Update on my YouTube journey

hey guys! It's been a while since I announced that I wanted to try youtube and well here's my little update on how the journey is going :).



You know how when your favorite youtuber sometimes complains that doing youtube is complicated? and you're like... how hard is it to hold a camera and record stuff and put it together later. well, I am here to confirm that they're right! Youtube is complicated lol.

On May 13, 2019 I uploaded a mini trailer titled "coming soon..." (view here). That video... if we're being honest here took me almost 2 week. Even though the video is only 12 seconds it took me a long time because since it was technically my first video I wanted every drawing to look good. I was really proud of that video because I was like "I actually uploaded something on youtube. This is so scary but I'm proud"

I was really proud because like I mentioned in my "a scary new journey" blog post I don't have high quality things like the popular youtubers have. I only have my phone, a crappy stylus, a mini tripod and microphone from five below. So with me having only these items to start I was proud. So, I tweeted the video on my twitter. Someone tweeted me saying they watched my video and I was thinking "Yay people are actually watching :)" then they started to criticize the work stating how it was nothing like the youtubers I mentioned I wanted to model my work after.

Even though I welcome any comments because the comments could help me improve. That comment the person made kinda made me feel really sad. So now I understand when Youtubers say that you have to have thick skin when you start youtube because sometimes people would leave mean comments. I was left feeling really sad and I didn't want to upload another video (even though I was working on another one after I had uploaded that trailer). I actually deleted everything I had already done because that comment got to me. I quickly messaged my friend because lol that's what we all do when we're feeling sad. I talked to her about this and she made me feel good but I was still sad.

Then later I talked to someone on instagram who also does youtube (here's the link to her channel... check her out. she's amazing) and we had a really great conversation and I was left feeling extremely good about myself. She told me about the time people also sent her mean comments and how she got over it. Her tips were really helpful and they inspired me to re work on the things I had deleted before.



That brings us to June 30, 2019 where I uploaded a video titled "random instagram questions" (view here). In that video I asked people on instagram to send me some questions for a video and people actually sent me some questions. I was really excited to actually get some question lol. I thought I would get nothing.


WHAT I LEARNED SO FAR:
What I've learned so far is that youtube is actually really fun but it's so much hard work. Especially coming up with a video topic. Sometimes coming up with a topic for your video is actually harder then shooting (or in my case drawing and adding the voice).
Lastly, I learned that sometimes comments will get to you and it's ok to feel a little sad but then brush those comments off and remind yourself that your a "bad b*tch". I still have so much to learn and I hope you all stay along for the ride :)


WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO:
I'm looking forward to making people laugh with all my dumb jokes or just laugh at me for acting dumb haha. Cause I seriously say and do dumb things on the daily lol. So when I'm ready to do actual videos get ready for my dumb self. I'm also looking forward to gaming. yeah gaming. I really like video games and I was thinking of maybe uploading a few gaming videos here and there on my channel as well... I'm also looking forward to making friends. I've heard other youtubers talking about how they've made so many friendships because of youtube and I think that's really cute and I want to experience that.





MY CHANNEL AS OF NOW:
My channel as of now (July 27, 2019) sits on:

2 videos
28 total video views
5 subscribers


I am honestly so grateful to those 5 people that have subscribed to my channel and as one of my favorite animators (ilymation) says are "here for the chaos" lol. Please don't be afraid to tell me what you'd like to see. Please subscribe to my channel (click here to subscribe), like my videos.... wait... what else do youtubers say??? *checks list* turn on the notificaiton bell so you'd be notified on when I post my next video. Don't forget to follow me on all my social medias as well.





Hope you guys enjoyed reading up on my "youtube journey" thanks for coming along on this ride with me. Love you :)