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It has been a great honour to be offering workshops and discussing art with fellow artists at Syn Studio's Gathering of the Masters 2017! Looking forward to Mondays Workshop!
- Samantha
Conversation with the masters panel: Left to right - Matt Rhodes, Samantha Youssef, Ian McQue, Karla Ortiz, Anthony Walsh (MODERATING) , Rasmus Poulsen, Nivanh Chanthara, Raphael Lacoste
Samantha Youssef will be teaching a figure drawing workshop for concept artists at Syn Studio's Gathering of the Masters 2017! It's going to be a great event! You can read more about it here.
Art Models are releasing their tenth book compilation, Art Models 10.
It has a great variety of poses; from classical poses, character & performance oriented poses, dynamic poses, a selection of hand & feet references and portrait shots. After seeing the book, the selection of poses in this collection is inspiring.
There are also some of the poses from the photo shoot I had the opportunity to direct for The Youssef Drawing Syllabus: Movement & Form!
As figurative or character artists, it's essential to study the human figure from life. Nothing replaces that experience. However as access to a studio space with a model can be difficult or not always accessible at every hour of the day, Art Models has provided the absolute best resource I have come across that comes as close to being in a live studio as you can achieve.
Every pose they photograph is available digitally with a full 360 rotation from their custom studio, which is built to photograph the model at every angle so that you can turn the pose around and get a real sense of how it works, recreating the opportunities that only being in a studio space can afford you.
Adding to that, their models are incredible, the photography and lighting is beautiful.
Their latest book offers a great variety and samples of their work, and for the full library, you can visit them on Posespace.com!
- Samantha Youssef
Artistic Director, Studio Technique
Had a great time at the CTN expo this year! As always it's wonderful to see friends and fellow artists. Thank you everyone who came by! It was great to meet new people, and especially wonderful to have so many people come by and share what they loved about Movement & Form! Thank you so much!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at CTN next week! Come by and visit the Studio Technique table! Copies of Movement & Form will be available as well as book signing!
Come say hi at Table T-138!
Still globetrotting via Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, London and Stockholm! There have been lot's of masterclasses focusing on The Youssef Drawing Syllabus: Movement & Form and artistic training taking place. It's been a while since we have shared what has been happening at Studio Technique, but here is a little post of a recent trip!
I have recently returned to Stockholm at King studios. Had a great time teaching a masterclass there! I also was able to experience their famous forrest!
I also had the opportunity to teach workshops at the local schools and colleges. The students are so passionate and have such a great approach to learning. Here are some pictures of the amazing students at Xenter:
A great treat was joining Johan and Veronica, artists and animators from Cinematic Studios in Stockholm, at the ballet! The theatre was amazing! Stockholm is always a wonderful place to visit!
- Samantha
Its been a while since I've posted an update! There has been a lot of travel to go to different studios that have been requesting the Artistic Training Program and masterclasses focusing around the content in The Youssef Drawing Syllabus: Movement & Form. Here are some pictures from Vancouver, Canada.
I had such a great time going to British Columbia to work with the artists at Bardel. Such a great team of talented people!
While in Vancouver, I got to stay at the lovely at the lovely Granville Island! Here are some pictures from the Vancouver studios:
Afterwards on to Kelowna, with another incredible team from Bardel!
- Samantha
Thank you Sebastien Dassault for a great time talking and inviting me to be part of the amazing Interviews with Creatives series!
- Samantha
EPISODE 15 Samantha Youssef is the Artistic Director and founder of Studio Technique. For the past 14 years, she has worked in both 2D feature films and video games for studios such as Walt Disney Animation and Ubisoft Entertainment. Some of her credited films are 'The Princess and the Frog', 'Lilo and Stitch 2' and 'Tarzan 2'. She is also a former professional ballet dancer, a published author and an educator giving lectures and workshops around the world. Camera / Interview - Sebastien Dussault Video Editing - Sebastien Dussault sebastiendussault.ca
Had a great time teaching the Dynamic Posing Workshop at Comic Con, co-hosted with Dr.Sketchy Montreal! We drew Catwoman modelled by the amazing Danielle Hubbard! Thank you to everyone who attended and made it a fun event!
- Samantha
Had a wonderful time teaching life drawing to passionate concept artists at Syn Studio's Gathering of the Masters just last weekend! I had the opportunity to meet some amazing artists, reconnect with friends and of course share a common passion of drawing!
- Samantha
TAAFI is always an incredible experience! It was a great event this year, I was able to connect with old friends and mentors, and teach a workshop in drawing with wonderfully talented and passionate animation artists! One of the best animation events out there! Looking forward to the next TAAFI!
- Samantha
