- Hey everybody, this is Roberto Blake at robertoblake.com
and today, we are celebrating something awesome.
So, a lot of you have been waiting for this,
a lot of you already know about it.
We are unboxing the Silver Play Button
here on the YouTube channel.
They send this over.
It's got this cool packaging and box
and this is what happens when you get 100,000 subscribers.
It's just so cool that there's so many of you
that have been helped by the content
I've been doing on YouTube.
Really that's what's been about for me this entire time
is knowing that I helped 100,000 of you
solve at least one problem that you had creatively,
whether you were a designer,
whether you are a photographer,
whether you didn't know what hardware to buy
so that you can create whatever you're trying to build.
It's just amazing to me to know
that in a short period of time,
that I'll be able to have that kind of impact
that been able to inspire, educate and encourage
so many of you to create awesome things
and share them with the world.
So, thank you so much for helping me
get this Silver Play Button
and let's unbox this thing.
Alright, so one of the things they do is,
you get a letter from YouTube
and that's signed by Susan, the CEO of YouTube right now,
which is awesome.
And, of course, you get this bad boy.
Let's go and pull that out of the plastic.
Alright, so that's very cool.
Alright, so this is what a Silver Play Button looks like.
This is a legit real Silver "Play Button,
it's got my name there on it, "Roberto Blake,
"congratulations for surpassing 100,000 subscribers."
As of the making of this video,
we've over 120,000 subscribers on the channel,
members of the CreateAwesome Community
and, guys, I couldn't have done this without you.
This is actually really cool.
Some of you are probably wondering.
So, when can we expect you to get to a million subscriber?
I have no idea.
I'm not even really thinking about that so much right now.
Initially, a lot of you guys know
that I didn't really think about the subscriber number,
I just used that as a measuring stick
for how many people I'm helping in theory, anyway,
but I've been thinking about and helping a million people
create awesome things and share in the world,
helping a million of you figure out your creative journey,
whether you need to figure out
whether you are going to design score
or going to a score for a creative thing,
whether it's getting your first job
or freelancing on your own
so you can pay for your college education
and offset some of your student's loans,
starting your own creative business
and being able to make a living off of it,
provide for your family or start your life.
That really matters to me because those are things
that just weren't there for me,
I was an adult, I was 21, 22 when YouTube existed,
and it wasn't the same as it is today,
it wasn't even close.
So, I've really just like have been doing content
to help like 22-year-old Roberto out
since I can't go back in time like I really wanting to do
but helping you guys, that means a lot to me
and to know that there's a potential chance
that I can impact a million lives and that together
and maybe we can change the culture of creativity.
We can start to address bigger problems,
the stigma of being an introvert in the workplace,
the stigma of doing creativity
and having mental health issues, depression, anxiety,
the idea, that creative star with his creative arts
is really not just respected
that way that really should be
when creativity, like drive so much of our world
and the things that we spend our time on,
and the way that we do business and commerce,
it's all really tied to creative
and whether that you're a writer,
whether you're doing the photography
for these billboards or these ads,
whether you're a designer, whether you're doing marketing,
whether you're writing, it all ties together,
and when I got onto YouTube,
one of the cool things was I was finally able
to use all of my creative talents,
I was able to use my Photoshop skills and new thumbnails,
I was able to use my video editing skills,
I was able to use my creativity, even my writing,
all of it came together in a cohesive way
that let me just express who I really am.
That's the great thing about this platform.
That's the great thing about technology,
is it gives us this new bold opportunities
and I wanna be a big part of that.
I want to help influencing change, creative culture.
If I have a goal or a mission in life
behind anything I do including this YouTube channel,
that's what is.
I wanna disrupt creative services, creativity,
the creative and art culture for good and forever,
and I need you guys us help to do that.
So, there are couple of things
that are gonna be coming up on this channel
that are really interesting.
I wanna get you guys more involved,
so actually, in the comments section,
instead of saying congratulations or thank you,
which, by the way, I super appreciate,
I'd love to know your name and get to know you better,
I'd love to know four things.
There are four things
I want you to leave in the description,
leave me your name,
leave me what you are most excited about creating,
are you a photographer, are you an artist,
are you a designer or you're a writer, let me know.
Third thing, what part of the world are you in?
I'm really curious about that sometimes,
and then, the fourth thing I want to know is,
what on this YouTube channel has helped encourage you
or educate you or inspire you?
I would really appreciate if you guys can answer
those four things for me in the comments section.
Help me get to know all of you and create awesome community
just a little better.
Again, thank you so much for 100,000 subscribers
and help me get the Silver Play Button, guys.
I love it, it's awesome, it's going up here
next to the CreateAwesome sign and,
oh yeah, there is one more thing,
I am going to be doing a contest coming up.
It will probably be through my Facebook or my Twitter,
I haven't figured that out yet.
Links to those are on the description below
but I'm going to start doing
some kind of fan art thing once a month
where I'm going to have wanted you design
my desktop wallpaper and create that
but there is a catch,
I want it to be Star Wars themed
because I'm super into Star Wars, I'm a big old nerd.
So, I want you guys to do some Star Wars fan art
and it'll either be submissions through Twitter or Facebook.
I'll let you guys know, I'll do a whole video about it,
and I really want to do a lot more,
to make us guys a part of this.
So, that's one of the things that I'm working on.
Anyway, thanks so much, you guys.
Big plans for the next 500 or so videos here on the channel.
I think we've got 250 more
to look forward to before the end of 2016
and then gearing up for another 500 in 2017,
maybe more, who knows?
But plenty of stuff on the channel here
for you guys to check out.
Anyway, like this video if you like it,
if you're not subscribed right, we'd love to have you here.
As always you guys, thanks so much for watching
and don't forget, create something awesome today.
Who knows, maybe together, we change the world.