Heavenira

I've been completely absent from here for quite some time now, but I just went on some sort of Mine-Imator nostalgia... thing.  Dunno what to call it, not quite big or varied enough to call it a binge.     But yeah.   Just remembered this place and how much of a weirdly massive part of my life it once was.     It's a little sad seeing this once-lively community feeling kinda barren and disconnected, but it was bound to happen one day or another, and IPBoard forums are weeeellll past their peak in popularity.   Maybe the Discord is still alive and well, but I wanted nothing to do with that after the first time I joined.
I do sorta wish I had done more with MI while I still used it, but my long-running productivity issues never really let me make the huge, epic, story based animations I dreamt up.   Oh well, it is what it is I guess.    Still pretty proud of the Armory at least.
Not sure what I'm achieving by saying any of this, but I figured I might as well say *something* while I stop by.    Hope y'all are doing well!

o wait, does "meme" render as "Internet phenomenon"? if so that's amazing

I make music sometimes, take a listen if you want ig.

8-year member gang ?

8-year member gang ?

I used MI one last time. Tweaked in ps a bit.

Hi everyone, the Minecraft Sound Pack has been updated to Minecraft 1.17! Check it out here: 
 

Today is May 25th, the release date of Mine-imator 1.0.0 ?
 

Today is May 25th, the release date of Mine-imator 1.0.0 ?
 

Today is May 25th, the release date of Mine-imator 1.0.0 ?
 

Dark mode when 

Portal 2 is 10 years old today.
One of the best games. Ever. In general. 
 

jesus christ this theme damages my eyes even when using a dark mode extension

⚠️ Gonna be updating the forum software this weekend, so be prepared for possible downtime. There will be a new layout after this though, see the blog post here for details: https://invisioncommunity.com/news/product-updates/45-introducing-our-updated-default-theme-r1198/

 
pssst, in case you missed my animation I posted last week: https://www.mineimatorforums.com/index.php?/topic/84944-something-for-the-girl-with-everything-hand-drawn-animation/
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kppx4bzfAa
 

she

incase ya missed it

anyone wanna admit they have a crush on me? ???

Yo.
 

Alright, I think it's best to just put all my thoughts in one place to make things clearer.
I didn't really expect that revealing the new icon in a joke post would cause such a reaction. I initially dismissed it because, to be honest, the icon is a low priority for me, as there's a lot of stuff that still needs to be worked on to get the upcoming update ready, which is also why I wasn't very open to feedback, as I would much prefer to focus on getting feedback about the UI. I realize that was the wrong approach to the issue, hence why I'm writing this.
Another reason is that the branding is a little different to how I planned it going forward. While currently, the icon and logo are sort of stuck together, I decided to separate it all out into three distinct bits: logo, icon, and mascots. I don't plan on changing that, they will remain separate.
What is going to change is the icon itself. A recurring bit of criticism about the logo is that it doesn't feel related to Minecraft anymore. When I designed it, I just focused on making it readable. I tried to make it belong with the rest of the branding using evocative colors and shapes, but in the end, it appears that it lost too much character and ended up less appealing. As we speak, I'm currently working on a first iteration for a new design, which will hopefully tie-in with the program and the game it's based on:

This new design is rather popular with the Mine-imator staff, and I hope it will be for the rest of you too. If there are any ideas or improvements you'd like to share, feel free to.
Lastly, I'd like to apologize for my unprofessional and rude attitude. The rocky launch of Modelbench made it clear that transparency was important when it came to wanting to change how people use your program, but I hadn't realized that the icon would've been part of that too. I'll be sure to learn from that mistake and I hope we can move forward and work together in this next big step in the history of Mine-imator.
Take care, y'all. ✌️

Abortion is murder. convince me otherwise.

YO WHO STILL ON THIS?

Made a short clip for the monthly AnimChallenge on Facebook: 
The theme was "Cat's hidden talent". This could be a fun challenge to join if you're interested, any animation medium is allowed (that includes Mine-imator ): https://www.facebook.com/groups/AnimChallenge/

Some of you may be pleased to hear that I've removed all of the "jokey" word filters from the forums, including "fnaf", "foxy" etc. which were once replaced by other words. These were found annoying by some and being mainly relics of older, simpler times they have run their course I think...