Videos
I have been making videos on YouTube for four years now. My videos focus on subjects including graphic design, art school, and Harry Potter, among others. At the time of writing this, my channel has over 13,000 subscribers and almost 1,000,000 total video views.
Below are some of my favorite videos I have made. If you would like to see more, please visit and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
This was my video for the 2011 Project for Awesome, in which I talk about charity: water and their new social media project Water Forward.
Logo design is one of the most difficult aspects of graphic design, so I made this video to explain the basic concepts behind it and how to go about designing your own logo.
While in the midst of graduating from RISD, I put together this video about what I was feeling at the time and documenting parts of our graduation ceremony.
As a followup to my Intro to Color Theory video, I posted a video about CMYK colors and printing processes.
In February 2011, I wrote and recorded an episode of the YouTube game show Truth or Fail about typography and logo design.
In the same vein as my previous typography videos, I posed a video as an introduction to Color Theory in early 2011.
This is the video I made for the 2010 Project for Awesome to promote charity: water. We ended up raising over $1000 for the charity.
In August 2010, I was asked to curate the front page of YouTube with my favorite typography videos. Below are links to all the videos I chose to feature.
Comic Sans Man short film
ThoughtBubbler animation
Kinetic Typography to Dexter
Kinetic Typography music video to “The Journey”
Trailer for the documentary “Typeface”
FontCast
I was also asked to design the custom Halloween YouTube logo in 2010, which appeared on the entire site for a full 24 hours. I made a video to commemorate that event which featured Hank Green of the VlogBrothers.
I have posted two Introduction to Typography videos, due to overwhelming viewer request. They are intended to be a basic introduction to anyone who is interested in studying the subject further.
In Spring 2009, I made a short film about vlogging and YouTube and how it impacts people’s lives. Obviously a lot has changed about YouTube since then, but working on it is what made me committed to sticking to vlogging even though it has taken a long time to gain a following.
I also have a second channel, the very creatively named karenkavett, in which I post random vlogs and videos that wouldn’t necessarily fit in my main channel.
For all of you tech nerds out there, I shoot my videos on a Sony HDR-CX350 camera and edit with Adobe Premiere and AfterEffects CS3.
