Cartoon Sketch - YouTube Video Test

A short film of Canadian cartoonist, Mike Cope, sketching a cartoon character at his drawing board.

FROM THE CARTOONIST:

Welcome to my second YouTube video!

In this short film, you get a behind-the-scenes peak at me working at my drawing board in my cartoon studio. Please note that this video was created more as an experiment for me to test the possibilities of recording shorts specifically for YouTube, so it's intentionally presented in black & white, but I still hope that you find it enjoyable!

In the first part, I sketch a cartoon character in real-time using a regular HB pencil. Usually, I draw using a 2H pencil, but I found that its lead was too difficult to see on camera because I sketch so lightly. That said, this video will still give you an idea as to what one of my "rough" pencil sketches looks like before I ink it with a dip-pen and brush.

The video ends with a 7-second teaser of me colouring one of my magazine gag cartoons in Adobe Photoshop CS3. This segment was sped up about 200% or more ... I work fast, but not THAT fast!

In up-coming videos, I intend to share more about my cartooning process, so any questions or feedback would be much appreciated.

Stay TOONed!

© 2008 Mike Cope - COPETOONS.COM

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Canadian
• Cartoonist
• Mike
• Cope
• Cartooning
• Lesson
• Drawing
• Board
• Pencil
• Sketch
• Colouring
• Adobe
• Photoshop
• Tutorial

[Gh0stBlade]

STUPID MUSIC GRRR *CLICKS OFF*

[TheVanilleFan]

how did you film like that?



[jtpruzz]

you rock man

[arneduym]

@dutchmouse

watch my cartoon video's ^^

[dutchmouse]

Always love to see fellow 'toonists do their thing on here. :D

[MarieAngel95]

you make me wanna draw :3 I Love drawing too.

[Renkiral]

i agree

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Cool. I like watching the hand motions and the artist's grip on the pencil. Videos like this are much more useful for instruction purposes than watching people do digital drawings on their computers.

[gitarfan1995]

nice

[mopasangvalath]

it is intersting to watch tht an image coming out in funny lines. inspiring too. congrats!