You all have been waiting for it, and it's finally here. My video about the teeny tiny Lazels puzzles is up!
https://youtu.be/pYfXo7o-iHA
I'm at my parents' house this week, and my sister and I have been puzzling like crazy. Here is a quick rundown of all the puzzles we're doing:
-We filmed a video of us solving the Wave Puzzle 5, another Yuu Asaka puzzle. That video will be out soon, and...I'll just sa...
I don't have a new main channel video today, so I pulled this video out of the archives - a two and a half hour long time lapse of me solving Peacock Garden by Eeboo. If you're working on a puzzle today, throw this on and we can puzzle together!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIccCbKF6bA
For some updates of everything Iām working on, I already shot most of my next video, which is all abo...
2022-05-01 15:54:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been talking about this puzzle for ages, and today I finally solved it - the solid yellow Flat Banana puzzle from Springbok. You can watch the video right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXGib5GtyAQ
And then, I didn't have any exclusive Patreon content this week, UNTIL my friend Michael surprised me with a spreadsheet he put together of (his words) Dumb Analytics. If I go by this data, I th...
2022-04-24 16:04:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The puzzle statistics video I promised is here! I'm breaking down how many puzzles I have, how many puzzle pieces there are, what brands I have, how many puzzles I've done this year, and more.
I also experimented with running this video as a Premiere, and the live chat was really fun, so I think I may start doing that with my future videos too. Stay tuned!
And now I'm immediately getting back to work on the solid yellow Flat Banana video. The grind (puzzle editing) never stops.<...
As promised, here is Part 2 of the Patreon Q&A! Check it out above or at this link:
https://youtu.be/dY1hinSc6jE
Unfortunately I didn't get a new main channel video finished for today, but if you follow me on Instagram or TikTok, you'll have seen that I've been working on the solid yellow Flat Banana puzzle from Springbok, so that video will be out next Sunday.
I'm also working on a nerdy statistics video,...
2022-04-17 15:53:36 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Sunday morning, and that means it's time for a new video, and a new Patreon video! First up is the long-awaited puzzle studio re-organization video:
https://youtu.be/bwUVV0AP3wE
And then once you're done watching that, I'm answering your questions in my Patroon-exclusive Q&A:
https://youtu.be/s1-ucjOIc2Y
Happy puzzling!
Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you know that I was finally able to add the option to allow annual memberships. When I first launched my Patreon, a lot of people asked for that, but the account has to be active for a few months before that option is available.
But now it is! You can check out this page from Patreon Help for all the details on switching your ...
2022-04-08 21:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post
The puzzle I did this week is one of the most challenging ones I've done lately - it's a jigsaw puzzle of a sudoku, and it's double sided, and it's the same picture on both sides, and it's cut from both directions so you can't tell which side is the top or bottom. If you haven't seen it yet, it's up right now:
https://youtu.be/9B4hUnM1dFg
For Patreon, I exported a longer cut of just the puzzle footage, with nice re...
I promised you all a Patreon-exclusive Q&A video, so in the comments below, feel free to ask your questions! This can be about puzzling or anything else, and I'll pick a handful of them to answer for a video in the next few weeks. To keep it simple for me, please only ask one question per comment, but feel free to leave multiple comments if you have more than one question!
2022-03-27 17:46:11 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video is up where I'm taking on the 16 piece brainteaser from Yuu Asaka, Jigsaw 16!
https://youtu.be/vVNsYgHi21Q
For the bonus Patreon video, I thought I'd export a real-time cut of me solving the puzzle, so it's like we're puzzling together. I left it without music so you get the ambient sounds of the plastic pieces clicking around, but feel free to play your own music underneath while you watch:
2022-03-27 16:02:08 +0000 UTC
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Wow, I'm so thrilled with the amount of new patrons that are here after my last video! To say thank you, I thought I'd put up a surprise bonus video from the KP archives. This is an extra-satisfying video of me unboxing and solving the 100 piece Areaware gradient puzzles. After I solved them, I then remixed them a bit, since they're all cut with the same design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EIcDzDfgZQ
The final video in the Minions series is here! Watch me FINISH the 9000 piece puzzle at this link:
https://youtu.be/vVV5xYYq8YU
Then, come back to watch this bonus video of me unboxing the next giant puzzle that I'm going to tackle. And remember to keep this a secret from non-patrons until you see me talking about it publicly š¤«
I apologize for the giant MLM logo on the box - I didn't know what the c...
I was trying really hard to get the final Minions video ready for today, but in the end, I didn't want to rush through it and put out a subpar video. I've been working on it simultaneously with a secret project, so it'e been taking a little longer than usual. I'm going to take a few extra days to make sure it's at the quality I want, and release it next Sunday. After this one though, I'll be going to back to slightly more simple puzzles, so I should be back to weekly videos.
I also want...
2022-03-13 16:16:54 +0000 UTC View Post
You all voted on it, so today I'm sharing what I listen to while puzzling - all of the audiobooks, podcasts, and music I've been into lately. You can watch above or here at this direct link. Let me know in the Patreon comments if you have any more recommendations based on what I shared.
I also am so happy that the second episode of the 9000 Piece Minions Puzzle series is up now! I'm more than halfway through, and it's ...
2022-03-06 17:01:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Since I don't have a new video up today, here is another long time lapse from the Karen Puzzles archive! This one is Canvas by Cloudberries, and it's one of my favorite puzzle images. This is the puzzle I showed in my very old review of Cloudberries puzzles.
Here is the direct link if the embed doesn't work.
(As always, I put royalty free ...
2022-02-27 17:52:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I spent the past week working non-stop on the Minions puzzle, and I'm so happy to announce that I finished filming Episode 2! Well, I still have to film the outro and final beauty shots, but I finished all of the puzzling. In this episode, I'll be tackling the minions and all of the floating photographs, and then in the third and final episode that I'll shoot next week, all that's left is that massive blue box š¤
When I shoot the outro, I'm also going to shoot a bonus video shar...
2022-02-26 19:21:45 +0000 UTC View PostWow, I can't believe we passed 500 patrons on here! To celebrate, I want YOU to vote on which special bonus video I should make next. Go vote on that while I keep working on the 9000 piece puzzle! š
2022-02-21 16:46:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm so excited that the first video in my new 9000 Piece Minions Puzzle series is out today! If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch right here:
Secretly, I've also been doing a little work on it off-camera in between filming episodes 1 and 2. So after you watch Episode 1, come back here to watch this bonus episode:
You all have been waiting for it, and this Sunday it'll finally be up - the first video in my new Minions puzzle series! In this first video, I'll be giving some background info on the puzzle, building my new giant puzzle board, doing the sorting, doing the edge, and starting on the inside. I'm editing the video right now, and it's looking like it'll be about 30 minutes long!
The video will be up on Sunday at 9am PST, but in the meantime, here is one of the time lapses as a Patreon-excl...
2022-02-16 18:24:25 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for another long time lapse video from the KP archives! Today is 50 minutes of the Melted Ice Cream puzzle by Ceaco. I love how this one turns into a gradient of colors without being a straight gradient, and it was trickier than I expected to put together:
(As always, to avoid copyright, the music in the background is royalty-free music I found online, so feel free to watch ...
2022-02-13 17:02:12 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video is up now, and as promised, I'm talking about my entire solid-color puzzle collection! I've uncovered a lot of new things that I can't wait to tell you all about. Check it out right how at this link:
2022-02-13 17:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post
When I made my Puzzle Haul video last year, I had actually included another puzzle you may have spotted in the final shots of all the stacks of puzzles - Playing with the Past by Apostrophe Puzzles. However, they had sent me an advance copy and hadn't actually released that puzzle yet when the video went out, so I checked with them and they asked me to remove the clip. Well, the puzzle is out now, so I thought...
2022-02-08 17:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Today my new video is all about my search for the mysterious solid blue Springbok puzzle from 1965: https://youtu.be/iZBFi4nmETk
And as I said at the beginning, I also filmed a bonus video just for Patreon! I'm reading you an essay that I wrote in 2006 all about jigsaw puzzles. It's so funny to compare how I was going jigsaw puzzles back then to my process of doing them today:
Here is a little preview from my filming today, where I'm putting on my detective hat (literally) to tell the story of how I tried to track down a very rare Springbok puzzle.
Unfortunately, I had to record twice today. The first time I tried filming, I used a new microphone setup, and the audio was all over the place. I filmed talking straight to camera for like 40 minutes, and all of that footage had to be thrown out.
So, I went back to my old microphone, and I also decided to sp...
2022-02-02 21:52:08 +0000 UTC View PostI have a lot of bonus videos I'm planning on posting, so I thought I'd put the links all in one place for anyone who isn't on this Patreon from the beginning. I'll try to keep this updated with each new one I post!
Bonus Clips
Impossibles Video - All my phones through the years
Reading my High School Essay about Jigsaw Puzzles
Today's bonus time lapse is very exciting because it's the 3000 piece Metamorphose MC Escher puzzle! We've got camera angles, we've got five days of footage, we've got lizards. I think this one is especially satisfying to watch come together, so you can check it out here:
(As always, to avoid copyright...
2022-02-01 16:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostWow, one day after I launched the Patreon, and I am floored by how many of you are over here already! I'll be posting another bonus clip on Tuesday, and then I should have another main channel video up next Sunday, so keep an eye out for both of those!
In the meantime, if there is any specific type of bonus content you would like to see, feel free to tell me in a comment!
2022-01-30 22:35:11 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video is up today (on a Saturday because it's National Jigsaw Puzzle Day!), and in it I'm tackling the Impossibles puzzles, one from 2001 and one from their current line. These puzzles have no straight edge and 5 extra pieces! If you haven't seen it yet, you can check it out here:
https://youtu.be/uty3xUTRX0w
And now for the bonus content! Here is an extra clip I filmed talking about my phones throughout the ...
2022-01-29 16:35:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first long time lapse I'll be digging up from the Karen Puzzles archives, and it's still one of the most aesthetic and beautiful puzzles I've ever done. This is the Gradient puzzle from Cloudberries, and I hope you like this hour and 20 minute long video of me solving it.
https://youtu.be/qwwPZMTaFYo
(To avoid copyright, the music in the background is royalty-free music I found online, so feel free to wa...
2022-01-28 22:17:08 +0000 UTC View PostHere is the explanation on the two types of time lapse videos I can make - either I film the entire puzzling process with video, or I set up an interval timer to take photos every ~15 seconds, which I then stitch together to make a video.
I'll admit, it took me an embarrassingly long time to learn that my camera has a built-in Internal Timer, so when I started my channel, I'd film the entire puzzle with video, which took up a lot more space on my hard drives, but it means I also have a ...
2022-01-28 19:20:46 +0000 UTC View Post