Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jade. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Jade, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

The first time I knew I wanted to pursue a creative path professionally was as soon as I could hold a pencil! Ever since I could remember I always loved to draw, create and dress up, and doing social media as a job always seemed like a dream because I could mix all my creative abilities and hobby’s into one thing. When I was younger I originally started off on the internet with strictly art and animation, I was homeschooled and would finish my work quickly so I could go use my computer and animate for hours on end everyday and post my videos to YouTube. I really wanted to be an animation and gaming youtuber because that’s all I watched at the time but I stuck to just the art side because I was really insecure growing up and didn’t want to show my face online. After being homeschooled for almost my entire life, I went to a public highschool and joined a film class. I was asked what I wanted to do and when I responded with “youtube” I was instantly shot down with the response “that’ll never work out”. After that I stopped posting completely for a while. I regret listening to that a lot as my videos were getting tons of views and I was legible to start monetizing my content at a young age, but I just listened to what I was told and stopped making animations at all. After a few weeks I left the film class and joined an art class instead and I got back into animation on YouTube for a bit but that was around the time tiktok came out, and my friends encouraged me to start posting there because I had an “egirl style” and they thought I could get a following quickly. I made an account and this is where I started to post photos and videos of myself in fun makeup and cosplay and started trying to escape my insecurities. This went well and I found a love for cosplay and creating content, and after a few years of hard work (waking up early to stream and make content while also being a college student and working a job in food service), I’m able to do social media full time, where I get to make content working for brands I love, playing video games, painting, vlogging, and cosplaying as a job!

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I got into the internet at a pretty young age, I started posting when I was around 11 and then took a break for a while when I was 14, then started posting again at 16. I don’t have a crazy story for how I grew my account, just taking a lot of time out of my day to create content to post and hoping that it did well; and it did which I’m very grateful for. As I stated before, I always knew I wanted to do social media as a job so I tried my best for a long time and finally being able to leave my job in food service to do what I love as source of income is something I take pride in. I disciplined myself a lot, making sure I woke up at certain times to ensure I’d have videos up by due dates, or a daily post on whatever site I was trying to gain a following on. I taught myself how to edit and animate so I could make all my content myself without the need of any editors or artists. I tend to do that with pretty much anything though- I have the mindset of “if you want it done right, do it yourself” which is why I also learned to bleach and dye my own hair, how to do nails and even do my own tattoos! I like my things done a very specific way and I believe that only I can create what I vision in my mind.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I feel like a lot of people learn that they have to hop on trends as soon as they’re started to get the most views or traction, but this leads to comparison and feeling bad about your content if it’s not getting the same reach as other creators making the same content. I used to constantly compare my growth to other accounts, wondering “why didn’t my video do as well” or “why is this not working like it is for them”? At one point I thought okay, maybe if I make my own content where I just do my own thing I can do better, and that ended up working. My videos that ended up doing the best (and still have the most views out of all my content to this day) is me just talking on camera making a silly joke or talking about my cats. I learned that being original instead of trying to hop on every trend possible worked better than anything, and although sometimes it’s scary to post something you think might “flop” because it’s different, it’s better to try than to not! Caring too much about what other people think of your content can be your downfall.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My goal in my social media career is definitely to make people laugh or feel like they have someone they can watch to cheer them up. I always found comfort in watching YouTubers simply playing a video game, doing their makeup or just enjoying things I liked or was interested in, and I want to provide the same for the people watching me. I strive to be the best comfort creator I can be.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iluvmeww
• Twitter: https://x.com/sweetspooky
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@iluvmeww?si=WgbLD0_Pl0jz7IL1
• Other: https://www.patreon.com/iluvmeww?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator

Image Credits

Chris Bermudez