DREWspective

Last night I was putting the finishing touches to my latest YouTube video. Unfortunately it didn’t convert properly when scaling it down from DV AVI to MP4 (or something), so it’s not up yet.

But this video isn’t another Chadwarden video - though I still plan to make a few more - nor is it even anything new. In fact, it’s a Flash animation I made almost six years ago.

With almost 20 different Chadwarden videos on my YouTube account not including his original ones or my commentaries, I was getting worried that I’d be typecast as "the guy who just makes Chadwarden videos". (I will tell you, it’s very addictive! There is so much content, many people have made parodies from just one of the videos!) I’ve since wanted to do something new, but wasn’t sure what.

I eventually stumbled upon some past work, which is usually difficult - I’m the kind of person who gets very nervous when looking at stuff they made previously, and very nervous when other people look at my stuff.

The movie in question was originally submitted to Newgrounds (when it was worth going to as a site), and scored around 3.5 out of 5. A score of 4 or 5 meant your video pandered to the Mario/Final Fantasy fanboy crowd, who somehow made the site their own.

Usually I would cringe at the sight of a movie I’d made years ago, embarrassed about how random my ideas were. Thoughts like "what was I thinking?!" would fly through my head.

But strangely enough, I was surprised. This movie had stood the test of time, and was far better than I’d expected! (in my opinion, anyway.)

You’ll get to see the movie sometime tonight, provided all goes well on the conversion front. Let me know what you think of it when it drops. http://uk.youtube.com/user/drewmaughan