Here’s a few YouTube videos I’ve stumbled upon recently from some artists whose work I admire:
Dennis Jones is a phenominal illustrator. He draws very fun, entertaining cartoon characters and then paints them with a master’s eye for color and shading. Here’s a quick demo of him painting in Photoshop. View Dennis’ YouTube channel for more videos:
Here the very talented Denis Goulet posted a link he found to a quick tip about how to get more out of your Faber-Castell PITT brush pens:
Caricaturist Joe Bluhm discusses his process while painting Bill Murray:
Finally, Stephen Silver demonstrates a “memory sketch”. Memory sketching is a challenging exercise where the artist stares at a subject for a few moments (no drawing, just observing) and then later sketches the pereson from memory:
Stephen teaches a terrific class on character design over at schoolism.com. I took the class myself and I learned a great deal. Highly recommended!
Do you have any favorite YouTube artist videos that you’ve found educational or inspiring? If so, please post a link in the comments section.