Well. It would be an understatement to say that I haven't checked in with you guys in a while. The last time I posted on here was last fall.
But let's just try to forget about that for now.
I was originally considering making an updates video for my YouTube, but then I decided, "Why not just make a blog post instead?" So here I am posting for you guys!
This past school year was pretty crazy, as you can probably tell by the lack of videos on my YouTube and photos on my Instagram. At the beginning of the school year, I thought I would have ample time to film. I always thought I would. But of course, life got in the way and I ended up overwhelmed with schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and social obligations—which, in all honestly, isn't completely horrible. However, I had very little time to make videos—even short videos. Looking back, I feel pretty awful about it. I tell myself that I should've squeezed in time to film, that I should've posted something on my YouTube channel. In reality, though, making videos simply wasn't an option this past year. I had far too many things to do and not enough time to do them, and to spend what little time I had on videos was unrealistic.
It's summer now, though, and I have quite a bit more time on my hands—thank god. So, seeing as how I'm actually home and able to film this summer, I thought it would be fun to give you guys some updates on my summer plans!
If you've been keeping up with my Instagram lately, you've probably noticed that I've been posting a whole lot of video updates…and not a whole lot of actual nice doll photos. Again, I feel bad saying this, but I don't feel as interested in doll photography as I did two years ago or even last year. I love dolls—don't get me wrong—but I would rather use my time to create videos for you guys than to take elegant doll photos. For this reason, I've decided that (at least for the most part), my AGIG account will be devoted to video & life updates (think basilmentos, heartag, fivedollstars, etc.). Unfollow if you want; I don't mind. I'm just letting you guys know.
Aside from Instagram, I have a whole ton of doll videos in the works—mostly stop motions, although I will be continuing Infinite ASAP! I need to figure out how to do the sets and everything, since I took all of them down and moved the human furniture in my room around since the last time I filmed. I'm really excited to get back into Infinite, and I hope you guys are, too. I originally planned about 3-4 seasons of the series. As of right now, I'll definitely make 2 seasons, but if things work out, perhaps I'll do more!
Also, I've been seriously considering making a BTS/backup channel! I think it would be a fun way to share random things with you guys, whatever they may be. I would probably post a lot of behind-the-scenes videos for my stopmotions, along with meetup vlogs and other fun things like that. Tell me in the comments if you'd like to see a sparkfireproductions backup channel!
I also came up with a summer movie idea. The only problem is that it's super long and detailed, and because I want it to be stop motion, I don't know if I'll be able to finish it before summer's over. Maybe I'll work on it for two summers and post it next year…? I don't know. I guess we'll figure that out when the time comes.
Hopefully I didn't bore you with all these updates! Tell me what you think in the comments here or on my YT/AGIG. I might not always reply to comments, but I seriously do read each and every one that I get! Love you guys and hope you're all doing well! <3
- Cristina
