Twisty Tree Series - "Carbonation"

I'm currently having some weird YouTube issues whenever I'm at my house, so this was actually uploaded at my college library. And it only took 45 minutes to upload instead of 6 days ^^' For some reason YouTube keeps telling me about a security thing that's out of date, but it works everywhere but my house. Skype is also out of commission for some odd reason. I LOVE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! :D (jk no I don't)

SPEEDPAINT | "Twisty Tree" Series - Carbonation

I had a LOT of fun with this installment, and it turned out exactly how I wanted! It's probably one of my favorites in this mini series so far and I really enjoyed creating it. I talk about it more in the video, and you can really hear my excitement in the narration so go ahead and click the link to watch it come to life!

Channel Updates/Plans

Hi everyone! I have a couple updates for you guys! Just a few things I’d like to get out there for feedback to further my YouTube career.

First, I want to start Twitch streaming! My best friend, Casey, has been helping me set up my Twitch channel, and my alerts are all ready...I just need to get an HDMI cable so I can hook my new camera up so you can see what I’m drawing! I’m also saving for a drawing tablet so I can eventually do digital stuff again, too! I have lots of plans for streaming, I can’t wait to get it started!

I’m also trying to think of fan art to draw for my channel. Fan art always seems to do better than original artwork. So far I’ve gotten about 40 subs since I started being regular on YouTube with 95% original artwork..so it’s not too bad starting out original because fan art will always help with gaining subs and popularity. I’m just not motivated to work on fan art for some reason. It’s kind of funny because that’s all I ever used to do and now all I ever create is original art. Weird how life works like that!

Vlogs have always been a part of my life in some way too. I used to do daily vlogs for 6+ months and then I got SUPER behind with them and couldn’t keep up. I’ve always watched vlogs on YouTube, and ones I’ve been loving lately are the ones by BdoubleO and his wife on their daily vlog channel, and Generikb on his gaming channel of his lifestyle in Bulgaria (he’s originally from Chicago!). I’ve also enjoyed some other artists’ vlogs and some other daily vloggers.

So I’d like to start occasional vlogs on my art channel! They’ll probably be art-related in some way. Or just some fun event things (like a weekend getaway or something like that) every once in a while. My Art Collective trip is to St. Louis to the art museum, city garden, the arch, the zoo, and the city museum…and most of the members know about my YouTube channel, so it’ll be a really good vlog because hopefully everyone will be down to interact! Austin and I might have a Chicago trip planned in the near future, so that could be another vlog. And I’m 90% positive I’m going to Art Prize in Michigan this September, so I’ll definitely be vlogging that if I go!! Austin may go to that with me too, my uncle invited him to go with me and said he’d give us a place to stay the entire time we’re there! I’m so pumped to go, you guys have NO IDEA. And I’m taking 3 classes, and one of them is online, next semester so hopefully it’ll be easier for me to get away with taking a few days off.

The semester is almost over, and so my portfolio class is also almost over. So the Twisty Trees may be slowing down for a bit. And I’m not taking any summer classes, so the videos will be coming with more variety, hopefully! I have enough videos edited to last me through the rest of the semester and a little bit into the summer. So that’s a relief. And I have a bunch more ideas, too!

Thanks for reading! <3

Decorating My Mom's Shoes!

The day has come that I finally tell my mom about my YouTube channel. Not gunna lie..I'm really nervous. Hopefully she likes the cruddy little video I made that's honestly me talking for a majority of the video. It's the thought that counts, right?

Decorating My Mom's Shoes!

Like I said, I do a lot of talking in the first half. I mainly talk about the story behind me decorating another, yes another, pair of shoes for her. I also talk about the Sharpies I'm using, the shoes she got, my experiences with decorating shoes for her, and that kind of stuff.

If you enjoyed, please feel free to share the video! And subscribe if you want to see more artsy videos from me EVERY MONDAY! c:

I'm trying to think of blog posts I can write up inbetween videos, since I feel like these posts are kind of redundant. I have a few ideas, but it's hard to find time during the week to write about stuff. I have some ideas for livestreaming, some advancements at work, and a couple other things I could definitely blog about, so I'll put them in my notebook! Stay tuned, friends!