Draw Curiosity 2016 in Review - Thank You!

Happy New Year and thanks for an amazing 2016! Sure, globally 2016 hasn't been great, but from the perspective of this little project on the internet, it couldn't have gone better.

This video is quite self-indulgent, but I wanted to give a short history of the origin of this project, a summary of 2016 for Draw Curiosity, lots and lots and lots of thank yous and what is to come in 2017!

Apologies for the audio quality - on the one hand, I don't have the best set up at home (no lights and depending on where you are, it can be noisier), but I also had a dreadful cold which had me bedridden for a few days, so I didn't get a chance to find a better location to shoot either because I was too ill.

2017 - to reiterate:
The plan is to front load as much work as possible. I'll be handing in my PhD at the end of the year, so I'll be inactive from around August onwards - but if I have prepared episodes, those will go up every couple of weeks to keep me covered.

At the front of the year I've got:
➢ 3-5 episodes shot at the YouTube Space at the end of last year
➢ 5 science travel vlogs still unedited
➢ 1 sponsored video
➢ Other content and collaborations I'm planning
➢ A trip to CERN I'm potentially embarking on
➢ VidCon Amsterdam in April
➢ Potentially a few other unconfirmed things
➢ 12-15 episodes to be created over Summer to cover me whilst writing up
➢ Dec 2017 - hopefully, PhD handed in to become Dr. in early 2018!! :)

Read the full blogpost here:

Inés Dawson is a PhD student and animal flight scientist at the University of Oxford.

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Audio
➢ Audio Tracks Used in This Vlog (all from YT Creator Library unless otherwise specified):
1. Brother Jack
2. Spider Juice
3. Dreamy Flashback
4. Ditch Diggin
5. Root
6. Hustle
8. Reasons to Smile
10. Eagle Rock
11. Sophomore Makeout

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Dreamy Flashback

Hustle:

As it might be interesting to look back on, as of today:
➢ 241 days
➢ 19 videos (21 made total)
➢ 14 live talks
➢ 129,500 views
➢ 12887 subscribers
➢ 10550 video engagements

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[DrawCuriosity]

Thank you everyone for a lovely 2016! :)
What are you most looking forward to in 2017?

[RealEngineering]

Fantastic video Inés. 2017 is gonna be a big one. Onward and upwards!

[Dampfish]

I would like to thank Tom Scott, without whom I would never have found your channel!
You are lovely, Ines, and I really like your stuff. I hope you will have an even better 2017!

[ScienceC]

Happy New Year! Tom really did us a solid and it's so cool to see what has come from it! I'm so thankful I found your videos through him, I learn so much from them and love the quality of them

[neurotransmissions]

Congrats on an awesome year, Inés! We're so glad you launched Draw Curiosity - and we're looking forward to more collabs in the future. :)

[tone]

Aww, thanks! And seriously, congrats on all the success, it couldn't have happened to a nicer, more deserving person. Can't wait to see what you do next!

[BlobVanDam]

Best of luck for 2017! You should be very proud of what you've done with this channel in the past year.
Great message in there about not putting off your goals/dreams, and being proactive about what you can do right now to reach them.

[MrAntieMatter]

Happy new years and all that.
Good luck with your PhD!

[willemvandebeek]

I'm not on Patreon and I have no problem with you being on it; I hope it'll work out for you! ^_^
Best wishes for the year 12017 and thank you for everything you made for us. :)

[bryndal]

Since the first video of yours I saw that Tom Scott put me on to, I've looked forward to watching every video you put out. I hope you're having a great time back home and look forward to watching your videos in the new year. Keep releasing your videos, they are truly inspirational and fun to watch. And yeah, Patreon sounds like a brilliant idea. Oh, and Happy New Year from Australia. :)

[Keronin]

Thank you Inés for being you, and putting in all the hard work to follow your dream of being a Science Communicator. I'm one of the multitudes that joined in the Tom Scott wave and have enjoyed the content you've made. I for one will gladly support you on Patreon because I like to support creators whose content is excellent. Keep up the fantastic work and I'll see you in 2017.

[zentouro]

Super glad you created this wonderful thing. I've definitely been enjoying all you've made.

[itechflagstaff]

Thank you for letting me follow along as you follow your dreams. Great work, you are an inspiration to more people than you know.

[Adrian_Galilea]

Thank you Mina! and happy new year everyone!

[ACasualAdventurer]

This channel is going places. 10, 000 was just the beginning! You are a great presenter. So sweet and very relatable. -The kind of person we all wish we knew in real life!

[fablereader]

You've given me another reason to consider going to Vidcon Amsterdam ... Good luck, and have a happy New Year!

[abrtn]

Inés, it was really fun watching your channel grow, and it felt surreal watching your subs skyrocket after your spot on Tom's channel. I always knew you'd get to this point (even when this channel was young and you were still fishing for viewers by commenting on other people's videos), and I know you'll go even farther. Thanks for taking us along for the ride in 2016, and look out for more subs as I continue to recommend your channel.

Here's to a great 2017 (12, 017?). I'm sure it will be hard, given how much you've got on your plate, but you can do it!

[dragoncurveenthusiast]

You've been thanking us so much... I'd like to thank YOU for making these videos and all the tremendous work you've put into this. I really enjoy and learn from what you are doing.


To your patreon question: Sure, do it! Unfortunately, I'm a poor student myself and can't afford to give, but I'd be happy if you could get out more for the great content you provide.

[RonaldLAbbey]

I'd thought you had been doing this for years to get to the level of ease & professionalism you display. The Tom Scott video is where I found you thru, & thought your style & material quite interesting. OCD runs in my family from minor to moderate, so I know some it's curses. Though some it can also make you successful in certain areas. I look forward to your future videos. HAPPY NEW YEAR & BEST WISHES on your doctorate!!!

[icarozzz]

Looking forward to more Draw Curiosity in 2017 and beyond. I'm a fairly new subsciber but glad I discovered the channel through Tom Scott. Your videos are always well produced, very interesting and I learn something new from each and every one of them :)