life changing books

[@ChromaMoma]

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[@seaweedstache1501]

The Art of Nausicaä and Castle in the Sky were my biggest inspirations :) those books are awesome!

[@arcadiaclass9812]

I don't have many art books quite yet, I've only recently started drawing semi-consistently. The videos on this channel, however, really inspired me to get going and build better habits for my art.

[@ChromaMoma]

That's great!

[@KatsoGoGo]

Seeing another artist who has inkwork artbook got me flabbergasted

[@satireamme]

The series Blame! seriously influenced all of my drawings, and then I found "Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life " and I felt like my art drastically improved, literally the perfect art book in my opinion. Art really changes people, sometimes just seeing a few little cool things will change someone.

[@betchongus8569]

the electric state by Simon Stalenhag, KJG 2011 and 2022 sketchbook collections, greg simkins drawn 2 well, cyberpunk 2077 artbook, rembert montalds figured out and alberto ruizs line and mass. i have no idea what im doing. im drwaing in green ink and a twsbi eco with and EF nib. but i do realise now that just share the love of drawing. thats why i bought them. and i guess that's why i found your channel inspiring. you talk about your experience and how it influenced you to continue on and you find out that you can also inspire others. which is the beauty of it. i dont intend to become a professional artist but here I am. listening. inspired. and now im going to pick a my pen and draw.

[@DAconfusedZED]

Art is important because when we connect to it, we don't feel alone. Someone has created the feeling you feel. Great video!

[@ChromaMoma]

So true!

[@Nyte_Myst]

I got a battered copy of You Can Draw Transformers by Simon Furman back when I was 12, and that book singlehandedly started my art journey. I would not be where I am today without it, and I've since bought a new copy, but the original lives in my archives... 15 years later. And we show no signs of stopping.

[@Mjumiman]

I loved "Manwatching - A Field Guide to Human Behaviour" for how it changed my perspective on humanity and made me more observant to all the little movements, expressions and behaviours I previously took for granted. We are beautiful, complicated animals.

[@ferretart]

Some of my decent books from this year which I love Dune part I & II Hockney Published by Taschen Gustav Klimt Landscapes Books that I think you should check out! Anything by Jake Parker (If you don't already have one) Harry Clarke - an imaginative and genius in illustrations and Stained Glass Art by Hiroshi Unno. The book's in Japanese so I can't read it (not that it matters, I'm Irish and already VERY familiar with Clarkes work) but it's not surprising his work is popular in Japan The History of Space exploration - it's not an artbook, but still really cool with lots of diagrams and interesting stuff in it!

[@peucev8166]

color and light by james gurney and design drawing by francis d.k. ching are both pretty good. design drawing has a bunch of exercises too!

[@JimbO_o.]

Ive been collecting Art books for a long time, some of my absolute favourites are: Any of the Kim Jung Gi Sketchbooks The big Kopinski - Karl Kopinski Wonderland - Nanaco Yashiro Dragon Girl & Monkey King- Katsuya Terada The Monster Art of Basil Gogos Art of Frazetta Skateboard Art of Jim Phillips Inks, Drinks and Ratfinks - Shaun Dickinson Fun with a pencil by Andrew Loomis

[@ChromaMoma]

Great picks all round! I love Basil Gogos

[@JimbO_o.]

@@ChromaMoma Love your videos, particularly videos about technique, ways of practicing and advice etc. I’ve been in a nightmare of a creative drought for a long long time now, even more so with life responsibilities, but for a little while I was able to go from drawing next to nothing anymore to filling up two sketchbooks, your influence played a big role in that, always looking forward to your uploads ✌🏻

[@CloudyCamera785]

Actually a art book was what got me into drawing, it was one of Norman Rockwells paintings and sketches.

[@konamax9]

Skydoll from Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa. I would say that is my North Star. I absolutely love this story and artwork. I have never seen another graphic novel as polished and as beautiful as that.

[@stroodledoodles]

Pretty sure it was the Dragonology books that got me interested in drawing as a kid, as for proper artbooks the first ones I ever got were The Art of Tangled and The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts so they hold a special place in my heart :)

[@ChromaMoma]

Interesting!

[@bismargelearning]

I recently bought 2 books of the Sketching from imagination series. Through those I can appreciate how other artists think about their process and get inspired for my own stuff

[@ChromaMoma]

They’re fantastic books!

[@tangerinejukebox]

My first love was the Illusion of Life; Disney Animation - We bought it some time in the 90’s and my three sisters and I used it as reference daily to the point where pages fell out of the spine. A few years ago, I bought myself a new copy, as I live halfway across the world from our original, and it was such a joy to browse again. I don’t draw in that style at all, but it feels like home.

[@ChromaMoma]

That's a great book. Can't go wrong with a classic :)

[@mrssirens]

Same chroma, I was the only one in my entire graphic design program of four years that had any interest in concept work or painting, no one else could really even really draw. So I get what you mean by isolating experience.

[@HuangLin-bm1oo]

I'm currently enrolled in Illustration for university. What they like to draw isn't what I like, so it's hard to be inspired by people around me. And they also seem to lack that passion for art, so I can only turn to people on KZbin (Bobby Chiu being the main person), artbooks, podcasts to fuel my own passion

[@Standbackforscience]

Giger's Necronomicon. I saw it for the first time in the early 90's when I just started uni, and it rocked my world.

[@taika1795]

I have a strange one, my mom saw in a charity store a game collectors item box. She had no idea what the game was or even what it was really, just thought it looked really cool and thought of me! Turns out in it was Dr. Catherine Halsey Halo Diary. I love that book so much, I even decided to learn bookbinding to try and make my own one. This was at least 5 years ago and everytime I look at that book I feel inspired. It's the story, the sketches and the little bits and pieces tucked at the back of it. You really get the feel and emotion of the Halo world. It was so much time and effort to create something like that and I just really feel it.

[@ChromaMoma]

Wow that is a strange one! I had no idea they made something like that.

[@warboats]

Nice one, its always interesting going thru another artists bookshelf! ive got an artbook by vania zouravliov whose inkdrawings are second to none imo also got saeki toshio's onikage (eroguro, dont look it up), harry clarke's edgar allen poe illustrations (very under appreciated artist) and a book of jan saudek's photography - all early influences for me. i saw someone mention BLAME! by Tsutomu Nihei, that and Dorehedoro by Q Hayashoda (i think she was kind of nihei's protigie) are probably my favourite mangas ive read and everyone should read them. good vid!

[@silentobserver888]

Love his content! Love the aesthetics, and the work he does!

[@AJKat-bu9sq]

I recently bought the book Inkworks and it is very helpful

[@TinsTins]

R crumbs sketchbooks are the ones i always come back to

[@max.draw.box.]

Yes, same here! His line work is so beautiful.

[@ananya9385]

Please make a part two! I wanna learn story writing and boarding but I could not find any help

[@gago8]

Mechas and ordinary life in 19th c.: Jakub Różalski 2018 Howling at the Moon. ‎ ArtStation Media. For clarity of explanation of complex subjects (geology, evolution): Jerome Wyckoff 1967 Secrets of the Earth. Paul Hamlyn for Golden Pleasure Books, Ltd. (illustrated by: William Sayles, Harry McNaught, Raymond Perlman [author of Hellboy]). For micro-worlds of gardening: Wickham Cynthia 1979 The houseplant book : a complete guide to creative indoor gardening.

[@MasqueArt]

I love LMS, I got like the 4th print, because the earlier version I was unable to get a paypall or order to EU. But man, what a heavy book, 30x40cm or so and 3.4 kg. For some time, they were even worth €1000 on e-bay.

[@chaosmalefic]

Noted. Inkworks looks interesting

[@hafiz2664]

Anything from Katsuhiro Otomo is a must have on any artist’s shelf.

[@ChromaMoma]

4 books and counting for me

[@liamthresher2183]

my fav is a childrens book called: a day on the river, by Reinhard Michl. Its short and sweet but never fails to inspire me Thanks for another video mate!

[@ChromaMoma]

Love that!

[@Quagaamon]

There was this pokemon handbook I borrowed, one day my mom caught me tracing Umbreon and asked my why I was doing it. I didn't have an answer for her, and that lack of an answer started my journey. That slight disappointment stopped me from tracing art and I began to learn how to draw.

[@azert1224]

Personaly it’s « Guillermo del Toro Cabinet of curiosity » and the incredible manga « Nausicaä of the valley of the wind »

[@ChromaMoma]

Yes I love those!

[@DemolisherDeni]

Such a lovely video, I feel so relaxed and inspired. Thank you!

[@dauntlessoperator41]

Man, 1st off...banger of a video! 2nd...I have to many inspirational art books to list. Ealry art tutorial was Bridgeman, earliest art "Of" book; was "The Art of Halo"

[@ChromaMoma]

Fantastic!

[@undekagon2264]

the mustard seed garden, I got to know about the book whenI was around 14 I think

[@thegreathowdini]

Thanks for the video, I’m ordering inkworks now after watching you.

[@champleague0227]

Imaginative realism: how to paint what doesn’t exist by James Gurney is a great book for learning to draw from imagination!

[@ChromaMoma]

James Gurney is great!

[@MoonDoggie]

A Sky Longing for Memories (makoto shinkai), my copy is getting so beat up from how often i open it up/have it open on my desk just wondering too if doug chiang is on your radar?? fell in love with his art/his career story recently

[@ChromaMoma]

I love Doug Chiang. I have a 1st edition copy of Robota. What about you?

[@MoonDoggie]

@@ChromaMoma oh that’s dope!! Nah I don’t own any yet, but a couple of his are on my list

[@ChantelleArts]

oooh that pixar book looks so cool! I have the frozen 2 one that I love absolutely love, the disney ones are awesome too ❤

[@ChromaMoma]

The Art of Frozen 1 is really good too!

[@ChantelleArts]

@@ChromaMoma I’ll have to look into that one! Encanto is on my list too ☺️

[@baked-beans6474]

love your videos so much kenn

[@redmazel]

ayo always a joy to see david foster wallace

[@Mimr3D]

yaaay more artbook videos my favorite

[@Ufo757]

Faeries by Brian Froud & Alan Lee

[@WilliamsSketchbook]

Studio Ghibli books are so inspiring

[@max.draw.box.]

Thanks for another great video. ❤

[@ChromaMoma]

Thanks for watching!

[@RealFreakishGaming]

Okay, so, I started drawing as a way of trying to replicate the styles of my favorite anime as a kid: Dragon Ball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, and, most importantly, Death Note.

[@asinussum]

I see Anime Architecture and Electric State in your shelf 0.0 good stuff!

[@plantmerderer4983]

Great video, was nice to watch

[@ChromaMoma]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@levelNeroZero]

Manga is the type of books i have 😆 My Hero Academia style is calculated in intriguing ways a whole breed of west comic and manga style One Piece has the most consistent styles i’ve seen despite all of it’s fluidity Jujutsu Kaisen is weird brushballpen vibes just going with the flow and vibes of the story One Punch Man despite how advanced the style is, it’s like Genos always evolving and changing and still somehow loyal Jigokuraku the most looose pen drawings i’ve seen that works well I thought I was watching anime but realized I was just reading a manga

[@ChromaMoma]

Yes! I love my Otomo volumes.

[@naruomi9477]

Me seeing the spirited away art book yesterday and not buying it. 💀😢

[@ChromaMoma]

O no

[@adriancruz7269]

In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

[@ChromaMoma]

A man of culture

[@my2danimations478]

framed ink

[@ChromaMoma]

great pick!

[@uranusouji9703]

damn so many books, many I had on my wishlist,,, show off 😔

[@robnip3742]

Casualy owning Genga 💅

[@ChromaMoma]

it's a good book whatcanisay ☕

[@robnip3742]

@@ChromaMoma I just desperatley want it hahaha

[@T-One378]

You are that book for me

[@MilkweedTheif]

What is your opinion on ai

[@MangakaLOL101]

Your name novel.

[@arillshukla9656]

first

[@moonrabbit7927]

nuh uh

[@granitebanana892]

2 minutes only 2 comments bro fell off

[@moonrabbit7927]

19 seocns no coment bro fell off