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Comic Con 2018 was another fun and fantastic workshop with the Dr. Sketchy Montreal team! Thank you to our amazing Poison Ivy model, Elle Diabloe!
Congratulations to the winners of the Dr. Sketchy Montreal contests! Thank you everyone for attending! I hope it was informative, inspiring and fun!
- Samantha
Looking forward to another year at Comicon! Hope to see you there! We will have the lovely character and burlesque performer, El Diablo, as Poison Ivy!
As well, The Youssef Drawing Syllabus: Movement & Form will be available for purchase and book signing.**
**Please bring cash for book purchases, as the wifi reception for online transactions has been inconsistent in the past. We will try, but we have found the conference centre panel areas to have bad reception.
Van Houtte shared the written interview! Thank you everyone for all your amazing support around this opportunity! You can see it via the link below:
http://www.vanhoutte.com/en/inspirations/samantha-youssef-and-crafting-imagination/
Had another fun filled drawing workshop with Dr.Sketchy Montreal at ComicCon 2017!
Thank you everyone that came to draw with us! It was wonderful to share drawing tips with such passionate artists.
I was so happy to have the chance to talk with many of you, and am overwhelmed with your positive feedback on my book, Movement & Form. Thank you for your support!
- Samantha
Studio Technique and Dr. Sketchy Montreal will be joining forces again this year to offer an exciting drawing workshop at Montreal Comic Con! It will have the fun vibe everyone loves about Dr. Sketchy Montreal and Samantha Youssef will be sharing some drawing insight for professional and amateur artists alike!
The Workshop takes place on Sunday, July 9, from 11:00-12:30.
Our model will be dressed as Britney Waters (a.k.a. Red Riding Hood) from Grimm Fairy Tales! Its going to be a fun event!
As well, copies of The Youssef Drawing Syllabus: Movement & Form will be for sale and Samantha will be available for book signings!
It has been an interesting time discussing art and industry 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
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
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
Join us for a Dynamic Posing Workshop this weekend in collaboration with Dr. Sketchy Montreal! The session will be held on Saturday, July 9, from 6:15pm to 8:15pm at the Montreal Comiccon . The workshop is free for all who have access to the site, and don't forget your sketchbook!
As well, copies of The Youssef Drawing Syllabus: Movement & Form will be available for sale and signing at the event!
Samantha Youssef will be giving a drawing for animation Masterclass at TAAFI this month in Toronto. Hope to see you there! For more information, please visit the TAAFI site.
Happy Leap Year! It's fitting that we share Syn Studio's 29th Podcast featuring Samantha Youssef. There's a great discussion on drawing, artistic training, lots of laughs and a couple Star Wars spoilers as well!
I have recently returned from having such a great time talking about drawing, posing, and animation at Seneca College, Humber College, and Sheridan College. Thank you so much to the faculty who invited me to participate and talk about my drawing syllabus and my book, Movement & Form. It was wonderful to see my past teachers who have been so influential to me, old students of mine and as well new friends and artists. More photos to come soon!
- Samantha
