Yoji Shikawa drawing Solid Snake

[@RadioactiveGoose]

goddamn. He doesn't even block out his stuff.. He just visions the lines and draws them exactly where they need to be. Really unorthodox but incredible nontheless.

[@sameaston9587]

Yoji drawn Snake hundreds of times, if not thousands of times, and has been studying art longer than some of us been alive. He could draw Snake in his sleep.

[@skgb75]

All about repetition here

[@GamingPenis]

wanted to say the same thing lol

[@ramaSwamp]

It's called "free hand". Nothing new, but always amazing to see.

[@RetroIsaac]

It's actually not as hard as you think. Not to say its easy or that I'm on his level, far from it but essentially, you just draw what think is right with loose scribbles. It should be a relaxing drawing.

[@franklinturtleton6525]

It always looks like he's gone fucking crazy and starts scribbling randomly but then you see it made into this beautiful, whispy masterpiece, like it's made out of smoke. And he just does it like he's making breakfast.

[@blackyonbi]

"But yoji, what about drawing a base skeleton?" I said "fuck that, give me the corrector and ink" said yoji. then solids and liquids were created....

[@cosmiclounge]

If you have ADHD, this is the only way.

[@ajud24]

The confidence he has on every trace. It's just inspiring

[@GameArts1]

This! The way he moves the hand is just beyond next level.

[@aza.ak1ra]

Ladies and gentlemen, if anyone ever thought that it has anything to do with brushes he uses or any gift he was born with it, I have to dissapoint you: IT'S PURE PRACTICE. Thousands and thoooousands of hours of practice.

[@aza.ak1ra]

This drawing took him 10 minutes, but it took him 30 years to draw like this :)

[@aza.ak1ra]

Mack Ayache So start drawing today :) hit me up on facebook if you want some tips

[@TalimIngi]

I agree! If you wanna give birth to ideas on your head (images) you gotta practice and practice and practice. No matter if you just don't make "much advance" per day. Every time you dedicate to it will help you out and in the future you'll be able to create everything that comes from your mind... but of course, never stop practicing.

[@kingtvco1996]

thats some positive shit right there my G Respec

[@HannesRadke]

Even if you have no talent. You can catch up by practicing EVEN MORE!

[@ah2528]

"You're pretty good."

[@shaun_akroim855]

LIQUIIIIIIID!

[@MirandaTheInkling34]

​@@shaun_akroim855SNAKKEEE!

[@agallagher5936]

Scribble scribble scribble... FACE... Scribble scribble scribble.. GUN Scribble scribble scribble.... MASSIVE FACE in the background Scribble scribble ... A MASTERPIECE... This guy is amazeballs!!!

[@greyarea6688]

By far the best use of a brush pen is that of Yoji Shinkawa. Many times I am presented with pieces drawn using the brush pen that lack the same wonderful use of the pens unique properties. Shinkawa obtains many wonderful textures, tones and even shading from one instrument. Many artists simply use this pen to outline illustrations and never realise the tools full potential.

[@aeysop6504]

KIM JUNG Gi is pretty good.

[@leftyfourguns]

This is the first time I seen someone draw with a brush pen. I think it really contributes to his unique style

[@blueenigma7178]

leftyfourguns I love using brushpen. But I never thought about using his style. I might just draw Akuma from Street Fighter with it

[@unstoppableExodia]

Yeah from what I can gather the brushpen is a popular inking tool for manga artists however they use it mainly for inking large black shapes while Shinkawa-san uses it very differently and deftly to his credit.

[@ejejejej5]

yall better look at kim jung gi

[@TNA-Aylin]

Eredon Kim Jung ji (most of the time) mainly uses brush pen due to the scale of his larger inks whereas yoji incorporates the variety in shapes as to portray characters without nessiserly useing full detail unlike Kim Jung Jim who uses Mictiulus amounts of detail

[@smitherzlegrande4654]

Kim Jung Gi is the best I’ve ever seen with a brush pen. Insane technique

[@aceman1858]

I've watched this at least 5 times and I'm blown away each time. Shinkawa is hands down my favorite artist

[@alucardxx142]

Dustin Matos well mate, I love his artwork and have practiced, I think I almost can recreate every masterpiece he's done

[@aceman1858]

@@TheArtOfMind I ended up buying both the MGS 1 art book and MGS 2, and just marveled at them for days lol. These days a fair amount of instagram based artists really put a run for top spot (parkjinsuky is an incredible example of this I recommend checking him out), I'd say he's still in my top 2 or 3. The thing that impresses me most about Shinkawa is that I never really see him lay a light pencil sketch down first, he just commits and makes beautiful art, and that makes me really respect him.

[@ArtofTZU]

This is my 80-++ th time watching this video.... and have done countless studies on his technique. It's one thing if & when one can achieve his strokes, it's another to know his thought & design process.... the designs he has done on the characters, mechas, vehicles etc. Not only is he a good artist, but an amazing designer as well.

[@WickedJ133]

It's so messy but clear at the same time and it doesn't look like just a sketch, I don't know how he does it.

[@Robin-dr5zp]

Practice

[@YMeDoyElLujazo]

How I practice

[@sklirostipas6538]

except the years of practice he's drawing freely that gives the drawing a kind of movement

[@FabricioGarcia232]

Mr. Shinkawa is really an inspiration, he draws amazing!

[@armyghy]

I always loved his artwork. There was something about it back in the 90's which fascinated me - all the concept art resembled how everything looked through a security camera, which was incredibly fitting considering it's a sneaky sneak game.

[@Grayfoxj]

Favorite artist in game industry by far.

[@mvgeese]

He's in his own class

[@offworldcomix]

I love how pencil is just another art material for him and not something that needs to be erased, it gives tone and depth to the final drawing

[@PhillipP93]

From looking at his work, he seems to be influenced heavily by how a fine artist approaches a canvas. He's not worried about what he's supposed to be drawing, he's more concerned about the lines and shapes that compose of what he's supposed to be drawing.

[@mattymclaughlin5900]

Yeah but how do you draw if you don’t know what it is you’re drawing

[@PhillipP93]

@@mattymclaughlin5900 You can know what it is that you want to draw, but in his case, he's focusing on creating the forms that will shape into the thing he's trying to draw. It comes from practice and experience. For example, when he drew Snake's nose, he quickly sketched a few general lines, and a big bold shadow, and we could instantly identify it as a nose, even though he didn't construct everything.

[@CJValo]

Just.....godlike.

[@ZebIsSporadic]

I don't know what is stronger, my adoration of Shinkawa's style or my envy of Shinkawa's style.

[@zfv3336]

Those kind of strokes probably stem from Japanese calligraphy, considering the kind of pen he's using. Love his art.

[@ryuzxa]

I feel like his art style are just bunch of signatures, like you can see he looks like hes writing on some of it which is pretty awesome

[@KitsuneAmy]

God, I'd love to have a signed copy of that...

[@PeanutButterAndJellyBros]

this art right here alone is worth thousands of dollars.

[@tovmusic]

He’s always been one of my biggest influences for illustration

[@soliduschocobo9732]

Yoji Shinkawa's art is always impressive and unique.

[@goob8945]

every single piece of art from this guy is crazy.

[@MrMetalbeast123]

It takes real talent to draw this type of stuff with ink and no pencils. I prefer to have a sketched out guideline before using ink. I'm jealous of this awesomeness.

[@Tobazhniazhi]

I'm happy someone cheered at the end. That was impressive. Best 12 minutes I've spent.

[@yamchaisdead7699]

Just one of the many things that makes Metal Gear so unique and awesome. The art is always amazing

[@isoito5927]

its incredible how a garbled mess of ink stains suddenly turn into Solid Snake

[@jklaw20]

Truly one of a kind, untouchable.

[@Kazuhira2249]

looks so simple but so detailed at the same time so messy but so clear i love his works

[@youreprettygood9151]

Wish I could draw that. I would have a fangasm if I could.

[@WingZero1828]

holy hell shinkawa is a fucking wizard

[@WTFmomentGaming]

His art style is crazy!

[@RC-go2kl]

Really nice use of gesture line drawing

[@joeofmacabre07]

Does this guy ever made a metal gear comic book..his style was so original and awesome

[@FantasyCourier]

nope but ashley wood did, the one who made peace walkers comic bookish cutscene

[@PazioArts]

thanks for that information. I like the Style.

[@sengiko]

This is what makes this game’s art style so unique, he can do it perfectly

[@loganamir]

Tank hangar theme goes nice wth this drawing scene

[@FernandoMorales-kv6kf]

he's such a MAD DOG with the pen!!!! i admire him so much!!!

[@Rockcroc2000Rm1wE3erWmNfkL]

Best porn EVER!

[@borankaradeniz266]

Best comment ever

[@erob9446]

porn has a different meaning years ago

[@douglascueva]

Brilliant! He has a great sense of the planes, drawing what is not then, contour lines, and amazing use of mixed media.

[@Deshoda100]

i love Shinkawa's art style. incredible to look at, mind blowing how he does it

[@Lyzokiel]

This is truly Godlike...Inspires me so much to the point I wanna draw just draw... I may not be able to replicate but I could atleast adapt and evolve.

[@pauloliva8858]

I think I just found my favourite artist

[@double-og4570]

Yoji Shinkawa art style is second to none, simply beautiful

[@cardboardjase248]

When Yoji sketches, he reminds me of those artists who paint gibberish upside down, then turn it the right way up and it's suddenly a masterpiece. I have no idea what he's doing - then it just takes shape xD perfect

[@wontonloogie]

this guy is amazing. the shapes that he creates off the top of his head are very impressive

[@civil_tof0]

Beautifully Drawn

[@melbee322]

He is the best concept artist ever

[@SurvivalHorrorMaster]

OHHH SHIT...! I HAVE THE SAME CORRECTION PEN AS MR. SHINKAWA~ :D

[@Scharlison]

Name pls?

[@solidottsel1821]

Thank you for uploading this. Yoji Shinkawa's art always amazes me

[@solidusgnorc6663]

Thank you for uploading this video. Yoji Shinkawa is my favorite artist.

[@gnastyottsel4549]

Thanks for uploading this. Love Shinkawa's art style

[@OGEdger]

Damn! The drawing is _solid!_

[@lhukave]

I love the art of Yoji Shinkawa !!!

[@chrismhp]

Amazing, unique style.It's always a joy to see a talent at work :)

[@Alvinladen]

a masterpiece in just 12minutes. great!

[@MushiMGO]

I just laugh along with them so I don't feel left out.

[@Gimmieballantinesine]

this is the fuckin coolest thing ive ever seen

[@warrenanderson6155]

its like his thinking 1 million different things at once

[@ginnakv4929]

It’s cool how he does this without reference or the skeleton base.

[@righteousone3987]

Salute much respect he's gifted

[@normal1118]

Absolute beauty

[@minimefilms]

so cool

[@Sumunuhriginal]

Hideo kojima should make a Mgs game cell shaded in a Japanese art style way :D

[@pwnshhhop51]

Too late for that. :-(

[@SaltedMallows]

Uhh, Hello Metal Gear Acid

[@AmazingFrenchman]

Actually they did some testing with this art style prior to MGS2, you can see few models in the PS2 Game/Interactive Making of The Documents of MGS2.

[@rdeandajr.4856]

Ive been waiting long..but your pretty good!

[@TheSetsky]

Ce Yoki Shinkawa...quel artiste...MAIS QUEL ARTISTE !!!

[@TheCrimsonCat89]

drawing with brush pens is SOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun. The micron brush pens also work very well too. If you are detail oriented like myself, faber castell and copic have a small sized brush pen, and a standard big or medium size brush pen.

[@ГенаПрядкин]

У Еджи отличная техника, стилизация работ особенно завораживает.

[@erikmariano7154]

He in 10 minutes draw this. I in 10 min. Draw a line.

[@shanalcaraz1037]

Oh fuck, i just notices that by your comment :s, only ten minutes! Took me 2 hours to do something complety mediocre in comparation XD

[@thenabj5905]

@I draw kpop idols as furry help that sounds reasonable enough, manga drawings have a lot of panels and abstract shot compositions and movements needed, this was simply a character sketch. I'd say you're really fast at drawing if it takes you less than a day to do it :D

[@jordan111141]

Incredible.

[@Magnitude94]

Fantastic!

[@ricesnot]

The marks are going where they were always meant to be

[@WesleyHarper101]

I love Yoji's artwork

[@beedykh2235]

Amazing!

[@meraaa12]

إبداع قسم بالله

[@kokeda06_71]

まじ、リスペクトっす。

[@Hadz00ks]

un régal

[@ArtofTZU]

GENIUS

[@airheadkillastig2409]

GOD OF ART

[@doonglerules]

Drawing this good with a pen? HACKER

[@TheGregatron3000]

His art style reminds of classic animes from thr 90s.

[@AtheismF7W]

I AM IN AWE.

[@agnel47]

I wanna see him draw Mads Mikkleson

[@dougodude101]

Even the sketchbook looks top secret

[@AmazingFrenchman]

Shinkawa is godly!

[@pakistasikalfa]

school: you need to start from the boxy geometry shinkawa: hold my sake

[@kazuhiramiller2121]

The more you practice, the less you need it

[@pakistasikalfa]

@@kazuhiramiller2121 thanks for your opinion on a joke.

[@kazuhiramiller2121]

@@pakistasikalfa Chill out, just wanted to say

[@pakistasikalfa]

@@kazuhiramiller2121 ok

[@user-of4iy6lo7y]

感動して泣いた

[@cesarperez-cardenas97]

True art.

[@I7VCEPTION]

the envy

[@airwolfman]

Great vid. Dat PEN! Must must have it ;D. Yes, it doesn't make you awesome, but from all the art tools I've used over the last two decades... I can't believe I'm seeing something like this. The closest I ever used was the one that has water in the minitank like this one. Holy crap. Tomorrow I'm heading to the art store - MSG music a-playin'.

[@razgrizace8720]

I'd kill for this drawing

[@edobroun]

頭おかしいんとちゃうか？（褒め言葉）

[@RenUnderscore]

i give up, i am never drawing as good as him

[@FlavourFR]

you will never draw as good as him if you give up, good things take time, give them the time to live in your life or leave them forever, but its all up to you after all

[@august...4847]

It’s best the find your own rhythm, your own style of drawing. And soon enough, you’ll feel amazed on what you can do, and having the possibility of receiving praise Discovering a style begins your journey on top of the mountain. Practicing advances you up, it’s a long way up to the top. And it can leave marks on what you’ve been doing, but with determination and a reason to work is honestly as important as your work 😊

[@morbid1.]

squigle squigle bam solid snake... (＃°Д°)

[@BerkKaramal]

I Love it METL GEAR SOLID THE BEST GAME

[@MrThrashSnake]

Arigatoou!

[@desertsnake7620]

*HIM NOT EVEN SKETCHING A BASE MAKES ME BE ASHAMED AT MY OWN DRAWINGS*

[@Almighty_Mage]

He makes it look liquid easy