Evan and Katelyn

Mini Vlog 36 - Setting up for Bob Ross in the DARK!

You know that feeling when you're part way through a painting and you really start to doubt yourself? What if there was a way to remove any doubts while you were painting?? Why not try... painting in complete darkness haha!

We really had to put a decent amount of time into the behind the scenes setup for our next video and we're not sure how much of it will make it into the video so we wanted to show y'all what's going on behind the scenes. -E

Coat Rack Made of Hands Aftershow

Hey y'all! Hope everybody is having a good Friday and hope this project does not give anyone nightmares over the weekend :) In today's Aftershow we cover:

- What went wrong with the painting
- What this project taught us about workshop layout
- More details on how the template worked
- Thoughts on our new laser cutter
- Using the lights to get the thumbnail (and the white wall!)
- A secret about our ad...

<3 K

Smooth walls and great lights! (Also the hand coat rack is done)

OK so the hand coat rack is done and SUPER AWESOME... but can we talk about how awesome having a non popcorn walls to take photos against is?! Something we've dreamed of while we were at our last house haha! Also we got to play with the fancy lights we've been collecting and the thumbnails were so much better and easier to get 😀🙌 We're just so happy for what that means going forward with all future projects and wanted to share -E

Weird but nice?

Making progress on the coat rack made of hands! We're simultaneously trying to lean into the weirdness of the hands but also make it look nice, which is a weird balance to try and strike. So we're painting the bottom section a nice matte black and leaving the top (and the hands) wood. So maybe at first glance it'll just look like a nice normal coat rack you might buy until you take a second look 😆

a HANDY thing to have in our house!

We've finally unpacked enough tools to tackle a woodworking project we've been wanting to make. We think it will be a HANDY thing to have in our house. Help us hold things when we're not using them 🤣... a coat rack made of hands!

Things are still moving a bit slower than usual since we have to dig through piles of stuff to find glue, clamps, or setup dust collection again but it's fun to be MAKING again!

-E

Mini Vlog 35 - Night Vision from the Cat Dimension

Hey guys! We have some "in the dark" challenge video ideas we'd love to try soon so we wanted to get a night vision camera... turns out our streaming camcorder from the old set up has night vision! -Katelyn

Cursed Candles Aftershow!

Hey guys! I gotta say it feels GREAT to be filming project videos again!!!!!!! In this Aftershow we cover:

- what we had to do when the beverage candle was curing
- why we actually filmed this over multiple days
- future ideas with poop spray
- thoughts on this as the first project in the new house
- thoughts on the new camera
- thoughts on the new set
- our post celebration feast at midnight

Hope y'all have a great weekend!

-Katelyn

Mini Vlog 34: The workshop "behind the walls" work is done!

So much progress!

New backdrop sneak peek, next project, and garage update (Mini Vlog 33)

We're actually filming again! Not done with the workshop but at least we're making progress, even though we had to choose a smaller project to start. -E

Mini Vlog 32: First Video & Workshop Update

Soooo workshop progress has been slower than expected, so we've had to change plans in terms of what our first video would be. Update in the mini vlog! -K

Moving Vlog pt.2 Aftershow!

Feels so good to be moved! In this Aftershow we talk about:

- Expectations vs reality of how the move will go
- Some of the stuff we did to prep
- How Joob has done since that first night
- How we feel about the new house and old house now that we've moved

Hope y'all have a great weekend! -Katelyn

Mini Vlog 31: Workshop Progress at the New House!

Can't wait til we have AC... haha! -K

Want to see something weird?

Standing in our empty garage was weird... honestly more than our empty house. During the move I was expecting us to get sentimental about the house, but as it got more and more empty I just started getting more excited about the new house and all the plans we have for it. But stepping into our empty garage, where so much of our content was created, where we had made so many fun memories, and seeing it all empty... was quite strange. It's always been a dream of mine to have a garage like we've...

Mini Vlog 30: Stream Setup at the New House!

Hey guys! Since y'all have seen so many evolutions of the  streaming setup, we thought it'd be fun to share the latest version (at the new house!) I'm sure it will change over time but this is where we're at right now. So far I'm liking the changes... just gotta make it work for 2 player mode haha -K

Moving Vlog (pt.1) Aftershow!

Hey guys! So weird seeing this Aftershow in our old house now that we are in the new one... crazy! But here is the Aftershow for today's moving vlog video, where we cover:

- Revealing what our original plans for this video were and why they changed
- Additional stories on the closing of the house and that last crazy day
- Rants about banks and legal
- How our thoughts on vlog adjacent content has evolved
- Would we change anything if we went back in time to do it again?

Mini Vlog 29: We moved!

We're in the new house!! Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!! 😁😁😴 (so tired haha)

Resin Money Purse Aftershow!

Wooo feels good to post a project video! It's like a little slice of normalcy in the middle of all the house shenanigans. In this Aftershow we cover:

- A mistake that was glossed over during the montage (pun intended)
- How panicked we actually were during the final pour and how we deal with panic
- Additional combos we'd like to test
- What are we going to do with the extra shredded money?
- Would we change anything if we went back in time to do it again?

SPOILER: Huge House Update! (Mini Vlog 28)

Hey guys! Real quick, the reason the title says "spoiler" is because if you watch our Moving Vlog (that will come out on the main channel later this month), it might give away a big unknown we faced in the move process that's included in the vlog. With that said, if you don't care about spoilers, please watch this mini vlog for a big update on the house front! -K

Resin (and gold) Money Purse Reveal!

Hey guys! Wanted to share how the resin money purse turned out - it's honestly a LOT better than we expected / feared haha.

Now we did have to do quite a bit of finishing work (pouring additional clear resin on the top of each mold to even out the texture, rounding over the corners on our router table, and lots of sanding/polishing). But in the end, worth it. Also I wanna work with gold leaf m...

Streaming Setup Tour (plus Q&A)

Hi guys, we not only wanted to give y'all a sneak peek of an upcoming E&K2 video where we give a tour of our streaming setup but we also wanted to see if you have any questions! Ask them below and we'll try to answer as many as we can:

1) Inputs

2) Video

3) Audio

4) Streamdeck

5) Lighting

6) Desk

Have you ever doubted a project part way through?

It seems to be pretty common for artists but I mean come on guys... does this look more like a tasty rice dish or a resin project right now?! 🤣 I'm sure we'll be able to make this work with enough extra effort though! Maybe a little chaos 😳🔥 and a montage mode? -E

Small scale tests for money resin project

Did anyone guess that we wouldn't stop with JUST money in the resin? 🤣 We did some small scale tests before doing the full pour:

1) Money and gold leaf (light on the money)

2) Money and "synthetic diamond analogue" aka glitter

3) Money and gold alcohol ink (that just... stayed on the surface haha)

4) Money and gold leaf and gold alcohol ink (with less alcohol ink than 3)

We already have a strong favorite but curious to get your thoughts -E

Move updates, 2 videos in progress, 2 week "break" incoming (Mini Vlog 27)

Hi guys, there are so many things going on behind the scenes and so many updates to share we thought it's time for another mini vlog! Hope you are having a great day -E

Embedding shredded money in resin

Hey guys! We just started our next project doing something we've wanted to try for a while - embedding shredded money in resin! The US Treasury shreds misprinted money, and you can actually buy it pretty cheap. 

We found a mold for a resin purse (https://amzn.to/32S3XO9 - kinda like a hard sided clutch.... ok a box...

House Tour Aftershow

Checkout this aftershow for:

- What Joob started doing after we filmed the Dramatic Reenactment
- What we would have done just for ourselves vs a YouTube video
- The actual state of our home now
- Our original plans for the house tour video and how we would share it
- House tour vs. house tour vlog and how we beefed up this video
- How intimidating this video was to film, but how it benefitted us
- How our blog saved us
- Would we change anything if we went back in ...

We started moving (somewhat)

So we aren't even done with the house tour video yet (still in the edit) but we've actually started moving... (somewhat). My brother and his family travel around full time in an RV and they were driving from Houston to the Hill Country area so we put a pause on what we were working on to start filming our moving video and pack some delicate stuff up for a first trip utilizing their RV space. We don't even have a house to move to lol, but we stashed our stuff in a family member's house who is ...

We made an offer on a house!

Hi y'all, guess what... we made an offer on a house! We don't have any good pictures of it ironically so here is us right after we bought our first house for sentimental reasons. Nothing is 100% finalized yet for the potential new house but things are moving behind the scenes. Our lives are a bit overloaded right now balancing the new house stuff with running our content creation business which is why we are streaming less, doing less podcasts, and doing somewhat quicker main channel videos f...

Prepping for our house tour!

When we asked what content y'all wanted to see around our potential upcoming move, one thing that was repeatedly requested was a house tour (https://www.patreon.com/posts/mini-vlog-26-49521937) so that's what we're working on! We wanted to film it before we started breaking things down, staging things, putting them in storage or anything like that so we're working on it now!

We've started by goin...

Glow Flow Acrylic Aftershow

Checkout this aftershow for:

- How long we thought this video would end up
- Thoughts on the missing red pigment
- costs and benefits of adding resin
- Wanna maybe do more of these as a stream - but what would we try differently?
- Katelyn burnt hers
- the scramble to get things on a level surface and mix more resin as things were kicking
- thoughts on super mask

Shh... Plushies are live!

Hey guys! We aren't officially launching the plushies til tomorrow but we wanted to share the links with y'all first!

Joob - https://makeship.com/products/supurrvisor-plush

Evan - https://makeship.com/products/evan-plush

Katelyn - 2021-04-09 02:54:49 +0000 UTC View Post