Try to paint on wall with fingers using paints made from fruits, charcoal and other natural substances - like cavemen did! Or try to dive into native Australian art maybe?
I think it would be pretty cool if he went to an indigenous/aboriginal artist or UA-cam creator and learned some techniques from them. Id love to see it.
@@stanpines7077 "cavemen" didn't, at least not how media portrays them. Neanderthals and early hominids are actually really interesting to recearch, especially in the case of fossils 😁
Those bamboo inkpens are still used in schools in underdeveloped villages around the world. The students use a wooden slab as the 'paper' and make their own ink from ink powder at shops. The wooden slab is covered with a layer of freshly dried mud from a 'mud rock' and washed after every school day. I know because I've used it too. It's really messy but it's the only viable stationery available in those areas.
@@RL-lm3ed Probably because otherwise you'd have to buy a new slab of wood for every school day which would be much more expensive than just covering it with mud each day
@@DeezNuds Learning is never a sad thing! I think it is really amendable that with such limited means, schooling has still been made available nonetheless. Having little is still better than having nothing.
i swear jazza has an infinite supply of money.. or items.. or both. he honestly has so much that i would never have thought even existed, props to him and his team!
He very frickin rich. And good for him. I actually like seeing someone who got wealthy doing art actually using their wealth to make more art. Some of the stuff on this channel exists only because he has enough money to spend it on art. Everyone wins.
Meanwhile other youtubers use their money for cars and big houses, Jazza uses it to increase his art supplies (and nothing wrong if he buys cars and houses too)
This feels like the first "new medium" in awhile that needed no comic relief or distraction to fill space-- just good ol fashioned exploration in art at its finest.
Ik nothing against the new direction of the channel but I desperately miss the older stuff. The longer videos. The live stream character creations.. I’ve really been craving some of that old content. A quick 10-15 min video is nice but I’d really enjoy an ultimate character video… I think that’s what they’re called it’s been so long I may be misremembering.
When I was studying the paintbrush in China, I was told that the brush must be held in a more upright manner (practically straight up and down). Don't know if that was just my teacher being particular, but I felt that it helped me control my strokes better. Worth a try if you wanted to delve deeper.
'Upright manner' is one of the most convenient ways for writing and painting. The tip can be bent in all directions. Of course, you can hold it any way you want. As long as you can write/paint.
Your teacher wasn’t being particular at all. The upright hold is the correct one. It allows for easy manipulation of brush direction and for manipulation of line width. The mark of a good calligrapher is straight lines with good size and shape manipulation where appropriate. There are special ways to lift brushes or push it down to achieve certain affects. Traditional calligraphy took time and effort, which is why modern Chinese calligraphy annoys me so much. Dude just dips a big brush in ink and swirls it around with no concern for any detail and then sells it for millions.
Since art is all about incorporating mistakes into your pictures and making them look better because of it, can you do a compilation of how you’ve turned mistakes around?
Hi Jazza. If you really want to get the full effect of Japanese calligraphy (known as shodo or sumie), you should try the paper typically used for this art form. Rice paper is incredibly thin and really reacts to the amount of ink, pressure and smoothness and direction of the brush stroke. It can be bought in individual sheets, or as cardboard backed boards or scrolls. I learned to do this in college in Japanese studies. It was so fun writing the kanji with the brushes. My mother was Japanese and married an American. I grew up in Japan. You have inspired me to pick it back up again. Thank you for everything you do and your constant encouragement for people to be creative. With much love, Janet from the USA.
Calligraphy pens always make me think of Mulan's opening scene anyway when they roll the Title Screen with the mountains and clouds. I'm so glad you went that direction!
i imagine Jazza in one those old ancient china hubs, those caligraphy "studios" what we know from the movies (hero as example) with that giant brush he starts drawing and the old sensei is like "you fool! what are you doing? you can't do this with...... oh.... i actually looks really great"
actually it was very common to use the same tools for writing and drawing in east asia, that's the reason their written language looks so complicated and so many famous ancient artworks have poems written on them to accompany the visuals
@@poochy2479 I’m kinda doubting the writing/art tools dictated how the “letters” of the language developed, prob only on superficial levels. Chinese characters developed for other reasons and not all countries used a writing system like that.
@@84rinne_moo no, it's a pretty well documented fact that the use of the same tools for writing and art was an enormous part of what dictated the look of the language as it developed. it was originally a pictographic language that started with the characters looking more like little illustrations of what they meant, and those characters evolved over time so that written language could express more complex ideas. not to mention the value placed on poetry and art as a noble undertaking, which further encouraged the use of both at once. it's a huge part of chinese culture (and you can choose not to believe me i guess but i have a degree in this lol). also, when i said east asia i meant china and the other countries around the area that originally started with chinese characters as a base for their own written languages, like japan and korea.
@@poochy2479 ok, but with all due respect to you, I think that was my point. The tools were one of the influences to the look/style of the characters (again on a superficial level) but the characters weren’t complicated as they are BECAUSE of the tools. It is just the nature of them, esp since as you rightly said it is pictographic. plus it’s just how languages and writing systems develop which is also influenced by alot of other factors including cultural, societal, historical events etc. Additionally, there are many kinds of script or writing form of chinese characters within history that grew and changed over time and new ones developed. From seal script, standard script, semi cursive, cursive etc. Ex the seal script is blocky and archaic looking compared to modern text. Standard type is pretty simple, retaining each stroke of the character exactly. Semi-cursive helps to write quicker since the brush/pen leaves the page less, but is still generally readable. Whereas full on cursive has many “abbreviated” strokes and connection of strokes where some characters are written without the brush ever leaving the page. However this makes it ALOT harder to read and was prob what you find on alot of art. So you can see that even just the desire to want to write more efficiently in some cases caused the writing to be LESS complicated. This is why saying that the tools used to write are what made the writing system become complicated is just a wrong deduction to state as there is a lot of factors involved.
@@poochy2479 Also you said that because of the value placed on poetry and art as a noble undertaking (prob most often practiced by actual nobles or higher ranking ppl in society) that means that art and poetry together was also greatly influenced by society/culture’s view on what they saw value in. That again is not JUST because of the writing tools, but you admit that culture/society played a big role in that so what you originally stated is inaccurate.
12 hours ago I watched a video by Jon Solo discussing the messed up origins of Shan Yu. 15 minutes ago I watched you painting him. Chaos has a certain kind of humor.
Waking up and seeing that jazza posted a few mins before makes me happy. I know it's going to be a creative day when jazza uploads because I like to draw while watching his videos!
I remember this from my history lessons; before the invention of ink writing, early civilizations used to "scratch" written text on clay or terracotta tablets, literally carving the letters into the tiles. Hence the word "Scribe" - the one who writes/ "scratches" letters.
That dragon painting turned out amazing And I absolutely agree that Mulan was a great cartoon and that guy was such a badass I mean how many times do you see a guy just comes out from under an avalanche after his whole army dies and his badass hawk
I haven't even watched this video yet, but I've only recently stumbled upon your stuff, Jazza, and so now that I'm watching an actually current video and not one from months ago, I just wanted to say thank you in a place you might actually see it! What you do is not only immensely entertaining, but also really, really quality work that often astounds me. Also, one can tell when watching you the commitment and passion and joy you have for your craft, which is infectious and makes me want to turn to my own arena of skill, writing, and rediscover that joy in the creative process. (I also just watched your exposé on ZHC, and well done, seriously.) So appreciate you as a person, artist, and content creator. Thank you!
Bro his new videos have been taking me back centuries making pots drawing with old pens I am very happy that he is going back to older things because no one else is doing it I am loving the original content keep it up
I'm amazed how Jazza got the essence of ancient Chinese painting in one go: balance. It is often shown by purposefully leaving white spaces in the panting. And yes, those paintings are done with the brushes too, so it's totally legit to use the bamboo brush to paint.
To prevent overload of the pen with ink, historically the ink pot/well would be packed with silk fiber or other absorbent material, and then ink would be added until it saturated the fibers. That way when the pen was dipped into the well the scribe could put the pen in without worrying about going too far. The fibers also helped keep the ink contained when the pot was stoppered for travel.
Calligraphy and nib pens will always be super fascinating to me, that really unique style, that jazza pulls off so well (because of course he does he's jazza)
Every now and then with all the goofing around and whatnot i forget just how talented Jazza truly is, and that talent really shows when he's having fun with a medium. Man, the control in those brush strokes was amazing
I love how the texture of the paper made it look almost as though the dragon had scales. Those were some seriously cool pieces just using some old medium. I guess the adage of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' is true.
I love this. I agree with what you said... there's something amazing about doing traditional work. Recently I've taken a break from doing digital work to draw with paper and pencil. It's so fun!
Great stuff, Jazza! That said, I would argue that Atlantis is a more underrated cartoon than Mulan. It is one of, if not THE cult classic that seems to fly under everyone's radar.
Idk how true this is but I’m pretty sure that before writing utensils in Egypt, they carved into clay tablets. That is the time that Egypt hieroglyphics became a thing. They carved into clay tablets to count things that were being stored (for example, they would count how much grain was being made and stored per day on these tablets). They would draw a picture of the item and then start counting to make it easier. At some point, they had to turn their drawings 90 degrees and over time they drastically simplified for ease. Now the symbol for grain doesn’t really look like grain, but it works. We still have some of these clay tablets that have hardened. It is really cool stuff❤ If I’m wrong about anything, feel free to correct me!
The final piece is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. You're 100% right about San Yu, and the drawing definitely conveyed everything you said about him. Also, incredible use of those mediums. Back in art school a drawing teacher taught us how to make those bamboo ink pens and it was a lot of fun. You made me remember a great time in my life, thanks!
I certainly like to see jazza try to recreate some old ancient art like Egyptian Mesopotamian Greek Maybe and put them in like a modern contacts Maybe that would be very interesting
I really love chinese calligraphy brushes, my final project in high school was made by those, it was really fun and actually I have learnt a lot while illustrating... You need to be so in peace to actually get that smooth stroke, it kinda gave me the time to think about myself...
Yesssss! These are the videos that make the Jazza Channel an inspiring place to be!!! Your enthusiasm and excitement for a new medium really shone bright in this video and it fills me with creative vibes!!! Well done!
I like the main shot angle for a bit of a change. Gives it cozy, nerd-den feel with the shelving and stuff in the background. Shan Yu is scary badass!! “How many men does it take to deliver a message?” *shiver* I love this subject choice!!
2:30 Thats what ppl do: Stone Age artists used their fingers, as well as twigs, moss, and horsehair brushes, to dab paint on the cave walls. They also blew paint through bone tubes or reed pipes onto cave walls. Clay ochre was the main pigment and provided three basic colours: yellow, brown and numerous hues of red. For black pigment, artists typically employed either manganese dioxide or charcoal, or burnt bones (known as bone black). For white pigment, they used kaolin or ground calcite (lime white). (Google) Also with my knowledge from school i can confirm this.
Before there were reed pans, the people in that time used, “Cuneiform”. It was a type of writing where the took a sort of sharp rock and carved symbols into the stone. I learned that in history class lol Anyways, the art you made is so cool! Your truly some peoples inspiration! And your art is absolutely awesome! :)
@@cybersigilizm - yep, correct "Cuneiform" is the writing system, not a language, used by Babylonians, Arkkadians, Egyptians, Phoenicians and Sumerians. Looks a bit like chicken feet to me
I feel like we just had a little peek at the histroy of other countries art and how we can use such tools today. Would love a video on australian aboriginal art maybe you could have a discussion with someone who identifies as aboriginal and the art of the past and today.
Oooh I can’t wait to see what you do with these They were used for Arabic calligraphy for years and are still used today by some artists I’ve seen how you actually make them and it’s a beautiful process in itself honestly Like making your own paintbrushes they feel amazing when you use what you make
I only just bought some bottles of ink for the first time ever and didn’t know what I was going to try with them at first they have just been sitting there for a couple weeks but this really made me want to go have a play around with them ! 💜
Man, you really are just supremely talented. To be able to pick up a totally new medium and absolutely kill it like this…it’s so impressive. Well done!
I am pleasantly surprised you also enjoy Shan Yu as a villain; despite the problems surrounding his character, I greatly enjoyed how intimidating he was and how he interacted with his minions besides calling them 'fools', like other disney villains did. That being said, that just makes me love the painting you made even more: the dark colors really reinforce his war-hungry goals!! Nicely done!
You make the coolest story pieces that final piece is breathtaking! There’s something just gritty about it and it all came together. Mulan was such a great idea for these mediums :)
Dang Jazza... You hit something in me... Not only that you combined Egypt x old Chinese (which I totally LOVE 😍), but also used the calligraphy pen and the old bamboo pen? I just - this video is pure pleasure for me and it hella motivates me to do something right now ❤️😅 It's really amazing to see, how the older medias are still working in our modern world ❤️
Jazza holding the brush in that way reminded me of the days where I got tired halfway through calligraphy and ink painting lessons, so I just hold it the wrong way 😂
Jazza painting a Chinese dragon made me really want him to do a waterfall in the style of the paintings in China but he didn’t, a bit disappointed but looked amazing. :D
i was more suprised he drew a figure seemingly there to kill the dragon, because from what i know dragons are a good thing and not a bad thing in chinese culture
I know you already did ramen art. I'd love to see you make art out of every type of pasta you can find. All shapes and all ingredient types. Fresh and boxed.
You're channel is by far one of my favorites because you always have something different, always fun, and always beautifully done. You make this stuff look so easy. Awesome job buddy
The chinese calligraphy brush is actually taught to be used so that you hold it with the top of the brush pointing straight upward. So thickness and thinness would actually depend on how hard you press down. From my own experience, I know that the traditional way of holding it is WAYY more harder and you have way less control. It's why Chinese people now think those who can write Chinese characters well with the brush are amazing. And for someone who sucks at using the calligraphy brush, I don't even understand how ppl back in the day used these every time to write (characters) or even to draw. Amazing drawings tho!
Wow. Such beautiful work and I love that sort of rustic, real, textured look. I got these pens and brushes ages ago, and it might be time to fish them out and play with them, cause that’s exactly the look I want. Maybe with enough practice I can make something as cool as these paintings!
I really love that you're including a bit of the history now! Art history is so fascinating. With this and the egg tempera one, you could do a whole series on really old art techniques and materials
Jazza, I watched a video from 3 years ago a few days ago, it was the Calligraphy video, now every word I write, it is in Calligraphy, I ordered a calligraphy set and it will come tomorrow so I just have to thank you! Also you saved me money... I never have to buy a Happy Birthday Card ever again
Some videos just make me remember why Jazza has six million subscribers. This was definitely one of them! And I feel like we’re getting more and more of those kinds of videos. You, sir, are heading in the right direction!
The wiki mentioned soaking the Reed pen. Did you do that before using it? Maybe doing so will make it make have more flexibility and thus yield more line weights. I haven't used Reed pens before so I am curious 🤔
I quite enjoyed this episode, having used the bamboo pen, ink stick and ink slab, myself, while studying drawing at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I graduated with a BFA, Honours -- and I enjoy watching you, Jazza, experiment with different art media with such enthusiasm. ✨✨❤
I love the experimentation here. I'm a tattoo artist, and use other mediums of art to grow my tattoo skills as well. Thats a big reason I enjoy your channel.
Reed pen calligraphy had been in use in my country India till about 40 years ago. My parents learnt it in their primary classes. They used a wooden pallet to practice calligraphy upon. Then they used a special clay to remove the ink and make pallet ready to reuse. Even during my childhood I saw those being used in village schools.
This makes me happy as ink is my favorite medium. It's just so satisfying to use and there's something simultaneously freeing and stressful about the permanence of each stroke haha
Omg!! This is perfectly coincidental bc I was at the art shop earlier today and was debating on buying these exact same tools but then decided I’d go home and research em a lil bit! And then I see the notification for this! Lol love it!
the thing with reed pens is that the more you se them the easier it is to get differing linework from pressure as the ink sets into the reed it softens it a bit at a time, also when you did Shan Yu all i could think was "they popped out of the snow, LIKE DAISIES!"
I am infatuated by Asian art and mediums and this video was gorgeous for me! Very nice work! I would love to watch you try some traditional calligraphy with these!
I drew/painted with all these mediums and though I am far away from having your skills, it feels incredibly good, almost meditative to connect with all unknown artists from the past.
These are so cool and I've never heard of either the bamboo pens or the brushes. They work really well and I like how much control you have in each. I really like your Egypt and Shan Yu pieces and how much detail and style you gave them, especially the last and how you went back to ancient inks and charcoal.
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Try to paint on wall with fingers using paints made from fruits, charcoal and other natural substances - like cavemen did! Or try to dive into native Australian art maybe?
I think it would be pretty cool if he went to an indigenous/aboriginal artist or UA-cam creator and learned some techniques from them. Id love to see it.
Yes, that would be great 👍
^This! I would love to see a dive into native Australian art with an expert, like the pottery video.
In fact, cavemen didn't actualy exist
@@stanpines7077 "cavemen" didn't, at least not how media portrays them. Neanderthals and early hominids are actually really interesting to recearch, especially in the case of fossils 😁
Those bamboo inkpens are still used in schools in underdeveloped villages around the world. The students use a wooden slab as the 'paper' and make their own ink from ink powder at shops. The wooden slab is covered with a layer of freshly dried mud from a 'mud rock' and washed after every school day.
I know because I've used it too. It's really messy but it's the only viable stationery available in those areas.
why the layer of mud to be washed off and no notes to review? why not write directly on thin wood in order to preserve the notes?
@@RL-lm3ed Probably because otherwise you'd have to buy a new slab of wood for every school day which would be much more expensive than just covering it with mud each day
I forgot to add or write on something else,even a rock (local slate maybe?) just to preserve what you are learning
That's really sad though
@@DeezNuds Learning is never a sad thing! I think it is really amendable that with such limited means, schooling has still been made available nonetheless. Having little is still better than having nothing.
i swear jazza has an infinite supply of money.. or items.. or both. he honestly has so much that i would never have thought even existed, props to him and his team!
Authenticity = Wealth
He very frickin rich. And good for him. I actually like seeing someone who got wealthy doing art actually using their wealth to make more art. Some of the stuff on this channel exists only because he has enough money to spend it on art. Everyone wins.
Anything you see used in a video was likely bought by his company not Jazza himself.
Well he must make a lot of money off of UA-cam considering he’s able to pay a whole team of people just from his youtube money.
Meanwhile other youtubers use their money for cars and big houses, Jazza uses it to increase his art supplies (and nothing wrong if he buys cars and houses too)
I love how this guy doesn’t complain about anything he uses, he literally adores everything to do with art. I respect that.
This feels like the first "new medium" in awhile that needed no comic relief or distraction to fill space-- just good ol fashioned exploration in art at its finest.
Ik nothing against the new direction of the channel but I desperately miss the older stuff. The longer videos. The live stream character creations.. I’ve really been craving some of that old content. A quick 10-15 min video is nice but I’d really enjoy an ultimate character video… I think that’s what they’re called it’s been so long I may be misremembering.
I love seeing you dabble into older types of traditional media, and giving light to a bit of history to the original use of them.
When I was studying the paintbrush in China, I was told that the brush must be held in a more upright manner (practically straight up and down). Don't know if that was just my teacher being particular, but I felt that it helped me control my strokes better. Worth a try if you wanted to delve deeper.
From what I understand, that’s the correct way to hold it. Even the example he showed, the woman was holding it straight up.
'Upright manner' is one of the most convenient ways for writing and painting. The tip can be bent in all directions. Of course, you can hold it any way you want. As long as you can write/paint.
Your teacher wasn’t being particular at all. The upright hold is the correct one. It allows for easy manipulation of brush direction and for manipulation of line width. The mark of a good calligrapher is straight lines with good size and shape manipulation where appropriate. There are special ways to lift brushes or push it down to achieve certain affects. Traditional calligraphy took time and effort, which is why modern Chinese calligraphy annoys me so much. Dude just dips a big brush in ink and swirls it around with no concern for any detail and then sells it for millions.
It IS the correct way. Also remember to have your elbow and wrist on the table.
As a Chinese person that’s how I learned it aswell
Since art is all about incorporating mistakes into your pictures and making them look better because of it, can you do a compilation of how you’ve turned mistakes around?
The candy art video 💀
Hi Jazza. If you really want to get the full effect of Japanese calligraphy (known as shodo or sumie), you should try the paper typically used for this art form. Rice paper is incredibly thin and really reacts to the amount of ink, pressure and smoothness and direction of the brush stroke. It can be bought in individual sheets, or as cardboard backed boards or scrolls. I learned to do this in college in Japanese studies. It was so fun writing the kanji with the brushes. My mother was Japanese and married an American. I grew up in Japan. You have inspired me to pick it back up again. Thank you for everything you do and your constant encouragement for people to be creative. With much love, Janet from the USA.
Jazza, using a pen made from a plant: “it really felt.. super organic”
Mulan is easily one of my top 3 Disney movies. there is something satisfying using dip pens, like bamboo. You just feel connected to the medium.
Calligraphy pens always make me think of Mulan's opening scene anyway when they roll the Title Screen with the mountains and clouds. I'm so glad you went that direction!
i imagine Jazza in one those old ancient china hubs, those caligraphy "studios" what we know from the movies (hero as example)
with that giant brush
he starts drawing and the old sensei is like
"you fool! what are you doing? you can't do this with......
oh.... i actually looks really great"
actually it was very common to use the same tools for writing and drawing in east asia, that's the reason their written language looks so complicated and so many famous ancient artworks have poems written on them to accompany the visuals
@@poochy2479 I’m kinda doubting the writing/art tools dictated how the “letters” of the language developed, prob only on superficial levels. Chinese characters developed for other reasons and not all countries used a writing system like that.
@@84rinne_moo no, it's a pretty well documented fact that the use of the same tools for writing and art was an enormous part of what dictated the look of the language as it developed. it was originally a pictographic language that started with the characters looking more like little illustrations of what they meant, and those characters evolved over time so that written language could express more complex ideas. not to mention the value placed on poetry and art as a noble undertaking, which further encouraged the use of both at once. it's a huge part of chinese culture (and you can choose not to believe me i guess but i have a degree in this lol).
also, when i said east asia i meant china and the other countries around the area that originally started with chinese characters as a base for their own written languages, like japan and korea.
@@poochy2479 ok, but with all due respect to you, I think that was my point. The tools were one of the influences to the look/style of the characters (again on a superficial level) but the characters weren’t complicated as they are BECAUSE of the tools. It is just the nature of them, esp since as you rightly said it is pictographic. plus it’s just how languages and writing systems develop which is also influenced by alot of other factors including cultural, societal, historical events etc. Additionally, there are many kinds of script or writing form of chinese characters within history that grew and changed over time and new ones developed. From seal script, standard script, semi cursive, cursive etc. Ex the seal script is blocky and archaic looking compared to modern text. Standard type is pretty simple, retaining each stroke of the character exactly. Semi-cursive helps to write quicker since the brush/pen leaves the page less, but is still generally readable. Whereas full on cursive has many “abbreviated” strokes and connection of strokes where some characters are written without the brush ever leaving the page. However this makes it ALOT harder to read and was prob what you find on alot of art. So you can see that even just the desire to want to write more efficiently in some cases caused the writing to be LESS complicated. This is why saying that the tools used to write are what made the writing system become complicated is just a wrong deduction to state as there is a lot of factors involved.
@@poochy2479 Also you said that because of the value placed on poetry and art as a noble undertaking (prob most often practiced by actual nobles or higher ranking ppl in society) that means that art and poetry together was also greatly influenced by society/culture’s view on what they saw value in. That again is not JUST because of the writing tools, but you admit that culture/society played a big role in that so what you originally stated is inaccurate.
All the pieces are so beautiful! And I agree about Mulan! It's such a wonderful movie. This video makes me appreciate the Mulan Intro even more.
12 hours ago I watched a video by Jon Solo discussing the messed up origins of Shan Yu. 15 minutes ago I watched you painting him. Chaos has a certain kind of humor.
Life is finicky that way
I’m saving this quote, because “chaos has a certain kind of humor” is so epic
@@foxfire9971 don't just use it, make it even better and catchier. It has room for improvements.
Waking up and seeing that jazza posted a few mins before makes me happy. I know it's going to be a creative day when jazza uploads because I like to draw while watching his videos!
I remember this from my history lessons; before the invention of ink writing, early civilizations used to "scratch" written text on clay or terracotta tablets, literally carving the letters into the tiles. Hence the word "Scribe" - the one who writes/ "scratches" letters.
That dragon painting turned out amazing
And I absolutely agree that Mulan was a great cartoon and that guy was such a badass
I mean how many times do you see a guy just comes out from under an avalanche after his whole army dies and his badass hawk
I haven't even watched this video yet, but I've only recently stumbled upon your stuff, Jazza, and so now that I'm watching an actually current video and not one from months ago, I just wanted to say thank you in a place you might actually see it! What you do is not only immensely entertaining, but also really, really quality work that often astounds me. Also, one can tell when watching you the commitment and passion and joy you have for your craft, which is infectious and makes me want to turn to my own arena of skill, writing, and rediscover that joy in the creative process. (I also just watched your exposé on ZHC, and well done, seriously.) So appreciate you as a person, artist, and content creator. Thank you!
Bro his new videos have been taking me back centuries making pots drawing with old pens I am very happy that he is going back to older things because no one else is doing it I am loving the original content keep it up
This would actually be kind of amazing for some comic sketch. Maybe some 1950s newspaper/ magazine art as well.
So cool!! And Mulan is my absolutely favorite Disney movie! The 'dishonor' scene with Mushu cracks me up to this day! Lol.
Haven’t been into art as much as I would like to recently this really helped me feel motivated to draw something again!
I'm amazed how Jazza got the essence of ancient Chinese painting in one go: balance. It is often shown by purposefully leaving white spaces in the panting. And yes, those paintings are done with the brushes too, so it's totally legit to use the bamboo brush to paint.
If this is like Jazza’s pencil sharpening video, most of the video will be the real-time 5000-year-old ageing process… 🤣
thanks for the reminder to go watch the best video again lol
I would watch it. My (future) children would watch it. Future generations would watch it
are you talking about the recent video?
@@Teddy-up5cd 🤣🤣
Yes, I think
To prevent overload of the pen with ink, historically the ink pot/well would be packed with silk fiber or other absorbent material, and then ink would be added until it saturated the fibers. That way when the pen was dipped into the well the scribe could put the pen in without worrying about going too far. The fibers also helped keep the ink contained when the pot was stoppered for travel.
Calligraphy and nib pens will always be super fascinating to me, that really unique style, that jazza pulls off so well (because of course he does he's jazza)
Every now and then with all the goofing around and whatnot i forget just how talented Jazza truly is, and that talent really shows when he's having fun with a medium. Man, the control in those brush strokes was amazing
I love how the texture of the paper made it look almost as though the dragon had scales. Those were some seriously cool pieces just using some old medium. I guess the adage of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' is true.
I love this. I agree with what you said... there's something amazing about doing traditional work. Recently I've taken a break from doing digital work to draw with paper and pencil. It's so fun!
If Jazza ever stops dabbling before he dives he’s a clone or a robot or something
Great video, Jazza! I particularly like the lighting on this one. Hats off to the production quality, keep doing what you're doing!
The split and dot/tiny hole on the reed pens act as a reservoir for the ink so that you dont have to dip it as often.
Great stuff, Jazza! That said, I would argue that Atlantis is a more underrated cartoon than Mulan. It is one of, if not THE cult classic that seems to fly under everyone's radar.
Idk how true this is but I’m pretty sure that before writing utensils in Egypt, they carved into clay tablets. That is the time that Egypt hieroglyphics became a thing. They carved into clay tablets to count things that were being stored (for example, they would count how much grain was being made and stored per day on these tablets). They would draw a picture of the item and then start counting to make it easier. At some point, they had to turn their drawings 90 degrees and over time they drastically simplified for ease. Now the symbol for grain doesn’t really look like grain, but it works. We still have some of these clay tablets that have hardened. It is really cool stuff❤
If I’m wrong about anything, feel free to correct me!
The final piece is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. You're 100% right about San Yu, and the drawing definitely conveyed everything you said about him. Also, incredible use of those mediums. Back in art school a drawing teacher taught us how to make those bamboo ink pens and it was a lot of fun. You made me remember a great time in my life, thanks!
I certainly like to see jazza try to recreate some old ancient art like Egyptian Mesopotamian Greek Maybe and put them in like a modern contacts Maybe that would be very interesting
I really love chinese calligraphy brushes, my final project in high school was made by those, it was really fun and actually I have learnt a lot while illustrating... You need to be so in peace to actually get that smooth stroke, it kinda gave me the time to think about myself...
Super earthy and chill, love this style
Yesssss! These are the videos that make the Jazza Channel an inspiring place to be!!! Your enthusiasm and excitement for a new medium really shone bright in this video and it fills me with creative vibes!!! Well done!
It IS really satisfying to use organic processes. Really enjoyed watching as always, and the history connection.
I like the main shot angle for a bit of a change. Gives it cozy, nerd-den feel with the shelving and stuff in the background. Shan Yu is scary badass!! “How many men does it take to deliver a message?” *shiver* I love this subject choice!!
i expected him to draw on cave walls with stones like cavemen then i realized 5000 years ago isnt that long ago
You're probably American L
3000 BC is definitely a long time ago 💀
every time i see a finished work of his i just scream to myself “HOW DOES HE DO THIS?!” this is so amazing
2:30 Thats what ppl do:
Stone Age artists used their fingers, as well as twigs, moss, and horsehair brushes, to dab paint on the cave walls. They also blew paint through bone tubes or reed pipes onto cave walls.
Clay ochre was the main pigment and provided three basic colours: yellow, brown and numerous hues of red. For black pigment, artists typically employed either manganese dioxide or charcoal, or burnt bones (known as bone black). For white pigment, they used kaolin or ground calcite (lime white). (Google) Also with my knowledge from school i can confirm this.
Don’t forget hand prints. I think it was in the caves in Lascaux where hand prints were incorporated into the art.
I love you got inspired by the mediums you were using in your art!
Before there were reed pans, the people in that time used, “Cuneiform”.
It was a type of writing where the took a sort of sharp rock and carved symbols into the stone. I learned that in history class lol
Anyways, the art you made is so cool! Your truly some peoples inspiration! And your art is absolutely awesome! :)
I’m assuming cuneiform is correct that’s just what I learned
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"Cuneiform" is the writing system, not a language, used by Babylonians, Arkkadians, Egyptians, Phoenicians and Sumerians. Looks a bit like chicken feet to me
When you look at the ancient art, it shows such a level of mastery that it is shocking. It looks like you had a great time!!
I feel like we just had a little peek at the histroy of other countries art and how we can use such tools today.
Would love a video on australian aboriginal art maybe you could have a discussion with someone who identifies as aboriginal and the art of the past and today.
Oooh I can’t wait to see what you do with these
They were used for Arabic calligraphy for years and are still used today by some artists
I’ve seen how you actually make them and it’s a beautiful process in itself honestly
Like making your own paintbrushes they feel amazing when you use what you make
I only just bought some bottles of ink for the first time ever and didn’t know what I was going to try with them at first they have just been sitting there for a couple weeks but this really made me want to go have a play around with them ! 💜
Man, you really are just supremely talented. To be able to pick up a totally new medium and absolutely kill it like this…it’s so impressive. Well done!
This is very cool, i'd love to see you using old stuff, maybe doing a video with Raydizzle!
I am pleasantly surprised you also enjoy Shan Yu as a villain; despite the problems surrounding his character, I greatly enjoyed how intimidating he was and how he interacted with his minions besides calling them 'fools', like other disney villains did. That being said, that just makes me love the painting you made even more: the dark colors really reinforce his war-hungry goals!! Nicely done!
Great callback to the ink video, this ancient media idea is really interesting! 👍👍
You make the coolest story pieces that final piece is breathtaking! There’s something just gritty about it and it all came together. Mulan was such a great idea for these mediums :)
Video idea: Get some big slabs of cave-wall like rocks, and do some cave paintings using authentic caveman tools and techniques
This was so wonderful and interesting to watch. Loved the pictures. My favourite would be the first one. Thanks for sharing Jazza.
Jazz - “I did a quick google”
Me - “Wait, since when did you start researching things first?”
Dang Jazza... You hit something in me...
Not only that you combined Egypt x old Chinese (which I totally LOVE 😍), but also used the calligraphy pen and the old bamboo pen? I just - this video is pure pleasure for me and it hella motivates me to do something right now ❤️😅
It's really amazing to see, how the older medias are still working in our modern world ❤️
Jazza holding the brush in that way reminded me of the days where I got tired halfway through calligraphy and ink painting lessons, so I just hold it the wrong way 😂
I’ve owned a reed pen for years, they are amazing! So much fun to see you celebrate them this way!
Jazza painting a Chinese dragon made me really want him to do a waterfall in the style of the paintings in China but he didn’t, a bit disappointed but looked amazing. :D
i was more suprised he drew a figure seemingly there to kill the dragon, because from what i know dragons are a good thing and not a bad thing in chinese culture
I love when you just illustrate with linework. You are so good at knowing where to put a thinker or thinner line.
I know you already did ramen art. I'd love to see you make art out of every type of pasta you can find. All shapes and all ingredient types. Fresh and boxed.
Boiled too, then
So long as he doesn't break the spaghetti i'm on board
You're channel is by far one of my favorites because you always have something different, always fun, and always beautifully done. You make this stuff look so easy. Awesome job buddy
The chinese calligraphy brush is actually taught to be used so that you hold it with the top of the brush pointing straight upward. So thickness and thinness would actually depend on how hard you press down. From my own experience, I know that the traditional way of holding it is WAYY more harder and you have way less control. It's why Chinese people now think those who can write Chinese characters well with the brush are amazing. And for someone who sucks at using the calligraphy brush, I don't even understand how ppl back in the day used these every time to write (characters) or even to draw.
Amazing drawings tho!
Wow. Such beautiful work and I love that sort of rustic, real, textured look. I got these pens and brushes ages ago, and it might be time to fish them out and play with them, cause that’s exactly the look I want. Maybe with enough practice I can make something as cool as these paintings!
It'd also be cool to see you do art based on the metal gear art style, like Yoji Shinkawa, he has a very interesting art style!
I really love that you're including a bit of the history now! Art history is so fascinating. With this and the egg tempera one, you could do a whole series on really old art techniques and materials
Jazza, I watched a video from 3 years ago a few days ago, it was the Calligraphy video, now every word I write, it is in Calligraphy, I ordered a calligraphy set and it will come tomorrow so I just have to thank you! Also you saved me money... I never have to buy a Happy Birthday Card ever again
Very happy Jazza made the Egyptian scribe art piece character left handed
-sincerely, a lefty 🙏🏻
Was about to say the same thing! I immediately noticed.
Some videos just make me remember why Jazza has six million subscribers. This was definitely one of them! And I feel like we’re getting more and more of those kinds of videos. You, sir, are heading in the right direction!
The wiki mentioned soaking the Reed pen. Did you do that before using it? Maybe doing so will make it make have more flexibility and thus yield more line weights. I haven't used Reed pens before so I am curious 🤔
I quite enjoyed this episode, having used the bamboo pen, ink stick and ink slab, myself, while studying drawing at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I graduated with a BFA, Honours -- and I enjoy watching you, Jazza, experiment with different art media with such enthusiasm. ✨✨❤
You miss it, using hi end 100% cotton paper, use a ancient paper
I love the experimentation here. I'm a tattoo artist, and use other mediums of art to grow my tattoo skills as well. Thats a big reason I enjoy your channel.
Jazza is really hand phishing with all these recent thumbnails 🤣🤣
Reed pen calligraphy had been in use in my country India till about 40 years ago. My parents learnt it in their primary classes. They used a wooden pallet to practice calligraphy upon. Then they used a special clay to remove the ink and make pallet ready to reuse. Even during my childhood I saw those being used in village schools.
Congratulations. You are the second person I have ever heard use the term "chuffed".
The first was Mumbo Jumbo
This makes me happy as ink is my favorite medium. It's just so satisfying to use and there's something simultaneously freeing and stressful about the permanence of each stroke haha
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Omg!! This is perfectly coincidental bc I was at the art shop earlier today and was debating on buying these exact same tools but then decided I’d go home and research em a lil bit! And then I see the notification for this! Lol love it!
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I would love to see more videos like this. I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 pieces being created as well as the end results.
Like to take a moment to appreciate Jazza educating and sharing with us the history of these items! It’s really neat to learn something new everyday
the thing with reed pens is that the more you se them the easier it is to get differing linework from pressure as the ink sets into the reed it softens it a bit at a time, also when you did Shan Yu all i could think was "they popped out of the snow, LIKE DAISIES!"
the texture you get on the dragon's skin with one brush stroke is so satisfying.
I am infatuated by Asian art and mediums and this video was gorgeous for me! Very nice work! I would love to watch you try some traditional calligraphy with these!
The brushes are also used for Sumi-e a japanese painting style often on rice paper witch gives a beautiful flow.
I love these videos of using older art supplies. Really makes you appreciate the older master pieces.
That Egyptian drawing was my fav ngl rlly satisfying to watch
It's amazing what you can accomplish with such simple seeming tools. You are such a fantastic artist!
Would you be willing to do another "Redraw Your Kid's Art"? I love those! Your drawing is so impressive to me. Thanks for the great content Jazza!
5:29 "just a portrait of... some guy" i rlly expected it to be jazza
The two artworks turned out so stunning! I'm genuinely so perplexed
I drew/painted with all these mediums and though I am far away from having your skills, it feels incredibly good, almost meditative to connect with all unknown artists from the past.
You're a lifesaver... Thank you so much
These are so cool and I've never heard of either the bamboo pens or the brushes. They work really well and I like how much control you have in each. I really like your Egypt and Shan Yu pieces and how much detail and style you gave them, especially the last and how you went back to ancient inks and charcoal.