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the song cover was made by taitoki! it is a amzing cover and u guys should check it out!

link to channel

link to song

programs used and stuff!
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my finger!! arghh! im gonna need a cast after this!

[Deluxe]

This gives me vibes of "everything is fine" showing us how the things that have been shown to us until now aren't what they are supposed to, and finally we're going to see the real face of everything!! So amazing

A beautiful way of embracing your own style and becoming it something unexpected but at the same time as is supposed to be like that always

[pancake]

what i got from this was that “famous” crumb spends all day wondering about “hidden” crumb and faces her fears to confront her. but she sees her as a broken mass like a monster. great animation crumb! also I hope the brain spaghetti was a reference to amnesia was her name animation :3

[hi-i-am-atan]

a small little detail that i _just_ noticed: the first flash of shadow crumb at 0:25 is _very_ distinct from the second, with lighting and most notably _outline color_ distinct from the rest of the animation and her typical color scheme ... _except_ for the moment at 0:15 where she's staring down cat crumb in a very unsubtly menacing way

which stands out to me, because if it's just meant to be some spooky lighting effect, it would make sense to use it for both flashes instead of just having it appear for _literally one frame, _ right? but both the prior animation that debuted shadow crumb and the one centered around her _also_ make use of the imagery of a human crumb confronting herself p. directly. in i hate you, it's just box crumb crying before some unidentifiable crumb before she tears the photo of cat crumb ( and, consequently, her whole head ) down the middle, but in amnesia - y'know, the animation prominently featuring shadow crumb _not_ just staring menacingly and, in fact, actually expressing a p. human set of emotions - it's shadow crumb pointing a gun at another shadow crumb, one of them getting shot, then buried alive and unburied alive and uh

yeah, facing a duplicate of yourself is a rich piece of imagery with a _multitude_ of possible meanings and layers, but ... i think all that might be as literal as a metaphor can get. there's two shadow crumbs, and i imagine the reason _why_ is this sorta treachery of avatars thing; she was _meant_ to be the crumb closest to the real crumb after retiring box crumb from that role ( i mean, i hate you _is_ basically just box crumb being _violently_ retired with shadow crumb emerging from her corpse, ending with the whole MY BLOOD IS RED BECAUSE I'M REAL thing ) and she _is, _ but ... she's also exaggeratedly creepy ( again, MY BLOOD IS RED BECAUSE I'M REAL ). not to mention crumb clearly still has a _lot_ of affection for her other representations of her, so while i don't doubt the whole of i hate you is a very real expression of stuff she has felt about her creations, it's also just ... way too exaggerated and antagonistic to really represent her more complicated thoughts on the matter?

so she created a new character to act as her new avatar and killed off her old one to introduce her, and it was done in this very visceral and unsettling way with a very visceral and unsettling design for reasons that might be kinda complicated and personal but also might literally just be because she wanted to do something kinda creepy to fit the song. okay, cool ... except now, that new charavatar is _also_ not the best representation of her because she goes too far in the other direction on several levels. but she's also the most human in her design, with the only real way to get _more_ human is to just ... show her face and become what's flat-out a cartoon version of crumb herself ( and hey, that design _does_ actually show up here and in i hate you! ... she's just kinda, uh, elusive and camera-shy ). so there's kinda a rock hard place situation going on, where shadow crumb _is_ the closest to crumb but also is her own character that's this horror entity haunting the other crumbs. kinda like the inverse of cat crumb, who is very much her own character but sometimes steps in to act as crumb's avatar at times

so, yeah. i think shadow crumb is meant to be the crumbliest crumb, but she's also some darker side of crumb who _is_ actually tormenting the other crumbs in these animations out of distaste for them. and, i mean, all crumbs are crumb, but some crumbs are more crumb than others, and i'm thinking shadow crumb is more crumb than shadow crumb



i would just like to punctuate this by noting that i typed "crump" _several_ times throughout writing all of this and each time i didn't notice until like half a minute later, and yet somehow during that crumbtrastrophe of a closing thought i managed to keep her name straight throughout the entirety. truly crumbtastic

[EMJY]

AAAA CRUMB THIS TURNED OUT SOSO WELL!!! you've literally improved so much in art, animation, and storytelling!! everything is smooth as hell and i didn't want to look away for a second, the transitions between scenes are exceptional!! comparing this to the old one it's clear how far you've come, and it's also so clever how many subtle differences there are in the story and how it's told (like crumb being alone at the table, slinking further into bed instead of getting up, not dancing as enthusiastically as the first vid) AMAZING work!! ✨💖

[stymecoulli]

CRUMB THAT WAS LITERALLY SO GOOD!!! you are so so talented and your improvement is incredible. never stop doing what you do! never cease your passions!

[sepiasmith]

one of my favorite things about crumb's art is that it can be such a good combo of cute + horror.

a lot of times cute things are not taken seriously. it's so cool to see darker themes being portrayed within a cute style.

[mr.thumbsup]

This came out so good!! I love the little details of crumb's "fictional" world starting to fall apart like the sky disappearing at 0:17 or the cracks starting to appear at 0:22.

[wildwolf]

This is chock full of symbolism. This remake really shows crumbs improvement as a storyteller and artist/animator. But I'm concerned that this is a cryptic vague vent, ,
Firstly, cat crumb seems unenthusiastic in this. Maybe showing how actual Crumb no longer feels enthusiastic/inspired to make the old cutesy slightly unnerving jack stauber animations like she used to. She is not seen smiling as she was in the original. She starts off being annoyed by being woken up by the sun maybe symbolizing crumbs lack of motivation for animations (which she has been very vocal about)
The callback to Amnesia was her name with the spaghetti turning into brains (long term memory sauce) maybe shows how that was one of Crumbs most popular recent animations and pressures her to give the audience the best. She wants to live up to their expectations since she has changed her style of content 3 times now. (Fan animations for other creators, cutesy cat stuff and now horror stuff.) Maybe it shows her annoyance/paranoia with the YouTube channel.
With the "I think that I like you" the mirror breaks when "real crumb" (?) "Human crumb" (???) Shows up. Maybe showing how Crumb has regressed into not liking herself (as was alluded to in the original two time) But this time not liking herself due to how herr channel/artwork is coming out and to how she views herself as a person beyond her hobby.
When crumb shows her frustration when reading the paper and sky outside flashing white it can show how burnt out she has been feeling. The sky losing color can show her losing her love for her hobby or motivation to continue.
Her running out and confronting the blankness shows how she doesn't want to put up with this depression like state anymore. She wants to confront her issues head on and is tired of being held back by them. This is further implied when it flashes with the other personas/versions of crumb looking sad/frustrated when confronting the blankness as well. It's not just her creativity that is being affected by this issue with self doubt it's all of her. Leading to self hatred and doubt outside of YouTube.
The white cracks may show how the facade of being happy and creative and cool that she has been putting up in YouTube is breaking as she reaches her mental breaking point keeping it up.
When human crumb looks at the camera before it fading away to the 3 main crumbs seen on YT (mascot crumb, creator crumb and the balance between them on YT) it shows how human crumb may be getting fed up with being a person and a character and not a 3 dimensional person. (Cause y'know .... Creators are people too :/)
When human crumb is in the shadow of the three crumbs on YT it shows how Crumb may have been neglecting their IRL duties and identity due to YouTube. Putting their personal life on the back burner for their hobby instead.
Then mascot/cat crumb is having a mental breakdown as white closes in on them which just further shows how they can't handle the burnt out anymore.
When the characters look at the camera and in zooms in on their eyes to reveal another one this can be crumb showing each one is more "real." That she has layers to her and some that are being neglected or ignored at this point in her life/yt career. (Shrek onion reference hahaha)
((Mini theory that creator crumb (box) is already looking away and turns to look at the camera to symbolize her shame/insecurity as a creator and feeling like she is failing for taking time for herself and taking care of her mental health.. news flash!!! She ain't!!))
Human crumb then gets distorted maybe showing how her sense of self/identity has been greatly shifted lately (dereality)
Finally, human crumb is SheIn amongst ripped blank papers. The art style here is slightly different with thinner lines and slightly more detail. This can show how Crumb desires to change their hobby and course of life. Wishing they could feel/be more real (maybe on YT but more likely off) and their hobby is destroying them and they don't feel any enjoyment from it anymore.
But when crumb turns to the camera they look frightened/angry that they are showing this to their viewers (or it actually seems like they act as if they got walked in on loke as it was an accident or something idk.... Maybe showing how viewers ask for too much personal info and parasocial relationships) but the shadow comes to cover their face and part of the background showing how Crumb is keeping this part of themselves private (or maybe that they are ignoring their problems now)
Whew! That was alot of typing. I lowk hope I'm wrong and it's not a vent .... But it probably is :/

[gh_sst]

as a person who struggles with multiple identities and a lot of traumatizing incidents (especially as of current)
this hits hard

[Shell_X]

First second in, and I already knew something was wrong, I used to watch the original a lot, theres usually 4 crumbs, normal crumb, red, blue and yellow, but in here its only showing blue, implying there is something missing, or deteriorating.
And with the spaghetti turning into a brain, going back to the amnesia video, it is most likely implying that all these old memories are starting to distort and fade away.

I can't wait to see more animations from you!
You've improved so much from the old one

[YonKaGor]

This is so good crumb !!! Your animation ideas always so good

[rml]

Crumb is the good type of OC Animator. She didn't based her videos fully on the backstory or story she wanted to tell until the had a demographic following her. And still, the story she is telling is better then like 97% of OCs stories. Well done!

[Tealflvrry]

I love the tiny details that crumb put here such as the part in 0:01 where the blue crumb notices that the other two crumbs that were suppose to appear didn't appear at all (based on the video "two time")

[RedVelvety]

You’ve gotten so good at telling stories through animation jeez

SO good

[dear]

I’ve never seen someone pull off thick line-art as good as you :’]

[potatodude]

i love how people are actually dissecting this barely under a minute clip (semi) thoroughly, it just shows how intricate the animation and symbolism is.

[staryy]

ur artstyle is honestly so simple but so nice to look at, i could never match the talent u have <3

edit: thanks for all your helpful replies, i know that saying 'i'll never match your talent' will probably not make anyone feel better [me or cuptoast]/delay any progress i make on my own art, but as for me, i just think that my art is fine already. i have my own style and inspirations, with cuptoast being one of them. i find that their simplistic artstyle (i keep saying they because i don't know cuptoast's pronouns) just looks amazing, simply put. i admire it a lot and to me, it gives me MORE inspiration and motivation to draw. however, that's just me, and it goes differently for other people.
for the people that say 'saying that you could never match cuptoast's talent could make them uncomfortable and put pressure on them', i didn't realize that. i was only trying to make a compliment, and i didn't think further about how it would actually make cuptoast feel. thank you for pointing that out again and i will try to remember it when making future comments/compliments.
i don't want to make this too long for a few words, but i thank all replies for pointing that out. i hope that this edit will make at least some people happy, so take this as an apology/explanation. please have a great day :) any other concerns i'll be happy to reply to in reply section

[pajamasocks]

0:26


that grayish room gives me insane Déjà Rèvê, i don’t know why i feel like i’ve been in a place like that and it gives me the creeps. makes the overall idea/mood of the video that something is missing even more accurate. keep it up crumb! ☺️

[Cat-therineDraws]

Remake :0
So excited to see this and see how you’ve improved! Also listened to the cover and it sounds so good! Super hyped :]

[toto.dreamer]

My first thought was “wait didn’t i see this video before???” And my second thought was “OH MY GOD IT’S CUPTOAST”

The growth?? The progression??? The art improvement?? The shift from happy cat finding a heart and drinking coffee to freaky person in the mirror (the best kind of character development). The animation is so bouncy and smooth and although there’s something unnerving about it I’m still satisfied. A satisfying unnerving, if you will.