PerkyPastryMy first time participating in an Iron Chef! A really lax event hosted by the AMV Sashimi server, we were asked to edit a vid in around 2 hours (and I took closer to 3.5 cuz I edit slow and I wasted like 20 minutes finding the hand shot at 0:28 which I NEEDED), then another participant was randomly given your video with no audio and without knowing who made it, and was asked to make a remix out of it with a theme prompt. Then all the vids were streamed and everyone tried to guess who made what. It's pretty rough, but like joining Project Org Editor, it was a fun challenge to see what I could get done in a few hours. Haven't decided if this is something I want to make into a full video or not.
Video: Beastars Audio: Love Song by Sara Bareilles
Secret IC | Rabbit HeartedPerkyPastry2021-04-04 | My first time participating in an Iron Chef! A really lax event hosted by the AMV Sashimi server, we were asked to edit a vid in around 2 hours (and I took closer to 3.5 cuz I edit slow and I wasted like 20 minutes finding the hand shot at 0:28 which I NEEDED), then another participant was randomly given your video with no audio and without knowing who made it, and was asked to make a remix out of it with a theme prompt. Then all the vids were streamed and everyone tried to guess who made what. It's pretty rough, but like joining Project Org Editor, it was a fun challenge to see what I could get done in a few hours. Haven't decided if this is something I want to make into a full video or not.
Video: Beastars Audio: Love Song by Sara BareillesDisillusion / DissolutionPerkyPastry2025-05-31 | Do you ever think about how the main characters in Toy Story are basically immortal but also powerless to the ever-changing whims of their creators and the children that imbue them with sentience or are you normal
Made for Project Org Editor 2024 Round 4: "Transmutation". Editors were instructed to make a video that focuses on the effects of change, so I chose to focus on how change effects the three main characters in Toy Story. Should have been uploaded way sooner but I've been super busy this year 💀
Footage: Toy Story (Movies 1-3) Audio: What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish Program Used: Adobe Premiere Pro 2023
Contests: MomoCon 2025 "Most Heartfelt" Award COAF 2025 Drama Finalist
A heartfelt shoutout to my loyal patron, Gadget. Your continued support over the years has meant a lot to me. To anyone else interested, I will likely be discontinuing my Patreon account in November of this year due to the company's decision to remove per-creation billing. If you enjoy my editing and other transformative works and still wish to support me, you can leave me a tip at ko-fi[.]com/perkypastry where I will be more active.Spider-Verse Too: 2 Many Spider-PersonsPerkyPastry2025-01-01 | Here's to another year of fanvids! Thank you to all the people in the editing community for your support, encouragement and advice throughout the year, and thank you to all my subscribers who have stuck around. 💗 More videos very soon to come!
I've had this idea since probably around 2020 but I'm glad I waited for ATSV to make it because it was unexpectedly fitting for so many of the lyrics 😂 Whipped it up within a few weeks back in April because I was super hyped to attend #momocon and submitted it in hopes to promote the Guinness World Record Attempt event of "Most People Dressed as Spider-Man" which was hosted at the con itself. It didn't end up making finals but it was such a fun time getting to dress up and interact with hundreds of other spider-persons regardless 😊 Wanted to do more with it but my main computer has been out of commission for a while and I got the 'rona AGAIN this year so this is as good as it's gonna get. Hope y'all enjoy!
Contests: BlerdCon 2024 Originality Finalist Connecticon XXI Fun-Sized Finalist
Programs Used: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop Custom title animation template created by zero fx
And a spectacular shoutout to my beloved patron, Gadget! You da best 💗Poor Little Meow MeowPerkyPastry2024-11-08 | lik dis if u cry evertim
Disclaimer: Puss In Boots: The Last Wish belongs to Dreamworks, Anti-Hero belongs to Taylor Swift, and this video is edited for the purpose of parody.
Contests: #animenyc 2024 Preshow Zenkaikon 2025 Best Non-Finalist AwardAll For One and Shigaraki Get a Special QuirkPerkyPastry2024-08-03 | enjoy this sequel I made while stuck at home with COVID
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Footage: My Hero Academia Audio: Promise (aka "Geddan") by Kohmi HiroseA Winners Drive 🏆【BlerDCon 2024 Best Drama】PerkyPastry2024-05-30 | THANK YOU FOR 1K SUBSCRIBERS!!! This one goes out to Turbo for being just a silly little guy long before it was a meme 👑
And with that I've completed another video I've wanted to make for like a decade LOL. In fact I think I had actually began a version of it in Sony Vegas around 2015 but got frustrated and gave up bc my editing skills weren't what they are now, so in a way I'm glad I sat on the idea for this long. Was finally able to fully realize it for the Shabu Showdown IC in the BentoVid server (thanks @violet_skies!). The prompt was to pick one of "The Seven Deadly Sins" to focus on, and when I was doing research for ideas this quote by C.S. Lewis about pride really helped crystallize the concept of Turbo's fatal flaw for me,
“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.”
So once I had that as a core concept to build around it made it a lot easier to fill up the timeline, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. A big thanks to @StandardQuip , @keiichiface and @spuddstaaa for helping with the betas!
It was honestly such a surreal experience sitting in an auditorium seeing this specific video play during MomoCon's AMV contest because I can remember being in high school daydreaming about this scenario wishing but not thinking it was something that would ever actually happen, let alone getting to watch it next to a whole bunch of other editors that I admire 💕
Disclaimer: Wreck-It Ralph and the character of Turbo belongs to Disney, Handlebars belongs to Flobots, and this video is edited for transformative purposes
A lovely shoutout to my beautiful patron, Gadget! Thank you so much for your continued support 💜
Contests: #momocon 2024 Drama Finalist #blerdcon 2024 Best Drama #animenyc 2024 Preshow Kumoricon 2024 Melting Pot Finalist Ohayocon 2025 Finalist Thy Geekdom Con 2025 Finalist & Honorable MentionChrysalis [Whisper of the Heart AMV]PerkyPastry2024-01-01 | The third week's theme of Project Org Editor 2022 was to make a video that highlights "the wonders and struggles of being a child, and the inevitability of growing up". I didn't have a lot of time to edit that week, so I made a short self-indulgent video I titled "Untapped Potential" that spoke to my own childhood joys and struggles of being artistic. It's a struggle to put your feelings and passions into something material, it's a struggle to share that and hear the opinions and interpretations of others, and it's a struggle to work at it again and again to improve, which is only compounded by all the academic and social pressures that come with being a kid already. But it's worth it to experience the wonders of making art. Children are often seen as raw potential, and the first (and scariest) part of growing up is to start chipping away at the ground to see what is actually there, because only then can you begin to refine it.
As this year comes to a close, I hope you are able to find some time to rest and be kind to yourself, and to nurture the person that you are growing into. 🦋
Audio Source: Butterfly by Dave Matthews (Performed Live in 2004 at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington) Footage Source: Whisper of the Heart (aka my favorite Studio Ghibli film)
A warm thank you to my loyal patron, Gadget. Your continued support has been more valuable than anything money could buy ❤️OVERLOAD⚡ // Glitch Techs 【EPILEPSY WARNING】PerkyPastry2023-11-03 | GREENLIGHT SEASON 3 ALREADY, NETFLIX #RenewGlitchTechs
Round 4 of Project Org Editor was really fun! We got a week off after round 3 so I wanted to take advantage of my renewed energy to do something fast-paced. The round theme was to make a video that embodies one or more of the 18 types of Pokémon so I went with Electric type, my main goal being to show how Miko herself embodies "electric" in every sense of the word. Out of all the techs she's the one most able to fully integrate her mind and body into any game she plays, which can lead to pushing her limits too hard at times.
I considered overworking one of the sections with different clips but ultimately decided to just touch up the special effects, I'm pretty happy with it anyway. It was a great source to work with and a good opportunity to try some new techniques and effects I'd never done before. Also in my heart this doubly counts as the video I would have made for POE 2020's "Gadgets and Gizmos" round had I discovered the series back then.
This video comes with a grateful shoutout to my wonderful patron, Gadget! Your continued support is greatly appreciated in this economic hot mess of today.
#glitchtechs #katsuconFamily Tree「Tarzan/Tangled AMV」PerkyPastry2023-02-06 | So round 2 of Project Org Editor was a doozy! After nearly burning myself out with The Killing Joke I decided I wanted to use the theme of combining multiple media sources with an idea that would require little to no masking to save my energy for the rounds to come. Tarzan holds a special place in my heart as the genesis of my love for music videos, and a few years ago when I was watching it for the umpteenth time I was struck by the visual similarity between Tarzan's parents and the main duo in Tangled. I stored that nugget of an idea away as a fun little headcanon I could hopefully do something with in the future, and it turns out POE was the perfect opportunity to bring it into the light of day with my love of parallel match cuts/fades! XD
I drew more than a little inspiration from being surrounded by family photo albums and old home videos as a kid. My mother spent hours compiling genealogical trees with branches that went back hundreds of years. I was fascinated by seeing my parents, grandparents etc. in a stage of their life that I had never known them in, breathing life into people and points in time now long gone. I can't count the number of times I would be surprised to see a piece of myself staring back at me within a smile, a hand gesture, a spoken phrase, an activity of interest. From time to time I still think of the large and small ways I unconsciously take after my parents, the unanswerable question of how much is nature and how much is nurture within these echoes through time. And with the help of @thefanvideoer2 (thanks again for the recommendation! 💖) I was able to use an awesome song that I could build a video off of to capture those feelings in a way that also didn't betray the important familial themes present in the original material.
Hope you all enjoy my fun little vid, and if you've got any photo albums/home movies gathering dust somewhere, consider checking them out-- you may be surprised by what you see!
Footage: Tarzan (Disney), Tangled (Disney) Audio: Family Ties (Bastille) Programs Used: Premiere Pro, After Effects
Contests: Project Org Editor 2022 "Fan Theory of The Year" Judge's Choice Award (Thanks, Rider! 💗) Zenkaikon "Free Range Fandom" Finalist #MomoCon “Best Crossover Concept” Award #ConnectiCon Romance/Sentimental Finalist #AnimeFest Drama Finalist
And a huge shout out to my loyal patron, Gadget! Thank you for your continued support ^_^The Killing JokePerkyPastry2022-12-29 | *"That's what I'm after: a smile in her eyes, the sound of her laughter..."*
Made for the first round of Project Org Editor 2022, whose theme was to make a character profile of a villain. This was an idea I'd had for a few years since I first came across the song on Spotify, and it being the first round I wanted to take advantage of my high energy levels to test my limits and see just how much editing I could do in a week. After about 45 hours of work, the result was pretty close to what I had envisioned in my head, and it ended up getting the highest score of Round 1 out of 47 entries.
A glorious shoutout to my loyal patron, Gadget! Thank you for your continued support. ^_^
Video: Steven Universe Audio: Build Our Machine by DAGames Programs Used: Adobe Premiere 2022, Adobe After Effects 2022 Font used for the video thumbnail: fontspace.com/spooky-hollow-font-f84212Call and Response | Claire & Isaac (The Orville)PerkyPastry2022-05-27 | Sometimes the best self care is making a cute edit about a space doctor and her robot boyfriend~
For real though I really like how The Orville writes Claire and Isaac's relationship. Fictional robots are my kryptonite, and it's rare to find a piece of media with a fairly believable depiction of a romantic relationship where in the absence of shared emotion there is a healthy abundance of care and reciprocity, so I thought the refrain for Metro Station's "Shake It" captured this reciprocity nicely. I can't wait to see where their dynamic may go next month in the long-awaited third season!
A lovely shoutout to my wonderful patron, Gadget! Thank you for your continued support. ^_^
Programs Used: Adobe Premiere 2022 Adobe After Effects 2022
#fanvidfeed #theorvillePanda Suffering Adulthood [AMV]PerkyPastry2021-12-04 | "this is aggretsuko: the song lol" ~Pikapwn
Wanted to make sure to upload this before season 4 drops. Made for Round 4 of Project Org Editor, the theme of which was essentially to showcase the joy of learning through either making an educational-style video or to depict a character going through the learning process. By week 4 I was getting a bit burnt out so I decided to go with my shortest idea which would be a subversion of the theme. Plus I just wanted to see how much I could make myself laugh XD
Programs Used: Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe After Effects Adobe Photoshop
Round 2 of Sashimi's Secret IC project, in which all the entries for round 1 were stripped of their footage and our mission was to edit something of our own within about a week that would fit the audio/title combo we chose. Some of the audios were more difficult and specific than others, I saw that this one was titled "Melodie" and instantly thought of YLIA so I thought it would be fun to try a video that's significantly less funny than its title XD. And though the quality of the footage wasn't great to work with I'm quite happy with the scene selection. Was edited on and off over the course of maybe... 4 days? Just like round 1 since it was a secret who made what I wanted to experiment with editing techniques I don't typically do, it was a nice excuse to practice zoom transitions :3
The stream of the other entries and their remixes can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=sXbXnNGVyR8Sunrise Sunset [Secret IC 2]PerkyPastry2021-07-31 | AMV Sashimi held another Secret IC event, we could take anywhere from 2 hours to a week and the only requirement was that our video had to have a title. This took about 6 hours, part of which was spent refamiliarizing myself with Sony Vegas. The audio of this has been adjusted from the version I sent in, I was combining two tracks and had intended to normalize the volume levels before sending it in but then promptly forgot, so the person who used the audio for the remix had to deal with it getting really loud toward the end lol.
The stream of the other entries and their remixes can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=sXbXnNGVyR8Oceaunen AMV [Throwback IC]PerkyPastry2021-07-14 | This was made for a "Throwback Thursday" 2Hr IC on AMV Sashimi back in May. Every participant submitted 3 nostalgic songs into a playlist, and then those songs were chosen at random for each one of us to use. Ocean Man was the "communal entry" because we all wanted someone to get it, and then I ended up being that someone! I was planning on improving the visual quality before posting (bc this is my favorite IC vid I've done so far) but then my computer broke down and my schedule got much busier so I'm cutting my losses. If I find the time to in the future I'll post a link of a higher quality version here in the description.
Video: Free! (Seasons 1+2) Audio: Ocean Man by Ween
#animefestEmo Swim Bois [2H Forever IC]PerkyPastry2021-04-30 | Making something in 2 hours is haaaaaaaaaard DXLEGACY [Invader Zim 20th Anniversary]PerkyPastry2021-03-31 | I heard about the 20th anniversary for Invader Zim about 3 weeks ago and decided to try my hand at animatic again, this time with a twist! I had to rush some of it but I worked hard and overall I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
I just really love thinking about Zim and Dib’s character arcs, from how they began to where they are now, and how incredible things happen whenever their paths cross. Just like many other fans I see Enter The Florpus as a catalyst for an array of new avenues for their stories to go down, be it with an official continuing of the show or at the hands of the many dedicated fans who have kept this show relevant with awesome artwork, writing, music, editing and animation!
If you'd like to support me on Patreon and see behind the scenes and exclusive content, you can do so here: patreon.com/perkypastryLimitless Love | How to Train Your Dragon MVPerkyPastry2020-12-31 | How to Train Your Dragon is the greatest love story ever told, change my mind.
Ten years ago, 14-year-old me sat in a dark theater and watched Dreamworks’ newest animated feature. I lost myself in the world of dragons and vikings as I watched two outcasts form an inseparable bond while soaring and tumbling through the sky. I watched how they defied the gravity of their limitations and gave each other a better life through the power of that bond of love. The music, the action, the raw emotions, it was all just so... beautiful. I went back to the theater 4 more times just to experience it all over again.
When the final Project Org Editor theme of “Dynamic Duo” came out, I wanted to use a duo that was special to me, but I hadn’t anticipated what that would entail. Because when I started editing, I was overcome with a decade’s worth of emotions for this franchise. How much I resonated with Hiccup’s internal struggles, getting to grow up alongside the two of them, and the fact that it was coming up on the 1 year anniversary since I lost a Toothless of my own. It actually became difficult to edit and I had to take multiple breaks to recompose myself each day, but it was well worth it to finally make a tribute to a story that I hold so dear.
Will there ever be another franchise that wholly moves me like How to Train Your Dragon does? It’s difficult to imagine, but I hope so. We’ve had 10 years of watching these two fly together, grow together, love together. These movies were a gift, and for that I deeply thank the Dreamworks team for sharing it. As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to fly.
Footage: How To Train Your Dragon (Movies 1-3) Audio: Defying Gravity (Instrumental) - Shiki Theatre Company
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#animefest❆Snow Place Like Home❆ 「AMV」PerkyPastry2020-12-13 | Winter has always been my favorite time of year, in no small part because I love the breathtaking natural phenomenon that is snow. Some of my favorite childhood memories are traveling miles to visit family during the Winter season because it would never snow in my hometown. So this video is somewhat of a representation of the joy I feel that I now get to live in a place where I can experience snowfall almost every year. This is also a song I'd been wanting to edit with for years, so I'm glad POE's Round 3 seasonal theme gave me the opportunity to finally use it to showcase some wonderful Wintertime anime.
Super 8 Film Grain(which you can't really see cuz Youtube compression ate it): vimeo.com/258106739
Contests: 2021 Viewer’s Choice Awards Sentimental Finalist Agamacon 2021 “Wholesome” Award MomoCon 2021 “Best Concept” Award AnimeNEXT 2021 Romance Finalist Thy Geekdom Con 2021 Finalist BlerDCon 2021 Drama Finalist SacAnime 2021 Drama Finalist Anime Banzai 2021 Drama Finalist SacAnime Summer '21 Drama Finalist Youmacon 2021 "Crisp Air and Warm Hearts" Award AnimeFest 2021 Best Drama COAF 2022 Positivity Finalist Sakura-Con 2022 Sentimental Finalist Abunai 2022 Fun Finalist Anime North 2022 Open Division Finalist
My slightly updated entry for Round 1 of Project Org Editor, a contest run by AMV Org where each round must be completed within a single week. The theme for Round 1 was to focus on one or more parts of the body. I chose hands because something I really appreciate about anime is how often hands are used to embody a wide array of emotions, interactions, symbols and narrative themes, so this video contains a few of my favorite moments in anime where hands are the focal point. I'm normally a slow editor and I'd never participated in an online contest like this so this was me still testing out the capabilities of what I could do in a week, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to try out a multisource vid. Overall it was good fun practice.
Next video will be uploaded in December.
Video: Kids on The Slope, Haikyu!!, My Hero Academia, A Silent Voice, The Wind Rises, Your Name, Erased, Free!, Steins;Gate, Girls Last Tour Audio: Move Along (The All-American Rejects) Programs Used: Premiere Pro 2020\
#blerdconDISTURBIA | Invader Zim [Muted, Audio Link in Description]PerkyPastry2020-07-24 | Update: A higher quality version of this video with audio intact is now available to watch and download for free on my Patreon! patreon.com/posts/childish-aka-48470501
Youtube blocked the audio on sight, but that ain't gonna stop me from keeping my once-a-year upload quota. Plus I made a cool thumbnail just for this and I plan on using it.
This is a video I've wanted to make for like 10 years, just needed the IZ fandom renaissance with ETF to give me the motivation. And ngl, editing this was extremely fun. Drew a lot of inspiration from two other MVs that are also no longer up on youtube, hilariously enough.
#animefest #blerdconCrush MEP Part 2 (ETF Dib)PerkyPastry2019-10-21 | Making this was a nice opportunity to practice keyframing
I still have not exited the florpus so it's Zim loving hours until further notice (still working on the fully-fledged AMVs, it's just nice to make something that I can complete in a day or two)
Audio is from Gravity Falls which I'm convinced is in the same universe as Invader ZimRe17 Trailer AMV [A-Kon Best Fun, Otakon 2nd Place Trailer]PerkyPastry2019-05-04 | Fun fact: about 3 weeks ago was the 10 year anniversary of the official release date for 17 Again, aka the greatest movie of all time. Was hoping I'd be able to upload this closer to that, but cest la vie
As you can tell by my current icon I really love ReLIFE, and this of course was the first video idea to pop into my head. Lots more lip sync practice with this one! More masking work as well in Premiere CC, not nearly as intuitive as Sony Vegas but still well-equipped. It's funny how you think "oh a trailer, this should be easier than a music video" and then of course it's not, it's very much not. One of my goals was to make sure that this would be understandable even to someone who hasn't seen either of the intellectual properties involved, so I focused strongly on the visual continuity within each "scene". Also using my girl Chizuru to play Ned has been endlessly entertaining. Definitely mistakes along the way I'm learning from, but overall I'm very happy with how this turned out!
Once again thanks to my supporters and anyone who's sent lovely words of encouragement in the form of a comment on my last AMV, you guys rule :)
Video: ReLIFE (Season 1, OVA, official preview) Audio: 17 Again (Trailer Audio) Programs Used: Premiere Pro CS6, Premiere Pro CC 2018, Photoshop CC, Photoshop 7.0
Contests: - A-Kon 2019 Best Fun - #Otakon 2019 2nd Place Trailer - Aniventure 2019 2nd Place Trailer - Anime Festival Orlando Judge's Award - Animethon 2019 Finalist - Abunai 2019 Finalist - AnimeNEXT Trailer Runner Up
PerkyPastryThis animatics gonna take 500 years [Timelapse]PerkyPastry2018-06-19 | Not because it's super detailed or anything, but because I lack the drawing experience to complete it in a reasonable amount of time. I'm gonna greyscale color every frame and NO ONE CAN STOP ME.
Audio used: youtube.com/watch?v=kwEz1ET-KLg&t=3sThe League of Villains Get a Special DeliveryPerkyPastry2018-06-07 | Shigaraki: *stares into the camera like he's on the office*Mukosei kara Hiro e AMV [Otakon 2018 2nd Place Upbeat Winner]PerkyPastry2018-05-23 | " I want you to tell the world 'I am here!' "
Once I finished season 2, I knew my first official AMV had to be this. My baby has grown so much these past two years!!
An alternate title I had considered for this was “Level Up”, because the main theme throughout is the moments that Midoriya pushes beyond his own skill level to the surprise of everyone around him, almost always exceeding their expectations. Those are some of the most fun parts in the show for me. Similarly, I was also trying to push myself beyond my own skill level while making this video, practicing techniques I haven’t really used with MVs in the past. This is my first time trying out lip sync as well! Like editing in general, it is both fun and frustrating.
Video: Boku no Hero Academia (Season 1+2, OVA 1+2) Audio: Zero to Hero (from Disney’s Hercules) Programs Used: Premiere Pro CS6, Premiere Pro CC 2018, Photoshop 7.0
Contests: - Anime Expo 2018 (Pre-Show) - Otakon 2018 2nd Place Upbeat Winner - Tiger Con 2019 Comedy/Upbeat Winner - Con-Nichiwa 2019 Fun/Upbeat Finalist - Connecticon 2019 Best UFO
PerkyPastry #animeexpo #otakonKylo Ren Sings Creep (FanimeCon Karaoke 2016)PerkyPastry2016-05-31 | I was in the front row of the Karaoke room on Saturday when the announcer called up "Ben Solo" and the song title appeared on the screen, and I got my camera out as fast as I could. It's a bit shaky at the beginning because I was trying to contain my excitement/laughter. To whoever was behind the mask, thank you for this gem. Unexpected events like this are the best part of going to fan conventions.