Ric, Maybe I missed it, but have you ever explained why you are a puzzler? Could you talk about your personality and why you are now a RUclips puzzler? I'm very interested to know if you have always been a puzzler, who introduced you to it and why you love it so much.
Hi Heidi, thanks for the feedback! Yes i have always been a puzzler, almost 30 years. I still remember the first puzzles i had as a kid! 😁I started my RUclips channel when i started seeing videos here, about a year ago. for me, it was a no brainer as im a creative artistic individual. The rest is history. But I had another channel before, i was posting vids under spacetrilobite and sadly every single puzzle and title were being replicated somehow by karen puzzles - literally days after my videos were posted, she would come up with the same puzzles, titles, ideas, themes / it could be one coincidence after another? So she said when i confronted her. I felt robbed and used. after that i deleted my channel, i later on decided to continue, because i love making content and solving puzzles and so this channel was born. Thanks for asking!! Solving Puzzles is a very natural thing for me to do, as a quiet and more private person, When i solve puzzles it relaxes me in a way that no other activity does, ops, i think wood carving also does that! I love immersing myself and becoming one with puzzle. For me every piece becomes a person, it’s a magical thing.
@@RicPuzzles I'm sorry to hear about your early troubles, and very glad you persisted. I'm also sorry to hear about Karen, who of course is a very public personality in the RUclips puzzler realm. I think her early video career involved repackaging other people's ideas and she probably thought a small youtube personality would never notice or care their ideas were being stolen - in fact I imagine popular people imagine you should have been flattered. Bunk. So far I find your approach very, very distinct from all the other puzzlers who try and fill the space with so many words, and the whole pace has become fast, fast, fast, with speed puzzling events and a race to cover the latest gimmicky puzzle. And then there's you, who picks out the very hardest puzzles, sometimes antiques, create a strategy, and painstakingly piece it together with a plan and joy that its hard! No wall of words, no relentless haste, no feeling that you are in a rush to finish to get on with the next one. Just demonstrating your pleasure at the journey. So refreshing. This is how I want to puzzle, so I enjoy watching you.
@@RicPuzzles However, lol, I don't feel like I have the answer to my original question, which was not about YouTubing, it was about Puzzling! Did you have a relative who puzzled with you when you were a child? Was puzzling something you always loved or did it become a love in adulthood? What is it about your personality that gets so much pleasure from puzzling? Why do you puzzle? Why are you a unique puzzler? So many questions!
haha! all good, I get asked a lot about my RUclips history, I must have misunderstood your question, so terribly sorry! I grew up in a very creative environment. My mom was a painter and heavy in arts and crafts and we were always surrounded by artsy stuff and puzzles. I remember the earliest puzzle I completed vividly, it had giraffes and a lot of green trees etc, and im still looking for it in my storage haha. I dont feel like there is anyone who were inspiration for me? the puzzles were always part of my life since I can remember. but I guess the creative side and the desire to share the special puzzle adventures with the world has become a more recent thing in my life. I never knew there was a huge community of puzzlers online, I always thought I was the only adult who solved puzzles and never even mentioned to anyone until after Covid when I started seen videos online.
Hi Victory, thats ok..it’s just sad that someone in a position of power such as Karen Puzzles finds the need to plagiarise small channels and other peoples ideas and never acknowledge who she gets the ideas from. It is an unregulated field at this stage but an unethical move in my opinion and even though i set my youtube to not suggest her videos anymore i still get suggested all the time. And that really annoys me. I do not like nor support Karen Puzzles. She is a content vampire. It would be much nicer if she said ‘hey guys i saw this or that in such and such channel and this is my take on it.’ That would be the right to do.
I love this. Such an inspirational image and thank you for describing what it is about. You live in a wonderful country. Your attention to details is copious.
What a lovely image. Thanks for showing us the actual places. That’s always very interesting. The way you glued the puzzle together was good too. I’ve not seen it done that way before.
Hi 50srockchick! So nice to hear your opinion in this take. Glad to know tou enjoyed the picture and seeing the actual places. If i can go there i’ll make sure to add in the video 😁 when i have about 4 or 5 puzzles glued i’ll make a big mural as a background mural for future vids, stay tuned! Glad to know you liked the simple framing technique.
This is so well put-together, Ric. So glad to see another puzzle on your channel. I love the image, it looks perfect for me and very challenging too. And i love your presentation style you deserve all the subscribers you are getting.
I love your videos, always well presented. I think even the most boring puzzle would look amazing under your lenses. Thanks for sharing your experience.
It's great when you find a puzzle that relates to a place where you live. 👍 I have a couple of jigsaws like that which I have kept. It's the pleasure of putting the jigsaw together that matters rather than how fast you can do it. I don't quite know how you can enjoy a puzzle if you are rushing to do it as fast as possible. 🙄 Look forward to your next video.
Hi puzzlepiece! Thank you for the nice comment, it is very nice to hear from you and your opinion on the puzzles, it’s nice isnt it when we find a relatable puzzle! This one in particular really surprised me as i didnt give it much attention but ended up loving it. I have another one from another favourite location (the only 2 about nz places) and i cant wait to show you, it’s a bit more interesting too. Looking forward to hearing from you soon! Cheers and have a great awesome weekend! Would you mind if i ask what puzzle you have that is related to where you live? Thx!
The island video footage, it’s just amazing. I love that creativity you have that makes you unique. I love that you find the beauty and intricacies in each every image and landscape. Every puzzle piece, has subtle colors and textures and appreciating how they look together, it’s part of the enjoyment of puzzling. I love that you shared how you glue your puzzle, it’s different with the paper backing, very cool. Ric, thank you for allowing us to see the details and appreciate them. That is part of the journey as a puzzler to me. I so agree with you. I need to start working on my vintage and regular landscape puzzles more. I have found some great ones at my local Goodwill 🥰🧩❤️
Hi Laura, ohhh 😊thank you very much for the opportunity to share these moments with you! Only puzzles can understand the relationship that we have with our puzzles, isnt it, the appreciation to each colour, the respect we have for each piece. And hey im very humbled by your comment, thank you so much.
Excellent video. I love everything about the image and the dedicated background explanation. Thank you. I visited this place 4 years ago and i loved it. I vaguely remember these tunnels but do have pictures in and around this area. I agree that if the image has a meaningful background to us, the entire experience will be elevated. Nowadays i only buy meaningful puzzles to solve thanks to your videos.
Omg thank you so much for your positive feedback Lumpalumper. This means so much to me. And what? You dont remember the tunnels?! Hehe just kidding - nice to know you have visited this place! We might have even crossed paths when you were here eh! Who knows. Thanks again for the comment, looking forward to hearing from you again soon.
Nice Ric! Interesting how the eye is trained to find those subtle things as you dive in. It's always starts as a chaotic mess and then...magic! Thanks for sharing the gluing technique...different and very useful. And of course showing us the real places that match the image ... 👍
Hi puzzling art!! So cool to hear from you, thanks for taking the time to come by!! Oh the calliper, that is do second nature to me that i totally forgot to mention it more! Ill see if i do in a future video 😊 glad to hear you found it useful
It is definitely interesting how we identify marks on puzzles or the names we give piece shapes. Thank you for sharing information about your neighborhood, very interesting islands! Very nice the way you glued your puzzle together, great work! Great video and presentation once again! I do enjoy watching your videos Ric, keep up the great work and excellent content, look forward to the next one! 🙂
Oh Marlene, thanks for enjoying this one with me, it is so nice to know you enjoyed the small tour and the puzzle, your feedback is always so welcome! Have a wonderful weekend ahead!
Today I learned about a new innovation called caliper-assisted puzzling or CAP for short 😂. I love it when you take us out on an outing to visit local attractions. Very fun and informative. I think your glueing technique is genius and I'm with you on timing my solve times, I just want to enjoy the experience and not worry about time. Plus I'm usually listening to a podcast or some music and I'll often stop puzzling just to listen or sing along. Cheers!
Hello fellowpuzzler! We are so in tune then! We couldnt be more similar when it comes to puzzles. So cool to know that im not alone with timing too 😂 and hey the calister CAP Oh my! Seems like we are onto something here!
I have been tracking youtube puzzlers after seeing a couple of videos from Karen Puzzles and DonnaLouise from For the Love of Puzzles, and I'm so glad youtube recommend me this channel after watching them! Really loved this vid as well! New sub! ❤
Hi Isabel, thats really cool thanks for finding the subject interesting. 😄 very nice to have you here too! Just be mindful that the 2 puzzlers mentioned share a very different mindset to me, they are heavy in speed puzzling, fast-paced competitions. Thanks again!!
@@RicPuzzles yeah I noticed. But I'm enjoying watching both approaches to puzzling. Thinking about puzzling again myself and your tips really help. Thanks for the reply!
That is very good to hear, Isabel! Glad to know you are being enticed, it is such a great way to spend time, I love it very much but with a healthy balance, I only work on a puzzle when I am truly free and have nothing else to do. Please do remember to enjoy life as well, this is a very addictive hobby 😅 let me know if you start and which puzzle would be your debut choice! 🧩😄
Hey Ric I puzzle very similar to you in terms of the nuances in shape and colour to texture on tabs, corners or transversing the piece to continue to adjacent piece. I would also have a preference for this style of image over a gradient or single colour with no texture. I get my ‘single colour’ joy from sky, meadows, or bodies of water which provides the additional interest of texture. I can legitimately say this too as I have tried gradients etc. another great video many thanks.
Hello thegoodchicken! Wow so nice to know im not alone! This is incredibly awesome. Thanks for being such an avid subscriber! Big cheers, to the colour nuances! 🧩☺️
This is so cool Ric, the image is challenging but overall i would definitely do this puzzle, it looks very beautiful. Also glad to see u framing it without plastics. Looking forward to seeing the puzzle hanging somewhere in your videos at some stage.
Hi Pomparum, thx for tuning in today, it is always so nice to hear your opinion on the puzzles i complete. And thanks for feedback - always very encouraging!
Well done. I find puzzles based in reality are more enjoyable than just assembling a pretty image. Famous artworks are fun, but like you said, paintings can be challenging. I like the use of your calipers for measuring piece shapes . . . why hadn't I ever thought of that 🤓? I might try a small pair of dividers for their ergonomics. Excellent video, thanks. 👍👍
Hello Drew! Haha you liked that calister use! It’s definitely worth trying them, better than trying every piece over and over instead of it 😂 thanks for the great comment again mate, i really appreciate it and looking forward to hearing from you again soon!
love Holdson, us kiwis have to support the NZ business LOL. and this coastline one is gorgeous, i love doing scenery paintings and painted artworks as well, especially vintage ones.
Hi again 😁 oh my i have no idea why your comments have been hidden for so many days Matilda, not cool on my part, but anyways! Oh Holdson, i love love love their puzzles too, this is so very high end company, and dis you know they are in Rosedale, just nearby the Albany mega centre i think - isnt that so cool, imagine paying them a visit for a tour of the factory?! They have come a long way, also like you, i love their vintage Older puzzles as well 😁👍🏻
Hi Ric! You asked if other people become more attuned to color subtleties as a puzzle progresses. I suppose it depends on the puzzle. Yes, although sometimes I have trouble sorting gradients. Especially when my perception of the color changes depending on what other pieces are next to them!
Hi MrFiddler’ thats such a great point you have raise! I suppose it does depend on the puzzle and the piece types indeed. That comes to show how much it varies from one puzzler to another isnt it! Thank you again for your valuable feedback!
Nice picture, but i have to say that over the past few years, Holdson jigsaws seem to have become looser in their fit than previously, which is a shame. I find it hard to move sections without them coming apart whereas they used to hold together quite well. But they do have consistently lovely images. I am drawn to pictures and puzzles that have bodies of water in them, which is odd as I don't think of myself as a 'water' person at all.
Hi Paisley! Yes i agree, they are fairy loose, particularly now that new puzzles can easily be waved around once finished eh! But i agree with you as well that the selection of images and the print quality still stands the test of time. Haha i know what you mean about the not relating to water, but loving water related puzzles. I love fighting PlayStation games but im a very pacific and laid back person, go figure! 😁 thanks again for your valuable feedback!
Hey man great video! I had a quick question, I saw one of your comments from 6 months ago about google ads being bad for your channel. I am in a similar situation as you and I was wondering if you’re still using google ads or avoiding them currently I’m just seeing if there is a way to save the channel thank you!
Hello there! Thanks for checking in too, really nice. I don’t recommend using ads at all, or the promotion here in the yt studio! The videos get suggested to every single human on earth and everyone who is not in the niche and therefore it literally causes the video promoted to be jammed down to a viewer who will not only watch it for the few seconds (= zero retention) and will likely to thumb down too because they didnt want your vid in the first place. I would use ads if you just want the views on a well established channel, not in a small or new one as yt is figuring out who your viewers might be!! Hope that helps!
@@RicPuzzles did you at one point use ads on your channel to grow? I did for a while and just recently discovered the mistake I made of using ads, and if so how did you recover from it thank you so much for your response!
hey there! thanks again for the reaching out, all good. I did use it for a few weekends in the last few months. The first thing I noticed was that the retention went from 90%, even the long videos of 30mins + were being watched almost entirely, then suddenly they dropped to only 20-30 seconds. I think that after a while you do recover if the content is decent. It won't kill the channel entirely - it will just stop suggesting to new views. If you have a good community built around your channel, it may just stay stagnant or with very little growth overtime. Having the support from loyal subscriber is a key element for me. as they will tell others, share etc. I think a few of my subs they share my videos on Discord and Facebook which has a massive Puzzle community, so that gives me huge exposure to the right viewers. that guess bypasses the YT algorithms or the lack of it.
You are most welcome brother. You know i have a gaming channel too eh? I stopped posting years ago, it’s under @ricstation (gotta work that out) and i know it’s tough man, particularly in the gaming niche. But you seem like a really nice guy, bring that personality in and you will be a hit im sure. Just remember to not mix content, like gaming and cars or music and gaming. It wont work.
Ric, Maybe I missed it, but have you ever explained why you are a puzzler? Could you talk about your personality and why you are now a RUclips puzzler? I'm very interested to know if you have always been a puzzler, who introduced you to it and why you love it so much.
Hi Heidi, thanks for the feedback! Yes i have always been a puzzler, almost 30 years. I still remember the first puzzles i had as a kid! 😁I started my RUclips channel when i started seeing videos here, about a year ago. for me, it was a no brainer as im a creative artistic individual. The rest is history. But I had another channel before, i was posting vids under spacetrilobite and sadly every single puzzle and title were being replicated somehow by karen puzzles - literally days after my videos were posted, she would come up with the same puzzles, titles, ideas, themes / it could be one coincidence after another? So she said when i confronted her. I felt robbed and used. after that i deleted my channel, i later on decided to continue, because i love making content and solving puzzles and so this channel was born. Thanks for asking!!
Solving Puzzles is a very natural thing for me to do, as a quiet and more private person, When i solve puzzles it relaxes me in a way that no other activity does, ops, i think wood carving also does that! I love immersing myself and becoming one with puzzle. For me every piece becomes a person, it’s a magical thing.
@@RicPuzzles I'm sorry to hear about your early troubles, and very glad you persisted. I'm also sorry to hear about Karen, who of course is a very public personality in the RUclips puzzler realm. I think her early video career involved repackaging other people's ideas and she probably thought a small youtube personality would never notice or care their ideas were being stolen - in fact I imagine popular people imagine you should have been flattered. Bunk. So far I find your approach very, very distinct from all the other puzzlers who try and fill the space with so many words, and the whole pace has become fast, fast, fast, with speed puzzling events and a race to cover the latest gimmicky puzzle. And then there's you, who picks out the very hardest puzzles, sometimes antiques, create a strategy, and painstakingly piece it together with a plan and joy that its hard! No wall of words, no relentless haste, no feeling that you are in a rush to finish to get on with the next one. Just demonstrating your pleasure at the journey. So refreshing. This is how I want to puzzle, so I enjoy watching you.
@@RicPuzzles However, lol, I don't feel like I have the answer to my original question, which was not about YouTubing, it was about Puzzling! Did you have a relative who puzzled with you when you were a child? Was puzzling something you always loved or did it become a love in adulthood? What is it about your personality that gets so much pleasure from puzzling? Why do you puzzle? Why are you a unique puzzler? So many questions!
haha! all good, I get asked a lot about my RUclips history, I must have misunderstood your question, so terribly sorry! I grew up in a very creative environment. My mom was a painter and heavy in arts and crafts and we were always surrounded by artsy stuff and puzzles. I remember the earliest puzzle I completed vividly, it had giraffes and a lot of green trees etc, and im still looking for it in my storage haha. I dont feel like there is anyone who were inspiration for me? the puzzles were always part of my life since I can remember. but I guess the creative side and the desire to share the special puzzle adventures with the world has become a more recent thing in my life. I never knew there was a huge community of puzzlers online, I always thought I was the only adult who solved puzzles and never even mentioned to anyone until after Covid when I started seen videos online.
Hi Victory, thats ok..it’s just sad that someone in a position of power such as Karen Puzzles finds the need to plagiarise small channels and other peoples ideas and never acknowledge who she gets the ideas from. It is an unregulated field at this stage but an unethical move in my opinion and even though i set my youtube to not suggest her videos anymore i still get suggested all the time. And that really annoys me. I do not like nor support Karen Puzzles. She is a content vampire. It would be much nicer if she said ‘hey guys i saw this or that in such and such channel and this is my take on it.’ That would be the right to do.
I love this. Such an inspirational image and thank you for describing what it is about. You live in a wonderful country. Your attention to details is copious.
hello there and thank you for your comment, it is very nice to know you enjoyed the video! thanks again!!!
This is top notch content. Thanks for sharing. We do get puzzles like this from time to time. I would have liked this one too.
Oh nice mate, thank you so much for watching this and enjoying it! Makes me really happy to know.
Love this! 🧩👍🏻
Yay! Thanks puzzle from Sweden!!
What a lovely image. Thanks for showing us the actual places. That’s always very interesting.
The way you glued the puzzle together was good too. I’ve not seen it done that way before.
Hi 50srockchick! So nice to hear your opinion in this take. Glad to know tou enjoyed the picture and seeing the actual places. If i can go there i’ll make sure to add in the video 😁 when i have about 4 or 5 puzzles glued i’ll make a big mural as a background mural for future vids, stay tuned! Glad to know you liked the simple framing technique.
Hello Ric. This is a great video and I definitely learned a new set of tricks today. Thank you for sharing.
Oh so cool Pushplay! Thank you so much!!
This is so well put-together, Ric. So glad to see another puzzle on your channel. I love the image, it looks perfect for me and very challenging too. And i love your presentation style you deserve all the subscribers you are getting.
Hi Ramen, ohhh thank you so much for the feedback. It makes me so happy to hear from you and your positive input.
I love your videos, always well presented. I think even the most boring puzzle would look amazing under your lenses. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hi Canal, thank you so much. Omg this is very nice of you. Thanks again!
It's great when you find a puzzle that relates to a place where you live. 👍 I have a couple of jigsaws like that which I have kept. It's the pleasure of putting the jigsaw together that matters rather than how fast you can do it. I don't quite know how you can enjoy a puzzle if you are rushing to do it as fast as possible. 🙄 Look forward to your next video.
Hi puzzlepiece! Thank you for the nice comment, it is very nice to hear from you and your opinion on the puzzles, it’s nice isnt it when we find a relatable puzzle! This one in particular really surprised me as i didnt give it much attention but ended up loving it. I have another one from another favourite location (the only 2 about nz places) and i cant wait to show you, it’s a bit more interesting too. Looking forward to hearing from you soon! Cheers and have a great awesome weekend! Would you mind if i ask what puzzle you have that is related to where you live? Thx!
The island video footage, it’s just amazing. I love that creativity you have that makes you unique. I love that you find the beauty and intricacies in each every image and landscape. Every puzzle piece, has subtle colors and textures and appreciating how they look together, it’s part of the enjoyment of puzzling. I love that you shared how you glue your puzzle, it’s different with the paper backing, very cool. Ric, thank you for allowing us to see the details and appreciate them. That is part of the journey as a puzzler to me. I so agree with you. I need to start working on my vintage and regular landscape puzzles more. I have found some great ones at my local Goodwill 🥰🧩❤️
Hi Laura, ohhh 😊thank you very much for the opportunity to share these moments with you! Only puzzles can understand the relationship that we have with our puzzles, isnt it, the appreciation to each colour, the respect we have for each piece. And hey im very humbled by your comment, thank you so much.
Thank you very much for the tip Laura. Cheers!
Excellent video. I love everything about the image and the dedicated background explanation. Thank you. I visited this place 4 years ago and i loved it. I vaguely remember these tunnels but do have pictures in and around this area. I agree that if the image has a meaningful background to us, the entire experience will be elevated. Nowadays i only buy meaningful puzzles to solve thanks to your videos.
Omg thank you so much for your positive feedback Lumpalumper. This means so much to me. And what? You dont remember the tunnels?! Hehe just kidding - nice to know you have visited this place! We might have even crossed paths when you were here eh! Who knows. Thanks again for the comment, looking forward to hearing from you again soon.
Great video Ric. Very much my kind of boring jigsaw to solve.
Hi TWR, that is great news then, thanks for the feedback! Always great to hear from you mate.
Good on you Ric, this is superb. I had not come across a kiwi puzzle before. Very relatable.
Hi mate! Indeed a nz themed puzzle! I managed to find only a few indeed as most kiwi ones are luxury and very dear!
Nice Ric! Interesting how the eye is trained to find those subtle things as you dive in. It's always starts as a chaotic mess and then...magic!
Thanks for sharing the gluing technique...different and very useful. And of course showing us the real places that match the image ... 👍
Hi Allison! Thats great to know and hey glad to hear you understand me. Our brain does magic doesnt it?
Paintings can be tough but very rewarding to puzzle. Also, it never occurred to me to use a caliper to find the right piece. Great idea!
Hi puzzling art!! So cool to hear from you, thanks for taking the time to come by!! Oh the calliper, that is do second nature to me that i totally forgot to mention it more! Ill see if i do in a future video 😊 glad to hear you found it useful
It is definitely interesting how we identify marks on puzzles or the names we give piece shapes. Thank you for sharing information about your neighborhood, very interesting islands! Very nice the way you glued your puzzle together, great work! Great video and presentation once again! I do enjoy watching your videos Ric, keep up the great work and excellent content, look forward to the next one! 🙂
Oh Marlene, thanks for enjoying this one with me, it is so nice to know you enjoyed the small tour and the puzzle, your feedback is always so welcome! Have a wonderful weekend ahead!
Great video and challenging puzzle. Thanks for the instruction for hanging and gluing, it is new to me. U live in a beautiful city.
Thank you so much Praisepuzzle! Your opinion is always so welcome, it makes me happy that you are happy with the video. Have a great weekend ahead!
Today I learned about a new innovation called caliper-assisted puzzling or CAP for short 😂. I love it when you take us out on an outing to visit local attractions. Very fun and informative. I think your glueing technique is genius and I'm with you on timing my solve times, I just want to enjoy the experience and not worry about time. Plus I'm usually listening to a podcast or some music and I'll often stop puzzling just to listen or sing along. Cheers!
Hello fellowpuzzler! We are so in tune then! We couldnt be more similar when it comes to puzzles. So cool to know that im not alone with timing too 😂 and hey the calister CAP Oh my! Seems like we are onto something here!
I like time lapses too. Loved seeing the island too!😍
Glad you enjoyed the vid! Thx ☺️
I have been tracking youtube puzzlers after seeing a couple of videos from Karen Puzzles and DonnaLouise from For the Love of Puzzles, and I'm so glad youtube recommend me this channel after watching them! Really loved this vid as well! New sub! ❤
Hi Isabel, thats really cool thanks for finding the subject interesting. 😄 very nice to have you here too! Just be mindful that the 2 puzzlers mentioned share a very different mindset to me, they are heavy in speed puzzling, fast-paced competitions. Thanks again!!
@@RicPuzzles yeah I noticed. But I'm enjoying watching both approaches to puzzling. Thinking about puzzling again myself and your tips really help. Thanks for the reply!
That is very good to hear, Isabel! Glad to know you are being enticed, it is such a great way to spend time, I love it very much but with a healthy balance, I only work on a puzzle when I am truly free and have nothing else to do. Please do remember to enjoy life as well, this is a very addictive hobby 😅 let me know if you start and which puzzle would be your debut choice! 🧩😄
Hey Ric I puzzle very similar to you in terms of the nuances in shape and colour to texture on tabs, corners or transversing the piece to continue to adjacent piece. I would also have a preference for this style of image over a gradient or single colour with no texture. I get my ‘single colour’ joy from sky, meadows, or bodies of water which provides the additional interest of texture. I can legitimately say this too as I have tried gradients etc. another great video many thanks.
Hello thegoodchicken! Wow so nice to know im not alone! This is incredibly awesome. Thanks for being such an avid subscriber! Big cheers, to the colour nuances! 🧩☺️
This is so cool Ric, the image is challenging but overall i would definitely do this puzzle, it looks very beautiful. Also glad to see u framing it without plastics. Looking forward to seeing the puzzle hanging somewhere in your videos at some stage.
Hi Pomparum, thx for tuning in today, it is always so nice to hear your opinion on the puzzles i complete. And thanks for feedback - always very encouraging!
@@RicPuzzles you’re welcome! Just rewatched it and loved it. Cant wait for the next video.
@@Pomparumgreat! Thanks mate!! 😁🙏🙏
And thank you for the no time lapse puzzle video 👌😉
☺️ tou are very welcome! No Timelapse from me anytime soon
Well done. I find puzzles based in reality are more enjoyable than just assembling a pretty image. Famous artworks are fun, but like you said, paintings can be challenging. I like the use of your calipers for measuring piece shapes . . . why hadn't I ever thought of that 🤓? I might try a small pair of dividers for their ergonomics. Excellent video, thanks. 👍👍
So cool! Love this. Thanks for the comment Minos!
Hello Drew! Haha you liked that calister use! It’s definitely worth trying them, better than trying every piece over and over instead of it 😂 thanks for the great comment again mate, i really appreciate it and looking forward to hearing from you again soon!
Enjoyed your thought process. Thanks
Hi Bonnie! Thank you so much. ☺️
love Holdson, us kiwis have to support the NZ business LOL. and this coastline one is gorgeous, i love doing scenery paintings and painted artworks as well, especially vintage ones.
Hi again 😁 oh my i have no idea why your comments have been hidden for so many days Matilda, not cool on my part, but anyways! Oh Holdson, i love love love their puzzles too, this is so very high end company, and dis you know they are in Rosedale, just nearby the Albany mega centre i think - isnt that so cool, imagine paying them a visit for a tour of the factory?! They have come a long way, also like you, i love their vintage Older puzzles as well 😁👍🏻
Your puzzle is beautiful and will great on display 😊
Hi there! Thank you so much!! I love this one, will definitely hang it!
Those color changes that you mention. It happens to me everytime!
😁 then you know what i mean! 😁😁 glad im not alone
Hi Ric! You asked if other people become more attuned to color subtleties as a puzzle progresses. I suppose it depends on the puzzle. Yes, although sometimes I have trouble sorting gradients. Especially when my perception of the color changes depending on what other pieces are next to them!
Hi MrFiddler’ thats such a great point you have raise! I suppose it does depend on the puzzle and the piece types indeed. That comes to show how much it varies from one puzzler to another isnt it! Thank you again for your valuable feedback!
I also never look at references, it makes it more interesting.
Thats good to hear! Do u go back only when totally stuck like me?
I like your presentation, very interesting.
Thanks Karen, much appreciated
Nice picture, but i have to say that over the past few years, Holdson jigsaws seem to have become looser in their fit than previously, which is a shame. I find it hard to move sections without them coming apart whereas they used to hold together quite well. But they do have consistently lovely images. I am drawn to pictures and puzzles that have bodies of water in them, which is odd as I don't think of myself as a 'water' person at all.
Hi Paisley! Yes i agree, they are fairy loose, particularly now that new puzzles can easily be waved around once finished eh! But i agree with you as well that the selection of images and the print quality still stands the test of time. Haha i know what you mean about the not relating to water, but loving water related puzzles. I love fighting PlayStation games but im a very pacific and laid back person, go figure! 😁 thanks again for your valuable feedback!
Hey man great video! I had a quick question, I saw one of your comments from 6 months ago about google ads being bad for your channel. I am in a similar situation as you and I was wondering if you’re still using google ads or avoiding them currently I’m just seeing if there is a way to save the channel thank you!
Hello there! Thanks for checking in too, really nice. I don’t recommend using ads at all, or the promotion here in the yt studio! The videos get suggested to every single human on earth and everyone who is not in the niche and therefore it literally causes the video promoted to be jammed down to a viewer who will not only watch it for the few seconds (= zero retention) and will likely to thumb down too because they didnt want your vid in the first place. I would use ads if you just want the views on a well established channel, not in a small or new one as yt is figuring out who your viewers might be!! Hope that helps!
@@RicPuzzles did you at one point use ads on your channel to grow? I did for a while and just recently discovered the mistake I made of using ads, and if so how did you recover from it thank you so much for your response!
hey there! thanks again for the reaching out, all good. I did use it for a few weekends in the last few months. The first thing I noticed was that the retention went from 90%, even the long videos of 30mins + were being watched almost entirely, then suddenly they dropped to only 20-30 seconds. I think that after a while you do recover if the content is decent. It won't kill the channel entirely - it will just stop suggesting to new views. If you have a good community built around your channel, it may just stay stagnant or with very little growth overtime. Having the support from loyal subscriber is a key element for me. as they will tell others, share etc. I think a few of my subs they share my videos on Discord and Facebook which has a massive Puzzle community, so that gives me huge exposure to the right viewers. that guess bypasses the YT algorithms or the lack of it.
@@RicPuzzles thank you so much!
You are most welcome brother. You know i have a gaming channel too eh? I stopped posting years ago, it’s under @ricstation (gotta work that out) and i know it’s tough man, particularly in the gaming niche. But you seem like a really nice guy, bring that personality in and you will be a hit im sure. Just remember to not mix content, like gaming and cars or music and gaming. It wont work.
Congrats on your new masterpiece Ric. Very entertaining. I also like the framing technique you suggested. 🧩
Hello mate! How nice to hear from you again! So cool to know you enjoyed this, close to home isn’t it!? Great memories
There's something about you. I don't know what it is, but definitely I can see something in you.
Oh thanks! I’ll take that as a compliment 😁
@@RicPuzzles It is, Ricardo. 🤝🏻
@@DonVizcacho😁 thanks Don!!
🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩once again Ric, you have made a very wonderful puzzle video :) :) :)🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩
Hi Thirza thank you so much! Glad to hear from you. Wishing you a great weekend ahead!!