From starstruck fan to 700,000 subscribers: Aussie animator earns YouTube fame

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It’s been just 18 months since Sultan Sketches quit his part-time shop job to be a full time YouTube artist

In the past, an artist’s life was seen as a lonely one, eking out a living in a garret.

Last year, a US guidance counsellor of troubled teenage boys emailed Sketches to say that a video titledThe video compared tackling sad feelings and anxiety to a video game, and you could try to conquer them by distractions such as reading a book or meeting friends. At the same event last year, Sketches was himself a ‘‘starstruck’’ fan, of American animator The Odd1sOut, whose cartoons on topics such as cats and annoying retail customers inspired Sketches to become a YouTuber.A VidCon spokesman said being a YouTuber was still an unusual career in Australia and Sketches’ 700,000 subscriber number was substantial.

They are true stories such as how he fell in love with his female best friend at high school, and how he was bullied at primary school.Most videos feature the artist turning the pages of a sketch book and drawing each scene, with Sketches as audio narrator.He has done one endorsement segment, for an online education company, and would consider more.

 

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Pretty cool. Amazing how the younger generations are making a living for themselves.

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