Fighter | Animation Meme

”If I worked harder back then, would I be happier today?”

song: Fighter - Jack Stauber
used: Callipeg, Procreate

bruh i need to learn how to edit videos, but that would make the drawing process much more difficult (i ended up not editing lmao)

edit: noo the audio is bad cmoon

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[crymelt]

WOWW, THANK YOU FOR 1 MIL!! ^^
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[paigek.]

It’s so good 😭 you animated things that are notoriously hard to do, like fabric folds, hands, and rotating heads — props to you!!

[PPaleoartist]

the way you managed to achieve a senses of weight without the use of any form of squash and stretch in the majority of the frames is so admirable

[Kxyla_]

0:20 is literally some of the best animation I’ve seen in a while, the fluidity and anatomy and just how *smooth* it is amazes me, you’ve got yourself a new subscriber <3

[nzhlmle]

you portrayed the achedemic stress so beautifully, it looks so aesthetically pleasing -- thank you for the effort and time you put into this <3

[yeqru]

That hit me so hard, wasn't expecting something I could relate to...

The doodles at the beginning and the font style, as well as the description make clear that this animation is about school and how it affects our mental health : ”If I worked harder back then, would I be happier today?”

I think she's been working hard during her childhood, always getting great grades (0:07 is (i think) her looking back at how successful she was back then). But as time goes on, it keeps getting harder to work and to get good results. 0:10 definitely shows her struggling to understand something, probably a homework since she's got a pencil in her hand.
The part from 0:12 to the end of the animation is the one that hits me the most : we can clearly notice symptoms of a burnout : she struggles to work, but she has to keep going, so she keeps trying even though it hurts, which makes the symptoms even worse. People are only interested in success, they don't see that you are suffering.
0:28 made me so emotional, at the end we all become prisoners of our own hard work (the pencil) : people have too many expectations. We no longer work for our own good, we work for these people, and it just keeps killing our mental health.

Do we still have control over our decisions ? Or do the other people control us ?

I completely relate to this interpretation, I've been working hard my whole life to try and achieve my goals, but it keeps getting harder. Today I still don't know if I'm going to make it... I also feel like I don't want to work like this : i want to have friends, i want to find love, i want to be happy and enjoy life, but I'm a "prisoner of the pencil" after all... what I want is not what people care about... (sorry i had to finally get this off my chest lol)

Sorry for my terrible english, and thanks for reading ! This is only my interpretation of the animation, I may be completely wrong lol

[willowreign]

I really like the ending bc to me it signifies that the strings binding her, are ones she drew herself! It kinda shows how gifted and smart kids bound themselves up in a mindset of win or lose, and now that she’s older, she has no choice but to draw more strings that control her with her own pen.

Real cool animation!!!

[Sword-ii]

This drawing style is really gives me psychological comfort 😊

[MarimbaBurd]

Damn, this brings in the feels for me. How literally good this is, and how the story is portrayed.

















Or maybe I’m just too interpretive lol

[Lost_Soulen]

it’s sooo well made! I really like the composition, if I can say so. Of course, I’m not a professional, but I see that the result looks just great! Those cooool movements…I’m in love. And, gosh, I LOVE your art style so MUCH! Good luck with animations and art!

[DanielKaspo]

That pose at 0:19 👍😉

I watched this a few months ago and remembered it when the song came on shuffle - great work :)

[baobab]

Can't stop replaying the "call me fighter" part, the spin is extremely well done and I love the ending pose! It's definitely one of those animations I save to come back to later it's great!

[camilagomezvalencia]

This is incredible! The color scheme, the animation, the story, EVEN THE SONG IS PERFECT. Is awesome! I hope one day to reach this level of skill <3

[MB-evix]

oh my god i'm in love. the poses are flawless! i especially love the way you draw hands and hair, too. well done!!

[broccoliscribbles]

Anyone else notice that in 0:30, where the character's hand was chained to the pencil with red lines, when the hand goes down and the pencil drags against the background, the pencil makes a red line, matching the chaines on the hands. I think this suggests that the character drew those chains to them themself, but now regrets it and can't escape. Amazing detail and perfect portraying academic stress!

[juneli]

This animation is so good!! I love the way the animation was made, I love your style and overall it’s just so nice, this must’ve taken so long, thank you for continuing to make such great animations :D

[navymutt]

I CANT GET OVER THE SPIN TO THE “call me fighter!” PART OMGGGG YOU DID AMAZING 😭✨💕

[tessaelmore]

This one hits a bit harder than the rest. It reminds me of the feeling of needing to be perfect and especially great academically, but then the end reminded me of not only the burnout from school, but the lack of motivation to do something I actually enjoy: writing.

The strings could have been her being controlled, metaphorically like a puppet, to work hours on end regardless of her mental health. Although, the first feeling that hit was the feeling of those strings holding me back.

[nilladrawsstuff]

I love how you interpreted the song. Gifted kid burnout is a vibe that I've been feeling a little too much since school started for me, and this easies the stress a little bit thank you <3

[KcoolCkat]

Even if it is weird, the thing that caught my eye the most was your description. It just gives a whole perceptive when you rewatch it.
Currently, I'm a tenth grader. The year you have to give it your all to get into a stable job or college in my country. 0:25 the eyes... I could have been high achiever.. When everyone looks at me for good grades, it makes me feel proud. But at the same time, I just like to be average. That way, people won't have expectations for me. I am just an average student who just stay quiet even if I know the answer. Most of it is fear. What if my answer was wrong? What if people lost hope in me because I failed once? Now that I typed this out, I realized how stupid my question is. Should I try harder now and procrastinate less? Yeah.. I should I guess.
Anyway, I love how you can color and animate smoothly at the same time. The color pallete is really pleasing ^^