Are you proud of your own works?

[Coffee 54]

I'm usually pretty proud of my own work. I'll watch my favorites regularly and the rest when I'm feeling nostalgic or they hit a score milestone or draw a possitive QC. That said, I'll still cringe occasionally as I watch and wonder, "What was I thinking? I won't do that again."

[JaddziaDax]

When i first start a video I think "this is going to be awesome so many people will love this!!!"

then i start working on it and it starts going "well this isnt really what i was thinking before, its turning out different from what i expected"

then i beta it and people nitpick to DEATH and I start to lose hope for even a decent amv, but still continue to work on it.

then i finish and a couple of friends tell me how much it rocks, and i cant help but feel the loss of hope.... I stopped believing them after the Betas...

then i upload it to the org, get a few mixed feedbacks, people either love my work or they hate it... then i become numb.

then i upload to youtube, and they all love it. and i dont believe them.

in truth it depends on how much feedback i get on how proud i am of an amv... the less feedback i get the more I like it cause the more feedback i get the more people nitpick things.. or so seems to be the trend...

I'm proud of my work, I like it, but I've lost hope for feeling good about my work for a while.

[inthesto]

My experience is somewhat like ultima's, except there's a lot more cocaine involved, and there's usually jailtime somewhere at the end.

[OmniStrata]

"We Love you Omni!"

"Lord of the Dance! Best video EVAR!"

"You can't lipsynch even if your life was on the line! XP"

"Awesome video, too short, you lazy ass editor..."

Yeah, it's kinda like that...

My original goal was to be an attention whore that would have people watch my vids, feel BETTER after watching them, make the world a happier place, and say "go me!" in the process, and ALL WILL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!!! [yeah, too much LotR]

BUT, recently, I now edit vids for myself, my wife, etc, and no longer care much for attention aside from just posting a link up on the amv announcement forums and sometimes, an op is left here and there...

Oddly enough, people still like my vids despite going internally and making vids for myself vs. winning contests, I'm human, egotistical, and crazy like that, but I try to help out the noobs when needed, nobody asks me for help though since I obviously stink in technical and artistic execution but now I love my own videos vs. having other people love them and that... is fine by me...

[lilgumba]

Well, how I see it my videos are average so regardless of how I like it from the get go half will probably like it and half won't. With that being said, I don't try to base it on what might be popular but more trying to get an idea out of my head. I get happy when (to me) I successfully manipulated something how I intended it. That doesn't happen all the time but for some reason I still find the good in videos that I know I screwed up. I make videos primarily to entertain myself. I will go back and marathon all my videos since the begining. Yes, they might suck and I can see mistakes up the wazoo but I really don't care. It's what I did. I learn from it and be satisfied.

In short, I'm not proud of my videos. I'm entertained by them.

[BasharOfTheAges]

Hmm, the question i find myself asking, is "should I be proud of this and what does that say about me?"

Yes, I guess. It's good to feel a sence of accomplishment whether through your own delusion, masses of talentless hacks and easily impresionable hangers-on, or experienced associates. Don't think about it too much or assume you have any sort of entitlement, and you have yourslef one healthy dose of self worth.

[The Wired Knight]

I'm proud of about 80% of them, the other 20% I absolutely regret making.

Of the 80% though I'm particularly proud of about three.

[Cornwiggle]

When I start a video, I think, "This is gonna be so cool."

When I'm working on the video, I think, "This is tedious, but it'll be worth it."

When I finish a video, I think, "This is actually pretty good! Go me~!"

After I've uploaded and announced the video, I think, "People will definitely watch and like this one."

After twenty people say, "Eh, it was okay," or, "That sucked," I think, "Well, I guess that was to be expected."

After one person tries to cheer me up with some good comments, I think, "Well, I suck, but at least someone cares."

Rinse and repeat.


- Jen

Been there.

It is kinda sad to me. I mean I say I don't care if people don't like it, because I do. I just hope that one or two others will like it, and they usually do. Some people like my vids others don't, but for some reason even though I say I don't care, apparently I do. I got what a wanted, at least ONE other person likes it, but I feel like it isn't enough. I hate it. Maybe what I'm looking for is some COMMENTS like, if you give my vid which I love a 2...tell me WHY. That's it. It's annoying to get a 2 or a 1 without ANY reason whatsoever. Yeah, thanks a lot. People who don't comment fail at life.

[jade_eyed_angel]

I'm proud of them all at some point.. then I make better ones, look at the old ones and think "wtf is this crap...?" i'm usually proud of my newer ones, though.. usually.. heh

[Adv1sor]

I wouldn't say proud, but happy with my own works I am. I enjoy making the AMVs, watching the story unfold, even if I'm the only one who can see it sometimes. But proud, I don't know. I would have to have contributed more than just some editing to be really proud. (Like if I wrote or performed the music, or had a hand in creating the anime.)