Book Review: The Art of Sketch Theatre Volume 1

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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