 So today is a special day, because if you have followed the channel this far, it means that you are no longer a new. If you understand the basic idea of modeling, kitbashing, UV mapping, texturing, procedurals, rendering, rigging, weight painting, drivers, animation, motion capture, exporting, and the fundamental philosophy behind each, then you are not a beginner. If you were, some of those words would probably go over your head. But they don't. Anyone who has graduated from this channel is a knight of the royal kingdom. So it is my pleasure, and my honor, to witness your graduation from Noob tonight. Congratulations, welcome to the next level. Now that you've gotten a taste of the different 3D fields, the next step is to ask yourself, which field did you enjoy the most? Which field do you never want to do again? Seriously, leave a comment down below, I'd really like to know. Really curious to see which parts you had the most fun with. It's completely possible to make a living off of just texturing. You can make a living off of just rigging. You can make a living off of just animating, or just modeling things in general. It doesn't really matter what you get good at, just get good at something. If you practice anything for 365 days, you are going to be amazing at it. So pick a field, hit it hard, but above all have some fun. Then next year, you'll have a portfolio of all the things that you've done, and you'll be able to confidently say, I have a year's worth of experience in this, and it will be a true statement. And being able to say that with confidence is an awesome feeling that I can't wait for you to experience. If you were a patron, I just want you to know that you are the only reason that we were able to pump out 115 videos of blended tutorials this year. What took me 13 years to figure out and learn the hard way? You can now binge watch in a single day, and these playlists are now forever available for any new aspiring 3D artist to learn from absolutely and completely free. I wasted so many years of my own life watching tutorials, that by the time I learned everything I needed, college was over, and I felt totally wasted, and pissed off that I just spent the prime of my life watching long and shitty tutorials. Originally, I just started the series as a way to make sure that no one else wasted their life like I did, but I never expected to find you guys in the process. I never expected to be a part of this incredible community, with goals and dreams that we would work towards together. You guys have brought a new layer of meaning into my life that I never thought I'd find again. So, thank you so much. In the end, I guess I really didn't waste those years, I just ended up giving them all to you. As for the future of this channel, as some of you may already know, I don't want to beat the jack of all trades for the rest of my life. So next year, in pursuit of specializing in character creation, I'm gonna start my journey master in sculpting with the secondary in character animation. We could honestly spend our entire lives practicing character creation and still never reach the end. But it's my favorite field, and I think we would be doing the entire community a favor by finding the most efficient workflow for sculpting, animation, and exporting to Unreal. But before that, I have two promises left to keep to the community first, Anime Shading and passing on what I know about programming in Unity. Once I have completed those two things, we will then focus the remainder of our time on mastering everything we can about character design and creation. Also, I know a lot of you are waiting for me to open up a Discord, and I do plan to make one. I just want to do it after the Unity and Anime series. The main reason is creating tutorials every day really takes up all the spare time I have, and any extra spare time I have, I usually spend responding to questions, comments, and messages on Patreon. Patreon is usually the last thing in the day I check, and sometimes the day is so busy that I don't even get to check Patreon. So as it stands right now with my schedule, I don't want to start a Discord only to end up ignoring it three to four days a week. So when things calm down, and I've finished sharing everything I know, that's when the Discord will start to roll in. And I've already got a few things I'd like to work together with you guys on Discord planned out. But for now, please hang tight for a bit, I really appreciate it. I will be taking a short three to four week hiatus, and in this time, I'm going to run all my tests and prepare all the material that I'd like to teach you guys next year regarding Anime Shading, programming, and Sculpting, which of course, once I have organized, will be teaching to you guys absolutely free. So please look forward to that next year. And the last thing that I would like to announce is merch. That's right. The long overdue Yadun t-shirts are finally in the house and come in the five fantastic colors of ravaging red, boldly blue, yolo yellow, beyond black, and of course, everyone's personal, classic, favorite, wildly white. For a limited time only, get yours now while supplies last. We also have the traditional Royal Skies t-shirt, but you probably want to get the seasonal one while you can. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you so much for watching. And as always, hope you have a fantastic day and I'll see you.