Having Christine Gambito, also known as HappySlip from YouTube, stop by our lecture on Wednesday was, first and foremost, such a priceless experience. She's a YouTube star! But she, humble that she is, still found the time to come to talk to us about how and why she does what she does.
Christine talked about finding inspiration within her family, as well as from other videos. That goes to show that even the best of the best, or in this case, one of the funniest people on YouTube, don’t come up with all their material on their own. She knows how to tell a story and she knows how to make her audience laugh, but without hilarious family scenarios to reenact or a ridiculous security alarm system ad on TV to make fun of, she wouldn’t have anything to share with her fans.
She also addressed the issue of females being more prone to compare, and I can relate to that on multiple levels. If she finds herself over comparing her videos with others, she stops watching; when I find myself over comparing next time, I can’t just turn off my thoughts, but I will find something more positive to think about.
While I wasn’t exactly starstruck to the point of hyperventilation, the whole thing did strike me as surreal. All my friends were jealous when I told them HappySlip not only came to my Design lecture, but also took a picture with me after. I definitely learned more about the creative process that design is a part of in every different kind of media.
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