This self-proclaimed 'bad animator' made his way to Forbes 30 under 30 with his endearing videos.
Meet Danny Casale, AKA CoolMan CoffeeDan, a wildly successful animator who uses his signature blobby characters to put a smile on the faces of his 1.7 million followers.
Video Transcript
[WHISTLING MUSIC]
DANNY CASALE: I was definitely a creative kid. The teachers would say I daydreamed too much. I drew way too much since pre-K. It was an issue and my teachers would have to tell me to stop.
And that never went away, that feeling, that feeling of just I have something in my head and I have to manifest it. I don't know, there's some feeling inside of me that I just gotta let out and express. And I really just can't picture my life any other way.
My name is Danny Casale, a.k.a. CoolMan CoffeeDan. And I am a self-proclaimed bad animator.
- Oh.
[BEEP]
- Hey, I was working on this dance for a little bit. I was hoping you could tell me what you think. All right, here I go.
DANNY CASALE: I would describe the style of my videos as overtly simple, colorful. Many of my characters are very blobby. I try to have it be a very short dose of positivity, whether it be laughs or something else. I'm kind of nervous, dude. Like what?
Although it is simple animation, bad animation--
- [INAUDIBLE] I'm feeling almost [INAUDIBLE]. I'm feeling--
DANNY CASALE: I pride myself in the jokes, in the stories, in the ability to have this human connect with some blobby character. It's cool. It works out.
