LOOKING AHEAD
So what’s next for Illymation on
this wild YouTube journey? Illy
says she hopes to be going to as
many conventions as possible,
including VidCon Anaheim 2019,
where she’s a featured creator
for the first time! “I would love
to meet people because I get a lot
of emails and DM’s and people
sharing their traumatizing times
and stories with me, and I think it
would be a lot more meaningful to
talk to these people in person.”
She also hopes to make more
videos about personal stories that
will be able to help viewers see
that they’re going to be okay. Her
upcoming projects include an ani-
mation about a trip to Japan and
a video for her grandmother. Illy
adds, “I wanna talk about periods.
I think that will be my biggest
monetization problem this year...”
But beyond AdSense, she’s
also working with sponsors and
businesses that could be helpful
to her specific audience. “I want

to be more in touch with my audience and I want to

be more in touch with how people feel when going

through bad things.”

Ilyssa’s light-hearted yet meaningful content will

definitely continue to spark intrigue and promote

healing for her rapidly growing audience. We can all

expect to see Illy gaining more and more recognition,

all of which she notes will make her mom so proud

(Illy charmingly requested to have a shoutout to her

mom at the end.)

Chatting with her one-on-one highlighted how

genuinely bubbly and radiant she is, not just in her

art but also in her personality. The authenticity that

Ilyssa demonstrates, even in such a potentially mask-

ing form, is the kind of quality that makes any creator

appealing to an audience.

Though her journey has only just begun with a

stunning spike of attention, Illy has clear inten-

tions and is embracing her role in helping people get

through tough times with her artistic talent.

ILYSSA

AN INTERVIEW WITH ILLY OF ILLYMATION

Mel Signore is a YouTube content creator and writer.

I WANT TO BE

MORE IN TOUCH

WITH HOW

PEOPLE FEEL

WHEN GOING

THROUGH BAD

THINGS.

“

Ilyssa frequently draws her Japanse bobtail cat, Luigi. He’s included in

her channel icon and appears in several videos.