they r not ocs, they r me, some r more me than the others though. there is no villian there is no hero

As someone who suffers with their own identity, this animation hits close to home. Good job btw

1:42 THE WAY IT TURNS ITS HEAD IS SO CUTE BUT CREEPY

I've gotta say, as a dad, that I hope crumbs family is proud of the amazing work she does. Her work is incredible and her personality is always a highlight when I hear her in videos with captain sparklez, playing among us or stardew.

“The best of both worlds”

I feel like this video describes how Crumb feels like her existence is split into the image of a human/creator (human Crumb) and her art/avatar (cat Crumb), with the anthropomorphic cat being the self that comes out of these images (let's call her real Crumb). Crumb as a person feels torn between her life as a shyer creator (human Crumb turning away in the shadow) and her fame as an artist, her avatar smiling in the center of attention (flashes in the face of happy cat Crumb); She's therefore "in the middle" between the two extremes (real Crumb always standing and walking between human and cat Crumb; flickering between human hands and paws). However, real Crumb is scared that avatar Crumb might outweight creator Crumb - after all, creator Crumb seems unimportant next to avatar Crumb who is loved by everybody. She is afraid that her creator self becomes more and more unimportant until her art, her artist persona, is the only thing left in the public eye (human Crumb flickering and disappearing, real Crumb hugging human Crumb close as human Crumb cries). This encompasses the deep fear of people only caring about her because she makes pretty animations and not because of her personality, and that she will only matter to people and be remembered if she creates artworks - in fact she's scared that people don't even think about Crumb as a human at all, and the only thing that matters is her art. (That might also mean that she might end up neglecting her personal needs in order to make more animations which again, ties in with creator Crumb seeming unhappy in the animation.) With these worries in the back of her mind, Crumb tries to figure out who she really is, especially in the eyes of others. Between her as an creator, and her avatar, who is she supposed to be? Is she not so much more than just her art? And of course, there's a fourth Crumb, as the four chairs at the table show. It's a shadowy human form, a very important Crumb... But she has never been seen by us viewers. This is the real life person Crumb, the one hidden away behind a metaphorical door. A mystery to the public... But not to Crumb herself. And while real self doesn't really play a role when it comes to her troubles concerning her public standing, she's not unaffected either. And so, Crumb needs to balance all these aspects of herself, and it's hard. It seems that sometimes, the pressure to make art in order to satisfy her viewers expectations is overwhelming and that she fears that people will be mad at her or leave her if she doesn't make animations. She is scared that people might value her work, but not her as an creator, not even mentioning real life her... And as if to prove a point, she deals with this sentiment in a way that will also peak the interest and entertain the fans of her art - by making it an animation.

im not even a big creator but this hits too hard. I can't begin to imagine how stressful being a public figure is, and all i wanna say is you as a person are infinitely more important than as an entertainer. take care of yourself, no matter what others think

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that this is at least 352 frames she had to draw. This is such a good animation and so emotional I don't know how you do it, it's amazing. I sincerely hope you continue to animate you have such a talent!

aww crumb :'(

From the frames we’ve seen I’ve been both excited and absolutely terrified.

ok i never really cry at animations but 0:46 made me shed a tear, it explains so much

as an artist with a persona who people seem to like more than the person I really am, and who people seem to think is the real me, this hit WAY too close to home lmao

Hey guys just letting you know that crumb is probably ok!! As someone that also uses art and animation as an outlet for stress and overwhelming things, it's nice to be able to draw out fears, anxieties, depression, or just overwhelming emotions into animation and art! It's calming and is very healthy to do. I've never met a single artist that didn't use their passion as an outlet for strong emotions. Even when you are technically okay, it's nice to draw the feelings you can't put into words. This was gorgeous to watch crumb! Really resonated with the anxiety and stress you feel. It's amazing how you manage to show you're negative emotions into heart touching animations :)

This captures my feelings towards KZfaq as a whole so well, I’m glad I’m not alone in this. You suffocate in trying to put on this image/persona so much you lose yourself in the process.

Tiny crumb is the main attraction, basically what crumb acts to the public. The box crumb is how she feels around friends and people at school. Unidentified. Whilst the humanoid cat is a mix imbtween or it could be a more shy version of the others. Last is shadow crumb. This is the real crumb the crumb that nobody knows of. This shadow crumb carries all the weight of the other crumbs but yet still feels love for them. Shadow crumb is the hidden crumb that's probably why she is a shadow.

(ES) Lyrics: How does the world perceive me perceiving myself? All i care to do is sip on beer and chocolate milk I'm frightened more than usual, lately I do not translate into 'One of the boys' 'Lotus flower' Or 'chinita' I'm just ES and i'd prolly rather Nap than wonder, restlessly: Will ya ever be impressed by me? Mom doesn't think i fit into the Darling archetype, but That's an ancient pair of jeans And my thighs are Crafted Holy, Rolling thunder Forget the numbers Forget the numbers, please Every goddamn family reunion, Someone's got somethin' to say How didja become this way? As if i've made a mistake Meanwhile, they've slaughtered the cake

Guys, I know "lore" and "OC's" are common in the animation world, but for real, Crumb is clearly expressing herself and going through emotions. Hard emotions, but hard doesn't need to mean bad. Anyway, she is not trying to write a story other than the story of her life and who she is. I feel that this is healthy escapism. Love you Crumb!

Crumb! This turned out so good 😭 I was really excited to see this when I saw the frames and you did such a amazing job animating this, there's so much to digest in here especially with the emotion! Keep up the amazing work, and I hope your alright 💖

The expressions in this one are astounding! Especially the eyes, they convey so much emotion.

I love the way you used Furry!Crumb as metaphor here! Box!Crumb is the more irl personal one, as shown wearing a backpack, presumably going to school, while Feral!Crumb is your KZfaq persona, being in front of a bunch of camera’s flashing, Furry!Crumb is somewhere in between, both physically and personality-wise, trying to find where they belong

Crumb, you killed it on the transitions between scenes, those are looking really good :D Nice work !! Do hope you're doing alright

I've seen so many teasers on your alt twitter, I'm so excited to see the final thing :D I bet it's gonna be awesome!!

I like that cat crumb is like: this is fine and the other one is just: anxiety and depression

1:57 deltarune: a human a monster and a fluffy bois

“These are real tears im cryin”

The emotions in this are so well expressed, the animation turned out stunning. The song also fits perfectly.

The "forget the numbers, forget the numbers please" just h u r t

tbh whenever i watch or listen to this video and looking at the comments it would just make me cry every time and at first i thought it was about someone u love leaves u but turns out its about someone who doesn’t know their own identity, love the art btw❤

This is gonna be amazing! Can’t wait to see the final product from all those community posts! They look interesting

If Crumb says she's uncomfortable with this I will delete it! Okay, I don't want to go too deep considering all the characters are representations of yourself in some way BUT I think (or at least how I'm percieving it) is the the anthro crumb is the "best of both worlds" so a mix of box crumb and regular crumb. In the last video, regular crumb was shown to be a villain of sorts and box crumb to have been resentful of regular crumb's existence. From this video, we can see that regular crumb is like a front, or the star child of the channel, she's the face. Box crumb is less so, attending things like school and being the quiet bit of the whole operation. The box is also shown to hide human crumb's face who we see as a shadow in these videos. So the story I'm getting here is that each "crumb" represents the mind (box), the heart (middle) and the body (regular). All of them are separate entities, box crumb wants things to go unseen and to disappear? Middle crumb has fears and insecurities while regular crumb mocks both of them because she's the popular one, the star child. Why can't they be more like her? Whether regular crumb is doing it on purpose or not is up for debate but otherwise this story (and vent piece, if that's what it is) is wonderfully crafted. Amazing work as always Crumb :] EDIT: to clarify, regular crumb isn't actually a villain- im just using basic story vocab to fit things into other things. regular crumb is still crumb in a sense, all of these ARE parts of her.

I think this is about how crumb is stuck between their online persona and reality and it’s caused them to not know who they are anymore and the more personified they are the more they don’t feel like themself but when they get online attention (the cat) they feel like it’s not them getting the attention but rather someone else. This has sent them into several nights curiously crying never really having answers.

i think that the person with the box head is cuptoast, the cat is their online persona and the humanoid cat is cuptoast looking in trying to decide which is their real identity, but thats just my interperatation of it (amazing animation by the way, looks super cool!)

the amount of emotion you can see through the thick lineart is amazing- even such a cute or simplistic style can be used to express different emotions and this captures the whole idea well

There's no right answer to the choice. I hope you make the choice you want. Anyway, your animation is cool. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

the thing I like about these type of videos is because there is always a deep meaning.

as someone who has more than one me, ur videos rly stuck with me from when more began to be introduced,,, felt v similarly

1:37 that small cat is so menacing tho

From what I'm understanding, this is supposed to be Crumb splitting into 3 personalities: one that's more private with themselves, (The person with the box), one that's more inclined to fame and attention (The cat), and one that's supposed to be an in-between of them (The cat person), but, the more private personailty is becoming more distant and disappearing. (Again, this is from what I understand, if anyone has a diffrent opinion/view on this, you can go ahead and share what you see in this with me)

This hits home so hard... Also these animations will never fade in my book

Okay this make me feel called out, I have problems with my identity to the point that I even question who I am or forget who I was, if you talk to someone near my location like my neighborhood or at my school people there will tell you different things, like for example some called me stupid while others called smart, others say I'm lazy, some say I'm burnt out, and that's just at one place And it's hard knowing that I don't even know who I am, and I know that a part of me will always be missing or forgotten

maybe this is a part of crumb that she doesn't like to look back on maybe? and that she would be disgusted if her past selves knew that would be her?

being constantly surrounded online vs being utterly alone offline is a very hard thing to juggle. You are not alone in this, stay safe

it's very rare that I see a video that I can heavily relate to my thought process and how it seems too layered compared to everyone else's,, thank you for making me feel a little more understood :)

This needs to be on Spotify I beg you…

“You get the best of both worlds” -Miley Cyrus

This new character gives me in between vibes, and they kinda look confused or stressed, must be hard balancing a normal life and a famous one huh

The duality of the live chat seriously

Dear Crumb, Thank you for sharing your deepest emotions with us and making something so beautiful. As someone who experienced a lot of similar feelings (potentially, i can relate but I can't truly know how you feel) this really comforts me and makes me feel less alone. Now I can revisit those feelings in a safe way.

1:30 Miss crumb i dont feel so goo-

Taking the Phrase loving yourself to a whole new level

your transitions are so so good, the emotions in each scene are expressed so well 💞

woah. I had to rewatch this a couple times. This might be the one animation of yours I resonate with the most. It's amazing how you can tell such a complex story with just pictures in such a short time. The flashes at the end were just... wow. I love it.

1:17 I love the paws here 😭💖

I’m living for the transitions, a little more dark than I expected it to be than when I heard the song beforehand

Hey Crumb I have to say this resonated with me. I may not have a public persona to balance with my identity but I often don’t feel like myself either. It’s weirdly comforting to know other people suffer similar problems as me, and for that I have to thank you. Anyways I hope the best for you, even if I don’t know who you really are.

The familly renounion part is very relatable with me on m'y fasse Side of the familly its like the whole familly Hates me and as someone Who as facial and body desmorphya and as someone Who also suffers whit their own identity this hits hard i hope your good life can be hard also crumb your so good at editing i wanna become like you one day!❤️🍄

You are who’s most important, my friend. The person behind closed doors deserves love and recognition as well. They’re also a person and is just as amazing as the person who everyone else sees. Take care of yourself, you’re more than worth it.

Hot damn this is gorgeous and you've wrangled a comprehensive idea out of an abstract feeling and I made respect you! (Also that flicker at 1:00 is absolutely /chef's kiss)

I feel this a lot. Trying to discern between yourself and the identities you create. I will say from me personally the cute cat and such is an introduction to your work (a good hook to get most on board), but your form of expression through videos like this is what makes you truly special.

Thank you for always making such good animations, and thank you for sharing them even when they're a bit darker. ❤

i’m sorry but 1:12 **there was once a monster, a human, and a wizard**

0:15 “and then they have me”

As a person who has problems with identity this is quite relatable and I can respect you made this

This hits really close to home for myself and I know it has so much weight packed in it. Your animation work is stellar, but I hope that identity is something you can find peace with someday soon. You are you, and that's rad no matter what it means

CRUMBBBB THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!! the emotion is palpable, i love how you used such a happy color palette to depict such different scenes, oh my god. this is easily my favorite animation you've done so far, i'm gonna be replaying it for days

I think it's interesting when the personas we create for ourselves, either to express ourselves or to get away from our reality all eventually become integral to who we think we are (which can be really confusing for someone). I'm not sure if this is what crumb was going for as a message, but that idea resonates with me.

My kitten Norman loved this, i also did too! I sometimes struggle with identity and you really captured that :)

That moment where the crumb with a box disappeared, hit me hard. Ig I've been dealing with alot of identity problems, and seeing part of you turn to dust, it's heartbreaking

Oh geez she spent so much time on this it's going to be amazing, I just know it.

this was incredibly beautiful crumb! made me tear up a bit, this captured a very specific emotion and executed it perfectly ❤️

I'm speechless, you do such a good job on your animations. It portrays so much emotion, so many emotions

Idk how but you always seem to portray the emotions and vibes of the songs so well in these animations!

We finally get to see the final product! Can’t wait to watch!

This feeling is familiar. When you try to fit to every circumstance, you're putting different masks every time you try to communicate, and in one moment you feel like you are losing yourself. You don't know which mask is you. The animation is smooth. I hope that the animator is doing okay. Greetings from Russia, and please, don't worry - you are not alone.

there are 2 main versions of crumb, small cat and box cat. the small one represents her online life and the other her personal life. the furry-looking cat is trying to hold on to her personal life but slowly over time it slips away as her online persona takes over i like it :)

My god this is so clean! The part we’re the box head character evaporates and the shadowing follows each peace is just beautiful. The facial features are also really good!

aah this is seriously so well-made! i love your works, the way the music and the animation pair off each other really well ugh ❤️ i know i shouldn't be concerned cuz im just a stranger, but i just hope u r doin oki! that is all crumb you slay this animation thing ✨

I can’t wait for the premiere! Your art is amazing! And before this starts, I wanna say that you are a nice, awesome, funny, talented, likeable and great person🌻 I hope you know that

Man, I love all of the little details in this and how you’ve got recurring themes and stuff. Like the symbolism with the eyes being gone or humanoid, the shadow of the anthro ones crack in the middle like what happened to box girl in the last vid, crum facing the light while box girls facing away. Good shit, love this stuff

this shows how you dont need small lines to make a good video, as crumb (an awesome and amazing person) shows even if the lines are thicc make the most out of it like they do love you crumb

Finally, someone who puts proper warnings at the beginning of a video! I wish this was something more people did...

Crumb this was so well made I cant ! To the transition, to the smooth animation , to the lip sync ( or however you call it ) it’s all so beautiful ! Now we have three crumbs , but seems one is gone :( Hope you are doing well crumb !

holy crap crumb this is actually phenomenal!!! the emotion the glitch effects and especially the way you handled each scenes lighting was amazing! I can't wait to see what you become as you continue to progress, great work!

for a lot of my life, ive struggled with a lot of breaking down of myself, like who i am and such,,, but this really hit me hard, once i saw it. i may not know a lot of answers and stuff but, it takes time to understand yourself. i would say its hard to understand people too, but you truly can never comprehend them, as i have never in all my years understood them. i understand if you arent feeling well at the moment, but i truly believe in you. im sure many others do too! and im not just saying that, know that, in time, you will figure yourself out. maybe not today, or tomorrow, or even 3 years from now, but in time. i think a lot of you, crumb, and i personally believe that you are doing great :) and remember, if you do feel unwell, take a break!! you over-deserve it at this point, as youve helped me and SOOO many others feel better. thank you, again, for being who you are.

0:31 "Look mom I'm on the internet!"

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!! So expressive and the new representation of existing as both crumbs is so interesting! I hope you keep doing impressive shit like this! Also, I know this is just a KZfaq comment, but I'm so proud of you and you deserve all the love your getting! /gen

I admire how you can use such minimal detail but at the same time more detail than a picasso.

the movements are so gosh darn smooth-

Sometimes we just need to express our feelings and organize our thoughts, we can try and figure out what this animation mean but you will be the only one that knows for certain. This is a very deep and personal animation and i can see the dedication you put into it. I'm glad you expressed your feelings and i hope that it helped you out, Take care!

I’m kinda late, and I think you told your story very well. I really do hope you take care of yourself, you have so many people here to support you

This really hits home as someone who’s been struggling with my identity for a very long time-

This is just beautiful. Ive whatched this several times and everytime i find something new. Well done crumb.

OMG WOW! I love this song! All the wips finally come together, lol! Can’t wait to see the premier ^^

This was very well done. I don't know if it's what you're going for, but I'm getting a good horror vibe from this, with the white glitch marks from the changing hands and the constant reappearance of eyeball girl, especially in the last frame. (I call her this with lack of a better name) I can't wait for the next one! :D

Crumb this is the 100th time you surprise me with your art work keep it UPPP!!! Hope you reach 400k soon :D

Your art is so expressive and I love it so much. You such a wonderful artist.

Another amazing and emotional animation crumb. But I hope you’re alright though. Take care and keep up the fantastic work 💙

I think my "theory" on this is that people often see crumb (and other creators) as the personality they show on camera instead of actual people with actual lives, and this is crumb showing that cat crumb, the persona, is more viewed than box crumb, the more personal piece of crumb. the cat humanoid is like the mix of both when crumb doesn't really know who she's supposed to be

crumble this is so amazing I've been watching this for like half an hour on loop i don't know how u do it, you have such great talent and patience i hope you're doing okay

I’m so happy seeing other ppl use this song for animations shdhshsvsh it’s such an underrated song 😫