Sketch Theatre is a website that collects the timelapse videos of professional artists drawing. You can watch in detail their process and techniques while the music is playing in the background. You should also check out the Sketch Theatre Vimeo page.
The Art of Sketch Theatre Volume 1 features 58 artists from the website. These are artists like Aaron Sims who's art director at Stan Winston Digital, Alex Alvarez the founder of Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Dave Dorman, Terryl Whitlatch, Wayne Barlowe and more. They are from different fields such as film design, commercial illustration, video game design, print publishing, animation, fashion design, etc.
The artworks are wonderful. They are mainly paintings, with the some sketches, sculptures and even tattoo art. It's a mixture of commercial and personal works. They are printed big in this huge 240-page hardcover.
There's a mixture of lowbrow, fantasy elements and more, but mainly towards the dark side. It's things like crows in hair, ghoulish creatures, guy with one nostril and a stitched up head puffing a cigarette (on the cover), people wearing animals masks. They are mostly pretty detailed pieces of art.
It's a great artbook if you like this kind of art.
Here's the full list of artists:
Aaron Sims
Aimée Kuester
Alex Alvarez
Alvin Lee
Amy Botello
Ana Bagayan
Apricot Mantle
Axel 13
Brandi Milne
Brian Smith
Cameron Davis
Charles Hu
Chet Zar
Chris Ryniak
Christian Lorenz Scheurer
Corey Miller
Daphne Yap
Dave Dorman
Dave Hill
Fred Harper
Gene Guynn
Greg 'Craola' Simkins
Gris Grimly
Jeff McMillan
Jessica Ward
Jon Beinart
Jon Schnepp
Jordu Schell
Kali Fontecchio
Lola
Luke Chueh
Marc Gabbana
Mari Inukai
Marshall Vandruff
Meats Meier
Michael Broom
Michael Hussar
Miss Mindy
Mister Sam
Molly Crabapple
Munk One
Nat Jones
Nathan Frizzell
Nick Baxter
Nicolas Villarreal
Rick O'Brien
Ron English
S. Fisher Williams
Steven Daily
Sze Jones
Tara McPherson
Terryl Whitlatch
The Chung
Tom Baxa
Travis Louie
Wayne Barlowe
This book was borrowed from Basheer Graphic Books for review purposes. You can order the book from them. Check with Basheer on Facebook or visit their website.
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