User:LeighMartinFan/sandbox

Leigh Martin is an online entertainer on YouTube, Instagram, Tik-Tok and Twitter. Over his two years on the platforms he has amassed close to 10,000 followers. His main focus is on his YouTube channel where he digs into topics in small videos that are easy to understand while still showing the effect of political power shifts. While this is often an issue for many creators across the internet, Leigh has received little to no backlash over often controversial topics. His animated videos are a staple of his career, often being idolized for his work being made on cheap programs such as paint and movie maker, with Photoshop being admitted as being used in at least two of his videos. Although he does not have a consistent upload schedule his videos are hard to miss due to the intriguing titles and thumbnails.

Vampire talks about his feelings- This is the first animated video on his channel, a 4 second video of a vampire who appears to have no arms or legs, saying "boogaleeboo" This video has been said to have been inspired by another creators video titles "I'm a wizzard" by chicken senpai, who commented on the video saying "This is without a doubt the best animation ever. Instant subscribe.﻿" Other high rating comments have given high praise to the video with comments such as "I love this film. I've watched and re-watched over and over. Real quality content all the way through. I really getting to love this animation style. Its absolutely brilliant how the animator gets the audience to really feel the way this vampire feels. the viewer sits in intimidation waiting to hear what he [has] to say. Of course as we have come to expect from Leigh Martin, its a completely relate able comment on the society of the day. Audio is brilliant, visuals are stunning. Honestly one of the best videos on YouTube. "-Jordan Cosma.

Labrador says a thing- This is the second animation on the channel and is the first time he gets political on any of his major platforms. The video is set up to show the dog in a lab coat, in a laboratory, to show the Labrador is in fact not a Labrador, but is instead Donald Trump, the hair establishes this further, which is why it was such a statement when the dog did in fact say "woof". The description of the video says "Well what did you think he was gonna say". With an established audience, the returning of fans is not unexpected, Jordan Cosma comes back with a response to this roller coaster of an experience, he says "Once again Leigh Martin delivers on his promise to provide us seconds of pure joy and to brighten the days of many men, women and children. I'm sure we've all been looking forward to this one for a very long time and it does not disappoint. The choice of colour is pleasing to the eye and the brilliant trademark Leigh Martin art style is there throughout. Every single second is pure gold with the climax always sending shivers down one's spine. The performance is perfect and even after a third or fourth viewing it will tug at the heartstrings and trigger a tear or two. Set design is wonderful and you can really see the care put into it. Bravo sir. Bravo" Such words must mean so much to a man who has clearly spent years mastering his craft.

Redhead is totally super fast- This is a short comedic video at first glance but when looked into further, it could be one of the most important. This video in question shows an almost stick figure man with a red Afro, but his mouth and eyes are circular. He rides his scooter after a line to distract from fairly obvious features that would otherwise distract "speed". When he drives we see a tree, when he gets to the tree he stops, this could be just an easier way to go for an animation made in paint, but the tree could also represent something, society perhaps? The red head is unable to pass what he believes is his limit, like a speed limit. When he stops he says "wow that was fast" meaning he was afraid to keep going and found it easier to stop, stopping did not do much for him though, because at the end, we see him meet his slow end before the video cuts off. Such a masterpiece did not receive as many insightful comments as other videos, but i like to think that that is because of how thought provoking it was and leaving people speechless was likely Leigh Martins intention.

Baby Cops- This video is the first example of an interaction between two characters, the interaction is short, but contains a lot of emotion and symbolism. The fact that both these cops are babies shows the audience a sense of vulnerability in hopes the audience will see something of themselves in this video, as the animation goes on, it shows that one baby cop is far more aware than the other that there is a meteor about to hit the two. When we see this a second time, knowing that one baby cop is warning other baby cop, we can see what the meteor actually is, a metaphor for gun laws in America. The meteor is clearly an obvious threat to one person, but the other is unaware of the danger it could have on them until it causes them pain. Fun fact! The poster in the background of this video is thought to be a reference to an earlier video which was taken down, leading fans to speculate a wider universe on the channel.

My Edited Video- A one minute and fifty four second clip of seemingly nothing was uploaded on June third 2017 to the Leigh Martin channel. The video contains no audio and no actual video other than a white screen. An unusual choice at first glance, but this was an obvious tribute to the wedding of Actress, singer and Broadway star Bell Bundy (36) and TBS executive Thom Hinkle at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The white symbolizes purity and references the dress worn by Bell, while keeping a consistent tone in the video.

Grimace is a hungry boy- Many say that this is one of the best videos on Leigh's channel, and i would have to agree. The video does give off an initial comedic aura but as we've come to expect from Leigh, there is far more to dig into. In the video, a ball goes towards the character we know from the thumbnail as Grimace, and as we can deduce from the title, he is a hungry boy. Grimace is on the far right of the screen in front of an orange background. The main portion of the video is a red ball being absorbed by Grimace. The ball represents something much more, social media and news reports. Grimace is how we can see ourselves in this scenario because he mindlessly digests this strange addicting format, and after this consumption he says in a monotone voice, "HMMMMMMM, YES". This is definitely a powerful video that may take only seconds to watch, but hours to understand. Viewers and fans of Leigh Martin were clearly aware of this and commented things as user Pixar Trash did, "Beautiful", I think that is possibly the best way to put it. This masterful video has possibly inspired other youtube videos of this genre due to its inviting use of colour and excellent understanding of tone throughout.