Cyriak: The British Animator Legend.

        The Weird Side of the Internet is a strange and mysterious thing. It contains many different, strange things that many people have to go out of their way to search for. However, some people have managed to start of on the Weird Side of the Internet, and overtime they manage to get real success. The pinnacle of this success is represented by a man named Cyriak Harris; a man who's work I have admired since 2017 when I was in Middle School

        Cyriak First started off as a Gif maker, who posted his Gifs to the Website, B3ta. If you don't know, B3ta is a Forum website, similar to sites like Something Awful, 4chan, YTMND, and Reddit; the only difference is that it's primarily British. He started posting Gifs, around 2003/2004, and they gained traction among the viewing populous. His style was unique and interesting, and it captivated the British audiences who saw it. It may seem outdated to day, but I think most of those Gifs are still very Impressive, even in 2020. Eventually, he created his YouTube Channel on March 29, 2006, and he would upload a test video around 2 months later. Eventually, on July 3, 2006, he released his debut video, Beastenders, to the public. It was massive hit, and it still is popular with people today.

        The video was, and still is, very popular, and it gained a lot of views really fast. To this day the video sits at around 5.58 Million views, and is in his top 20 most popular videos. He would then make a follow up to that video called Deadenders; however, that didn't get any where near the the success Beastenders did (Deadenders as of today, 7/30/20, sits at a mere 636k views). 

        Eventually, 2009-2012, rolled around rolled around, and that was a great year for Cyriak. He released some huge viral hits, and established himself as a major YouTuber. Meow, Kitty City, Meow Mix, Baaa, and Cows and Cows and Cows, all went viral, and have millions upon millions of views. Cyriak's most popular video changed around from time to time, but currently it's "Walks of Life", another video from his golden years.

        As time went on, Cyriak became more and more of a big YouTuber, still garnering millions of views, and gaining some famous YouTubers as Subs. Then on March 2, 2018, Cyriak hit 1 Million Subscribers on YouTube. after about a decade of hard internet labor, Cyriak got the 1 million subs he deserves. He even released a celebratory video about it. However, that's not all; because after that he released a video, announcing that he's writing a book. The Book is called "Horse Destroy's the Universe", and I remember seeing it the week the trailer came out, and I was very excited. After a while though, I got tired of the wait, and gave up on waiting on it. Then, on the 29th of August, when I was beginning my sophomore year of high-school, he finally released the book. I am ashamed to admit I haven't read the book yet, but with Rona going on around the world, it would be a great time to read it.

        So, in conclusion, Cyriak is a perfect example of someone from the weird side of the Internet, sprouting up, and becoming a Massive Internet Celebrity. He went from a small Photoshopper on B3ta, to a small YouTuber, to a Massive Celebrity with over 1 Million Subscribers, and a book to his name. So, If you ever want to chase your dreams, go ahead and do it, because you might just end up like Cyriak.

Links

Cyriak's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak/videos

Cyriak's Second Channel: www.youtube.com/user/mutatedmonty/featured

Cyriak's Twitter: twitter.com/cyriakharris