its crazy coming back to this having first watched it back in 2012. Spencer doing the animation for Hades is just... wow... He really made his dreams and hard work become really tangible!!!! so proud of him, its so inspiring.
Spencer also started his own animation studio (Studio Grackle) just for the trailer for the Hades game!! I remember seeing his sketchbook when I was a kid. Never knew he'd pop up again 8 years later!
bruh, this guys art is like the artist's equivalent of candy... literally.... "candy" is the word that comes to mind when looking at this stuff... props to you Spencer!
I'm amazed that this has any "thumbs down." Dude has the rare ability of having a vivid imagination, but actually having the skills to put it down on paper with such amazing beauty & detail.
Well, whatever. *shrug* I've said my piece on the awesome artwork in the vid. Frankly, I find this current conservation to be pointless, so let's marvel at the art instead! :)
Looking back, it was this video that started it all. It was the reason why I got my first sketchbook and my first motivation to grow as an artist. It's amazing how time flies... I've still yet to reach this level of skill but I'll never quit. Thank you.
11 years later and hes still going strong. Created his own studio (that primarily works with making trailers and 1 intro), has worked on countless things, including boruto, castlevania, across the spiderverse and a bunch more. Still one of my favorite animatiors, and i love to see where he started. Inspires me quite a bit (even though his drawings are still way better than mine).
on God Spencer's sketchbook vid was what made me want to be a good artist when i first saw it when i was like ... 15 lol. Love seeing what Spencer's doing these days, its awesome
3 years later and I still find myself coming back to this video. His sketchbook is just so inspirational! I love the fluidity and motion in the poses and hope that one can I can produce lines like that too :)
His work is absolutely beautiful, and now I'm looking into getting myself some of these colored pencils! The jellyfish woman was a stunning piece. Thank you for exposing his work for everyone else to see! He does such a great job.
I'm teaching myself to draw. So seeing how so many people can draw WAAAY better than me naturally sort of discourages me. But, when I just take a breather and think over it, I realize that it's just lines and shading. Something anyone can do. And all I have to do is practice and learn how to put those lines and shades in the correct place. The people who can draw better than me can also help me! I also realize I get better and better with each drawing, and I have come a LONG way with my skills.
I remember watching this years ago and being so impressed by his sketchbook, and coming back to watch it again, I’m not surprised by all the amazing work he’s done on Castlevania and other shows. He’s come so far and he’s still so cute, lol 😂
I was talking to Hoshikosan. Renn isn't a bad artist but to say that he/she is on the same level as spencer is just complete bullshit. Renn is still at an amateur level while spencer even stands out amongst professional level artists.
A company ? What would that matter ? I'm saying in comparison to spencer she's lacking in areas like form anatomy and movement along with colors and values
Alexander Petrohv financial issues he can always go back to school and you still would have a shot at getting hired with out a degree connections and great portfolios their are even some graduates who have not found jobs
Everything is amazing, of course: movement, linework, foreshortening, use of colour. But I never noticed before how awesome Spencer's billowing clouds are. And judging from these sketchbooks, he loves drawing them. They look incredibly soft yet super dynamic. I love them so much. ☁️🤍☁️🤍☁️
His style is phenomenal. You can really tell he knows what he wants in his drawing, such elegance in the certainty of the work. I really strive for this in my drawings as well.
I remember watching this last year, I have been draw wing for 8 years but just recently I have been doing it the right way. Anatomy, perspectives, etc. I feel like I have just started drawing -_-
+Shattered Sentient I personally hate it when people say right way. Many other artist will tell you the same thing there is no right way. There are many ways people learn how to draw. The reason for that is people learn differently like some people can just learn on the fly others have to take classes and have help. Also with abstract art there is no real right way of learning. Just a little info for you. Best wishes for you and your art.
+Jack Laughing Learning your fundamentals IS the right way in the sense that It's the most efficient and effective means of improving. All professionals have studied their fundamentals rigorously. If drawing is a hobby then do whatever you want
I'm 15, and there is a lot of things I see here that I should do. This is inspiration to get better. I want to be fit and ready for the art world, and whatever I have to do ill do it.
Ayo, it's Karina Drawfee's mortal enemy. 10 years later and the ice snowball incident still isn't resolved😔 But fr tho it's funny that he's getting compliments on his animation when in the future he became an absolute pro with his own "whoopsie" animation studio.
I think this is the third or fourth time ive come back to watch this. his art is amazing, makes me want to learn tbh ive already been and bought a blank sketchbook. x
he has a Twitter and a tumblr which both have the same user: @spencerwan then he also has a deviantart under the username: @HotaruArk, then he also has a vimeo under the same username were he's posted an animation reel. hope this helped lol
Dude... I've been looking for this guy for so long.. I searched a lot and I couldn't find this. Thank god... His color is really inspiring. Thanks for this amazing videio.
Spencer Is now an animation director on Castlevania/ Animator at Powerhouse Animation. If anyone is wondering. spencerwan on tumblr and Twitter. It's amazing how far he's come, Inspiring.
Yoooo Spence you SNAPPED! Definitely saw the growth through the first sketch book. I would say you found alot off confidence after the first half. The ideas and talent you there you just let it bust out.
This guy's line work is phenomenal and just SO FRICKEN FLUID. It's great! very inspiring. Question: If you go to a regular college, will art classes teach you how to make such fluid figures?
***** Its not hard to make fluid figures like that, just study body proportions and anatomy and simply create fluid lines, don't do that chicken scratch thing with multiple lines to create something, just do a smooth motion with your arm and one line, if you keep trying to make it better it'll make it worse. Just do one fluid line and keep it like that, it'll loosen your drawings up and make nice figures.
Ah! I just love his style. It's so fluent, airy, and bright. I hope I one day can get that good! I really hope his art career takes off, because more people need to see this.
you could already see how far he was going dude was an absolute beast, this video is very inspiring to this day He got me on drawing seriously and also getting interested in animation, and someday i will tell him personally, hopefully as a professional animator! >:o
Man...Spencer got a really beatiful draws of motion and figure caracters...I was amazed! Man good job and keep drawing....your sketchbook is a masterpiecie...
I always come back to get inspiration from this video. His sketches are so dynamic & the movements are so colorful. It makes me want to draw happy things xD
Is it weird that I watch this every single day? This sketchbook is just so freaking gorgeous, I really love it. c: I really envy the extremely fluid/smooth line art, it looks so beautiful, c: I can't believe someone so young is so goddamn talented ;A; This motivates me much more to try to surpass him one day~ >:3 (although the chance of that is probably small.. but there's still a chance, right? xD)
I wish I can have his sketchbook.. I really love every page captured.. the characters are so cool and so charismatic for me..I was really so inspired watching this video. I want to practice more!
This video inspired me for 2 years since I can't even draw an ellipse. Today I can draw some pose from my imagination and create my original character, Thank you!!
For anyone who wants to see more of Spencer's work, you can see him as the animation director on the new Netflix show Castlevania.
Whoa, that dude’s doing good
Plus he did some animations on the boruto movie too
Woaaaaahh gah damn I followed this dude since this video was posted, amazing skill but damn I'm impressed with how far he's gone.
oh my god no way
holy s h i t
years later and I still love Spencer's sketchbook
lol its so interesting to see that this is where either all started.
Same
Ikr, I keep coming back here
its crazy coming back to this having first watched it back in 2012. Spencer doing the animation for Hades is just... wow... He really made his dreams and hard work become really tangible!!!! so proud of him, its so inspiring.
Spencer also started his own animation studio (Studio Grackle) just for the trailer for the Hades game!! I remember seeing his sketchbook when I was a kid. Never knew he'd pop up again 8 years later!
i knew I recognised the name etc. Ahhh this is so cool
bruh, this guys art is like the artist's equivalent of candy... literally.... "candy" is the word that comes to mind when looking at this stuff... props to you Spencer!
I'm amazed that this has any "thumbs down." Dude has the rare ability of having a vivid imagination, but actually having the skills to put it down on paper with such amazing beauty & detail.
I cant stand people who care about "thumbs down". Worry about what YOU like, not what other people like.
WHOA buddy, calm down! Just made an simple observation is all.
Yes a simple yet annoying and pointless observation that a lot of people tend to post on just about every video on youtube.
Well, whatever. *shrug* I've said my piece on the awesome artwork in the vid. Frankly, I find this current conservation to be pointless, so let's marvel at the art instead! :)
TT_TT you said it right. So jealous, and inspired, and jealous! :D
I luv watching sketch book videos because I can encourage my self to get better each time I watch it
Looking back, it was this video that started it all. It was the reason why I got my first sketchbook and my first motivation to grow as an artist. It's amazing how time flies... I've still yet to reach this level of skill but I'll never quit. Thank you.
11 years later and hes still going strong. Created his own studio (that primarily works with making trailers and 1 intro), has worked on countless things, including boruto, castlevania, across the spiderverse and a bunch more. Still one of my favorite animatiors, and i love to see where he started. Inspires me quite a bit (even though his drawings are still way better than mine).
omigod. . . spencer's sketchbook is my favv
on God Spencer's sketchbook vid was what made me want to be a good artist when i first saw it when i was like ... 15 lol. Love seeing what Spencer's doing these days, its awesome
I've seen this video at least ten times since it came out! surprised that it doesn't have over a million views yet
same
samee
what's humongous?
Same here! This kid is amazing, I wish I could draw like this.
3 years later and I still find myself coming back to this video. His sketchbook is just so inspirational! I love the fluidity and motion in the poses and hope that one can I can produce lines like that too :)
i love the colors he uses. they really give you vibes
I still love Spencer’s work to this day. It’s so weird seeing his career blossom now when I was a fan of him years before.
same bro haha. Studied this video so much back then.
So i've seen pretty much all the sketchbooks on this channel and Spencer's is my favorite. So much style, color, movement, ugh its amazing!!
His work is absolutely beautiful, and now I'm looking into getting myself some of these colored pencils! The jellyfish woman was a stunning piece. Thank you for exposing his work for everyone else to see! He does such a great job.
I'm teaching myself to draw. So seeing how so many people can draw WAAAY better than me naturally sort of discourages me.
But, when I just take a breather and think over it, I realize that it's just lines and shading. Something anyone can do. And all I have to do is practice and learn how to put those lines and shades in the correct place. The people who can draw better than me can also help me! I also realize I get better and better with each drawing, and I have come a LONG way with my skills.
Hi! I was just scrolling through and saw your comment. I hope you never stopped drawing and I'd love to see your progress!
I remember watching this video years ago. And now he’s worked on across the Spiderverse!
I remember watching this years ago and being so impressed by his sketchbook, and coming back to watch it again, I’m not surprised by all the amazing work he’s done on Castlevania and other shows. He’s come so far and he’s still so cute, lol 😂
every sketchbook I see blows my mind. definitely inspiring
the most gorgeous sketchbook ive EVER seen. never stop drawing Spencer.
I still watch this video from time to time, this work will never get old
Oh my god. You are the only person to ever notice that ever. People who have held that book in person don't even see that.
I remember watching this video 8 years ago. I saw the Crunchyroll breakdown of animated sequences with Spencer and immediatly came back here. Haha.
2020 still coming back to see this dudes stuff
and now he is the animation director for the new castlevania series. congrats spencer :)
at 2:55 my heart just skipped a beat. Hooooly cow this guy is good at drawing. You've just inspired me to work on my style
This is so inspiring! I hope I'll get to Spencer's level someday..
+Renn Henn i wanna get past this level ;D
...... are you serious?
is who serious?
I was talking to Hoshikosan. Renn isn't a bad artist but to say that he/she is on the same level as spencer is just complete bullshit. Renn is still at an amateur level while spencer even stands out amongst professional level artists.
A company ? What would that matter ? I'm saying in comparison to spencer she's lacking in areas like form anatomy and movement along with colors and values
Spencer's words of wisdom: No. Just do it!
Update of Spencer's artwork please!
Mohamed Adam Probably not in that class anymore ;)
he dropped out
+john lawful what? omg why?
Moe Y what are you talking about? He didn't said '' awful '' he replied to the guy called '' John Lawful ''.
Alexander Petrohv financial issues he can always go back to school and you still would have a shot at getting hired with out a degree connections and great portfolios their are even some graduates who have not found jobs
Sketch book so professional. Every Drawing are beautiful and cool...
GOOD!!!!
i come here every so often to get inspiration with the dana terrance ones too
Everything is amazing, of course: movement, linework, foreshortening, use of colour. But I never noticed before how awesome Spencer's billowing clouds are. And judging from these sketchbooks, he loves drawing them. They look incredibly soft yet super dynamic. I love them so much. ☁️🤍☁️🤍☁️
This is soo amazing...this guys style give me the INSPIRATION!
I have to say, I love all the sketchbooks. But I keep coming back to Spencer's sketchbook. Just something about his sketchbook is simply inspiring!
Spencer's sketches aren't the only things that's beautiful... .////./////. *blushes*
Spence's sketches are 2Kawaii4Me **Blushes**
heehee yasssss
rewatching it again... i just love it, I can inspire myself so much through it...always for years
I checked the other students' sketchbooks. Spencer's my fave.
His style is phenomenal. You can really tell he knows what he wants in his drawing, such elegance in the certainty of the work. I really strive for this in my drawings as well.
CANNOT STOP watch Spencers Sketchbook. my favor. love it. hope I can know him in real lilfe
SAME I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT OVER AND OVER
How can someone dislike this?Spencer has so much creativity and his style is stunning!
I remember watching this last year, I have been draw wing for 8 years but just recently I have been doing it the right way. Anatomy, perspectives, etc. I feel like I have just started drawing -_-
+Shattered Sentient I personally hate it when people say right way. Many other artist will tell you the same thing there is no right way. There are many ways people learn how to draw. The reason for that is people learn differently like some people can just learn on the fly others have to take classes and have help. Also with abstract art there is no real right way of learning. Just a little info for you. Best wishes for you and your art.
+Jack Laughing Learning your fundamentals IS the right way in the sense that It's the most efficient and effective means of improving. All professionals have studied their fundamentals rigorously. If drawing is a hobby then do whatever you want
+Jack Laughing there is a right way to do anatomy and perspective though??
same thing with me
1:55 " I don't wanna draw. " Goodness that was adorable.
1year has past since I subscribed and I cannot stop watching this
i saw this 6 years ago and I still love his work. Awsome!!
It's so good....5 years later I'm still trying to catch up
I'm 15, and there is a lot of things I see here that I should do. This is inspiration to get better. I want to be fit and ready for the art world, and whatever I have to do ill do it.
7 years later and he is now Art Director on Castlevania
I have seen this 20+ times!!! I LOVE HIS ART SO MUCH LIKE WHO DID HE SELL HIS SOUL TO!!????
Ayo, it's Karina Drawfee's mortal enemy. 10 years later and the ice snowball incident still isn't resolved😔
But fr tho it's funny that he's getting compliments on his animation when in the future he became an absolute pro with his own "whoopsie" animation studio.
Spencer's sketch book is my favourite out of all sketch books! I always look at his drawings for inspiration
Dam his artwork is really good especially his style it's unique and the poses are extreamly cool
I think this is the third or fourth time ive come back to watch this. his art is amazing, makes me want to learn tbh ive already been and bought a blank sketchbook. x
Oh wow. Karina never lies. Spencer does look like a 2002 emo 😭🤣😂
Omg he does
I come back to this constantly. It makes me want to keep drawing.
spencer is still my fav artist, i wish i coud see more of his work
you can see him as the animation director on the new Netflix show Castlevania.
You tried oh thank you!!
he has a Twitter and a tumblr which both have the same user: @spencerwan
then he also has a deviantart under the username: @HotaruArk, then he also has a vimeo under the same username were he's posted an animation reel.
hope this helped lol
God I love Spencer's coloring
I wonder if Spencer dressed like a 2011 emo kid when Karina pelted him in head with that snowball
LMAOO THE DRAWFEE REF
Dude... I've been looking for this guy for so long.. I searched a lot and I couldn't find this. Thank god... His color is really inspiring. Thanks for this amazing videio.
I had that feeling where you suddenly improve out of nowhere. And then there's another wall...
When Spencer drew Sasuke Uchiha committing the fireball jutsu in his own art style in stages, IT JUST BLEW MY GODDAMN MIND!!!!!!
I wish I had a real drawing class. We mainly drew fruit the whole year
Whenever I watch this video and see all these amazing drawings I get so inspired to draw. I love this sketchbook!
Spencer Is now an animation director on Castlevania/ Animator at Powerhouse Animation. If anyone is wondering. spencerwan on tumblr and Twitter. It's amazing how far he's come, Inspiring.
I use this video as a confidence check when I feel like my art is good. Works every time.
I saw this video a couple of years ago and to this day I remember the orange ninja boy--I still draw my sandals like that XD
This is by far my fav sketch book out of all of the ones on your channel
His drawings are more pleasing on paper. Checked his DA and it's not like his sketchbook. Sketchbook is godly.
Yep
Yoooo Spence you SNAPPED! Definitely saw the growth through the first sketch book. I would say you found alot off confidence after the first half. The ideas and talent you there you just let it bust out.
This guy's line work is phenomenal and just SO FRICKEN FLUID. It's great! very inspiring. Question: If you go to a regular college, will art classes teach you how to make such fluid figures?
***** Its not hard to make fluid figures like that, just study body proportions and anatomy and simply create fluid lines, don't do that chicken scratch thing with multiple lines to create something, just do a smooth motion with your arm and one line, if you keep trying to make it better it'll make it worse. Just do one fluid line and keep it like that, it'll loosen your drawings up and make nice figures.
His animation stuff is just too awesome. Please do a video of any of his newer sketchbooks!
I WANT TO SEE MORE OF SPENCER'S ARTWORK!!!!! pleaseee matt!! :D:D:D
he doesn't go there anymore
charli kahler where does he go?
SogMosee dunno, but he decided to do something different. :)
he has a deviantart HotaruArc
SlishSlash7 and a tumblr :) he is actually awesomesauce
Ah! I just love his style. It's so fluent, airy, and bright. I hope I one day can get that good! I really hope his art career takes off, because more people need to see this.
You guys may not know this now, but Spencer is now working with Yotta, you know, he helped made a starbomb video about Smash?
aw man, his art style is gorgeous! I MEAN REALLY! i love the way he outlines each piece, so beautiful!
you could already see how far he was going
dude was an absolute beast, this video is very inspiring to this day
He got me on drawing seriously and also getting interested in animation, and
someday i will tell him personally, hopefully as a professional animator! >:o
That's good! I've already been here about 15 times. Just rewatching as I sketch in my book. It's taught me so much about fluidity and motion.
Spencer, i love your sketchbook! :3
I have seen this video about 5 times now haha! His sketchbook for some reason just inspires me so much. Incredible.
i don't know how many times i've watched this but i had to stalk him to get more T_T
and where did you get more?
Fay Jiang Me too xDDDDDDDD
hotaruarc.deviantart.com/
hotaruarc.tumblr.com/
twitter.com/hotaruarc
vimeo.com/hotaruarc
ask.fm/HotaruARC
www.tumblr.com/search/spencer+wan
He has one of the most amazing styles I have ever seen....
Hed be a amazing animator. I imagine hed make all the characters move smoothly
You were right!
He's the animation director for castlevania and he animates on boruto the movie and a cartoon called owl house. His animation is amazing.
Wow! I love his style of drawing! And the colors are so pretty!
i've literally wathed this lyk 10 times and counting
+shirshak manga I liked this comment like almost a year ago and was gonna like it again right now lol.
lol
ha i watched it 100 times and conting
dope nation thats nice
Spencer is forever my favorite.
i see sasuke
Man...Spencer got a really beatiful draws of motion and figure caracters...I was amazed! Man good job and keep drawing....your sketchbook is a masterpiecie...
this spencer guy has some cool drawings
I always come back to get inspiration from this video. His sketches are so dynamic & the movements are so colorful. It makes me want to draw happy things xD
Is it weird that I watch this every single day? This sketchbook is just so freaking gorgeous, I really love it. c: I really envy the extremely fluid/smooth line art, it looks so beautiful, c:
I can't believe someone so young is so goddamn talented ;A; This motivates me much more to try to surpass him one day~ >:3 (although the chance of that is probably small.. but there's still a chance, right? xD)
Finally after years of work in able to look back at this and kinda understand how he did it
Really, you can? Are you willing to share some of that insight of yours?
I wonder what kinds of stuff he practiced to get this far?
I'm truly amazed by his style,colors,character designs uughhh just amazing. This is inspiration for me! Keep up the good work
...I want to join that class so bad.....
Dubstep Girl just joining this class won't make you get to this level.
I wish I can have his sketchbook.. I really love every page captured.. the characters are so cool and so charismatic for me..I was really so inspired watching this video. I want to practice more!
animator at powerhouse studios good for u spencer
oh my goodness!!!!!!! i freaking love his style of drawing!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
because of this video i started watching summer wars
This video inspired me for 2 years since I can't even draw an ellipse. Today I can draw some pose from my imagination and create my original character, Thank you!!