Kyle Samuels
Year 1 - Memes

In this blog I will be talking a bit about my meme content, and giving some insight into the backend work it took to make it.

Year 1 - Memes
Kyle Samuels
Tools of the Trade

I thought I’d take some time to write a blog about it so there can be a point of reference for those who are curious about this that goes into detail about what I use and why I use it.

Merch Drop

Hello everyone. It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog. I’ve had to deal with… a lot this year. Maybe there will be a blog addressing that one day, but for now on to good news.

The good news is I’m going to start producing merchandise. Well, let me re-phrase. I’m going to start re-appropriating my assets for print on demand service “printful”. They recently announced a partnership with Squarespace, and I figured this would be as good an opportunity as any to start releasing merch.

This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I’ve been signed up to print on demand services before, but integrating it into my site was above my knowledge base. Now that it’s all seamlessly integrated and the quality is there, it’s go time.

Speaking of quality:

Merch drop 1

This is wave 1, and it will be live on my web store at the time this blog is published. I ordered some samples and I’m quite happy with how they turned out. This wave has:

  • Beanie with my insignia

  • Iron on patch of Neela the dog that walks backwards

  • Stickers for my first meme short “Sit On It”

On top of that, I should be able to get my website store on instagram too due to the wonder of technology and linking

Squarespace has also released a bunch of cool updates that I hope to incorporate over time. Stuff like exclusive content, accounts and so on are additions I’d eventually like my site to have, but that’s very much down the road.

This is just a start. I want to release new stuff on a monthly basis. I already have wave 2 planned, but I need to purchase some samples to make sure it looks the way I imagine. Additionally I would like a limited edition run of a “Year 1” print to celebrate producing my storytime shorts for a year.

The first one started production around the end of October in 2021, but was released in January 2022. Since the first storytime release I’ll have developed 3 categories of content, but I’ll talk about that in another blog.

Lastly I want to say that buying the merch will be the best way to support me for now. If you like my shorts (heh), please think about ordering some of the merch. I put my absolute all into making the best content I can and even try to surpass my best efforts with each new upload.

I am grateful to all of you that love my content and support me. I have received a lot of love and encouragement for my content, and that’s something I appreciate deeply, so thank you for taking the time out to watch my little animated adventures.

That’s all for now, thanks for reading.

Does Suffering Make For Better Art

Does Suffering Make For Better Art

Welcome readers. This is a blog I’ve been wanting to write about for a little while. I used to hear all the time about how an artists best work is linked to their suffering. I think this is a fallacy, and people are way too comfortable with letting artists suffer just because they assume the end result will somehow be magnified. Personally, I see this as an excuse to pay artists poorly because some people are simply cheap. In addition to that, I would disagree that an artists best work comes from suffering. I think it’s the opposite. Someone who is of healthy mind, body, spirit, and finances, will be able to make the best work that they can possibly make.

Dual Screen Tech Has Me Excited

Dual Screen Tech Has Me Excited

Welcome back readers. The last few years have shown us that tech companies are really investing in new ways to interact with their devices. There are many new categories of devices such as: wearables, virtual reality, augmented reality, biometrics, and so on. The category I am currently most interested in is dual screen phones. I think the other tech spaces are very intriguing, but I’ve always loved dual screen setups, and to have that power on the go is something that I think will be pretty convenient to have in the future.

My Feelings On Fanart

My Feelings On Fanart

Welcome friends and new readers. This blog is something I wanted to put together for a while. Visual artists really love fan art. If you know me personally, you probably already know my feelings on fan art, which weren’t really too positive. Since giving it some thought, I realized my views were a bit more complicated than I originally gave them credit for. While I’m not as anti-fan art as I used to be, I’m not particularly pro-fan art either.

Do Something Different

Do Something Different

Greetings readers! Hope you’re doing well. I wanted to write a short blog about experimentation. This, of course is relegated to the art world, but a lot of the information I’ll be writing about here can be applied elsewhere. This was a topic I’ve had some time to think about since I’ve stepped back from animating recently (I’ll write more about this later), and it’s made a pretty significant impact on my day to day life. Let’s get started.

3 Habits I Adopted To Take My Art To The Next Level

3 Habits I Adopted To Take My Art To The Next Level

Welcome back! In recent times one of my obsessions have been to push past my own limits as an artist. While I have had a growth mindset since I could remember, it hasn’t been to this effect before. I’ve felt stuck, artistically over the past few years or so. It doesn’t feel great to drag your feet in something that you look to as a creative outlet. I got tired of feeling this way and wanted to do something about it, but it wasn’t until I made a conscious decision to approach the creative process differently, that I was able to grow. These are 3 habits I started to get me to the next level.

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