# Resources on YouTube >[!info] Collection of YouTube videos I find helpful. >[!grid|col-2] >>[!summary] [[Home]] > >>[!summary] [[Resources|Back to Resources]] --- >[!grid|col-2] > >[!missing]+   > >#### [Art Resources Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA7wBnpIlhYYaodZAvvt0bc19ARwd0eCu) > >Collection of art tutorial videos I personally like/found useful. > > > >I don't really use YouTube much if at all (other than for ambient music for my D&D table), so me adding anything more is pretty slim. > > > >|_Pros_|_Cons_| > >|-|-| > >|✦ Free|✦ Personalised to my own tastes, so not very broad| > >||✦ Not updated regularly| > > >[!missing]+   > >#### [Turtle Brownie](https://www.youtube.com/@TurtleBrownie) > >My own YouTube channel; here is where I post the videos I make for any [[QnA]] posts. I don't post anything else, though. > > > >Either a pro or a con depending on personal preference, but I don't post YouTube shorts, just regular videos. These videos also don't have any audio to them (no music, no narration, etc) because I personally always mute art videos so I can play my own music and just learnt things visually. > > > >|_Pros_|_Cons_| > >|-|-| > >|✦ Free|✦ Isn't posted to frequently| > > >[!missing]+   > >#### [Keinan Lafferty](https://www.youtube.com/@KienanLafferty/featured) > >- *Good for improvng Colours, Posing, and Rendering* > >- *Focuses on Digital Concept Art, and has a more anime-esc 'Splash Art' stylisation* > > > >An artist who posts videos on his digital art. He stopped posting at some point for about 5 years, but has started posting again weekly since March 2025. He has a huge focus on digital art, and has a much more stylised, 'anime-esc' painterly style. > > > >Personally I haven't watched his more recent ones, but I was a huge fan of the older ones when he was more regular a few years back. His videos were more targeted towards intermediate artists as opposed to beginners, teaching skills to get you from intermediate to advanced, which I really appreciated since there's very little for that. > > > >He has long videos (ranging from 30min to over an hour), which makes sense considering these are meant to be more indepth tutorials. I enjoyed his videos the most with one of his videos playing on a separate monitor/my phone, while I was chipping away at a painting on my tablet. The tutorials don't really offer specialised advice on specific artistic instances, but rather broader knowledge on diverse subjects that I found improved by art as I was drawing my own thing on the side. Feels more like 'gaining XP' as opposed to 'Levelling Up' if that makes sense. > > > >|_Pros_|_Cons_| > >|-|-| > >|✦ Weekly videos|✦ Tutorials are more Photoshop centered| > >|✦ HUGE youtube library|✦ I don't know the quality of his newer videos, but I do recommend the ones from 2020 and prior| > >|✦ Good for intermediate/advanced artists|✦ The characters he uses as examples are all/mostly very feminine in shape, so not a fantastic anatomical reference if you're looking for variation but he is excellent with colours| > >|✦ Good for concept artists/wannabe concept artists|| > >|✦ Good voice to listen to; gives off 'lecturer in art school who is just happy to be here teaching art'|| > > > >|**Recommended Videos**|%%t%%| > >|-|-| > >|[Lighting Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bVJMcsoYU&t=2694s), [Intense Lighting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJT1DSSpQHY&t=1611s)|Helped me better understand not only how to light things, but the importance of where to assign details to avoid things looking cluttered/muddy| > >|[Building Backgrounds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1D_C3Ss8Sc&t=96s)|Helped me better understand and block out backgrounds that didn't look muddy and indecisive| > >|[I am an ART THIEF!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CAlo0IU-UI&t=821s)|Good tutorial on how to use references in your art, and the proper way to 'steal like an artist'.| > >|[How to paint VIVID Colors!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8wxtKdThYE&t=1488s)|THE video that fundamentally changed the way I coloured/painted. I still use the advice from this video 7 years later lmao| > > > > >[!missing]+   > >#### [Sinix Design](https://www.youtube.com/@sinixdesign) > >- *Good for improving anatomy* > >- *Focuses on Digital Rendering and has a more stylised-realism painterly style* > > > >Sinix has a particular artstyle I admire that I can only really describe as a smoother version of the [Dishonored Artstyle](https://www.artstation.com/cedricpeyravernay) in the sense it has those clearer, more defined sections of the face with that painterly edge, but it's no where near as detailed and 'grungy'. > > > >His videos I stopped watching about 3 or 4 years ago; I stuck around for the 'Anatomy Quick Tips' videos, and when I watched all of them it was around the time he stopped really posting them (last one was 2 years ago I think?). > > > >He definitely has more of a focus on people/skin, and so you if you wanna focus on how to render those *really* well, then Sinix is good for that. > > > >His videos are more on the shorter side, the Anatomy Quick Tips being about 20min long. This means they don't go suuuper indepth, but are good if you need refreshers/want to improve what you got and go from intermediate to advanced. > > > >|_Pros_|_Cons_| > >|-|-| > >|✦ Videos are short and easily digestable on a morning commute |✦ Not super beginner friendly| > >|✦ Paintover Pals offers great insight|✦ VERY specialised; Tutorials focus mainly on rendering anatomy| > >|✦ More unconventional designs, exploring different variations and doesn't stick to just conventionally pretty/thin/young feminine characters|✦ Not a HUGE library of resources, and he isn't as active anymore| > >|✦ Good listening voice. It's very calm, not too loud or too 'YouTuber' if that makes sense. Gives 'chill lecturer in your art course' vibe in his tone.|✦ Not super beginner friendly| > > > >|**Recommended Videos**|%%t%%| > >|-|-| > >|[Anatomy Quick Tips Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflflDShjUKH4EfZyf0vuKEuqeqvlV0Qd)|I've watched pretty much everything in this playlist. These videos are the biggest reason for my recommendation for his videos.| > >|[Paintover Pals Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflflDShjUKG_c6Ty5g8U4-fVmWBQQNS9)|He had a series where people submitted him their air, and he would paint over them and provide advice. Regardless of skill level, I found his advice extremely helpful and very constructive, while keeping the integrity/original uniqueness of the original art.| > >|[Improve Your Art with Better Shadows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJkIaMECW6c&list=PLA7wBnpIlhYYurqpDBcJ5iDvqu0OBzZaD&index=19)|Fantastic at improving your shape language with shadows and details, as well as picking what colours to use.|