Tips for making art process videos
-
Hi, everyone.
I need some advice on shooting drawing/painting process. I am doing a couple of books with mix-media approach. I will draw and paint part of the images in traditional media and I really want to document the process, mainly for showing my process, and maybe interesting as part of the book promotion next year.I am not interested in documenting everything. I am more interested in how to tell a good story with video about my process of making books.
Anyone came across good tutorials for art video documentations, or good examples of how other artists do it?
-
This is the process I use to make Instagram reels, and it's not too complicated but is interesting to watch. I take short video snippets while I am painting, just 20-30 seconds mostly, highlighting the most interesting parts of painting. Then I take those into iMovie and cut them down a bit more, and use transitions to help them blend together well. It's simple, but a good way to document the evolution of the illustration. You can check out my Instagram account and watch a reel or two if you want an example of what the finished video looks like. My account is @kirsten.mcgonigal.art. Good luck!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirsten.mcgonigal.art/
Portfolio Site: www.kirstenmcgonigalart.com -
Hi @xin-li, I think Anoosha does a great job with this on her YouTube channel.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WvJc9CvoyMQ
Cheers!
-
@kirsten-mcg I love your process video, Kirsten. So well done! I will try your process for sure.
Do you have tips for making a routine to remember taking videos? I am quite forgetful once I started painting. -
@Jeremy-Ross thank you so much for the link. I am looking into it now.
-
@xin-li so sorry I just saw this! I've been busy with summer travel, so I'm falling behind social media lately! I know what you mean about being forgetful once you start painting. It's hard to interrupt that flow! Sometimes I set a timer on my phone, which helps. But there are definitely times when I've started out videoing and then just completely forgotten to keep recording!
-
some people who really do a good job at his, is
https://www.youtube.com/c/FranMeneses
https://www.youtube.com/c/LeighEllexson
https://www.youtube.com/c/cheyennebartonits always a good mix, i guess there is something to learn from them though because they reaaally eran a lot of money with this stuff.
