Analyzing and Copying an Art Style with Esben Rasmussen

Learn one method for how to analyze and apply another artist’s style to your own work. Esben Rasmussen teaches you the thought process of how he samples the style of JC Leyendecker and then shows you how to redraw a video game character in that style. This is a 2 part series with part 1 focusing on quick sketching a pose and in part 2 he’ll show you how to finish the piece by painting in that style.

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[pjlewisful]

I'm probably not the audience that you'd expect to be enjoying this video but I loved it! I'm a retired 72-year-old Hollywood makeup artist who now does portraits & fashion illustration (mostly just for my own entertainment). I'll probably never do drawing on a computer but still just found this so informative.

[Cooper_the_Wizard]

I love Esben’s outlook and approach. Starting with analysis, taking notes, creating a solid plan for a foundation, using references, immersing himself in the feeling of the art, then analyzing more critically. Great methodology as well as embracing the mistakes to move forward testing ideas.

[alliu]

Leyendecker is such a legend, his work inspires so much of modern illustration, often without the artists even realizing it. He’s really an icon and a legend

[hoonterofhoonters]

This is going to be good. I've always wondered how artists achieve certain effects. Specifically imitations of brushstrokes and texture added into digital art. That fascinates me.

[cdscissor]

What the heck, I was literally trying to copy Hesse's Sonic design just a minute ago! This video's gonna be useful.

[SansPur]

@14:05 Esben touches on the difficulty of marrying an American painting style with Korean facial features. As a Korean-American myself, I'm here to let everyone know this is possible. I mean, if my parents could could do it, then you got this!

[ascoresdalua]

I felt so happy seeing CL in the reference board :')

Also, amazing video! I've been struggling a bit with translating the reference into my art and I think this is very helpful

[apaleguy]

It's so funny I've seen this style so many times but I never knew who it was and never even learned about him in all the art history classes I took. I know Norman Rockwell but I've seen people use Leyendecker's style for years and years now. Really glad this exists been dying to paint like this.

[YakultEnjoyer]

""When you're drawing/painting make sound effects""

I've heard this from 80% of the visual artists i watch, i tought it was a joke but it seems to be something we should do.


Me trying it out: dying animal sounds

[eissanasser]

Guys for all of the people saying his style is not Leyendecker, he is not trying to copy Leyendecker's style, to begin with, he uses him as a reference on how to approach shape design, silhouette, 3 dimensionality, and mainly how to stylize realism. your style doesn't need to be exactly like the artist you get inspired from unless you want to.

plus if you went to his instgram you can find some artworks where he intentionally copies/studies Leyendecker paintings onto league of legends champions

[giulyanoviniciussanssilva]

This added to the knowledge of Proko is enough to be a designer, empowered to draw whatever you want..

[AlecSorensen]

This is great! Too often, drawing is reduced to tips... but seeing the artist's whole process from ideation, to reference, to experimentation is awesome!

[Simon-ethu]

I find Esben very approchable and I like his approach. But! Big but. I like him even more now that I know sound effects are a part of his workflow :D

[kencoleman]

I went to a museum in Newport, Rhode Island where they had paintings from both Leyendecker brothers. In addition to Parrish, Harrison Fisher, Rockwell, Pyle, and other illustrators. Though, I've grown up around a lot of Sargent pieces, I often look elsewhere for my favorite impressionists. Renoir, Monet, and someone the old school impressionists. Then, Aragones, the Garmashes, Razumovskaya, Pino Daeni, and bunch of the contemporary romantic impressionists (given or take a few decades, because Aragones was a Barcelona contemporary of Dali's). Then there's Petrov who literally animates oil paint impressionism.

[mawudekadaniel]

"I'll embrace the mistakes that will come along the way and fix the one that i can" thank you🙏🏾❤️

[kellkatze]

20:10 Wow, that before and after! It’s such a small thing but it really changes the whole sketch. Definitely gonna start using the liquify tool more :)

[drxgxn]

I love CL,
I love art, so I'm here

[shadowyes]

Yes finally a video about leyendecker's art style

[drawingfandome]

Thank you for this video I definitely need to watch a lot more of your videos when I have time so I can really level up my art as your teaching some next level stuff!

Most art videos on here teach the basics but your one of few that goes beyond the basics to teach how to really make your art look professional and more 3D!

And I’m glad you manage to do so well also teaching stylization bc imo anyone can make a realistic and well done copy of life drawing but the hard part as an artist is to take all the things that make a still life or copy of a reference look good when going to stylize art or draw an original character

[alppatuk]

Esben is art goals. The guy is a freekin’ wizard.