jaca🌱 Team MYSTERY🔮

@jacadamia.com

11037 Followers 661 Following

Artist, Animator, 28, They/Them please! Blarblarblar COMMS: 8/8 Full! pfp by @lycanthromance.bsky.social Shop, Comms & More: https://jacalinks.carrd.co/ #art

Fred the Angry Spoon approaches Bill's Peanut Factory, before sliding into the doorway with a silly face.

Maple, a brown anthro Pine Marten, sits relaxed on the ground with one hand on the floor and the other on their knee, looking at the viewer with a kind wink. The background is a tan color, with a green square filled with pine tree silhouettes.

Orla, a somewhat lanky anthro dog with brown fur, pigtails and a sailor/nautical themed outfit, complete with torn jorts, striped shirt and a neckerchief. She walks jauntily while smiling to her side.

macamo and sage together facing the viewer. Macamo excitedly jumps in the air holding up a trans flag, while Sage sports a nonbinary flag sticker and makes a peace sign.

macamo and sage together facing the viewer. Macamo excitedly jumps in the air holding up a trans flag, while Sage sports a nonbinary flag sticker and makes a peace sign.

Sage the deerdog in a muted teal jacket, striped white sweater and navy skirt. She also has a white hat on and brown converse with the toes taped up to resemble paws.

dimseposs’s art as my iphone wallpaper

jaca IRL with a green balayage and haircut

a Reference sheet of Sage, my sona! She's a deer dog, uses they/she pronouns. They have yellow and cream colored fur, brown hair with green highlights, and small green antlers. She is cute and awesome and cool

the white cartoon doggy from "to create is to connect" flies on their paintbrush at a dynamic angle. The doggy is looking at the viewer and holding up the TCTC cap in their back hand.
Text reads: Final Day! to create is to connect hat pre-orders close at Midnight! EDT. Jacadamia.com

a Promotion image featuring a cute collie plushie (from littlesofts.com) holding a 'to create is to connect' cap under its paw. Next to it and the cap is a small plush Macamo. The text reads "to create is to connect pre-orders end tomorrow, 5/20 at 11:59pm Eastern Time" plus "jacadamia.com"

mii Jaca and mii Fred posing while each wearing a TCTC Cap

hi folks! lil update/response to uhhh all the responses to my recent response video!!

First off, WOW thank you all so much for the kind messages and to all the people who decided to check out the original "to Create is to Connect" animation. Also thank you to everyone who decided to order a hat, the support is hugely appreciated 💚

Secondly, I wanted to address some misconceptions I've been seeing regarding the video and also the idea of the overall reception to the TCTC animation.

The comments I showcased in my response video were NOT the norm, and I'm NOT blaming them for the animation flopping. I'm seeing a lot of people saying "wow I can't believe SO MANY people would say that about you selling merch" or things along the lines of "I can't believe they would do this to ur video!!"

In reality, there were very few people commenting things alluding to me being a sellout, really just a handful. Most of the comments I got were very supportive and from people who really enjoyed the animation!

I went on Bluesky a bit after the video had started flopping, looking to see if it maybe had anything to do with the algorithm being weird lately. Then, I got a handful more replies from people, saying they and others had felt icky from the way I presented the merch tie-in. Because of that I reflected on it, and I felt like it was something I wanted to address/change.

lil doodle of Macamo and Sage, with confetti in the air. "Birth!" and "28" are written out.

written text:

I viewed this animation as a normal work on my channel, with a promo at the end for my hat I designed, but maybe it comes across as an unwelcome surprise to be watching a neat animation with a nice message, to then be hit with "oh that was an ad?" at the end of it.

I spent well over a month animating everything, and even longer designing the hat, finding a local manufacturer and planning everything. In my eyes both the hat and animation are works of mine that I'm proud of! It just so happens that the hat you can buy and own physically, and by doing that you're directly helping me like... survive and pay rent, more than adsense can.

I didn't initially want to label the animation as an ad because I believe it stands alone without that context, and that by focusing on the hat in the title, I would be selling the video short. I'm not a stranger to seeing an obvious merch video and then choosing not to watch it because I'm not interested, and I'm assuming it's just gonna be the creator talking about what they're selling for most of the runtime.

But ultimately I realized that trying to hide the promotional nature of the "to Create is to Connect" animation in hopes that it would escape the limits of being "just an ad," could be seen as deceptive, and that's not what i wanted at all!

I always try to be up front and honest with y'all, and the nature of YouTube can sometimes make me lose sight of that in hopes of reaching the widest possible audience. Hopefully this change can help the people who DO watch it feel like they know more of the context beforehand so they can better appreciate the animation as a whole.

youtube analytics screenshot of "to create is to connect" views are less than usual, and view duration is less also (but this is likely just because it's a shorter video)

Macamo smiles at the viewer with their hand on the brim of a "to Create is to Connect" cap on their head. In the corner is written "20 DAYS LEFT!"

a dynamic shot of the dog-creature from "to CREATE is to CONNECT" riding on a paintbrush in front of a city skyline. They're looking at the viewer while riding away.

animated video set to kirby music. A dog-type creature rides a hovering paintbrush through the desert and into a cold city, painting the sky and sparking joy and creativity in the creatures living there. The dog then soars into the sky before wrapping the earth in paint and forming a big heart!

my spotify homepage, except there’s a vsauce thumbnail, and a penguinz0 thumbnail one after the other. no music is visible anywhere

2D anthro doodles standing around looking apathetic in a simple 3D city

macamo in a black tank top, shyly holds up a small nonbinary pride flag

a happy bouncing blob cat on loop :3

Macamo with slightly voluptuous human legs. Mo is looking back over their shoulder, with one hand on their forehead and the other on their hip.

screenshot of a discord chat between Jaca and Jay, from yesterday.

jay: it would be awesome if there was a lil’ something next tuesday. for mar 10 (mario day)

jaca: mario movie direct 2

jay sends a sly looking emote and says “my reaction”

jaca: this whole year should just be radio silence from nintendo interrupted by mario movie direct and then zelda movie direct.

Embers the fennec, running anime style with a piece of toast in their mouth. They're gonna be late but at least the toast is good!

Phan the anthro tiger, happily smiling with a strawberry icecream cone in hand, standing with his other hand on his hip

poorly drawn ms paint macamo typing at their computer

an orange, pink and white impish winged creature floats in the air. It looks mischievously over its shoulder towards an early morning light spilling from the right.

mimikite stands in his pinkish purple sweater and gives a happy little piece sign with his fingers. the background is pink with a purple and pink gradient on top of it

a video snippet from jacadamia’s video “they want you to stop.” the snippet is of the “how to be creative” segment where jaca walks the viewer through the general process of introspection and creation.

a poster advertisement in a new york subway, it’s advertising another one of those friend AI apps, this time called Robyn. it calls it “deeply human” lmao.

Poof the anthropomorphic, orange and white cat, is jumping ecstatically in the air! They're looking and reaching toward the viewer, one leg up, with a happy and energetic expression. The background is a warm blue and green gradient.

I just want to say thank you so much for all of the amazing feedback on my latest video, I spent months toiling away at it, unsure if it would resonate at all, or even if it was a good idea to make something so raw and way more political than anything I've done thus far. I had tons of moments where I legitimately thought the video was outright BAD, but regardless, I spent the last month working on it nonstop, and I had to pull an all-nighter going into Christmas Eve to get everything out the door on the 25th.

It was kind of a mini-hell of my own creation, but because of all of you I know it was worth it. Thank you for sharing all of your stories and letting me know how much sharing mine meant. I spent the last few hours of Christmas day reading through the comments and I full on started crying, because you let me know that what I was trying to do MATTERED, and that's really all I needed

a painterly doodle of macamo happily posed mid-air above the numbers 2026

a white anthro cartoon cat places is looking out a window at billowing flames on the outside. They they take a crudely drawn doodle of a smiling sun and some trees and place it over the window, blocking the scary view of the outside world. they sigh with relief.

macamo slides across the screen, while sitting and rotating with a straight face.

a simple anthropomorphic rabbit in a tunic, pulls out a giant paintbrush in a fun adventurous fashion :3

Macamo adorned in a mummy costume! they're posing playfully, with bright green eyes and their fur and ears poking through the bandages

Macamo holds a sign that reads "COMMZ ARE OPEN!"

a macamo plushie and a small hedgehog plushie are propped up next to an “I voted early!” sticker on my desk

my discord home page looking like a 1995 word doc

art of Luvy the Culpeo sat relaxed on the ground, listening to his headphones and looking calmly into the distance.

Macamo stands in the doorway of their new apartment room, holding a box labeled "STUFF" and looking happily bewildered. The room is carpeted, with a desk, computer, shelf full of knickknacks and other things. Looks pretty cozy.

An illustration of a geometric character, made up of various polygonal shapes. They have a blue glow and black goggles made out of gears. They're in an airborne pose, one hand on their goggles and looking at the viewer, as if analyzing you.

8 doodletuber commissions all emoting and rotating around in a circle.

macamo holding a sign that reads "commz are open!"

Sage sits at their desk, drawing on a drawing tablet. You can't see the screen, but Sage has a slightly worried expression on their face. A stack of dollars with wings flies away...

Astor, a red and white furry canine, stands wearing a cowboy hat and loading a revolver, looking playfully smug at his cat friend Midnight. Mid is in a judogi (judo uniform) with black belt, standing in an inviting defensive pose, ready for Astor to attack, saying "C'mon!! I can take it!!" and looking slightly crazy.

a sketch of macamo mid-step and waving at someone. they're saying "hey." and standing on some kind of grassy path

a strange gamecube controller that only has one big ‘A’ button and a c-stick

macamo holding a sign that reads "commz are open!!" in all caps.

a short animated promotion for Jacadamia t-shirts! it’s the same design as last year but they’re on sale for almost 30 percent now!

the animation stars tiddy cat, who is feeling the extreme heat of the sun and decides to take off their macamo t-shirt to go for a swim. however, a mysterious figure appears and runs off with their shirt! Tiddy cat succumbs to sadness in the water, before Macamo shows up behind a little pond frong, and tells Tiddy Cat all about the shirt sale!

the animation ends with a shot of tiddy cat still in the water at night time, with the announcer saying “shirts ship in 3 to 5 business days”

Theorbo, a large amphibious anthropomorphic creature, sits with their back to the viewer. They're cross legged and holding a small green frog in their cupped hands, staring down at it inquisitively.

a pixel-art rendition of macamo, smiling and winking. The pixel art is in black and white in the same style as an undertale character portrait!

doodles! There are various things, a silly bird, a burger, a long serval cat, a dolphin, Sage doing a wide stance while wearing a skirt and cute top. A little cat guy running with their arms dangling.