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Thanks for sharing, that does sound interesting! I must admit I struggle to stay engaged with perspective courses but they are pretty vital for everything so I will definitely take a look! Do you know when it releases? And is the preview you mentioned already on Coloso? I'm assuming it won't be in English. Thanks for watching / commenting!

@@GAMER._.BOY77 you're welcome

Great comment! I must admit I enjoy a much more diversified range in styles of art now than I used to, which has also brought me more enjoyment of art - and a good excuse to buy more art books too ;) Thanks for watching!

Yes dragons are incredible! I need to start drawing more of them - although I must admit I find dragon anatomy quite tricky when in motion. Oh man, new books on the way is ALWAYS excited for me, what are the titles, I might have a look. I haven't got any furries books at the moment, it's not something I have looked into but I am intrigued by it!

Thanks for watching. Yeah there are 5 books in this series, quite a lot really. Especially considering there are so many other Frazetta art books out there now, it's a shame there is such an overlap in them as it's hard to know which to buy! XD

Great advice, I couldn't agree more! Also Thank you for the kind words too. I guess the biggest issue I struggle with when it comes to 'drawing for myself and not others' is wanting to make a career from my art in the future, so the need for wanting to build a following on socials is there, to make it more of a viable option, if that makes sense? Not that you NEED to have the social following, but it could certainly help. I guess I need to find a balance though, as we all know that socials can be pretty distracting especially if you have a tendoncy to procrastinate (which unfortunately I do! haha). Thanks again for watching!

The texture to the screen is just a subtle 'noise' texture to it, you wouldn't notice where there is colour, it's more just if you have a white canvas loaded up and really look at it you can see it, almost like a screen protector (that may be essentially what it is, but don't quote me) but no - you won't notice it unless you are looking for it and it won't bother you realistically. In terms of the brightness, it's worth noting I have mine set less than 50% of the max brightness setting, which for my eyes is too bright (for my set up, room lighting etc) so I have never put the brightness up even close to 100%. Again, to me that means it has a plenty large enough range of dark to light settings, so I wouldn't let that influence the decision either, but I understand everyone is different. Hope that helps, thanks for watching

​@@SketchedbyStethanks for the reply Also another question, do i need a screen protector or is it alright the way it is? And some people complained about purple/pink light on the edge of the screen when they put a white screen, is it there or is it just a defect in their product?

Hey, thanks for watching, I was considering making more J Scott Campbell art book videos ( I have since purchased white hot, monster green, violent violet and code orange) but I can see there are already a few videos on KZbin previewing all of these so I'm not sure there is much else I could add to them unfortunately! If people want me to though I still would XD Thanks for watching

Understandable, everyone has to have a favourite and least favourite in the series! From memory my favourite are the year of the mammoth and possibly dragon hearthstone books. But you're not wrong - having just 1 missing would drive me a little nuts haha 😜 . I'm hoping maybe we will get another book soon as it's been a while! Thanks for watching

Oh yeah I am a huge fan of Patrick Browns work, we talk a lot as I am quite active in his discord and used to be on the top tier for his patreon, so that I could recieve feedback on my work from him - What a dream! But unfortunately I think his high workload from marvel meant he had to stop that tier due to time constraints, I am still devastated to this day! But yeah Pat is one of my favourite artists ( and art teachers!!) I actually do have that magazine if it's the one I am thinking of ( cartoon version of Pat on the front? lots of GTA content thruoghout?) I bought it cheap on Amazon not long ago. Although you can see how much his art has improved since as it's been a while since that was printed. I always say to Pat & people in the group I would kill for a proper art book just filled to the top with all his content! Do you know any other artists with a similar style out of curiosity? Thanks for watching!

@@SketchedbySte That's so awesome man, that you even interacted with him more closely over the years! Oh and yeah 'The Art of Patrick Brown 2.0' would be a hot item for sure, or a 'How to Draw series by Patrick' would be even more selling item! Man, I was about to spoil you with tons of recommendations to make your wallet cry out loud! Like, literally, I wanted to introduce you to hundreds of artists, if you don't mind, of course, ha! I just have to sort out the names and their products first. Be patient with me.:) - Dan

Thanks for watching! Hopefully Pedro Perez will release another art book for us to enjoy in the future :)

@@SketchedbySte Yes good stuff!

You're welcome! Yeah I was shocked when I got my first art of Hearthstone book, to find that no one else had already previewed a lot of them on camera, so I am glad I could help! I don't play the game either, but like you, really love the art style. Fingers crossed they make an art of Hearthstone book 6 in the future! Thanks for watching

@@SketchedbySte Yea I hope there's a book 6 as well! Have you heard of or seen the art of Keyforge? Can't find a video on it but looks like a similar style to hearthstone!

Really pleased I could help ! Also great to know that KZbin recommends me occasionally :P Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoy the book!

Thanks for watching, yeah the books in this series are a really nice small book with plenty of pages / content that seems high print quality in my opinion, plus the price is pretty darn good on these!

Thanks for watching. Yeah I always think the Art of Hearthstone books shine when it comes to display fantasy creatures and unique designs in the classic Blizzard esk art style. Really glad you enjoyed it!

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Hey thanks for watching, Yeah Alphonse Mucha really is incredible. I am not familiar with Maxfield Parrish so I had a quick google, and assuming I am looking at the correct artist - those are some stunning backgrounds / environments, they look like something from the older art masters who painted Tolkien esk / fantasy scenes, immersive and dreamy!

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Hey, thanks for your comment. It's definitely a big question to answer. But the Andrew loomis book 'fun with a pencil' might be a good start ( although it is quite old now admitedly). I also think something that is quite 'fun' and generalised for information might be good like the Brett Bean DRAW book (link here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJq8iIuLn9eiY7s ) that one will probably give you a basic understanding of most subjects in art, but without going too deep of focusing on one area in perticular. If you are hoping to be a character artist / designer, anatomy and gesture books might also be a good one for you, there's an awful lot out there to choose from. Again Andrew loomis 'figure drawing for all it's worth' is a good one and has all the info you really need, but I did find it a tough read personally. Morpho books might be an inexpensive way to start and see if you like the teaching style of the book - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWKkaGhsnK57ZpY Also I found Tom Fox Draws book really good not only for anatomy but also for getting an understanding of shapes in space, probably the most important fundamental. here is a link, let me know what you think to them - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4CTk32Pa95-oqs

Hey, I see you posted this comment on another video too but here is my reply in case you missed it - It's definitely a big question to answer. But the Andrew loomis book 'fun with a pencil' might be a good start ( although it is quite old now admitedly). I also think something that is quite 'fun' and generalised for information might be good like the Brett Bean DRAW book (link here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJq8iIuLn9eiY7s ) that one will probably give you a basic understanding of most subjects in art, but without going too deep of focusing on one area in perticular. If you are hoping to be a character artist / designer, anatomy and gesture books might also be a good one for you, there's an awful lot out there to choose from. Again Andrew loomis 'figure drawing for all it's worth' is a good one and has all the info you really need, but I did find it a tough read personally. Morpho books might be an inexpensive way to start and see if you like the teaching style of the book - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWKkaGhsnK57ZpY Also I found Tom Fox Draws book really good not only for anatomy but also for getting an understanding of shapes in space, probably the most important fundamental. here is a link, let me know what you think to them - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4CTk32Pa95-oqs

Hey, sorry I'm not sure I know what you mean?

Thank you so much for watching! really pleased you like it!!

@@SketchedbySte I love seeing the learning process for artists. Thanks for sharing it.

Hey man, thanks for the kind comment! your sketchbooks are awesome, I literally have one of your sketchbook tour videos loaded up in a new tab to watch later today, always very inspiring!

I am sure you're doing better than you think! But thank you so much!

Thanks Natasha. Yeah i'm a bit surprised that I have started using a ballpoint pen so much myself too haha! I am more of a pencil / graphite sketch kinda guy usually when it comes to traditional art and filling sketchbooks, but I do like the contrast with ballpoint pen, plus it shows on camera much better too. I would love to do a Proko anatomy course review, that's a great idea, although I still have a long way to go through it at the moment ( currently on the last half of the course, legs anatomy ). I have the fundamentals course too yes, but I haven't really started it yet. The proko courses are probably the best I have come across - but they're very long and require an awful lot of commitment in my opinion! Thanks again for watching

haha true! Not quite as impressive to look at compared to a lot of others on KZbin, but hopefully much more effective for learning and retaining the information! Thanks for watching.

@@SketchedbySte No worries. If you keep them then you can look at your sketchbooks over the years and see where you are improving and where you aren't.

@@tucoerquilenne6765 Very true! I love to have a record of stuff like this. It's one of the reasons I end up using sketchbooks compared to digital ( I'm more of a digital artist than traditional, but I like the satisfaction of seeing a filled sketchbook haha)

Thanks for watching Chris! Yeah I am a huge fan of sketchbook tour videos, I find them very motivating and inspiring - the issue is I probably spend too much time watching them XD. Have you got any sketchbook videos coming up? Whenever I think of the 600 page challenge you are always first to spring to mind for me!

Thanks so much! The messier the better XD aslong as we learn from them that's all that matters, although it would be nice to have a book of stunning illustrations for KZbin vids - not sure I would learn a ton from it though! Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much for the wonderful comment. I couldn't agree more! I definitely have a real struggle to de-romanticize the sketchbook as you mentioned! I have to fight the urge to not render beautiful illustrations and spend days on them, because I usually find I didn't learn anything in the process . Again, exactly like you said, my hope is that these kind of studies of fundamentals ( despite not being overly exciting ) will help me get to a stage where I can draw better from imagination too, so hopefully it will pay off! Thanks again for watching

Thanks Speedtutor, I will definitely be working on more sketchbook tour videos for the future - definitely takes me a while though, even just with messy / faster sketches like this, I will use it as motivation to draw even more though! Thanks for watching

Thanks for watching! Yeah I really like the way you are doing your sketchbooks, and the content sounds awesome, I would love to see your stuff! I think I should probably work like that too to be honest. Although I guess ultimately the main thing is to make sure we are drawing and improving and not worrying too much about whether it will mess up the sketchbook or match the theme etc. Thanks again!

Thanks so much! Haha yeah I used to prefer pencil / graphite, I'm not sure how I have started swaying towards ballpoint so much, because it's really not very forgiving! Although I guess that's also the benefit in some ways. I do like the contrast for camera though, pencil sketches don't show up so well sometimes. Thanks again for watching! :)

you're welcome thanks for watching!

you're very welcome, glad I could help!

I picked the Dragonart Evolution book up the other day. I prefer it to the original red cover / how to draw dragons book ( very similar but almost like a follow on to it with more details i think ) but yeah I did notice some of the dragons from this one are shown in the step by step section of Evolution. Dragon Flight, that's the one! Yeah, it makes me sad too, I wonder if she is still working on it? I am surprised she hasn't used social media just to post a few pics occasionally over the years. It's a real shame, I hope she's still drawing, I wonder if she has improved much over the years too. Maybe one day we will see more from her! Thanks for watching

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Thank you so much 😀

I haven't heard of David Fairbrother-Roe before, but I did a bit of googling. Those are some very detailed dragons and fantasy illustrations, does he have any art books of his work do you know? I quite like the William O'conner Dracopedia type dragon art too, they're pretty detailed!

Thanks Rukey, I have just ordered the Dragonart Evolution book in the series so we will see if it is difference ( fingers crossed) I will get a video posted up as soon as I get chance!

haha yep! I must admit I have been concentrating on humans / anatomy / gesture / faces recently but everytime I see these books in my book shelf I think ' Why am I not focusing on fantasy creatires at the moment, they look like a lot of fun! '

I'm super tempted to buy the dragonart evolution book but I can't find anything online to see if it's the same as the original dragonart book / a heavy overlap which is a shame. Can you remember which one you used to have / borrowed? Some really great dragon designs in there! Hmm I haven't heard of those pens but I am intrigued to find out more!

Really pleased you are finding the videos useful, thank you for the kind comment!

Yep! That was one if the big reasons I looked into this, although I think a lot of software now has it built in like clip studio and procreate etc. I keep meaning to look into whether photoshop has any in-built or third party add ons that can record now too

you're welcome, I am happy to help. Let me know what your opinion is of the book, when it arrives :)