But We Still Have the Video

Yesterday, I posted my 31st clip on YouTube.  I still can't believe I have even posted one video , nonetheless thirty-one.  Each one is basically the same.  I'm creating a special logo for my store, Booknotes. Most of the clips are under five minutes in length, but they can get up to ten minutes for some of the more elaborate ones.  For the most part, the logos are thematically connected to an event or holiday that is occurring. I had been creating these logos for over a decade, but I only started recording the process after I got my MacBook. Hey, I had a camera function, so I might I well use it.  Not to mention that YouTube was part of the Google suite that came along with my email address.  I try not to repeat a theme, although that got a little difficult over the years.  Most Halloweens had the same look, but I have managed not to repeat myself that much.  Once I started filming the work, I actually got some fresh ideas that I had never tried before.  Mainly, I was incorporating the letters more into the overall design, rather than just having them done in an intriguing manner.  For instance, my latest vid had Santa's sleigh being drawn by letters in the place of reindeer.  I even have a red "nose" on the lead letter in reference to Rudolph.  Some of my vids have the letters as the theme instead of the word or picture itself.  One of my first vids have each of "o" as a watermelon, with the last one as a cut slice instead of an entire melon.  Another time, each "o" was an apple, in a different color.  I just wish I had done some of these things sooner, as I had some great themes that were never recorded.  I had the letters as hot-air balloons in a Thanksgiving parade.  Then, I had them a floats in a Mardi Gras parade.  Each time, I had tiny people interspersed between the letters to add to the illusion.  For a few months before I started my films, I took pictures of my logos and posted them on the store's website.  Sometimes I included them in both the store's and my own social media pages.  I cut back on both, as the logos tended to make the site look cluttered, but I would still add the pics to albums on Facebook, as long as they were part of the entire decor.  I will have just about one left to do before I end the series.  I don't have an idea yet, but I have about another week or so before I have to post it.  I change them out every two to four weeks, but it's been closer to the low end since I started the videos.  A few of the olde markers are running low on ink, and I haven't seen those colors in many newer sets.  Even some of the newest ones have problems, what with getting cleaning fluid or something on the tips, rendering the marker all but useless.  Just have to get the clips organized for the last grand performance, and then we'll see just how good I have been.