What are you doing here... Sarah?
Yep.
Are we about to collab?
Hi, I'm Sarah Renee Clark,
and today I'm heading to Jazza's Studios for my first ever art for collaboration.
And who better to work with than one
of the most loved art YouTubers in the world?
Jazza, you went out of the lines already.
If you haven't met Jazza - he's crazy, creative, willing to take on any
challenge, and he's one of the nicest people you'll come across on YouTube.
I've been subscribed to him for years
and I'll link to his channel in the description below,
so you can go subscribe to he has over 1200 videos, over a billion views,
and 5.69 million subscribers, so I've got some catching up to do.
As you can imagine, having the opportunity to work with Jazza on one of his videos is
incredibly exciting, so I didn't want to come empty handed.
I decided to create a special tribute to Jazza's new beard in honor of his fans
and the hundreds of comments about how much it makes him look like Thor.
So the only appropriate tribute from an art channel is a piece of art.
What I wanted to put my best effort
into this picture, so that means using my best supplies.
I have just purchased a brand new set
of Caran d'Ache Luminance and Caran d'Ache Pablo pencils.
I've never used the Pablos until today,
but these are some of the best pencils in the world.
I also bought a much bigger range of the distress oxide inks from Ranger
inks because I loved using these in my previous background video,
and I have been wanting to try them again, so we'll see how they go today.
I want this drawing to be as realistic as possible,
so I'm tracing my reference image instead of drawing it freehand.
I haven't had much experience drawing people, so I don't want incorrect
proportions or little inconsistencies to ruin my final result.
I've found a picture of Thor from one of the Marvel movie posters,
but I've done a little bit of photoshopping to include Jazza in our
image, which you'll see as our picture comes together.
I want to start on the background, so I'll mask off my character with some
masking film, like I showed you the last time I used these.
Although where did I put it?
These drawers are really organized, but I have no idea where this masking film is.
I wonder if this will work.
Okay, the Cricut transfer tape kind
of works, but it's much thicker, so it's not cutting as easily.
In hindsight, I could have actually cut
this as my Cricut maker, or probably should have just used some
washi tape to mask this off, but I'm committed now.
The washi will be perfect, though, to mask the straight lines in our background.
So the distress oxide worked fantastically for the background.
Except I forgot to press record on the camera.
Sorry.
Otherwise this works quite well.
Despite my tech failings.
The background is working well and I've
pulled out my Caran d'Ache pastel pencils to add some extra colors that I didn't
quite have with the distress oxide ink pads and to make some extra touchups.
I'm not sure how well the pastel will last on this particular paper,
so I will seal this layer with some workable fixative before removing
my masking and moving on to my colored pencil
work on top. Now for the face.
And no, this is not Chris Hemsworth.
This is Jazza.
Well, I hope it looks like Jazza.
That's the plan.
The Luminance and Pablo pencils are really nice to work with together,
especially the Pablo pencils for these tiny details on the face.
This probably would have been much easier to draw if it wasn't so small because
at this scale, a tiny mistake makes a huge difference to the overall look.
I think this is actually the first time
I've drawn a face of colored pencils, so the pressure is really on.
I like it, but I'm not 100% sure this is like Jazza,
so I might come back to this with the fresh eyes later.
This picture has some very interesting
lighting and a lot of contrast, so it looks very yellow when I'm coloring
the arm without the context of the rest of the picture.
Yet at this stage I just have to trust the process.
Speaking of trusting the process,
putting my trust in Jazza for the day was an interesting experience.
We arrived on set with very little idea
of what to expect, but I came ready for anything
as long as I didn't need to bring a change of clothes.
You didn't.
I actually did. Did you?
Okay, this is spaghetti segment coming up Sorry.
Too easy, Sarah.
I should have known that collabing with Jazza would be like this.
You need to feel the pain of being
on the Jazz channel because we don't do art the normal way here we do it
in a needlessly convoluted, ambitious and stupid way.
Complicated. But its fun.
Jazza has taken on some pretty epic challenges in the past.
He's known by many for his illustration
and animation skills, but his art challenges are some of my favorite.
On YouTube, he's tried sculpting with noodles,
foam and chocolate, he's taken on robots and he's painted with Skittles.
And if that's not enough reasons to subscribe, there's this.
Hello, I am Bob the Grey.
Welcome to the joy of painting in Middleearth.
So in a way, Jazza is a superhero of the art world on YouTube.
Too far? Back to our drawing. For the cape,
I've decided to use a black pro marker as a base layer.
This will allow me to start from the dark
and build my layers from dark to light instead of the other way around,
which is something that's harder to do if I'm only using pencils.
There is a lot happening at the bottom
of this picture, so I don't have a clear plan yet as to how I'll pull this whole
look off, but I'm starting with some black dots.
I think we can work in layers and build
this up, but we'll come back to this later.
Just trust me on this,
we'll be fine.
This picture isn't the only thing I prepared for Jazza.
I wanted to make sure our collab was as memorable as possible,
so I've loaded up another surprise inside this briefcase that he did not see coming.
It's got dry ice.
What is this?
If you approach me on the street with this, I'll be very scared.
But I love your dramatic flare.
I'm sorry,
how did you do this? Amazing.
But you'll have to go watch Jazz's video
over on his channel to see the full reveal of that one.
This is where quality pencils makes a big difference, too.
Good quality pencils like these will work really well in a darker background
and allow me to build up a lot of color so I can approach this more confidently.
I'm really enjoying these pencils,
although I'm concentrating so hard that I've been holding the pencils really
tightly and with a bad grip that isn't ideal for long periods of drawing.
It's my go to grip when I get in the zone,
but I'm trying to break the habit because it does make my hands sore after a while.
Even with quality pencils like these
for the sword, I'm embracing the pencil texture.
I love the inclusion of blue, teal, and green in this part of the picture.
To balance out the warmth of everything
else, I've used a white pencil with hard pressure to create these small highlights
along the black ridges, which really adds to the realistic look as well.
The bottom of the sword disappears into our foreground at the bottom here,
so I'm just building it into a red at the moment.
So this isn't supposed to be the bloody edge that it currently looks like.
It's just the background.
I mean, the foreground, this bottom bit.
Speaking of which, let's see what we can do to bring this area to life.
I've already got some red and black here from the background layer and the black
marker, so I'm going to start by adding a layer of pencil to create a cloudiness
over the whole area, blocking out more areas between these reds and blacks.
These black dots underneath will help
to create a bit of depth, but I want to mostly cover them up at this point.
Those yellow spots I've just done will stand out as well because I've used extra
pressure, so they will indent the paper and shouldn't really allow much extra
pencil over the top, hopefully making them stand out a little bit through the fog.
I still don't have a full plan of how this part will look,
but I'm feeling more confident as I work my way through it, and I'm going to finish
it off with some red, black, and white paint pens to create a top layer
of particles that should hopefully finish off this whole effect.
I'm blending a few with my fingers to make them blurry and leaving others crisp,
and I'm kind of surprised but really happy with how this is turning out.
I've been thinking about what to include
on Jazza's belt buckle since it felt like a good opportunity to include something
symbolic of his channel, but it's also a very small area to draw
on, so Shane suggested a simple YouTube play button.
I wonder how long it will take Jazza to notice this when
we finally give it to him at his studio soon.
I seriously can't wait to see his reaction.
He's invited us to his studio, but he has no idea that I'm preparing
anything for him, let alone drawing a portrait of him as the God of Thunder.
If you've come over from Jazza's channel, please let me know in the comments now
what you think his reaction is going to be, and we'll find out in a few moments.
I'm going to put a little more work into his face because I think he's smiling
a bit too much and needs a few more shadows to match the rest of the picture.
Hopefully I haven't layered too much
already that I can still make some adjustments here.
Actually, I do think that's better now
and so we're almost done.
The lighting and colors of this shoulder really finish this piece off.
It brings such a nice balance of color.
Or maybe it's just because I like teal,
but after some final touch ups and highlights with my white gel pen,
I'm really happy with how this has turned out.
I really hope Jazza likes this.
It'll be really awkward if he doesn't like the whole Thor joke though.
It's time to head back to the studio to find out.
So we're here in Jazz studio,
and I did want to come with some special gifts as a bit of a thank you because this
is my first collab, but also just because it's a little bit of a, I guess...
Thank you for coming as well.
Now, with the first gift, I did want to think so what kind of gift
would Jazza give someone in a collab?
You've been mischievous, haven't you? A little bit.
On behalf of our friend ADC Art Attack, I got you a coffee cup.
Of course. Yeah, it's good.
You always need to stock up my rubbish supplies.
The second gift is actually more for your team.
I know that a creative person like yourself
can sometimes get a bit over ambitious with ideas.
I think sometimes the team might need a no button.
No Rob, this is not for you!
You have no idea how much I throw at him.
I can't.
No, it's not for you, Rob.
I think we need one of those for every room. All right.
Now the other thing I realized is that this isn't technically our first
collab because I made a Tik Tok video a while ago.
And you've done a video about Tik Tok videos.
Let's see. Let's give this a crack.
Here's my Frankenstein, too short pencil, and this feels pretty great.
That's actually a really good art hack.
It works really well.
This is the original.
We still have mine somewhere. So funny.
I can't believe that was you.
I actually did buy you a real one as well. Okay.
The last gift I have is a little bit of a tribute on behalf of your fans,
I guess, because everyone is loving the beard.
So we had to make sure that, Rob's losing it over in the corner.
What is that?
The only Thor toy that I could find is clean shaven.
Lightning! He's got the power of lightning.
Thank you so much.
Look, there is actually one more thing.
There is that we did in tribute to Thor.
What?
That's so cool. Sorry.
I have drawn this over the last few days.
I'm showing you, but I really want to look at it.
You've seen it.
So this is Jazza as Thor
in every video that I've watched in the last few weeks.
I think probably 50% of the comments are about the new beard
I'm going to be honest with you.
You guys get the scoop here.
It was strategic.
It was a strategic beard.
I want you to talk about it, give you something to talk about.
People are more invested in my beard than... In the rest of your channel.
Well, if I ever shave.
This will be forever.
Just to cherish this very strange period of time.
This is amazing. Thank you so much.
This is so well done, too.
And so lifelike.
It's actually the first time. This is great.
It's actually the first time I've drawn a person with colored pencils.
That's so good. You've done amazing.
The lighting on, like, the shoulder armor and the skin is so cool.
I love it. Thank you so much, Sarah.
I really appreciate it. And thank you for having me on your
channel and spending the time to make this.
That is so cool.
If you've come over here from my channel,
subscribe to Sarah because she makes incredible stuff.
And it's awesome to see how creative
and fast like you've adapted to YouTube because you haven't been doing YouTube
videos very long, but you guys work your guts out and do really cool stuff.
So. Yeah.
Thanks for coming here and being a part of this with me.
Thank you. This is awesome.
We should find this a new home.
I also walked away with a special gift
from Jazza, one of these new Pro artist series boxes that I've left unopened so
that you can take a first look inside with me in my next video.
So make sure you're subscribed and turn
on your notifications so that you don't miss that exciting
unboxing.
Thank you so much, guys, for watching this video.
And please check out the full video
of the coloring that I did with Jazza over on his channel.
I will link to that right here for you so that you can check it out now.
It was a lot of fun.
Thank you so much for having me. It's been a pleasure.
Thank you so much for coming over.
I really appreciate not only your awesome content but also how involved you're
on the community and it's been really fun to work with a local artist smashing
on YouTube in the art so this will definitely.
I think be the first of many collabs.
I'm saying it now but definitely go check out Jazza's channel.
He's amazing one of the best YouTube channels on YouTube so go check that out
now and stick around for some more awesome content on here as well.