James Jean | Sketchbook Sessions

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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
  • Take a look into James Jean’s personal sketchbooks - watch to find out more about his practice, creative process, and the inspiration behind his works.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 102

  • @wudly9195
    @wudly9195 Рік тому +38

    0:36 “I was just learning about art “ show’s beautifully rendered self portrait lol

  • @BeataCh-f5q
    @BeataCh-f5q Рік тому +6

    Drawing for 1 min 35 sec - a little boy in a space suit is aiming at a monster with a phaser. This boy is simply brilliant. I would tear this one page out of my entire sketchbook😁 You draw amazingly, especially from your imagination.

  • @papanovembermusic
    @papanovembermusic Рік тому +18

    Such an insanely generous artist, his attitude of openness and humility has served him well, I really think his draftsmanship is unmatched.

  • @mariafryer9623
    @mariafryer9623 Рік тому +30

    Yes! I always thought the subway sketches from that one artist were fake, but ppl were eating it up haha. Your sketch book is amazing and I'm so inspired... so much character and personality!

  • @bigsandwhich
    @bigsandwhich 2 роки тому +95

    Feeling a combination of destruction to my capabilities and inspiration for my aspirations.. insane work

  • @jh-is8nq
    @jh-is8nq Місяць тому

    What an honor and privilege to see these sketchbooks. Nice to know a talent of this caliber still feels humble and down to earth enough to share his early work and honest thoughts. Truly enjoyed this video.

  • @fatcat4170
    @fatcat4170 Рік тому +3

    U make me cry when i look ur draws youuu are amazing i cant say anything just they are fantastic

  • @booksnphilosophy
    @booksnphilosophy 2 місяці тому

    wow this is humbling. So much superb drawing in just one sketchbook.

  • @Garisima
    @Garisima 2 роки тому +12

    Amazing 👏🙌. James is the best artist of all time.

  • @sixmercer2504
    @sixmercer2504 2 роки тому +35

    Incredible. I'm just in awe of your art. It's absolutely stunning.

  • @kyststudio-epicartadventure
    @kyststudio-epicartadventure 6 місяців тому

    I’ve been painting for 30 years and still trying to grow and figure things out. The MFA degree helped me know how to dive deeper in expression.

  • @arrozcomovoo
    @arrozcomovoo Рік тому +3

    I have no words... I really love your art, it inspired me so much💗

  • @lauriekapalka1760
    @lauriekapalka1760 Рік тому +7

    Gorgeous. You are so talented. You should get your 1999 sketchbook published. I would buy it. It’s so beautiful

  • @chickthedinosaur
    @chickthedinosaur Рік тому +5

    The sketches themselves evolute stunningly. And hearing stories behind is just like life traveling. Thank you for the sharing, it's a great inspiration!😄

  • @Yeahyeahokay
    @Yeahyeahokay Рік тому

    Hell yeah! Let’s get organizing.
    Thanks Adam

  • @arrozcomovoo
    @arrozcomovoo Рік тому +1

    love the way I draw many details

  • @aylex1974
    @aylex1974 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you for the advice and help. Be happy and enjoy your people

  • @deeana2007
    @deeana2007 Рік тому

    I really enjoyed watching this video from the beginning to the end. Great sketchbooks. I also liked the way he talked. I could say it was like watching a good movie.

  • @niclasbagenheim7181
    @niclasbagenheim7181 6 місяців тому

    This is awesome work. I wish I could fill my sketchbooks with this quality of drawings. Thank you for sharing and giving inspiration:-D

  • @KimiPetri
    @KimiPetri 4 місяці тому

    I know exactly who you are talking about 😊
    I can’t live without my mono zero eraser…it has been a game changer!

  • @camran1112
    @camran1112 2 роки тому +198

    Lollll the comment on the subway tik tok-er. Tell people all the time those are staged, most people don't know how hard it is to sketch people on the subway

    • @uxnosidda
      @uxnosidda 2 роки тому +22

      Yea and the photographic quality that James mentioned is completely true lol. they look flat and static.

    • @MillywiggZ
      @MillywiggZ Рік тому +16

      I knew it. It only seemed like it was me rallying against that guy telling them about a graffiti artist that did the same but filmed the entire process.
      Thank god I’m not alone.

    • @timothy790110
      @timothy790110 Рік тому +13

      Yea, it's so obvious. Incredibly annoying.

    • @bangnapi2786
      @bangnapi2786 Рік тому +8

      Hahaha true.. and I read he got offended by someone who critique his drawings and asks his ‘fans’ to attack on social media😅

    • @Olanie-c4n
      @Olanie-c4n 2 місяці тому

      FRIENDS WITH A PORN STAR SINCE SHE WAS " ABOUT " 18 ???

  • @luminaraunduli9455
    @luminaraunduli9455 Місяць тому

    Beautiful work.

  • @nicksyoutubeaccount
    @nicksyoutubeaccount 2 роки тому +7

    Awesome!! Very cool to see early sketchbooks like this. Thank you for sharing.

  • @CastleMc
    @CastleMc Рік тому +2

    Fabulous drawings! And inspiring. Best sketchbook tour I've seen on YT. Thanks for sharing your early work esp.

  • @tatianafoule6257
    @tatianafoule6257 Рік тому

    he is the god of the north someone, he is already putting the bodies the characters there prepared to take action, he already knows it all.

  • @johnedmond787
    @johnedmond787 2 роки тому +14

    Art just pours out of this artist.

  • @400trees
    @400trees Рік тому +1

    Just doodled and listen/watched this entire video. Lovely sketches/drawing they're inspirational. I hope to catch a live stream one day!

  • @Nancy-tr5fi
    @Nancy-tr5fi Рік тому +1

    I love your drawings. They are exquisite, and my passion is to get the feeling of motion.

  • @mean108
    @mean108 Рік тому +1

    You're an amazing artist. Thank you for sharing your beautiful drawings. When I saw your drawings, it made me get back to my sketchbook. I'm going to start using a pencil to create it.

  • @ameliapinterest
    @ameliapinterest 5 місяців тому

    this is actually magical..

  • @JohnSmith-ix4nb
    @JohnSmith-ix4nb 2 роки тому +6

    Thanks, Great stuff. His sketchbooks are impossible to find now.

  • @AnnapurnaEnjoyer
    @AnnapurnaEnjoyer Місяць тому

    beautiful sketchbook

  • @MillywiggZ
    @MillywiggZ Рік тому +6

    I can tell that first one is from 1999 without you even opening it. Very Nine Inch Nails, ‘Thief’, ‘Se7en’ kind of 90’s grunge look to it. A load of kids think the look then was all Neville Brody Y2K not so it was very edgy back then. Good stuff.

  • @franciscoarcegurza6474
    @franciscoarcegurza6474 Рік тому

    Thank you. Very inspiering.

  • @og1kanobi40
    @og1kanobi40 Рік тому

    Wow you went from amazing to Universally amazing! Love your work so much!

  • @exploringcalifornia9110
    @exploringcalifornia9110 Рік тому

    So talented! I really enjoyed seeing your work!

  • @inamorata966
    @inamorata966 Рік тому +6

    7:25 How did you achieve your technique? -- I'm gonna try and be kind here, because the person asking the question might be a youngster. But the purpose of the sketchbook is to get ideas on paper and work out your craft. And that is pretty much it. You gotta practice, man. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice Practice. Nobody came to this without it. I don't care who they are.

  • @hahaheyheyz
    @hahaheyheyz Рік тому

    so deeply inspired, thank you

  • @robhead22
    @robhead22 Рік тому

    I find your work inspiring. Thank you!

  • @stephlala094
    @stephlala094 Рік тому

    I lov3 his work, its amazing

  • @aquariusstar1806
    @aquariusstar1806 Рік тому

    the sketches are amazing

  • @ScotCampbellwindowpainter
    @ScotCampbellwindowpainter Рік тому

    Wonderful

  • @mastercafe777
    @mastercafe777 Рік тому

    beautiful sketches!

  • @elliotcasey2796
    @elliotcasey2796 Рік тому

    Those are really good

  • @adamedwards3730
    @adamedwards3730 Рік тому +1

    Amazing artwork, I've decided to teach my self how to draw at 39 😂 have you any tips for a beginner starting out . I find myself just sketching random stuff with no real direction,

  • @fiercekrypton
    @fiercekrypton Рік тому

    Cool ability to compose a page!

  • @Eduardohernandez-ji9md
    @Eduardohernandez-ji9md Рік тому

    Who is this men his amazing!!???

  • @greekveteran2715
    @greekveteran2715 2 роки тому +4

    Do the new Moleskine sketchbooks deserve the price since they've downgraded the paper? Please, which one is a better alternative if it does not? The Sakura or the Canson 180? I draw with graphite and colored pencils. Thanks in advance

    • @NelaDunato
      @NelaDunato Рік тому +3

      I'm not James, but frankly I feel like Moleskine was never worth the price. Talens Art Creation is most similar to it in color (cream), texture (very slick) and weight (140 gsm I think). I'm not a fan since I prefer white paper, but if you like yellowish paper, that's the closest substitute for the Moleskine sketchbook.
      I prefer Canson Universal or Canson 180 (exact same paper, just a different type of cover) for pencil and ink drawings. Graphite erases very easily. Though if you're heavy-handed, you might indent the paper as it's quite thin (90 gsm), which might result in some pigment transfer on the opposite side of the paper. A protective piece of scrap paper is definitely recommended to prevent that.
      Canson One has 100 gsm dry media paper. Slightly toothy so it works for charcoal as well, but no obvious texture so it's nice for pencils. Bad for ink so I'll never buy another one again, but it might actually work out better for you. It's a bit basic though, no pocket or elastic strap, if that matters to you.

    • @Av4nQuisH
      @Av4nQuisH Рік тому

      @@NelaDunato hi nela can you recommend other cream sketchbooks, couldnt find talens art one :(

    • @NelaDunato
      @NelaDunato Рік тому +1

      @@Av4nQuisH I actually avoid cream/ivory sketchbooks. But as far as I know, Moleskine, Stillman & Birn Gamma and Delta, and Handbook Journal are in that category.

    • @CastleMc
      @CastleMc Рік тому

      disagree, I love the Moleskins for graphite and ink. Talens SBs have their own charm and are amazingly versatile but the paper is much less substantial@@NelaDunato

    • @NelaDunato
      @NelaDunato Рік тому

      @@CastleMc Tastes differ! I didn't like the Moleskine for ink at all. It always looked grayish and streaky instead of rich black. (I didn't have this issue with other sketchbooks.)

  • @slushpuppy.
    @slushpuppy. Рік тому

    inspiring

  • @radish8067
    @radish8067 Рік тому

    i’m so jealous that you got to meet and draw cillian murphy 😭😭😭

    • @mufki
      @mufki Рік тому

      Cillian is lucky to meet such an incredible artist like James

  • @kram9850
    @kram9850 Рік тому +4

    what would your advice be for someone who fills a sketchbook within 1-2 months, and now over the year has ammased a pile of sketchbooks with me only seeing them as natural progresion or to pick ideas from, but other than that all its doing is agravating me as theirs a 1m stack of books just in the corner of my studio, whats your advice for people burning through sketchbooks, i used to have the other problem of not being able to fill a sketchbook for year but since ive become addicted to drawing everyday my wallet and my space is taking a negative hit. and i cant bring myself to throw away some of the rubish sketchbooks as i flip through it and then find ideas i would want to refine and take further so havent the heart to throw away the irelevant work.

    • @hugoboch3098
      @hugoboch3098 Рік тому +1

      I would just scan them or take photos of them and store them on hard disk, you can always keep the ones that you love the most maybe pick one for every year

    • @Captain_MonsterFart
      @Captain_MonsterFart 5 днів тому

      I want your problem!
      One time I did go through all my old books and tore out the most worthless pages. it really shrunk the pile down.

  • @_justnick
    @_justnick Рік тому

    Does anybody know the name of the sketchbook or a similar one? I really want to get a toned paper sketchbook with that many pages but I can't find any...

  • @olivermarsden7560
    @olivermarsden7560 Рік тому

    how old were you in the first sketchbook this has made me realise I'm not that good at drawing

  • @sparres_zparres
    @sparres_zparres Рік тому +1

    Looks like the old masters sketches

  • @tatianafoule6257
    @tatianafoule6257 Рік тому

    he fiills up the landscape that i can see with bodies that are in complete silence.

  • @arrozcomovoo
    @arrozcomovoo Рік тому

    your sketchbook is very messy, I like that🐬🐬

  • @MarioMontoya-y3q
    @MarioMontoya-y3q 18 днів тому

    as the saying goes, draw what you see, so take a sketch book where ever you go, thanks

  • @dadimunteanu
    @dadimunteanu Рік тому +1

    2019, no 1999. Just off by 20 years😂 amazing work

  • @Chilldown1
    @Chilldown1 Рік тому

    The New Davinci^^

  • @SideBurns
    @SideBurns Рік тому +2

    “There was something special about Sasha grey” *turns the page*
    ( Y )

  • @indigosunset70
    @indigosunset70 Рік тому +1

    i like your line finesse

  • @sooperd00p
    @sooperd00p Рік тому

    Why are there English subtitles for English speach?

  • @stevenmurphy9225
    @stevenmurphy9225 Рік тому

    Da vinci overtones in the sketchbook

  • @altariabeats
    @altariabeats Рік тому

    That drawing of the saxophonist looks like Dick Oatts!

  • @Chan-zn7wb
    @Chan-zn7wb 2 роки тому +3

    43:25 24hr shifts?!? Is this not against labour laws. I've heard of Mangakas working ridiculous hours, but in the world of fine art, too? Japanese, please take a break.

  • @adityathanki9098
    @adityathanki9098 Рік тому +1

    6:39 "...ummmmm" lmao

  • @madeleine253
    @madeleine253 9 місяців тому

    This guy is a JEAN-ius

  • @matzebausm
    @matzebausm Рік тому

    Hope Sabrina didnt got some creepy calls there xD Nice work dude.

  • @SkettyRhetty
    @SkettyRhetty Рік тому

    I wonder, was the typical construction style of drawing taught today something you did when you were young?

  • @tatianafoule6257
    @tatianafoule6257 Рік тому

    something is going out. you have said enough.

  • @clauss6190
    @clauss6190 Рік тому

    nice

  • @amrsaed.
    @amrsaed. 11 місяців тому +3

    I know about the subway guy , and as you , I don't believe this

  • @ty88
    @ty88 Рік тому +5

    Crazy how an impostor can gain 10 million subscribers yet a true artist is only at 6k. Those videos are staged and make me sick.

    • @jotsandhu8842
      @jotsandhu8842 Рік тому +2

      James Jean is actually a massively famous artist. this isn’t his youtube page

    • @RichardFriendartist
      @RichardFriendartist 6 місяців тому

      @@jotsandhu8842 he's talking about the subway sketch artist James mentioned!

  • @Ad_Astra2023
    @Ad_Astra2023 Рік тому

    I read your name as ‘James Dean’.😂

  • @bonvoyagekippieable
    @bonvoyagekippieable Рік тому +1

    I'll probably be that good sixty years of age

  • @mchen2779
    @mchen2779 2 роки тому +4

    Subway drawing TikTok does look not real…

  • @mq461004
    @mq461004 Рік тому

    レオナルドのノート

  • @JustineWiniker
    @JustineWiniker 27 днів тому

    The guy on tiktok and UA-cam Shorts drives me nuts! I've commented on the exact thing you're talking about. He's looking up, but he draws the person down. And the images have that boring from a picture look. It's annoying.

  • @astrorobinson3716
    @astrorobinson3716 4 місяці тому

    He was always Elliot page, bigot. Just kidding. You inspired me to be an artist.

  • @slimsoldier8333
    @slimsoldier8333 2 роки тому

    p

  • @tatianafoule6257
    @tatianafoule6257 Рік тому

    is it going well ? who is ? unproblably, you are speaking about nobody. you even can read literally what i say.