Ahhh! It is a very weird day already. I've had a mixture of really good news and really
bad news, but the really good news is that I finally have Art Is Dead in Forbidden Planet
in London which is the one store I wanted it in. So, if you go over there there is a
bunch of signed copies and i'm really excited to be sharing shelves with some of my biggest
inspirations and idols. I'm very happy about that. So yay!
DarkSquidge.
Hey you! My name is Thomas “TomSka” Ridgewell and I am a “big” YouTuber. And not just
because I eat my feelings. I’m so popular that YouTube themselves sent me a Christmas
gift for, and I quote, “being so awesome”… and it was a selfie stick, so… I got the
message, YouTube. I need to be a better YouTuber. A pillar of the community. And what better
way to be a pillar of the community than to recommend 11 of my favourite “smaller” YouTubers
and spread some love. So lets do that today.
In order of smallest to largest channels we start with Tim Kish. Tim is a passionate and
extremely funny geeky person who talks about movies and video games and makes me laugh
quite a lot while he does it. I love him.
Next you gotta check out Matt Ley. Matt, as you may know, illustrated our book but he’s
also a vewy funny guy. So if you like dry wit and cartoons then you should look at his
channel with your face. I broke the book.
Moving on we have Cayleigh. A beautiful mess of a human being. If you want to know what
the gradual meltdown of a young, very californian, woman looks like then she’s definitely the one for you.
You gotta check out David, who occasionally does little comedy and VFX shorts. He genuinely
surprises me with every release and maybe if he gets more subscribers he’ll actually
make more videos. David, Please. Please make more videos.
Paul is a grass-roots, talky, wordy, opinion-y, YouTuber and comedy writer. He talks about
movies and books and social issues and YouTube culture. Basically he’s the kind of YouTuber
that once ruled this land before… The beautiful people came…
I need to mention Rebecca who is an illustrator and animator who often works those talents
into vlogs. She shares my enthusiasm for honesty and positive influencing and I think she’s a pretty good egg.
Now if you like my comedy videos from the last 3 years then you need to subscribe to
Eddie, my co-writer and partner in crime. When he’s not working with me or with
Weebl or just a whole bunch of other people he’s putting out his own wacky comedy videos.
Up next there’s my favourite YouTube comedy double-act- My second favourite YouTube comedy
double-act, Mike and Jacob. Their sketches always leave me in stitches, they’ve inspired
me numerous times, and it frustrates me no-end that their channel isn’t a lot bigger.
Ellen, much like Neafcy, is another old-school style YouTuber who talks to the camera every
now and then about her likes and her life and issues kinda YouTuber and she also now
plays video games for a living so… Only slightly jealous there.
Okay so all-time favourite types of YouTube channels are indie musicians. There’s something
about people who can make music that gives me all of the feelings and Kasper is no exception.
I love his sound and his creative videos and… He’s just good. Just check him out.
Finally there’s Ami. Ami is a very unique YouTuber in that she’s… Animated. I don’t really
understand how she’s alive I guess I don’t need to… Also we’ve met. It was very strange time.
So those are 11 “smaller” channels that you need to check out and help to become “bigger”
channels. If you make your own videos then please make your own video recommending your
favourite YouTubers and if you don't make videos just leave a comment with your recommendations.
Let’s spread the love! And subscribers. Mostly just subscribers. TomSka out!