- James, did you know that
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getting a lot of messages asking me things like, "Hey Maaz, "how do I make such good animated content "like The Animation Squad?" And Timmy, I appreciate you asking, but we all know the
answer to that question, hard work, networking, and practice. Rubbing my feet Timmy, when
did I tell you to stop? I find it really funny
whenever I get asked that because I wasn't always uploading videos at my current quality. I mean, the very first video that I put up was legitimately the first
animation that I ever made. So in my opinion, it's not very good and very embarrassing for me to watch. But hey, hey, hey, what would my channel be if it wasn't for embracing that cringe? So I grabbed my good friend
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early videos together. Two bros chilling on a
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that with this video, the microphone wasn't properly set up by a certain somebody, so because of that, the audio might sound a bit off. I've tried my best to fix
it up as much as I can, but don't be surprised if I sound like your sleep paralysis demon. All right and with that, let's start cringe-watching
our very first videos. Over to you, real Maaz! Okay, so now we are up to the part where we watch the videos. All right? Here we go. - What? - I haven't told James anything
about what we are gonna do. - Wait what are we doing? Wait, you said watch the videos? - Yes. - What? Are we reacting to something? - We're gonna be reacting-- - Okay. - To our videos. - What do you mean? Wait. - No turn it off! Do you know those books you
make in elementary school. - You look like you're about to-- - Okay. - I need to mentally prepare myself. (laughing) - So, when I was in the 4th grade, we were assigned to write
and illustrate a short story that we would make into a book-- Okay can I just give a
bunch of backstory to this? - All right what's up? - It's my first video. This is, so I started
out on Tumblr, right? - Yeah. - And I used to watch a lot of
YouTube videos while I drew. - Okay. - And I remember
thinking, I could do that! So, literally, I made the video, and then I made the YouTube channel. And if you look, like, at the statistics, I made the channel and uploaded the video on the same day. That's kind of cool! - Okay. - It was also, I was 18 years old, which is old enough to
make a good YouTube video. - No. - No? - My very first video was 19. - Wow! - Yeah, but what I want to take away from that is that no matter how old are, your first video will be bad. - Yes! - Like no matter what-- - We're going to say this a bunch. The first video you make will be bad. - Except James' one is worse. (laughing) - You know it's in the wrong ratio. - Yep. Why? - Because I didn't know
about the 1920 x 1080 stuff. - Do you watch TV? What do you mean? - I make comics, dude. This was supposed to be
square, like a comic is. - Okay. - I don't know. Don't look at me please! (laughing) Can I just say something? When I made this video, I didn't think that six years from now, I was gonna be at VidCon
London with my friend Maaz. There's so many things
wrong with this video. - All right just name it. - Do I have the name of the
song in the description? - Nope. - Hi guys! (screaming) I tried my
hand at making a video. No! Should I make more? No. (laughing) You posted it! When I was in the 4th grade, we were assigned to write and illustrate a short story, that we
would make into a book. - But the way you just narrated it, right now, do it again. - That we would make into a book. It's more animated. - Of course it is! You've become a better
voice actor in six years. - Oh wow! That's so great!
- Oh wow, I did it! - Oh man, I'm in total
deflect mode right now where I'm just like, shut up! Don't look at me! Now I'm pretty sure most
people wrote stories about normal things. Here's the thing. When you are recording an animated video, people can't see your face. Why are you smiling? - I love this! - People can't see your face, so you have to over
exaggerate a little bit. - Yeah of course! - So when I'm recording
a video, I sound like, "So, you know those books you make "in elementary school
that you write as a class, "and then some publishing
company turns into..." "Well, when I was a little kid..." So you have to like over exaggerate. - Yeah. You punch it. You punch certain words. Yeah, yeah of course. - And that's just, that just makes it
sound more entertaining, but when I first started,
I didn't know that. I'm just reading a book. I wrote up a script. I actually did write up
a script for this video. - Yeah of course. - So you know those books
you make in elementary... I read it like I was actually
reading it, not acting it. - Yeah. But the thing is like, with voice acting, which is what we're
doing, it's all practiced, you know what I mean. Like, no one's gonna start off just like immediately punching. - Yeah, this video was
made with the same programs that I make my current videos with. So when people ask me, what program I use? It's not the program that will
make you the better artist, or a more funny video guy. It's how you use it. - Funny video guy! - Yeah. - Thanks James! - You know what sucks? - The coloring?
- Yeah. - I noticed now that you
don't color like this. There's no blue in this. - Yeah my guy has changed. The very first comic I
did with the bubble person is very different than how
I do bubble people now. - Of course! Even when I first met,
like saw your channel, and how you draw your bubble
people now is way different. - Yeah. You evolve and grow as an artist, right? - Welcome to the world! Okay? - Not you though. - Yeah, well. - But I wrote a story
that had the title of I Do Not Like This Family. You wanna know something sad, is that this is such a good story. - Oh, okay. - And I hate that I wasted
it on my first video. - No, see. Okay. James you are not gonna be able
to watch this entire thing. - I mean-- - You're cringing too much. - I'll do it.
- No, No! We don't need to. - Anything for you Maaz. (romantic music) (laughing) - Why did we both do-- - Just 10 minutes of making out. - 10 minutes of rest of
the video. (laughing) That's up on my channel. Be sure to check it out! (laughing) - It's so funny you mentioned that 'cause I also want to
watch my first video. I'd like to preface
this by saying... Oh no! No, no, no, no, okay. - Wait a second! - Okay! - No.
- No no no! - No. - Deflect mode, this
is the first animation that I have ever made. And what you just said
about wasting a good story, this is exactly what I
feel about this story. In this story, I literally, almost got arrested at an airport because they thought I
was going to bomb scare. That is a reheater of a story! - Yeah.
- I wanted to watch this 'cause I'll pinpoint exactly what I would do differently now, right? So, even the artwork, no color, nothing-- - Ugh! - Look at, the fingers
are not even connected. - Do you even know how to draw fingers? What? - I'd like to preface this by saying that going through an airport... Ah! Okay, okay, okay,
there's so many things! Okay! Voice acting, right? First of all I'd just like
to preface this by saying. Okay, second of all--
- How would you do it now? - I'd like to preface this by saying going through an airport is actually not, you know what I mean? More confident with it. - Yeah, more confident. More punchier. - Of course! - It is weird. The very first time you're doing it, just in front of a microphone, just, So you know those books you
made in elementary school that you write as a class. It sucks! - Now when I record audio, I use my hands. I'm, like, I'm really getting involved. - Exactly! You have to,
I stand up when I read. - Yeah same! So I'm not
sure if you know this, but this is like, a little
trivia about my character, but I never do side shots of my character. - That's why. This is why. - But I think side shots are boring. - My character also kind of, boring? I was gonna say my character just looks a little weird doing side shots. Even like laying down,
my character is like "How do proportions work?" - Yeah, I'm revealing a lot
of my trade secrets here, but I love doing
dynamically like 3/4 angles where it's like perspective base. I love doing that! That's like my go to! And so looking at this, I
just wouldn't draw this. What I would draw is most likely, like the lamppost being here. And then it like leaning out like this. - Also, something that
you learn through time is just adding visual jokes. - Yes! Absolutely! And you'll see. But it still doesn't
reduce the level of stress to be at the right place. Okay, another thing as well, I don't-- - Don't have text when you're
supposed to be listening. - Yes! Don't have text! - Because you can't read
and listen at the same time. - And the framing of this,
why is my character so tiny? - And also why is the
pearly gates so flat? - I drew it flat, and I
distorted it as skewed. (laughing) I was too lazy to draw the rest. - I mean that's how it works. - Oh gosh! Look at this. There was no effort. - You know what, I bet you did actually
spent a lot of time on this. - Yeah.
- And you thought it was, I mean you were proud of this!
- I really was. - Wow.
- I was very proud of this. - You know what was weird though, is that I'm pretty sure
this was the first video that I saw of yours. - Yes. - And I thought it was entertaining. - Yeah. Because story is not bad-- - Because we had less standard. We had lower standards back then. - Yeah. Luggage, and the correct tickets, with the correct people, and just ugh... Oh yeah. I would never do that! The thing is I just drew a map, and I was pointing out what was happening. What I would do is most likely draw me in the room itself. - Or even just like just
zooming in and having it move. - Yeah, zooming! And like exactly what I would do. I would like zoom in,
show the thing, come back. You know what I mean? - That's just another trick
for people just starting. Try and make things move as much. Not as much as possible. - Every few seconds have
something that moves. - Exactly, 'cause when
it's just like a flat image for a couple seconds, it
can get boring very fast. Oh look at that in-between! Hold on! There to there. (laughing) - I know. That's not
even a good in-between. - That's more in-betweens than me. (laughing) - So we go to the sushi store-- - Oh wow! Look how much
you copied and pasted. You did the exact same-- - Yeah there's a lot of lazy shortcuts. - Look at the line width of the counter, and then your person. - I didn't know how to even that out. - Okay. - Yeah. I just had no idea how
to do that back then. It has such a rough quality to it. - Do you have background
music in your current videos? - Yes. - Okay. - I'm actually, like, super
into background music. - Oh, I'm not. - 'Cause the thing is I've got
very slapstick humor, right? So the abrupt cutting
and splicing of music, it really enhances that. - Fair enough. - And-- - Well I don't have to rely on, you know, being funny with background music. 'Cause I just orient-- - That's why I get bored
when I watch you. (laughing) A PokeStop had a lure on it, so I obviously had the game open, and was trying to catch as many Pokemon. Okay, so in this joke. My visual joke in this is that there's a lot of dead
Pidgeys and I mulch them in. When I probably would have
done visually now is like, Pidgey flying really happy, and then me grabbing it
and just throwing it! Yeah shoving it into like a ball. You know what I mean? I would have done that. - In this one, you just had to
draw two images of your guy. - [Maaz] I managed to
somehow pay for the sushi whilst also trying to
catch another Pidgey. - No lip syncing. You're so lazy! - Lazy! Once I got to the sushi place, I was relieved to see that
my bag was still there, along with the police. - Oh!
- See, it's such a good story! - You should have had like flashing. - Yeah exactly! So one of the basic rules is,
you know, show don't tell. In this video I say, "And
what happen was the police." But why? Why? What I would have done
is, you know, I run back, and the bag was completely there. And then out from the window bursts in and like have the police sound. (police siren) That's better! - "Get on the ground!" And then you could have been like, "And then the police showed up." Or something. In my video, I wrote a book. It was such a good story
because I made this book, and I literally called it,
I Do Not Like This Family! And if I was a teacher, and
one of my students made a book called I Do Not Like
This Family! I'd be like, "Is everything okay at home?" (laughing) What's funny though is
because in that book, I'm gonna spoil it. I run away, and then I go back because I can't live on my own, and then I pass out and I
wake up in the hospital. And the doctor says, "You
have kidney failure." - Dang! - Yeah. Well this is in the story. - Dude, one like for kidney failure. (laughing)
- And I don't even know, it's such a random disease to have. Like how? (laughing) How did I even know about kidney failure? - That's actually so funny! If I had a kid, and he said "Dad I made a story "and my main character
got kidney failure!" Like, what are you watching? Are you watching TheOdd1sOut again? (laughing) - But here's like my person all like. And then there's just
a bunch of bad things happening around. This is, he's doing chores, and there's like mop floor, wash car. And he's like, "Uh I have to do it!" My parents did make me do
a lot of chores growing up, and I would always be upset at that. I would always be, not wanna do it. So I think I took some of that frustration and I used it to inspire this story. - Don't try to spin in here! (laughing) I do not like this family! And you open the book. My mom, I mean, Frank's mom... (laughing) - Frank's mom made him do dishes. I feel like Cinderella! (laughing) You pointed out like
things that you would have changed or added to this video. I think I would have just rewritten the whole thing. - I agree. I definitely
would not have kept any of the script that I
made in the first place. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Just completely redone it. And have you ever gotten
the urge to change, like go back and actually
remake this video and compare it? - Hm? - 'Cause I think that
would be really cool. - That would be really cool.
How many views does this have? - Eight million. (screaming) - I was thinking it was
like two or one million. And that I could be like, this is like a video no one watched, then I'm gonna redo it. If I did remake this video, I would definitely talk about that I'm remaking it. - [Maaz] Yeah. - I would remake it and then at then end, I would spin some lesson
about how starting out as YouTubers you have
to, you make bad videos, but it's okay because the important thing is that you tried. Something about hearing my voice, with background music
is just very unsettling. Please don't put background
music in this the same way. - Okay. - [James] What happens next
is such a big plot twist I bet none of you saw it coming. - The way you said it is like, "The big plot twist that
none of you saw it coming." The way you would say it now is, "The big plot twist that none of you saw!" You know what I mean? - This next bit is
gonna blow your frickin' socks clean off your
fragile feet, you idiot. - The next bit is gonna blow your kidneys. (laughing) Well James, I wanna
show you something else. - Is this your first, first, first, video? - Something like that. - [Woman] Welcome to my house! (screaming) - Turn that off! I thought
you were showing my own thing. Get out of there! No, no! (laughing) I hate that, like, now that I'm a thing, people are finding, like,
personal high school videos that just happened to be on the internet, and now that's ew! Gross! Turn that off! What do you want from me? - Look at you! - That was me in high school. - You're so lanky! - Can I show you something Maaz? (screeching) (laughing) - What is this? - I don't know. - What do you mean you don't know? - I don't know how I made that sound. I inhaled like that. I inhaled. - And that's an inhale? - Yeah. (laughing) I don't know man. I just don't know. The thing is, that was
just me goofing around. This ain't a goof. - This is, I got graded on this, dude. - Oh yeah. How much did you get? - 100. 100%. No idea. No idea what I got. - Do you know how to do 100
percent in sign language? - I don't know what 100 is? - One, zero, zero. - Actually that makes sense. - I don't what percentage is. I can finger spell it. P, E, R, C, E, N, T. - Nice, okay, wow. That's actually very impressive. - I'm gonna choke you. - [Woman] Gradually add the sugar, beating until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating-- - This is cool! I actually really like that you did that. - Did what? - Like you learned sign language. - Well that's, it was
for a high school class. You watched the whole thing, didn't you? I don't think I even
watched the whole thing, and I was in it. - This is the very first
time I'm watching this. - Okay cool. Can I slap you? (laughing) - Uh, yeah the stain on the shirt. You can't sign with two mittens on. (laughing) - What am I signing right now? (laughing) - I'm gonna slap you. This isn't, listen, this video was not something I would have put on the internet. - I just wanted to see your
reaction of showing this video. - Yeah. - That's when you asked
me what this is about. I was like, "We are gonna
watch your first video." And you were like, "Oh
cool, my YouTube video." I'm like, no, no, no. (laughing) - That doesn't count! - Moral of the story is. - The first video you make is garbage, but you need to get the garbage out, so you know how not to make garbage, so you can make good stuff. - The moral of the story is James sucks. (laughing) - You suck! Your jokes are bad. - No, you suck. Can you sign language, "You suck?" (laughing) - M, A, Z or zed. M, A, Z, Z, S, U-- - That's not how you spell my name. - M, A, A, Z. S, U, C, K. - James has been my
friend for three years, and he does not know how to spell my name. - Okay, everyone sign with me! M, A, A, Z, S, U, C, K, E, D. - Sucked? - Sucked. Used to. Still does. - Thanks for coming on to my video! I appreciate it! - I hope this helps anyone
who is just starting out! Don't watch our first videos! - Watch his first video. - No! (laughing) - Thanks for coming on, James! - No problem. Thanks for having me Maaz! - No probs.
- Thanks for having me Maaz. (upbeat music) ♪ Everywhere you look ♪ - These socks right here has a croissant. It has a croissant on it. Croissant. - Okay. - [Maaz] Croissant! All right thank you so much for listening all the way to the end of the video, and to prove it you can
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