Copying top artists to learn their secrets: Mai Yoneyama

[@YTartschool]

One month in the making, my latest study is finally done! 💥💥 I think we need more diversity for the next one lol. This new series' viability depends on you though, please share the video! Also check out Mai here on KZbin @yoneyamai www.youtube.com/@yoneyamai

[@cmapez]

Dave rapoza next

[@GrCrimsix]

Youhei Takemura (manga cover art)

[@billrazor6591]

Maybe Loish?

[@tsukyojin]

This series is amazing already, my suggestion is for an upcoming video is @lackism or lack illustrator !!

[@rkimu.l.9953]

Hey Marc, could you do Kushinoba Ilya for this series of videos?

[@billrazor6591]

"Copying top artists to learn" is a great idea for a video series. I hope you will continue making these. It's super useful and entertaining at the same time.

[@stray8037]

ITS HERE THE VIDEO IVE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@Birdhouseart]

I'd rather call it studying versus copying, but yeah this is a good series.

[@billrazor6591]

@@Birdhouseart That's the same thing. Studying an artist is "copying to learn". The important part is to learn, and not just copy, of course 🙂 When you do an artist study, you try to copy their process, make an art piece in their style and take something from this experience for yourself. But I get where you coming from, people will get triggered by the "copying" term, ignoring "to learn" part. With that in mind, maybe it will be more fitting to use "studying" instead. But it's just semantics, essentially.

[@sael5084]

​@billrazor6591 why does copying references not help when it helps posing and constructing shapes etc. Since most artists these days won't be drawing from their imagination only but copy references

[@billrazor6591]

@@sael5084 I never said anything about using references, i don't know where are you getting that from. Artists of all skill levels use references in their work, there's nothing wrong with that. My original reply was about that "studying" an artist and "copying to learn" from an artist's work are essentially the same thing.

[@ValeOfficialYouKnow]

you're my top artist

[@hassassinator8858]

Real

[@glass9356]

"You r my special" moment right here

[@CunnyVirus]

alexa play specialz

[@luckrequired5382]

I love how Marc is still a student while also a master teacher himself, always learning and sharing. Legendary.

[@TioKazumaBR]

Can you do: -WLOP -GUWEIZ - RUAN JIA -Zeen Chin -Krenz Cushart - Kan Liu

[@Ani-valentine]

Definitely Guweiz! His art is so dreamy and lucid.

[@inatasannamei8441]

You really know all the good stuff

[@KatCraigMusic]

I would love to see WLOP and GUWEIZ!

[@nekonacha2607]

THIS!!! ^ WLOP and GUWEIZ

[@Nakhab]

Stanley Lau

[@ArcaneWolf9]

As much as I come to watch the skills and technique based videos, these artist and style breakdown videos are a fascinating and useful addition. Not replacement, but addition. You always preach the importance of observation, but as someone still at an early stage, it's hard to look at things from multiple perspectives. Having these breakdowns helps build up a more integrated view of how the artist's skills and decisions blend together to form their style and images.

[@benevolente5725]

That’s how i study and apply other artist’s art, and this video just confirmed my work ethics😀

[@sael5084]

Show us how much you improved. Do you share your drawings?

[@Stylix444r]

​@@sael5084bro does not want to show you his drawing😂

[@sael5084]

@Stylix444r they might not of actually done those practices it's okay

[@alexc1]

Considering I absolutely adore Mai Yoneyama's style, this was absolutely amazing to watch! Please do keep making more of this series!

[@billrazor6591]

Artists suggestions: Guweiz Hyulla Kei Urana Mike Mignola Mogoon Rinotuna Shigenori Soejima Tatsuki Fujimoto Wlop

[@pamelarodriguez7441]

Pilyeon

[@ypesie]

damn Marc you've really upped the editing quality. So cool to see! Love it

[@3up3rn0va]

Shignori Soejima. Love that dude. He’s the main lead artist for Atlus games and he’s so good! I love his nior style especially in the Persona games. This is a cool series idea! I should study other artists and see how they paint because I may be confident in drawing but not painting 😬

[@R_yan007]

I don't have any idea about color theory but then I saw Mai's works and was mesmerized by it at an instant. I was wondering how she does this and makes it perfect all the time. But now I do know about how she does this thanks to you Marc. Hope I can imply these tips to my future works 😅😅

[@EnshourT_]

I would love for you to do another study session but this time its ASK. ASK's style is one of my favorites among JP artists.

[@PotterishHead]

10:38 when you made the shadows a solid yellow, it made the painting more interesting to look at! crazy how the yellow makes everything POP!

[@auneakeffect]

this is my favorite series marc, learning so much and also being introduced to new artists.

[@crystalcorehatanabe3360]

I swear Marc Brunet is reading peoples mind when he comes up another video. Always gives the best tutorial in time when you need it!

[@pigagu]

I just found Mai Yoneyama after the interview by archipel, and absolutely fell in love with her work. This video came out at the perfect time!

[@sHeggz422]

Not only is this quality content, the editing is just superb!

[@definitely_a_human]

Kei Mochizuki is one of my favorite artists because of his unique use of colors and artstyle. You should definitely do him next!

[@jikannomajo]

Mai is my personal end game when it comes to art. I always loved their flowy dreamy and yes, their color correction does wonders to paint this cohesiveness that magically appears during their art process. Their artwork gives off that "being in the moment" which I love about art itself.

[@anordinaryfellow2832]

When i see someone paint this good I CANNOT hold myself from drawing Thank you Marc for giving me inspiration!

[@PowerKitty]

Marc, you have mastered two arts; the art of illustration and the art of teaching. You explain things in such a way that they really land and make sense. Thank you always for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@Awesome-1001]

Wlop. Something about the way he is drawing jewelry is just so minimal and mesmerizing. With just few brush strokes you sense a necklace, headwear, bracelet or anything really, and it just works. Ive always admired this technique. And everything else is just so perfect too.

[@Kaphotsu]

I loved this, please do more! Also, imo it's cool that you made clear that it took a month to do this. At least for me as a beginner this is important because we get used to watch 10 min speedpaints and stuff like that and forget to slow down, getting unmotivated for not being able to do cool stuff fast. Luv u Marc, wish the best for you and please keep going!

[@H_ammer]

I love these kinds of videos breaking down art as it helps me to study them better as a casual intermediate artist! Id love for you to continue this series it would help me a lot.

[@cornonthecob2158]

Please don't stop making these videos, I learn so much from them and it gives me inspiration to keep practicing

[@psniem]

I love watching people do art studies and sharing what they learned WAY MORE than people telling me how I should learn or how to do stuff. There's something that feels more personal and more educational learning together than typical how to draw videos.

[@P0w_art]

I love you breaking down these styles, it helps me understand why certain styles pop and how i can add that to my own

[@jaytopia2924]

You should do Kan Liu next. His water/fire and composition is insanely good. And his style is super unique in that it seems mostly opaque

[@crystolz5538]

I've been studying his style for months😂...he makes water look better than actual water

[@VlinderLloyd]

I've to agree with many others. This is a great idea. So many artists mention studying other artists' work (not only masters) is a wonderful practice. But to get to experience it through professionals, laid out like this is such a treat! Great work.

[@PhilsArtVibes]

'let me know if this series is worth pursuing' gneuh YES!? Longues vidéos aussi pour dessiner en même temps que toi!

[@yukileya-kuzals]

I really appreciate this series! Can you pls pls pls do an episode on Anmi? Thank you!!!!

[@Yuemitai]

please never stop making this kind of video sir marc. it's really really helpful!! also, please do one on guweiz too!

[@LaurenceLvideos]

Ces vidéos sont malades, Marc ! Tes vidéos m'ont toujours beaucoup aidé mais celles-ci ont un ''je ne sais quoi'' qui renforcie déjà les excellentes bases que tu nous as données dans tes vidéos précédentes. Merci !

[@hatsunemei3106]

LAM is another amazing illustrator from Japan, the way they use colors is out of this world

[@hiyori4427]

I really like this series, thanks for the effort on these videos.

[@hannahdeards9652]

This is a great series, Marc! I'd love to see you tackle Kan Liu's artwork, or maybe try an artist who does more environmental pieces? Something less anime could also be interesting too.

[@adearest007]

Yes!, please do more of the "Copy top artist" series. It's really great to see another professional break down a process and showing other options on how to approach a technique. This series has been helping me understand these process and really encouraging me to experiment more so I can find my own style.

[@timberwolfy9865]

Personally, I would love to see more of this series. The breakdown and analysis of other artist's work is a great way to learn information while seeing it in action.

[@Keladinus]

Nice editing on this one! I must say I've very interested in following this series, as the language barrier makes it challenging to learn from Japanese artists' timelapse/process videos. Thanks Marc!

[@umbra_t715]

Love these series man, WE NEED MORE ❤

[@brodieswift3061]

I was getting a bit worried there, glad to see the video out! Really cool to see you break down another artists style. I'd love to recommend Dave Greco as a potential artist you could study :)

[@alexisdogbo7958]

Yes! I’m so glad you covered her!❤❤

[@YTartschool]

🏆

[@jeffriart]

This is amazing! I have also just discovered Mai works recently and has been captivated by how expressive it is, definitely a great artist to be inspired and learn from.

[@zc8752]

The amount I've improved my art over this one year alone because of your free content is astounding. I only wish I had the time for your course. Keep up the great work

[@danielgarcia-barnett7935]

Loved this video to! Def my favorite art series: period. I also really liked how the editing tried to match the aesthetic of Yoneyama's art. 10/10.

[@lukaspensen2586]

i've been a hobby artist for many years but i still have no clue whats going on when looking at professional artworks. these videos are great and i really hope you will continue this series. your explanations are focussed on whats important, which other art-youtubers can't summarize so well (atleast for me)

[@vivianaordonez6540]

This video was wonderful Marc. Your breakdown and presentation of the subject matter was very easy to understand. I’d love it if you keep making these. Much love to you!

[@BoguGamingGuy]

Yeeeessss! More of this series! Watching you trying to learn other styles gives me hope. Your art flow is getting better and better everytime I come back to your channel.

[@felipeomeloo]

Haven’t seen something so great and instructional on KZbin for while! I believe this will help a ton of people (myself included)!!! Thanks, Marc!!! Love your work!!! Do Kan Liu next, please!!! Or sometime!!! 🙏🏽😬

[@jroxtt]

Thank you for this series Marc! I hope you continue sharing more of these. It’s fascinating to learn how a pro artist like you breakdown another top artist’s works. Your videos never fail to help us out with new techniques (not to mention, they’re always fun!)

[@jameshansen7108]

Yes! Please do more of these, I love seeing your analyses of these, they give really interesting insights into different art styles and different ways on how to create different styles of artwork that I never really thought about trying before.

[@just-karuru6276]

I've recently been following a bunch of key artists with specific abilities and styles I admire and deemed them my "Art Mentors" as I study their styles and reference techniques they use to create a new sense of harmony in my own art. This series you're doing right now touches on that EXACTLY, and you're better at explaining the details and nuance that comes with this process so it's incredibly helpful. Funny enough Yoneyama was also on my list of people I've been really inspired to study but haven't gotten to it yet so when I saw that you studied her work on my IG feed, I instantly had to come back to CLASS. Totally love this series so please keep it going man!

[@ensomira3955]

I absolutely love this series of learning the art of other artists. Seeing how you break it down is a great way to learn from cause it puts you in our position of adapting pieces of our favorite artists into our own blended work. It's fantastic.

[@39fornothingatall]

I love this series so much! I feel like I just gained a whole new set of secret tools for use in my own art! Thank you so much for putting so much hard work into this video, Marc!! It was amazing watching you brilliantly break down Mai's style and adapt your own techniques to it!! You're going to be the most skilled artist ever if you keep stealing all the skills and secrets from other top artists!

[@ruzty2989]

Crazy how i was just trying to learn Mai Yoneyama's art style, Then you upload this?!?!, somehow magically you just upload things we need ❤

[@mr.pov.mp4597]

Aye, very much happy to see you pick yoneyama mai, as a fan of her myself, this is very much useful in my endeavors. Thank you Marc.

[@yz2334]

I love this series a lot, you're the best Marc. could you do cotoh tsumi someday, maybe their style is much more simpler for a full video, but anyway, I can't wait to see next artist.

[@animefreakx210]

I am absolutely LOVING this series! It's helped me learn things I had no idea about. Love your content!

[@MrWilde-zx7vm]

Marc, this is amazing work as always. But I really appreciate and admire your ability to break the fundamentals that you’re able to see from each piece of Art work. It’s like the building blocks of a skyscraper or recipe to a delicious cake from a cook book. I’m one of your students for your art program and still new to art as a whole, but I have an optimistic outlook for my art journey, thanks again for the content.

[@ypesie]

I really think you should study some of Kan Liu's stuff. He has a really unique and cool style that I think you'll enjoy taking a look at (:

[@threeam____]

it’s honestly crazy how well you can adapt your style. a true example of experience and skill ! 🖤

[@syrpentina]

Love this! I've been studying her a few other artists, so seeing these breakdowns are always helpful❤

[@nihilnothing]

I love these studies. I've tried to do exactly this, but wasn't exactly sure how to go about it. It's great to see your process and how you observe and recreate each individual feature.

[@darchangeldavid]

That was a very nice break down. I haven’t heard of this artist before but I love her style. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@commentbot9510]

Wow the improvement between the first drawing you did and this one is crazy!!

[@Siplick]

This is genuinely impressive wow! Thank you for showing the steps you took to reach the final piece!

[@kururu4ever]

I love this series, you should definitely try doing Rella next! She has a way with light and shadows, it's just... *chef's kiss*

[@zz0ruaa]

Could you do Sakimichan's art from 2020- early 2023? I love the way she does pinups and manages to utilize all the space on the canvas. The way she draws faces and plays around with lighting is so pretty to me and her really high-quality rendered art works are my favorite.

[@αυαυυι-π6μ]

actually super nice series idea because we actually thanks to you understand so much about the techniques and art styles and get so much insight thanks to your proficiency! Loved the video!

[@jayceeanimations]

Yoneyama Mai's composition is what gets me, I would notice how she nails the composition to help the focus of the illustration and it impresses me all the time! I feel like RinoTuna or Kei Mochizuki's style would be a great video too!

[@ZeaOcean]

The fact that I noticed her artistic style in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2022 Opening/Ending Animation is very surprising to me. I genuinely believe this video has the potential to go viral.

[@lakepants]

I think it turned out really well! You sure do know your stuff being able to just break down how they draw like that.

[@letzschrodinger1977]

I'm so happy to see this series continue, I love any sort of technical analysis and seeing it applied to these art pieces is incredible! Well worth the wait from the last part with Mika. One of these days when finances permit I'll definitely subscribe to your art course, your YT is truly an invaluable asset to all aspiring artists. Thank you as always Mark!

[@humo7609]

This is really well breakdown, when I'm looking at Mai's work, I usually get overwhelmed but with this I kind of have the idea now on how they made it

[@VWKER]

I rarely write comments, but I want to say Thank you. Thank you Marc for everything you are doing. For knowledge, for positivity, for motivation. You are not just a great artist but also an amazing person to who I listen with pleasure and gratitude. You keep new artists motivated, you show them that anything is possible, and when I feel down and want to screw it all I come back to you, happens all the time. There are thousands of people who think like that and we all are gratefull ♥

[@lucyblack5544]

I have to say that if I saw Yoneyama's art somewhere, I would definately know it's hers, she has such a unique vision that it's hard to confuse it with another artist. Like Mika Pikazo too. Two of my most favorite digital artists (along with Loputyn). Good job on the video! Would love to see a video on Loputyn btw.

[@notme_playing]

tis series is awesome, because i learn more about art as a beginner but also as an advanced artist, honestly helps me a lot

[@ploploplop2349]

I love these videos because it makes it seem that doing amazing art like this is possible and achievable, makes me want to draw and try new stuff!

[@lazyoctopus6183]

Class made of awesome! Many of these tips will be useful even if someone doesn't want to study this particular style. But the brush update is even more awesome because I was looking for one like this for months now. It's perfect, thank you!

[@smerci]

Mai Yoneyama is literally a god. Glad you chose her as your next study.

[@ZZEN-0]

i want to say how i apprecitate that you update your brushes, one time purchase. Forever greatful and fan

[@jjuanguevara1]

That was definitely way better then first attempt. Just simply amazing!!

[@finallegend5]

Why can’t I like twice on the same video! Always inspiring!

[@IlkaTheCheetah]

I'd love to see more of this series, ive learned a lot of new things to implement on my works just based off the two episodes you've done. Thank you very much Marc, keep up the good work :)

[@kaithomson8757]

This video is so high quality, felt like a film PLEASE continue this series!

[@madsquerl_]

As someone who has been watching you for years. I loved this

[@Artemissia]

I love this ALOT!!! I definitely want to learn more Asian artist's secrets. Your study came out beautiful!!! You helped me learn more about how to approach my own art as well.

[@italiacervantes5874]

I suggest that you should study aida iro's style next! They have intreseting lineart and great use of a focal point!

[@johnharrisjr.351]

Yes. More please. I appreciate your extra effort for this new direction. It’s really incredible stuff

[@animutung]

This is such incredible Content. I love watching art studies. But the way you break down everything is very very informative

[@zuzu.soltys]

I've just seen an interview with her and this video came out in the perfect time😍! I truly admire her for her ability to convey gesture/movements( your points about her style really helped!😍)

[@BreezyDefrag]

I really love these kinds of videos because it teaches someone like me how an artist 'steals' from other artists. I've heard the 'masterclass' type thing but I never really knew how to pursue actually practicing these types of things... So thank you and I would gladly love to watch more breakdowns of some amazing artists.

[@GeijutsuXP]

I'd love to see more of copying famous artists for studies and deep learning. Love it!! Love your breakdown, so useful!

[@OneeUp1]

This is my favorite series of yours, definitely keep going this

[@zimrahin64]

This is becoming one of my favourite video series !

[@DjentleVoicesInMe]

I love these because its a great watch, I'm learning, You're learning. At the end it'll benefit you and the students!

[@pulsetone]

I love seeiong you break down an artist. Your teaching skills really are on full display here. Also, the piece is georgeous. There's this artist, Kenji Loo, being a perfect mix of Shinkawa and Amano...

[@ste4mzmylastname701]

Look how much you got from this. This is so much more interesting to watch.

[@serudoon]

I love this series, it's amazing to see you break down other artist's techniques. My suggestion for next video is wooperfuri!