Viral “hi, i’m steve” animation is a simplistic short film by Bill Wurtz that racked up over 1.5 mil views on YouTube in a day. Via DesignTaxi:
You don’t have to possess impeccable drawing skills to capture the internet’s heart—all you need is a healthy dose of positivity and a, “’Cuz that’s the way I like to live my life!” attitude.
Musician and YouTuber Bill Wurtz, who previously blessed the earth with the delightful 19-minute ‘history of the entire world, i guess’ video, has unleashed an amusing clip—created in his signature deliberately amateurish style—about a random guy named ‘Steve’.
Unlike the unusually optimistic cartoon characters you might be used to, ‘Steve’ knows that reality can sometimes be a pain in the neck. Rather than educate viewers about rainbows and unicorns, he simply reminds them that crap happens, but life still goes on and you can live it the way you want it.
At the time of writing, the animation titled ‘hi, i’m steve’ has chocked up over 1.5 million views on YouTube—and it’s only been a day.
Wurtz’s previous short film was called possibly the best online video of 2005 by the Verge:
But while Wurtz’s channel is largely filled with random 10-second ditties, his most popular piece was “History of Japan,” which originated the high-velocity, jingle-filled, history documentary format that returns in a far grander scale in “History of the Entire World, I Guess.” It’s hard for me to pin down what exactly about Wurtz’s videos make them so good, but the combination of the rapid fire, witty delivery, and clever graphics all link together perfectly, into a mesmerizing sort of sensory overload. And those sing-songy jingles he scatters heavily throughout the piece keep me humming hours later.