saying that they

"really really do not like "le anime vtuber" community and think they're weird" as a response to why they haven't updated the program in a hot minute

yeah thank god I switched programs lmao.

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tsurudraws.art•7 hours ago

I've seen a lot of frustration towards how kaia feels about vtubers/streamers; afaik this program was made for fun and freely released. I don't think it was ever made FOR us; we just happened to utilize it.

Dropping a *free* project you ultimately don't enjoy anymore, especially one (+)

tsurudraws.art•7 hours ago

that ultimately forces you to interact with a community you dislike, is a very human response, and honestly a healthy way to curate your spaces.

While it might sting, PNG+ as a tool is not so different from generalized socmed; the latter wasn't made for us, but we made our space in it. BUT (+)

tsurudraws.art•7 hours ago

this does mean that when the platform pushes policy changes we don't agree with (cough, twt), getting mad at a site that never had us in mind is ultimately a waste of time.

PNG+ and many similar resources (be it a program or socmed) is ultimately a tool; it's up to you, the user, (+)

tsurudraws.art•7 hours ago

To decide if it's worth investing in it, be it financially or with time and energy. If you don't vibe with it, don't use it, and it's up to you to decide if its a risk.

No one forced you to use a free program.

This leads into a greater issue I've been noticing in vtuber spaces (+)

tsurudraws.art•7 hours ago

Not every program needs to have every feature. There are some INSANELY cool models out there, esp in the Live2D and 3D modelling sphere. I'm continuously flabbergasted by how far people can push a program's limit, but it shouldn't be the standard.

I don't think PNG+ is perfect, BUT (+)

tsurudraws.art•7 hours ago

It has its place as a good middle ground between something extremely basic like Fugi and something with a VERY high learning curve like Live2D.

Adding too many features, regardless of how cool it may be, bloats it, and imo, a lot of these are ultimately unhelpful for the average vtuber (+)

vallien-fulki.bsky.social•1 hour ago

tbh this is one of the most sane and mature takes I seen in a while

ishaliart.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I agree. Especially if that code is a pita to work with . Also we can't expect everyone to like the anime community, we don't even like each other half the time lol

kaiakairos.net•7 hours ago

thank u for understanding. big reason why i said this is because of the type of behavior ive seen today lol

ishaliart.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I admit I'm curious what else you would have done with it but I appreciate the effort you put in it and understand not wanting to keep going.
You and @tsurudraws.art with their tutorials have saved me a bunch of literal headaches.
Do you have a current passion project/ hyper focus?

pkmcandy.bsky.social•5 hours ago

...I'd hazard a guess that it was those kinds of words that killed the creator's passion for their project in the first place. Feeling entitled to something someone made for the love of it and then simultaneously looking down on them;;;

I don't blame them for stepping back.

jamafly.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I think it's mostly the wording that got ppl upset. Which is fair & I can see why ppl took it that way.
There's nothing wrong w dropping a project when it stops being fun/feels worth it. Especially since it's free. They deserve to move on to things that they feel more motivated to do.

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