Illymation

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Ilyssa Levy (born: September 15, 1997 [age 22]), better known online as illymation, is an American YouTube storytime animator. Her best known video series is a trilogy recounting her experiences with her abusive ex-boyfriend. Her channels combined have over 94 million views, and her main channel has over 1.5 million subscribers.

Early Life
Ilyssa Levy was born in North Carolina. She attended Franklinton High School, North Carolina. When she was in her teens, she worked for Chic-Fil-A and an ice-cream shop. At the age of 13, she entered into a relationship with a man named Haris, who was four years her senior. According to her, he was abusive and he would pressure her to send underage nude pictures.

Levy had a desire to go to East Carolina University, which was in her state, but due to pressure from her boyfriend, she moved to California for higher education. She would attend the Laguna College of Art and Design, studying animation, with initial expectations of working in an animation studio. Around this time, she and Haris would continue to date, but after continuing abuse, she broke up with him. But the damage had already been done: “…it’s hard for me to fall in love again. It’s hard for me to trust people. It’s hard for me to understand what relationships even are.”

YouTube channel
Prior to starting her own YouTube channel, she met an animator named Tanimayto, who introduced her to It's Alex Clark. She also worked for TimTom. She interned for him, and would later use the experience during her time to start her own channel.

She started her YouTube channel in 2018. She told her story of her abusive relationship in 2018 through a trilogy videos and was among her most popular, with the first video in the series gaining over 12 million views as of 2018. These videos kick-started her channel. She has worked with ItsAlexClark, Emirichu, Wolfychu and SomethingElseYT. She has also featured Katzun and theodd1sout on her channel.

She has occasionally released music; Zodiac Signs and beautiful, the latter of which recounts her struggle with self-harm and suicidal ideation.

Collaborations
Outside of her own YouTube channel, she has appeared on Anthony Padilla’s I Spent a Day With… series. She also appeared in FBE’s React series. She appeared in YouTube Rewind 2018. She also contributed to Embarrassing Times to Get Recognised, a multi-artist project made for theodd1sout’s channel. A tour with Emirichu, GingerPale and Life Noggin had been planned, but was later cancelled.

Appearances in Adam's Videos
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Adam's Appearances in Illy's Videos

 * Evil Things I Did as A Kid
 * Fixing Your Easter Eggs

Personal Life
Levy has a brother named Graham. She was in a relationship with a man named Calvin, and later with fellow animator Tanimayto, but have since broken up. She has two cats, one named Luigi and one named Juniper. Her family cat, Cheeto, died.

She is a Democrat and has participated in activist issues. She is outspoken about relationship abuse, having went through an abusive relationship herself. She describes herself as ‘either bi or pan’. According to her Twitter bio, she uses she/they pronouns.

Trivia

 * She is dating
 * She has two cats, Luigi and Junie