I've got another reading prompt: James Gurney's "Color & Light - A Guide For The Realist Painter". Helped a ton in explaining how to think when painting anything, thorough explanations and examples abundant! The artist is responsible for illustrating "Dinotopia", and is well versed in contemporary art. A very good read that I end up coming back to whenever I have a problem, or just want to study a specific atmosphere or light situation.
Hey Jazza! I saw your soap sculpting videos a few days ago and I saw that you said that you would come back to it later because you wanted to get a big bar of soap to sculpt. So, I figured out that you can buy glycerin soap *which might I add can be melted into a bigger bar* to sculpt. So I as I am seeing this video minutes after it is posted I hope you read this and this comment helps you to do that video again. Because I want to see what you would be able to do with a bigger sculpting base. Thanks!
After many years of watching and rediscovering this channel again a week ago this video made me finally subscribe, you're a truly real and wholesome man Jazza and have inspired me to keep going in my own art ambitions. Hope your channel keeps growing!
If you liked the Animators Survival Kit, you'll love the Animators Survival Kit Animated. It's a complete animation master class given by Richard (r.i.p.) at Blue Sky. (And, no, I won't be compensated for this plug.) theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/
Only watched a video but I love it it’s amazing ! The thing I love about Jazza is he puts so much effort into his videos and as an artist you can relate to him . He doesn’t make short videos which I love because you get to enjoy him for longer when there decently long like this one . Love you jazza
As a person who's aiming to go to school for a bachelor's in art and animation this was extremely inspirational and helpful to my small worried ego that's attached to my skills, may it be animation, my art or anything else. This was a really helpful video and I hope I can one day get my hands on maybe one or two of the books shown in this video. I've always doubted my art skill due to the fact that I lean towards strange art and that my artist's attitude which makes me feel like I'm never good enough but this was extremely helpful, Thank you Jazza! You're the best! You've been one of the huge uplifting people that I watch that has kept me optimistic about my drawings and my dreams too. Thank you SO much! You'll never know just how much you've kept me happy and optimistic towards so many things!
List of Books In short 1. Drawing cutting edge Comic - By. Christopher Hart 2. The Animator's Survival Kit - By. Richard Williams 3. The Art Of ' World Of WarCraft ' 4. The Ruff Stuff - By. J. Scott Campbell's 5. Master Of Anatomy 6. Draw with Jazza Creating Characters - By. Jazza
I have an old drawing 101 book, with several big chapters! Chapters: 1.) Cars 2.) Dinos 3.)marine mammals 4.) dessert animals besides the chapters, every 20 pages or so he gives advise in case your struggling, and on the very first page it comes with paper, or it was left in the pocket from 10 years ago. unfortunately I never got to use it, but I did donate it to my art teacher, for the kids to use so they don't get distracted while looking up references on their phones.
The Oxide series by Korean artist Kim Hyung Tae. The greatest part about Kim's work is that he says "draw with the fat". The idea being that so many character books talk about musculature and skeleton, but ultimately fat is what adds interest to a character's shape. Breasts, stomach, hips, thighs, calves, arms, cheeks all of these areas are made more interesting and dynamic by manipulating the way the fat rests on them. Take the same character, make them pure muscle (starting point). You can change their entire history and purpose by where you place fat and weight. There's others, but that's a great place to start if you want to make characters.
I don’t have that many art books but these are the books that I have: - The Animator’s Survival Kit - Steven Universe Art and Origins - The Art Of Over The Garden Wall - Drawing The Head and Figure (Jack Hamm) - I have a book on Greek Art, Roman Art and architecture, and also Mayan art that I still need to read at some point Most of those books I bought second hand from our local library’s book sale.
The fact that most of the books you covered in this video paved my early years as well puts a big smile on my face The Canadian - Australian bond just tightened that much more Awesome video Jazz’s, loved all of your suggestions :)
I was with you until you made me feel ancient... "I was 14 when World of Warcraft came out"... ugh... I was 27. But that aside, thank you for showing these book. Some I have, some I now want to check out.
Jazza YOU have inspired me SO much to get back into painting, which is something I've loved and lost, so to speak. You've also inspired me to begin a new journey with digital art. Keep being awesome!
i can't draw at all..:P just kidding, i can. :P but i'm always constantly told that i need to study anatomy and such, and i have no idea how to do that. i'm serious.
@@TheArtofKAS i have tried proko multiple times, but he just ends up confusing me. also, he only talks about how to draw anatomy and such, and not showing how to do it. also, most of his tutorials (the actual how-to-draw stuff) needs money and such..
Jazza, come to America and sign my book!! You've taught me so much within the pages. I always strive to make my uncle (a professional artist) as proud as possible, and I drew him and his wife (with the help of your book) for their 50th anniversary. They now have it hanging above their bed. Thank you!!!
The Loomis books are well known and constantly recommended in the art community!! Been drawing for years and years and I still think these books are a must read for any artist. They're super old so I think they might be public domain. They're very easy to find and download for free.
Not a book ... but the single most thing that has reawakened my love for art and drawing is my discovery of this channel and you Jazza, not to sound cheesy or like a fangirl but having only relatively recently discovering your channel and spending what was probs a few months watching your entire upload history oldest to newest, your never ending positive attitude and obvious love for the craft is infectious to say the least, you truly are inspirational and have reawakened in me a love i had as a young girl in drawing and creativity so for that I thank you immensely. I have been in a downward spiral in my life since I was disabled by a spinal condition and made to resign from a job i loved in caring for people with psychiatric problems/issues. Felt like i'd lost my purpose sitting at home all day playing games watching stuff on my laptop... since discovering your channel i'm feeling the desire to draw more and be creative and i'm enjoying it very much x so thanks again for being you.
Three big influential books for me are "Drawing People" by Joumana Medlej, "Understanding Comics" and "Making Comics" by Scott McCloud. The first is a good jumping off point for drawing more diverse people, and good tips for general posing and expressions. The second two are a neat look at comics as a craft, and I honestly recommend Understanding Comics even if you're not an artist, but just are interested in the medium in general.
I loved this video! I have over 150 "art of" and "how-to" books at this point. I always love going back to them whenever I have artist block or you just need that bump of inspiration! I feel a lot of artists like to hide the fact they use references and use books like these to inspire them! Thank you for putting out there that it's perfectly okay to own and reference these books! I try to put that across in many of my own videos as well! Thanks! :)
Posted less than 15 mins ago but already 4 dislikes? I feel like there are just haters on youtube with the sole purpose of disliking videos as fast as possible smh
Sometimes it's just lag on your phone. I can't count how many times I have unintentionally disliked or even liked something, especially when a call is coming in.
I'd be remiss if I didn't highly recommend Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life. It is a beast of a book, and it is pricey, but the way it shows anatomical structure of human beings by breaking it down into blocks in the particular way Bridgman does it really helped me to understand human anatomy. Reading and referring to this book feels like it has levelled up my art skills in a big jump.
Somewhere in this video, I got inspired. I want to draw Anubis with more detail, depth, and movement than I have ever done. I'm going to take this seriously, and I'm not going to rush through it. Something amazing starts today.
@@ryzen7800x3d I actually was really happy with my progress. It was such a different experience from my usual rushed artwork. But I still didn't finish it because I seriously struggle with humanoid characters. It was a huge step for me though, and I haven't had as much issue since then. I'm proud of a lot of my work now. I may not have the original to show you, but I can show you some more recent works.
I have so many of those same books. Growing up I always had some kind of art book on me, almost like a security blanket that went along with any sketchbook I had. I haven't really used any how to draw books in the last several years, but I still collect them because I remember how awesome it felt looking through them and learning something new from a different artist.
I'm mostly self taught. I never really got the hang of art practice books because the style of the published illustrations was difficult AF to redraw in my own style, so I kinda just gave up and drew my own stuff with not much outside help.
My go to book when I was a kid was the Preston Blair Cartoon Animation books. That man was a genius and his cartooning techniques 100% influenced my drawing style.
Mark Crilley and his UA-cam channel single handedly elevated my skills when I first found his channel like 12 years ago. He was the OG of art UA-cam for me. I learned almost everything from him. You took me back down memory lane as soon as you mentioned his book. He may be a master of the manga style, but he teaches in almost every style and the basics really do stick with you.
I have an Art Attack 'How To Draw' book that I've had since I was around 6ish. It lives on my shelf to this day (I turn 19 this month) as, unsurprisingly, my art journey was inspired by Art Attack.
Whenever I meet someone online that wants to start drawing, I always tell them this: 1. Realize that Art is something you actually want to do. 2. Go to Jazza and learn that Art is fun. 3. Read 'Perspectives Made Easy' by Ernest R. Norling. 4. Read the comments below this, we had a discussion.
Someone who wants to START DRAWING or someone one who wants to know what is drawing? Because if someone wants to actually start drawing, then they need to learn from sources such as Proko. If they go with Scott Harris on Udemy, they will have to UNLEARN a lot of things. I know because I did. Once you get more experience, you start noticing how wrong his course is, how full of mistakes he is himself. You just can't know it until you get good knowledge somewhere else, and it's sad, because people fill themselves with bad information and bad art habits. Not to mention that it's been more than 5 yeas and his course hasn't changed at all (still same mistakes). Sorry, I felt like I had to save newcomers from jumping into the same hole I did years ago.
And that misleading pricing he has... On his own website he sells the same courses for $400+, on Udemy its always under $10 or so, and there is another site where it's posted for FREE (supposedly for students who can't afford it, as description says). So he's hoping for idiots to come upon his site and grab it for $400, without knowing about other options.
@@a.b.1870 Huh, I started out drawing five years ago and when I picked up Scott Harris' 'Complete Character Drawing Course' I improved more than I ever had in only a month or two. But this is kind of a problem for me too because everywhere I go on the internet, someone is telling me: "Don't do this, it's shit - go to this guy instead." I can only tell you from my experience, Scott Harris's courses have improved my drawing quite a lot and people that I've sent there have also told me they are making improvements. Granted, he's not perfect but he did help me nail down the art fundamentals and taught me a lot of tips that I still use to this day. HOWEVER, I fucking agree with you - Udemy is a sketchy website. They have 90%-99% sales *every month* and pretends like it's a one-time thing. Not only that, but all other courses except Scott Haris's art courses have been dogshit. I'm not going to stand here and protect someone, I just tell you what I know from my own experience. (However, I'll add that into the OG so people don't accidentally run into the $400-ploy).
@@a.b.1870 Also, I'm not some kind of pro-artist, but I've gone from shitty flat drawings without perspective to ok drawings in less than a year on that course. Just so you know, you'll probably win in an art-length pissing contest.
I love Mark ! He made me fall in love with drawing. He really helped me out when I was younger and even now. Wonderful artist and can’t recommend him enough! Loved the how to draw manga book and graphic novels are really enjoyable. They have very different styles but I love that he had his book! ❤️
Jazza, I need to thank you, it's because of you that I fell in love with art again and now I'm about to start taking art for GCSE, thanks for rekindling my love for my early childhood passion of art
I'd have to recommend Making Comics by Scott Mcloud, because not only is it all about the fundementals of creating comics, it's all relayed to you in the form of a comic!
Making Comics is great, but McCloud's Understanding Comics is even better. Everybody who likes comics -- creating them, collecting them, or just reading them in the Sunday newspaper -- ought to read it.
Love your artwork jazza. Inspires me to improve my drawing skills. But most of all your work ethic and enthusiasm has truly inspired me to just get things done... Keep up the great work mate. 👍🏼
My favorite how to draw book is probably older than Jazza himself. Despite being old, it's really held up and I think is the best for anatomically correct drawings. The book is called how to draw animals by jack hamm
Holy frick Jazza, you save me! currently I'm working on an animation where I let my character run. It looked awful! I was about to give up and close the project so decided to watch this video of yours. When I saw that one close up of the animation running cycle, I paused the video and took a good look at it. Just by looking at it, I could understand how a running cycle works. I decided to open my project and tried that methode. It looks so much better now that I took the time for it and know how to let them run. (3d animation by the way) Now I can continue without any worries thanks to you. Thank you Jazza!!
Almost anything by 3D total publishing is inspiring to me... Particularly the Sketching from the Imagination series. I love seeing the rough work of artists
This was great. I also LOVE all sorts of "Art of" books, as does my wife. The first book I got was "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" back in 1992/93, during my senior year of high school. I also love Christopher Hart's books. I have that exact book, as well as many other that he's published. I've gotten plenty of other drawing books from other artists, as well as anatomy books such as Anatomy for Artists, by Reginald Marsh. Also having at least 1 art teacher in school who encouraged me to pursue the dream helped me keep positive and seek out the tools to grow. I may not be a professional artist these days, but those skills I learned HAS translated into the new avenue I'm pursuing, toy photography Learning all about movement, perspective and telling a story is vital when trying to tell a story in a single image..
Most of mine have been buried in storage somewhere, so I can't recall the titles/artists for them, but I had a stack of vintage How to Draw books that my family got for me in elementary school. One focused solely on horses, one focused on animals and objects, one was on caricature drawing, and another was focused on profile drawing. Pretty sure those dated back to the 1950s and earlier. I was also heavily inspired by "Art of ..." books. I love collecting artbooks for video games, films, and manga/anime. CLAMP was a huge inspiration and resource for me in my teens. Other than that, though, it was basically just art history books and encyclopedias. My most cherished book is a book that focuses on the history of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Among all of my favorite pieces of classic art, those of the Pre-Raphaelites are high on my list.
For my birthday I got a huion tablet because you made them seem so great, and honestly it is. I love it so much and my digital art after just 5 minutes of playing with it. Thank you so much for showing me it!
I've only been drawing for a little over a year, but I've developed a love of art books. I love the studio ghibli ones and the legend of zelda breath of the wild one. I love the art styles and getting to see the sketchy versions of things. Seeing the characters broken down that way and in different positions helps me figure out how to draw them better. Plus it's just fun to look through them.
idk if you are reading my mind :'O i was searching for books Jazza , you are one of the reasons that made me enter University of art. so thank you sm :'D
Love this video! Helps a lot of beginning artists (such as myself) learn some very good literature and tutorials to help us develop and grow. (P.s, love the lil’ castle crashers plushness you’ve got on your shelf!)
I really love the Art Book of Demizu Posuka. The color palette she uses, the interesting perspectives combined with her sketchy line work just make all of her pictures stand out. Also with the wealth of details she portrays in her art you can easily imagine entire worlds around it and that's just so incredible to me. Really recommend it to everyone interested in her style.
Dragonology was a huge inspiration to little me in realizing that a dragon could be anything I wanted it to be and that I could create something brilliant with touchstones to what I had learned from others. I'm also STILL a huge fan of the Art of Brutal Legend, as the book shows not just concepts but shows how multiple artists work together to build a solid style they can all build and develop from to create a cohesive whole, and it never fails to put a big grin on my face seeing the inspirations and processes that went into the creation.
I had a college art professor that worked on the art for World of Warcraft. I don't know exactly what he did, I think it had to do with scenery, but he talked about it every once in a while. His favorite art books at the time were Scott Robertson's How to Draw books. Which are phenomenal (probably my favorite art books now) and he based our entire course around them, one of my favorite classes.
Really loved this vid. Collecting the art of books was what really pushed me to become a better artist. In top of all that. They serve as a massive source of inspiration for anyone and 95% of them are more than worth the money. 🤟😍👍
@@TheArtofKAS Thanks. I've already decided on about 3 for the specifics of them. They are based on animated movies whose art either really inpsired me or what just so beautiful I want to see how they came up with them. I'm actually a more traditional painter, so books based on animation is already going to be different for me. Thanks again for your suggestions.
Ugh! My first pencil project for an illustration class used up about 10 pencils for a final drawing that took me about that many hours to produce. After that, I bought my first electric pencil sharpener.
IM SO EARLY!!! Hello jazza! Love you and your content! You always bring giggles to me when i'm down. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and experiences with us!
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I got your book for my birthday last year. I’m a big fan of the book. It helped my to give my passion for drawing a reboot and started drawing agian. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great video. Cool to see I'm not the only one who hoards every art book I can get my hands on. P.S. Had to buy the animators survival guide for one of my animation courses in college. Honestly a amazing book that's totally worth it. Would have bought it even if it wasn't required.
Very nicely done! The two books I remember most influencing me were done by Gil Elgren and Alberto Vargas! They were textbooks how to draw etc. But the two that kept me going with these. I created my first Calendar based on one of the pinup calendars I saw in my uncles garage done by Elvgren! Really enjoyed this video Jazza I rather like it when you don’t go too crazy or are out there!
The animator's survival kit is my favorite book to resort to, but I also jump back to the Illusion of life as well. Those two books have helped me understand animation.
I noticed that Illusion of Life book on your shelf!! That book, and the Smithsonian Collection of Comics really inspired me to look at commercial art more seriously
One of the books that inspired me to learn how to draw was one about how to draw Pokémon. It wasn't very long and (being the 10-year-old kid I was) I only had the patience to trace over the final products, but it really sparked my drive to become better at art. I've come a long way in the past 12 years, and it's mostly thanks to that one book!
My favorite art books: The art of animal drawing (Ken Hultgren): really taught me a lot about movement, flow and mood in drawings Recreating an age of reptiles (Mark Witton): a book by one of my favorite paleoartists. His work is mostly about extinct animals, but he manages to make his paintings of them truly look alive. Drawing dragons (Jim Hansen & John Burns): i used to read this book in the library a lot when I started to learn to draw. Its a really nice, vibrant book with step by step instructions to draw certain dragons. Dinosaurs of the wild west (Shaun Keenan): just really nice illustrations to look at. I love the bold lines & shapes Shaun Keenan uses in his art.
Thanks for pursuing a level of achievement and creativity that can be an inspiration for others. That’s no small task. I got my daughter a Huion pad because of these videos - she loves the thing, and spends waayy too much of her time with it now...
Jazza: *pulls out the very hungry caterpillar*
Jazza: “this really just sent me on an emotional journey-“
Lol
I STILL HAVE THAT BOOK , THATS JUST SUCH A CLASSIC, IM HAVING A EMOTIONAL NOSTALGIC MOMENT
@@AveragePeteyReal Absolutely legendary.
Yes, a childhood favorite (we even still have the cookie jar)
I love the hungry caterpillar, also the rainbow fish and wombat stew when I was younger 😁
Jazza is 30 yrs old, married, has two kids and is shouting “I DEMAND WILLY JUSTICE!!”
30?! He looks atleast...40 tbh
IGarrettI he looks like 23 are you blind
IGarrettI Check his Wikipedia page. 1989
@@IGarrettI he looks younger than his age to me. I thought he was younger than me lol
@Ender Pearl He's 30. He hasn't had his 31st birthday yet
I've got another reading prompt: James Gurney's "Color & Light - A Guide For The Realist Painter". Helped a ton in explaining how to think when painting anything, thorough explanations and examples abundant! The artist is responsible for illustrating "Dinotopia", and is well versed in contemporary art. A very good read that I end up coming back to whenever I have a problem, or just want to study a specific atmosphere or light situation.
OooOoo this sounds very interesting, I need to check this out now!!!!
@@claymore7315 James Gurney has his own YT channel. You should check it out as well.
I was literally about to suggest James Gurney's book. Such a great resource. I love all of his art books.
I just bought that this past weekend! Its fantastic!!
Amen, Gurney's books are amazing
I love that the zombie head sculpture in the background is nibbling on his shoulder
Hey Jazza! I saw your soap sculpting videos a few days ago and I saw that you said that you would come back to it later because you wanted to get a big bar of soap to sculpt. So, I figured out that you can buy glycerin soap *which might I add can be melted into a bigger bar* to sculpt. So I as I am seeing this video minutes after it is posted I hope you read this and this comment helps you to do that video again. Because I want to see what you would be able to do with a bigger sculpting base.
Thanks!
it so sweet you caught this video as early as possible so you can get him some good information i hope he sees this!
After many years of watching and rediscovering this channel again a week ago this video made me finally subscribe, you're a truly real and wholesome man Jazza and have inspired me to keep going in my own art ambitions. Hope your channel keeps growing!
I have the animators survival kit and it’s so good😂
He’s not joking it’s literally the animation bible
I have it too
Same here
Surprised no one has mentioned Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain.
If you liked the Animators Survival Kit, you'll love the Animators Survival Kit Animated. It's a complete animation master class given by Richard (r.i.p.) at Blue Sky. (And, no, I won't be compensated for this plug.) theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/
Hazardous Duck i looked on amazon and it's hundreds of dollars. Is it worth it?
This video and the battle to death of pens are my 2 favorite jazza videos, heck my 2 favorite on UA-cam, u just can't beat em'
Only watched a video but I love it it’s amazing ! The thing I love about Jazza is he puts so much effort into his videos and as an artist you can relate to him . He doesn’t make short videos which I love because you get to enjoy him for longer when there decently long like this one . Love you jazza
As a person who's aiming to go to school for a bachelor's in art and animation this was extremely inspirational and helpful to my small worried ego that's attached to my skills, may it be animation, my art or anything else. This was a really helpful video and I hope I can one day get my hands on maybe one or two of the books shown in this video. I've always doubted my art skill due to the fact that I lean towards strange art and that my artist's attitude which makes me feel like I'm never good enough but this was extremely helpful, Thank you Jazza! You're the best! You've been one of the huge uplifting people that I watch that has kept me optimistic about my drawings and my dreams too. Thank you SO much! You'll never know just how much you've kept me happy and optimistic towards so many things!
List of Books In short
1. Drawing cutting edge Comic - By. Christopher Hart
2. The Animator's Survival Kit - By. Richard Williams
3. The Art Of ' World Of WarCraft '
4. The Ruff Stuff - By. J. Scott Campbell's
5. Master Of Anatomy
6. Draw with Jazza Creating Characters - By. Jazza
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I have an old drawing 101 book, with several big chapters!
Chapters:
1.) Cars
2.) Dinos
3.)marine mammals
4.) dessert animals
besides the chapters, every 20 pages or so he gives advise in case your struggling, and on the very first page it comes with paper, or it was left in the pocket from 10 years ago. unfortunately I never got to use it, but I did donate it to my art teacher, for the kids to use so they don't get distracted while looking up references on their phones.
The Oxide series by Korean artist Kim Hyung Tae. The greatest part about Kim's work is that he says "draw with the fat". The idea being that so many character books talk about musculature and skeleton, but ultimately fat is what adds interest to a character's shape. Breasts, stomach, hips, thighs, calves, arms, cheeks all of these areas are made more interesting and dynamic by manipulating the way the fat rests on them. Take the same character, make them pure muscle (starting point). You can change their entire history and purpose by where you place fat and weight. There's others, but that's a great place to start if you want to make characters.
If Jazza himself is an Art Book
then he'd be one of my Top Art Book that shaped my Drawing Skills
He has his own books
Thats too wooooshy to even woooosh....
Zyfhen ok
@@prinxipie1037 I wish I could duplicate my like to make several likes on your reply
Mine would be super rae dizzle and drawing wiff waffles
I don’t have that many art books but these are the books that I have:
- The Animator’s Survival Kit
- Steven Universe Art and Origins
- The Art Of Over The Garden Wall
- Drawing The Head and Figure (Jack Hamm)
- I have a book on Greek Art, Roman Art and architecture, and also Mayan art that I still need to read at some point
Most of those books I bought second hand from our local library’s book sale.
The fact that most of the books you covered in this video paved my early years as well puts a big smile on my face
The Canadian - Australian bond just tightened that much more
Awesome video Jazz’s, loved all of your suggestions :)
I was with you until you made me feel ancient... "I was 14 when World of Warcraft came out"... ugh... I was 27.
But that aside, thank you for showing these book. Some I have, some I now want to check out.
Don't worry its fine! Its great to see WoW players of all ages
Not to worry. I am 66 and like watching Jazza, but my formative art years was inspired by art nouveau story books from the early 1900s.
Jazza YOU have inspired me SO much to get back into painting, which is something I've loved and lost, so to speak. You've also inspired me to begin a new journey with digital art.
Keep being awesome!
Jazza: BOOKS THAT SHAPED MY CAREER
ME: *CAN BARELY SHAPE A CIRCLE....*
i can't draw at all..:P just kidding, i can. :P but i'm always constantly told that i need to study anatomy and such, and i have no idea how to do that. i'm serious.
It's all in the shoulder my friend 😂😂
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That is half a circle
@@ahedjehad8514 go to Proko's channel for a few hours and you'll be set
@@TheArtofKAS i have tried proko multiple times, but he just ends up confusing me. also, he only talks about how to draw anatomy and such, and not showing how to do it. also, most of his tutorials (the actual how-to-draw stuff) needs money and such..
Jazza, come to America and sign my book!! You've taught me so much within the pages. I always strive to make my uncle (a professional artist) as proud as possible, and I drew him and his wife (with the help of your book) for their 50th anniversary. They now have it hanging above their bed. Thank you!!!
The Loomis books are well known and constantly recommended in the art community!! Been drawing for years and years and I still think these books are a must read for any artist. They're super old so I think they might be public domain. They're very easy to find and download for free.
They were recently reprinted so they are available to buy now.
Not a book ... but the single most thing that has reawakened my love for art and drawing is my discovery of this channel and you Jazza, not to sound cheesy or like a fangirl but having only relatively recently discovering your channel and spending what was probs a few months watching your entire upload history oldest to newest, your never ending positive attitude and obvious love for the craft is infectious to say the least, you truly are inspirational and have reawakened in me a love i had as a young girl in drawing and creativity so for that I thank you immensely. I have been in a downward spiral in my life since I was disabled by a spinal condition and made to resign from a job i loved in caring for people with psychiatric problems/issues. Felt like i'd lost my purpose sitting at home all day playing games watching stuff on my laptop... since discovering your channel i'm feeling the desire to draw more and be creative and i'm enjoying it very much x so thanks again for being you.
Three big influential books for me are "Drawing People" by Joumana Medlej, "Understanding Comics" and "Making Comics" by Scott McCloud. The first is a good jumping off point for drawing more diverse people, and good tips for general posing and expressions. The second two are a neat look at comics as a craft, and I honestly recommend Understanding Comics even if you're not an artist, but just are interested in the medium in general.
All on my list too!
You are my inspiration and I hope you keep making great videos continuously because I really enjoy them
I loved this video! I have over 150 "art of" and "how-to" books at this point. I always love going back to them whenever I have artist block or you just need that bump of inspiration! I feel a lot of artists like to hide the fact they use references and use books like these to inspire them! Thank you for putting out there that it's perfectly okay to own and reference these books! I try to put that across in many of my own videos as well! Thanks! :)
Posted less than 15 mins ago but already 4 dislikes? I feel like there are just haters on youtube with the sole purpose of disliking videos as fast as possible smh
synth15 I agree
It’s bots
Sometimes it's just lag on your phone. I can't count how many times I have unintentionally disliked or even liked something, especially when a call is coming in.
sorry I won't do it again
There are actually bots active on channels with 2 Million subs or more that dislike after a video is uploaded (the first dislikes are bots )
Me: Sees title, clicks to see if we shared the same books.
Yes, we did!
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, also helped me a lot, particular with Perspective. The art feels a bit dated now, but the tips still feels useful.
I really miss that style of art. Most of the current stuff leaves me cold.
Jazza I found out yesterday that my art teacher watches you. He has your book out on display for us to read!!!
I'd be remiss if I didn't highly recommend Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life. It is a beast of a book, and it is pricey, but the way it shows anatomical structure of human beings by breaking it down into blocks in the particular way Bridgman does it really helped me to understand human anatomy. Reading and referring to this book feels like it has levelled up my art skills in a big jump.
Somewhere in this video, I got inspired.
I want to draw Anubis with more detail, depth, and movement than I have ever done.
I'm going to take this seriously, and I'm not going to rush through it.
Something amazing starts today.
any update 2 years later?
@@ryzen7800x3d I actually was really happy with my progress. It was such a different experience from my usual rushed artwork. But I still didn't finish it because I seriously struggle with humanoid characters. It was a huge step for me though, and I haven't had as much issue since then. I'm proud of a lot of my work now. I may not have the original to show you, but I can show you some more recent works.
Jazza really changed the way I looked at my art and opened me up to a whole new world of styles and experimentation! Thank you, Jazza! You're awesome!
I didn’t realize this was posted 2 minutes ago...
Me too😂
11 mins now
Same..
I didn't realize this was posted 6 months ago
@@NamHerTab 7 months now
I have so many of those same books. Growing up I always had some kind of art book on me, almost like a security blanket that went along with any sketchbook I had. I haven't really used any how to draw books in the last several years, but I still collect them because I remember how awesome it felt looking through them and learning something new from a different artist.
I'm mostly self taught. I never really got the hang of art practice books because the style of the published illustrations was difficult AF to redraw in my own style, so I kinda just gave up and drew my own stuff with not much outside help.
the fact that you can see elements of each book in Jazza's style is really interesting
My go to book when I was a kid was the Preston Blair Cartoon Animation books. That man was a genius and his cartooning techniques 100% influenced my drawing style.
Mark Crilley and his UA-cam channel single handedly elevated my skills when I first found his channel like 12 years ago. He was the OG of art UA-cam for me. I learned almost everything from him. You took me back down memory lane as soon as you mentioned his book. He may be a master of the manga style, but he teaches in almost every style and the basics really do stick with you.
I have an Art Attack 'How To Draw' book that I've had since I was around 6ish. It lives on my shelf to this day (I turn 19 this month) as, unsurprisingly, my art journey was inspired by Art Attack.
Woah wait this is so cool! I recognize some of these books bc my mom is an abstract painter,, rly shows how involved the entire community is ^^
Whenever I meet someone online that wants to start drawing, I always tell them this:
1. Realize that Art is something you actually want to do.
2. Go to Jazza and learn that Art is fun.
3. Read 'Perspectives Made Easy' by Ernest R. Norling.
4. Read the comments below this, we had a discussion.
Thanks
Someone who wants to START DRAWING or someone one who wants to know what is drawing? Because if someone wants to actually start drawing, then they need to learn from sources such as Proko. If they go with Scott Harris on Udemy, they will have to UNLEARN a lot of things. I know because I did. Once you get more experience, you start noticing how wrong his course is, how full of mistakes he is himself. You just can't know it until you get good knowledge somewhere else, and it's sad, because people fill themselves with bad information and bad art habits. Not to mention that it's been more than 5 yeas and his course hasn't changed at all (still same mistakes).
Sorry, I felt like I had to save newcomers from jumping into the same hole I did years ago.
And that misleading pricing he has... On his own website he sells the same courses for $400+, on Udemy its always under $10 or so, and there is another site where it's posted for FREE (supposedly for students who can't afford it, as description says). So he's hoping for idiots to come upon his site and grab it for $400, without knowing about other options.
@@a.b.1870 Huh, I started out drawing five years ago and when I picked up Scott Harris' 'Complete Character Drawing Course' I improved more than I ever had in only a month or two.
But this is kind of a problem for me too because everywhere I go on the internet, someone is telling me: "Don't do this, it's shit - go to this guy instead."
I can only tell you from my experience, Scott Harris's courses have improved my drawing quite a lot and people that I've sent there have also told me they are making improvements. Granted, he's not perfect but he did help me nail down the art fundamentals and taught me a lot of tips that I still use to this day.
HOWEVER, I fucking agree with you - Udemy is a sketchy website. They have 90%-99% sales *every month* and pretends like it's a one-time thing.
Not only that, but all other courses except Scott Haris's art courses have been dogshit.
I'm not going to stand here and protect someone, I just tell you what I know from my own experience. (However, I'll add that into the OG so people don't accidentally run into the $400-ploy).
@@a.b.1870 Also, I'm not some kind of pro-artist, but I've gone from shitty flat drawings without perspective to ok drawings in less than a year on that course.
Just so you know, you'll probably win in an art-length pissing contest.
I love Mark ! He made me fall in love with drawing. He really helped me out when I was younger and even now. Wonderful artist and can’t recommend him enough! Loved the how to draw manga book and graphic novels are really enjoyable. They have very different styles but I love that he had his book! ❤️
Me: *crying*
Jazza: *uploads*
Me: How convenient :*)
Gacha Emperor are you ok?why where u crying?!?
supported Bee *tears of joy*
Jazza, I need to thank you, it's because of you that I fell in love with art again and now I'm about to start taking art for GCSE, thanks for rekindling my love for my early childhood passion of art
I'd have to recommend Making Comics by Scott Mcloud, because not only is it all about the fundementals of creating comics, it's all relayed to you in the form of a comic!
Making Comics is great, but McCloud's Understanding Comics is even better. Everybody who likes comics -- creating them, collecting them, or just reading them in the Sunday newspaper -- ought to read it.
Love your artwork jazza. Inspires me to improve my drawing skills. But most of all your work ethic and enthusiasm has truly inspired me to just get things done... Keep up the great work mate. 👍🏼
My favorite how to draw book is probably older than Jazza himself. Despite being old, it's really held up and I think is the best for anatomically correct drawings. The book is called how to draw animals by jack hamm
Holy frick Jazza, you save me! currently I'm working on an animation where I let my character run. It looked awful!
I was about to give up and close the project so decided to watch this video of yours.
When I saw that one close up of the animation running cycle, I paused the video and took a good look at it.
Just by looking at it, I could understand how a running cycle works.
I decided to open my project and tried that methode.
It looks so much better now that I took the time for it and know how to let them run. (3d animation by the way)
Now I can continue without any worries thanks to you.
Thank you Jazza!!
“Problem is, i said I’d pick 5 or 6 books” (2:00)
Me going anywhere, bringing reading material for if I get bored
Same.....
There's something very soothing in someone geeking out about what they love~
Early Bird Gets The "Jazza"
Jazzy The Worm.
(Draw This!!!)
Max Axel shouldn’t it be Jazza “the worm “?
@@iusss whoops
Jazza's Jazzy Art Worm
Almost anything by 3D total publishing is inspiring to me... Particularly the Sketching from the Imagination series. I love seeing the rough work of artists
Me: reading the book
Jazza: just looking at the drawings to inspire him
Such an important contribution to artists of every age! Jazzy continues to give generously of his knowledge and inspiration!
Honestly I’m one of those people that wears headphones just to help me focus, no music, no vids in the background.
Honestly all of your videos have inspired me to continue drawing even when I feel like I’ve hit a dead end
I too aspire to become an artist like you! You have been a huge inspiration to me! 😊
This was great. I also LOVE all sorts of "Art of" books, as does my wife. The first book I got was "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" back in 1992/93, during my senior year of high school. I also love Christopher Hart's books. I have that exact book, as well as many other that he's published. I've gotten plenty of other drawing books from other artists, as well as anatomy books such as Anatomy for Artists, by Reginald Marsh.
Also having at least 1 art teacher in school who encouraged me to pursue the dream helped me keep positive and seek out the tools to grow.
I may not be a professional artist these days, but those skills I learned HAS translated into the new avenue I'm pursuing, toy photography Learning all about movement, perspective and telling a story is vital when trying to tell a story in a single image..
I almost cried when he pulled out the markcrilley book cause it reminded me of the old old days.
Most of mine have been buried in storage somewhere, so I can't recall the titles/artists for them, but I had a stack of vintage How to Draw books that my family got for me in elementary school. One focused solely on horses, one focused on animals and objects, one was on caricature drawing, and another was focused on profile drawing. Pretty sure those dated back to the 1950s and earlier. I was also heavily inspired by "Art of ..." books. I love collecting artbooks for video games, films, and manga/anime. CLAMP was a huge inspiration and resource for me in my teens. Other than that, though, it was basically just art history books and encyclopedias. My most cherished book is a book that focuses on the history of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Among all of my favorite pieces of classic art, those of the Pre-Raphaelites are high on my list.
Mark crilly's "The Drawing Lesson " for me. I really loved the book
For my birthday I got a huion tablet because you made them seem so great, and honestly it is. I love it so much and my digital art after just 5 minutes of playing with it. Thank you so much for showing me it!
I've never been so early! I should be at school tho.... im in england!!!!! love you jazza :)
I've only been drawing for a little over a year, but I've developed a love of art books. I love the studio ghibli ones and the legend of zelda breath of the wild one. I love the art styles and getting to see the sketchy versions of things. Seeing the characters broken down that way and in different positions helps me figure out how to draw them better. Plus it's just fun to look through them.
idk if you are reading my mind :'O
i was searching for books
Jazza , you are one of the reasons that made me enter University of art.
so thank you sm :'D
I wish I could enter art uni too 😅 lucky you
I love ancient Egyptian art that's most of my inspiration I used to do when I was after I was 3 years old
Love this video! Helps a lot of beginning artists (such as myself) learn some very good literature and tutorials to help us develop and grow. (P.s, love the lil’ castle crashers plushness you’ve got on your shelf!)
I really love the Art Book of Demizu Posuka.
The color palette she uses, the interesting perspectives combined with her sketchy line work just make all of her pictures stand out. Also with the wealth of details she portrays in her art you can easily imagine entire worlds around it and that's just so incredible to me.
Really recommend it to everyone interested in her style.
I love the Andrew Loomis books, they are my go to reference
Thts my cousin!...
Jk 😁😂🙌 always thought it was weird we have the same last name, not very common
The reprints on Amazon are reasonably priced, and darn nice hardcover books.
Dragonology was a huge inspiration to little me in realizing that a dragon could be anything I wanted it to be and that I could create something brilliant with touchstones to what I had learned from others.
I'm also STILL a huge fan of the Art of Brutal Legend, as the book shows not just concepts but shows how multiple artists work together to build a solid style they can all build and develop from to create a cohesive whole, and it never fails to put a big grin on my face seeing the inspirations and processes that went into the creation.
Hello from Canada 🇨🇦
I had a college art professor that worked on the art for World of Warcraft. I don't know exactly what he did, I think it had to do with scenery, but he talked about it every once in a while. His favorite art books at the time were Scott Robertson's How to Draw books. Which are phenomenal (probably my favorite art books now) and he based our entire course around them, one of my favorite classes.
Understanding Comics the invisible Art by Scott Mc Cloud is an amazing book!
And Making Comics
Really loved this vid. Collecting the art of books was what really pushed me to become a better artist.
In top of all that. They serve as a massive source of inspiration for anyone and 95% of them are more than worth the money. 🤟😍👍
I want to get some Art of books myself. I really think they are what I need next.
@@MariaRevArt awesome. Just be sure you get books that can help your style. And books that are completely different from your style. They both help.
@@TheArtofKAS Thanks. I've already decided on about 3 for the specifics of them. They are based on animated movies whose art either really inpsired me or what just so beautiful I want to see how they came up with them. I'm actually a more traditional painter, so books based on animation is already going to be different for me. Thanks again for your suggestions.
@@MariaRevArt awesome to know you're on the right track my friend 🤟
You should try to draw a picture without sharpening the pencil even once. Please try this.
Yes
Sounds painful
That moment when you want to sharpen your pencil and realise you forgot the sharpener, so you try to go on without but it's just painful
What happens when you run out of lead to use? Could you grab another pencil and keep going on?
Ugh! My first pencil project for an illustration class used up about 10 pencils for a final drawing that took me about that many hours to produce. After that, I bought my first electric pencil sharpener.
IM SO EARLY!!!
Hello jazza! Love you and your content! You always bring giggles to me when i'm down. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and experiences with us!
Stan lees how to draw comic books are amazing, everyone should at least read one before they die
Being subbed to jazza is one of the only perks in living in Asia
my book was/is "The art of Oddworld Inhabitants: the first ten Years"
god deam! this are powerful pictures!
"Draw 50" was what got me started with drawing. Christopher Hart's basic anatomy for the manga artist, is a good book too
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I got your book for my birthday last year. I’m a big fan of the book. It helped my to give my passion for drawing a reboot and started drawing agian. Thanks for the inspiration.
3:00 in the morning is when this was uploaded
(I’m America)
Its 5:00 foe me
Wow Your a country
It is 10pm in Australia
In Perth it’s 7:00
I'm Europe
Great video. Cool to see I'm not the only one who hoards every art book I can get my hands on.
P.S. Had to buy the animators survival guide for one of my animation courses in college. Honestly a amazing book that's totally worth it. Would have bought it even if it wasn't required.
This is my earliest accomplishment. Yes
Very nicely done! The two books I remember most influencing me were done by Gil Elgren and Alberto Vargas! They were textbooks how to draw etc. But the two that kept me going with these. I created my first Calendar based on one of the pinup calendars I saw in my uncles garage done by Elvgren! Really enjoyed this video Jazza I rather like it when you don’t go too crazy or are out there!
You know inspire me to create better vid when I feel like I draw shit I NEED MORE DRAWING BOOKS🌹❤️🔥
The animator's survival kit is my favorite book to resort to, but I also jump back to the Illusion of life as well. Those two books have helped me understand animation.
2 views, 2 likes... u have a nice fanbase, jazza
I noticed that Illusion of Life book on your shelf!! That book, and the Smithsonian Collection of Comics really inspired me to look at commercial art more seriously
Me in Australia:
He posted this video at 10 pm?
IM SUPPOSED TO BE ASLEEP AND IM SO HAPPY U CAN RELATE
It was about 6am for.
@@hunterbyrd9198 Yeah... and I'm still up. Imma gonna go to sleep now... definitely going to sleep...definitely.
One of the books that inspired me to learn how to draw was one about how to draw Pokémon. It wasn't very long and (being the 10-year-old kid I was) I only had the patience to trace over the final products, but it really sparked my drive to become better at art. I've come a long way in the past 12 years, and it's mostly thanks to that one book!
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Me:*wants to read them
UA-cam: no!
I have been reading a lot or Art books lately and I was so curious about this! So thank you for making this!
I have a "how to draw marvel characters " that my parents bought me back in the 70s
Dear jazza
YOUR art books changed my world
Thank you 😌
It'll be funny if all of them is just his book... ;-;
My favorite art books:
The art of animal drawing (Ken Hultgren): really taught me a lot about movement, flow and mood in drawings
Recreating an age of reptiles (Mark Witton): a book by one of my favorite paleoartists. His work is mostly about extinct animals, but he manages to make his paintings of them truly look alive.
Drawing dragons (Jim Hansen & John Burns): i used to read this book in the library a lot when I started to learn to draw. Its a really nice, vibrant book with step by step instructions to draw certain dragons.
Dinosaurs of the wild west (Shaun Keenan): just really nice illustrations to look at. I love the bold lines & shapes Shaun Keenan uses in his art.
I’ve never been so early
Same
Same
Same lol
SAmE!
Same LLLLOOOOLLLLL!
Thanks for pursuing a level of achievement and creativity that can be an inspiration for others. That’s no small task.
I got my daughter a Huion pad because of these videos - she loves the thing, and spends waayy too much of her time with it now...