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goshikko · 3 days ago

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Hewwo, I’m still alive! I apologize for the sudden months of inactivity.

If you haven’t seen my announcements on my Bluesky or Discord server, I’ve been very, VERY busy with 2 jobs for the past 3-4 months and I’m currently taking breaks after everything I’ve been through. I wanted to thank all of you for being extremely patient with me while I’ve been busy with 2 jobs.

I’ve tried to juggle everything as much as I can between my Discord server, art on social media, streaming, and my 2 jobs all at the same time, but ever since October hit, things haven’t been easy since I was focusing on my training at work at my 2nd job (Eventually I’m planning to resign from one of them by the end of January) and from November-December, I’ve been covering for 2 of my coworkers at my 2nd job and til this day, as of Jan. 5th, I still am. All of it has been stressful and draining my energy and motivation to do any more art, animations, and streams, but hopefully after Jan. 13th, 2025, I will continue get back on uploading newer artworks, animations, and streams! I will continue to post here on Tumblr again after Jan. 13th.

There’s also been a lot of plans and events that happened that I should’ve announced months ago, but due to how busy I’ve been, I haven’t been able to. Here are the things that I’ve been planning for myself, where I’m more active on, and what will happen to my art, animations, and streaming content:

1. TWITTER TO BLUESKY MIGRATION (AND TUMBLR)

2. PATREON’S 30% APPLE FEE

3. DISCORD SERVER CHANGES

4. ANIMATED CONTENT FOR MY YOUTUBE CHANEL (& THE STATE OF TIKTOK)

5. TWITCH STREAMS & OFFICIAL DEBUT DATE

TL;DR: These are all updates and plans on server changes and website news that happened. Bluesky, Tumblr, Twitch, and YouTube will be my main platforms to post art, animations, and streaming content and my Vsona’s Official Debut will be on Nov. 11th, 2025.

I hope you guys are just as excited as I am on what I've been cooking behind the scenes! I want 2025 to be an exciting year for Nijima's debut and I will take my art, animations, and streaming content more seriously on Bluesky, Tumblr, Twitch, and YouTube while working at my job. In the meantime, please also follow my VStreamer blog @nijimathey2kdemon for streaming and life updates as well!

1. TWITTER TO BLUESKY MIGRATION (AND TUMBLR)

Since Oct. 17th, I decided to leave Twitter for good and move officially to Bluesky. From now on, Bluesky, Tumblr, Twitch, and YouTube will be my main platforms to post art and content. On Nov. 15th, 2024, Elon Musk allowed Al to steal everything we post (Posts, Art, Data, etc.) like what Instagram has done. I believe this decision was the best choice for me as an artist/creator and my mental well-being.

After leaving Twitter, my mental state felt more "free" than when I was using it since February 2017 up until then. I won't be returning to Twitter, even if most artists and Vtubers are still staying on that platform (I honestly think all artists and Vtubers should migrate so that their supporters/mutuals can move on and support each other on other platforms). I can't take anymore negativity constantly at that place all the time and I can't stand seeing Elon making everything worse over there. I would rather wait until there's a convincing alternative platform for both artists and non-artists to band together and support each other. Instagram I have also left, but have been treating it more as a personal account now and have been sharing memes, other artists' art, and animations that i like on my stories (Same username: @/Goshikko). I'm still staying on IG mainly because most of my irl and online friends and artists are still active there (And finding small businesses is easier to find on IG than anywhere else), but I'm never ever posting on IG again for the same reason Twitter is doing. I feel more free not worrying and pressuring myself to post art on social media anymore and feeling pressured to getting bigger numbers and pleasing the Twitter algorithm all the time. On Bluesky, at least it does feel that way imo. It feels refreshing to start all over again even if it may suck at the same time after all the years I've built up a following, but it's better to learn that posting for yourself and why you started doing it since the beginning is a positive thing to have in mind.

2. PATREON'S 30% APPLE FEE:

Since November 4th, 2024, Apple required Patreon to raise 30% of its fee to use Apple's in-app purchase system, which includes a 30% App Store fee.

This will not discourage me and stir me away from Patreon, but I will warn anybody who has an Apple product, whether it's an iPhone, iPad, etc., DON’T pay to creators using the app! It's very disappointing that Apple forced this change to happen which will make artists' and creators' lives even more difficult since patrons will cancel their financial support because of the 30% Apple fee. All I can suggest is to not pay using the Patreon app if you are using an Apple product if you are interested in supporting me or any other artists/creators on that platform. That is the best I can advise at this point.

If you are not comfortable at all supporting me on Patreon, you can also support me on Ko-fi as an alternative. Remember that you are not obligated to support me if you are struggling financially or don't have the funds to do so!

3. DISCORD SERVER CHANGES:

I will keep this one short since this part is only necessary for my friends and supporters who are in my Discord server. If you want to know what are the changes and you’re interested in joining my server, please DM me for an invite.

The only thing I can really say on this part is that new emotes of Nijima and Rybiis (Representations of my supporters) will be coming soon after my debut so do keep a close eye on big changes that will come to this server!

4. ANIMATED CONTENT FOR MY YOUTUBE CHANEL (& THE STATE OF TIKTOK):

During the New Year of 2025, I really want to focus on my passion for animation again after being hesitant to share my OC projects for so long after graduating college. I have been coming up with many AMVs and animatics of my OCs, but haven't had the time to draw any of them. This includes projects such as my Vsona debut and many other animation ideas I've held in for this whole year (Mainly Mahito x Aiko ideas and other OC animations from personal series projects I kept secret for a long time). Animation content will be posted on YouTube and updates of those content will be on my Bluesky, Tumblr, Patreon, and Ko-fi!

As for the state of TikTok, as much as I hate it for a number of reasons, I genuinely wanted to gain a following over there, but have been hesitant to do so. Not to mention, I find "vertical styled" videos much more difficult to deal with and create since it’s just not something I'm used to doing myself. I also just never had any free time to edit any VODs or any art videos either. Since TikTok is going to be banned here in the U.S. by the government by Jan. 19th, 2025, I won't be uploading anything over there and my TikTok account will remain abandoned.

So in 2025, I want to focus more on creating animation content of my OCs, Mahito x Aiko, etc. and upload them on YouTube. I wanted to take it seriously and make it more convenient for myself as well as testing how uploading on YouTube will turn out without relying too much on other social platforms like Twitter and Instagram.

5. TWITCH STREAMS & OFFICIAL DEBUT DATE:

Art and gaming streams will still continue on Twitch and I will continue to stream as Nijima the Y2K Demon! My Vsona's debut will be on my birthday Nov. 11th, 2025 to give myself more time to complete my Ending Soon Screen and Animation Lore/Introduction before that date. I've recently been considering on not following through my sona's lore script and make something else entirely different than what l initially planned since the beginning of 2024. I wanted to make something short and doable that represents the aesthetic of "colorful 2000s nostalgia" that Nijima represents rather than her full backstory of how she became the Y2K Demon. I realized over time how animating the whole script as one animator would be a lot of work and it would cost a lot of money if I have to hire more 2D animators and voice actors for this debut project (I also reconsidered that I really don't want to make it only an animatic because I feel it shows that I haven't "worked hard enough" for my passion and I think that will look bad on me). Not to mention everytime I read the script, there is still a lot of flaws when it comes to dialogue and just... The flow of everything. Keep in mind that I started this lore script since late 2023 and has been completed in May 2024. It is now December and I really wish I had taken more time to go back and revise some things in the script. It'll be a lot to explain in text alone what specifically is wrong with everything, but after my debut, I will eventually post a PDF of the script publicly on my server and my Patreon if you guys are curious to read through the original lore of Nijima.

As for my stream schedule, after I resign from one of my jobs by Jan. 31st, I will only be streaming on Mondays, Thursday nights, Fridays, and Saturdays. Sundays will be my break days. My motivation will depend so my streaming schedule will subject to change if anything does happen in the future. I also didn't forget about streaming Slime Rancher 2 in the future so do keep an eye on that! There are many different games that I really wanted to enjoy playing and everything will be planned in the future when I have time!

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