The Short-Neck Giraffe

Newtuber interested in illustration, storytelling, and generally trying to see the world differently. Find me on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9LgD8uRRalfDvnDQt6ldNA/feed

[theshortneckgiraffe]

Hey Look! I did another thing. 

[theshortneckgiraffe]

Ever wonder how the NORAD Santa Tracker started? It’s quite a wonderful story! 

[inkskinned]

it won’t be like what you imagined. maybe you get the road trip to the beach with coffee in your hand and the radio playing, maybe you don’t. but happy shows up. it’s in a 2 AM game of jenga with your new college friends. it’s curling up for another marathon of netflix. it’s meeting the person who will be your best man at the wedding. it’s 4:45pm in the library when the girl in the study coral across from you quietly whispers “i’m going to set everything on fire” and then turns to you and asks if you wanna take a break for dinner (say yes, she’s very nice and you both need a moment away from the stress). it’s the mornings they have omelettes and in good books and in a puddle that looks cool. it’s sometimes picturesque, but more often it’s full-belly laughter at stupid things on the floor of your friend’s house while in the background someone is debating the best way to win settlers of catan. 

i know it gets dark early now and the tired is setting in and everything sort of feels blank and hazy and you want to spend ages staring at walls thinking of nothing

but happiness will find a way in. it will be small moments. look for them.

[theshortneckgiraffe]

my cereal bag looked like a face, and then the song came on at just the right time... I had to... (the song is from episode 116 of the American Whose Line Is It Anyway)

[smile--sugar]

Surround yourself with the dreamers and doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.

Edmund Lee (via Smile, Sugar.)

[weloveshortvideos]

[thepositivetumbler]

I’m not where I want to be yet but I’m grateful and I’m closer than where I was yesterday 💐✨#quote #quotes #inspiration #motivation #positive #love #life #lifestyle #happy #happiness #truth #true #beauty #beautiful

[thepositivetumbler]

Falling is an art. If you do it right, learn from it, it will transform you and change you 💐💛 #quote #quotes #positive #inspiration #motivation #life #lifestyle #love #happy #happiness #truth #beauty #beautiful

[theartofanimation]

Joey Chou  -  http://joeyart.tumblr.com  -  https://es-es.facebook.com/Joey-Chou-166298300122060  -  https://www.instagram.com/choochoojoey/?hl=es  -  http://joeyart.bigcartel.com

[words-of-emotion]

Stop caring what people think. Stop taking caution in your actions, listen to what you want, do what you want, this is your life. Live it.

(via words-of-emotion)

[inkskinned]

when i was 12 i babysat this girl for a few years and she would come to me and show me her art, drag me by my wrists and point at the pieces she’d made during the week. and she’d be like “do the voice” and i’d put on a sports-announcer olympics-style voice and be like “such form! this level of coloring! why i haven’t seen such perfection in crayola in a long time. and what is this? why jeff, now this is a true risk… it seems she’s made … a monochrome pink canvas…. i haven’t seen this attempted since winter 1932… and i gotta say, jeff, it’s absolutely splendid”  and she’d fall back giggling. at the end of every night she’d check with me: “did you really like it?” and i’d say yes and talk about something i noticed and tucked her in.

she was just accepted into 3 major art schools. she wrote me a letter. inside was a picture from when she was younger. monochrome pink. 

“thank you,” it said, “to somebody who saw the best in me.”

[theshortneckgiraffe]

Hey look I did another thing with my face.  Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about this “If you’re not working 24/7, you’re not working hard enough” mindset. So let’s discuss. 

[quick-nip]

(via Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #15) by Yao Xiao

words to remember

[caitlin-cash]

Here are some spreads from my new children’s book! 

[theshortneckgiraffe]

I know it’s a long shot, but I want to try and show this to @jtotheizzoe and @pbsdigitalstudios and @edwardspoonhands because if anyone likes science, it’s them! And yes, I did use your videos as well as CrashCourse, and SciShow to help with the research!

These are some spreads from my recent illustration project, I wrote, illustrated, and eventually hand-bound the book myself. (I know it’s a separate account, they’re both me, I promise!)

[theshortneckgiraffe]

This is what I’ve been busy doing!

[smile--sugar]

It’s okay to be scared, but you have to get out there, open up, love, make mistakes, learn, be stronger, and start all over again.

Unknown (via Smile, Sugar.)

[theshortneckgiraffe]

Hey everyone! I’m finally done with school for the year, just in time for the holidays! I’ll be making new videos really soon, but thanks for hanging in there during the hiatus! If you have any requests for things you want me to talk about, I’d be happy to hear them, otherwise you can look forward to all the random stuff I already have planned. If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you have a very happy holiday! If not, I still hope you have a wonderful day!