"How to" videos, both the saviors and the banes of the internet. When trying to learn something new or make a project I myself often look to a "How to" video for guidance. Nothing can be more frustrating than finding a video of your given subject, and then begining to watch it only to find to audio doesn't sync, the video is grainy or the 20 minute video is the video creator talking about a subject totally different from what your original intent for watching the video was, (for example, the video is titled "How to make a PB+J" and the video author spends the first half an hour of the video bragging about his new car and spends the last one minute rushing through the actual sandwich making). While there is nothing wrong with promoting yourself or what you do in your video, or even show casing your sponsor in your video, it is draining and boring to your viewer to give them a false promise of sorts when your video is about nothing related to the subject.
Then, there are those times when you find a "how to" video that goes above and beyond, good lighting, enthusiasm from the video creator, good tips that stick to the subject. Two excellent examples of how to videos are "How to Draw Different Action Poses Easily" by My Mangagaka Life and "DIY Mermaid Blanket" by ThreadBanger.
In the "How to Draw Different Action Poses Easily", Lizbeth goes in-depth to talk about how she does action poses for her manga and goes step by step to talk about different methods of drawing action poses. The way she speaks is to not only instruct the viewer but also to engage them. Check out her video here:
Another great "how to" video is ThreadBanger's "DIY Mermaid Blanket". Although ThreadBanger isn't really a how to channel (they test DIY pinterest pins to see how legitimate they are), when a project works out, it can be used as a guide to making your own project. ThreadBanger's videos are always entertaining and both Corinne and Rob do a fantastic job of keeping the videos entertaining and informative about what to do, what works and what doesn't work. Check out one of their videos here:
