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Hm. Ah.
Creativity.
It's described as this inherently mystical thing. The holy grail of existence that you're either
blessed with or not. This is the prevailing narrative. But, I wholeheartedly disagree.
Like this rock, I want to drive a wedge into that idea. I believe everyone is creative.
Creativity to me is a process. And so, I wanna show you mine. I wanna show you how I built the
animations on my latest documentary on the channel about incarceration.
Okay. So, today I am going to try to start to draw the little
animations that I wanna put in this first iteration of Continued Conversations. What
I'm gonna do now is I'm gonna go back through my script and everything that I think I wanna draw,
I've put in red. I'm gonna just start drawing those assets out. I am using my iPad Pro that I
got for my birthday last year from my husband. He bought it for me. He also got me an iPad pencil.
I'm just gonna sketch out the drawings. I'll make mistakes, keep trying until I get something
that I think visually gets the point across. To figure out how I wanna draw these things,
is I'm literally just going to Google and typing in "phone graphic." Then kind of looking at all of
the images that pop up and being like, "Alright, which one do I have the capabilities of?"
I'm using this sort of mood board of Google Images as my inspiration for each of my little drawings.
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I think creativity at its core is about being curious and being open to the world around you.
Even if it's considered dull or boring or mundane. It's about consistent
experimentation. That spark that everyone talks about, it doesn't actually happen suddenly.
It happens because you were experimenting. Whether it was conscious or subconscious.
Trying, then tweaking. Trying again. Red. Maybe orange.
Ehhhh. Let's try green.
Screw it. Back to blue.
Okay. Now, I have finished all of my drawings and I've also finished the rough cut of the video. I'm
not always in After Effects all the time. I'm mostly in Premiere. That's usually what I do
most of my videos on. So, I have forgotten how to do this effect where you can make it seem
like you're drawing things on, or writing things on. But, I found this really cool dude that does
YouTube tutorials. His YouTube channel is called Black Mixture.
Now, I am just gonna go through and start animating all of my drawings. That's how I'm
gonna do this. If you're interested in that Black Mixture tutorial, I will link down below to it.
Also, check out his channel in general because lotta really great tutorials on
there. I saw so much stuff that I'm like, "Oh! I could totally use that. I totally
wanna make sure I know how to do that." So, he is definitely in my Watch Later.
Nobody gets to the next level in their creative journey alone, either. I pull influences from all
sorts of things. Especially in video. Sometimes, you just need someone to hold the camera for you.
And also gas you up a little bit, too. The difference between you and I is that
I just kept making stuff. Even when what I was making was not that good. Like, at all. Then
there was a shift where what I was making actually sort of started to be kind of good.
At least to me, anyway. Honestly, it's all subjective. Aside from, yes, learning the
technical skills and rules. But even with that, you learn the technical skills and the rules
so you can know when to bend them and when to break 'em.
I just wanted to let you know that I think you are creative.
I want you to keep making stuff! Keep making stuff. Yes, you're gonna stumble through it,
but that's okay. Keep experimenting because you never know where your creativity will lead you.
With that, a big thank you to the sponsor of today's video which is Storyblocks. Storyblocks is
a stock footage site with over a million royalty free assets you can use with unlimited downloads.
Storyblocks is really awesome because it's an affordable way for you to up your footage game
whether you're a full time online creative like me, or maybe you own a
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Make sure to check them out at Storyblocks.com/hallease.
Through this video I used footage from their site. I really love how diverse their footage is.
Generally speaking, stock footage sites are pretty lacking in the diversity department. That
is a conscious decision by Storyblocks via their restock program. They've been focusing on making
sure to incorporate more BIPOC people in their stock footage to normalize the fact that we exist
and also more LGBTQI+ people as well.
Again, if you're interested, check out the link Storyblocks.com/hallease. In the comments below,
let me know what your creative process is. Including any type of rituals you may have to
get yourself going into your creative process. I'm always curious about that. Also, if you're
in a creative block, what do you usually do to get out of it? Asking for .. myself entirely.
If you're new here, I'm Hallease. I am a digital storyteller and on this channel,
I document my chaotic good life. Subscribe, follow, social media,
all the things. Thank you so much for checking this video out and I will see you when I see you.
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