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TUTORIAL // how to steal a style

🕑 Added 2025-05-08 12:54:26 +0000 UTC

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Christin

This is an amazing video. Thank you so much! My favorite artists are Mariusz Lewandowski and Zdzisław Beksiński. And now I know how to take very deep dive into their work and analyze it. Thanks for your great work. :)

Loish

yeah it's definitely the same for me - i find it soothing to just copy what I see! but sometimes I notice that I don't retain any knowledge from such sessions. having said that, there's nothing wrong with drawing because you enjoy the process! I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial 😊

Chantal

I loved this tutorial, I'm learning so much on your Patreon. I think I'm still very much a "human photocopier" 🤣 It's Zen drawing for me to render a flower as I see it without questioning it (laziness... maybe but I like it). But above all I love learning and I'm in the right place for that, thank you for your teaching 🩷

Loish

glad you liked it Joviana!

Loish

haha I'm glad you liked it! ✨

Zu Roque

I just gave you an ovation in my bedroom. You are a genius professor!!!

Joviana Fernandes Marques

This is absolutely amazing, Loish! Thank you! That one helped me a lot!

Laura

im a broken record at this point but thank you once again for the super fun, super insighful value packed tutorial Lois! i've grown my artistic practice sm since joining your patreon _(:‚‹」∠)_ ❤️‍🔥i also enjoy a lot how you create a custom color palette for each tutorial to match the artwork <3

Loish

so glad you found it helpful! and yep, I feel the same. Leyendecker has inspired my work for a long time now and I only grow more fond of it over the years!

Loish

thanks kayla, I'm so glad you liked it!

Loish

i just took a look, Pontormo's work is fascinating! it definitely has a surreal vibe and the eyes really capture my attention.

Loish

i'm so glad you liked it! for a different subject, i'd say it's the same basic idea: make a good reference board and try to map the style of the artist onto the different subject as much as possible. it's challenging but you can probably still find ways to translate it. you could also collect reference of similar textures, like hair for example, to understand how the artist would draw fur.

Kayla

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I love how you make worksheets for certain tutorials too! Helps me focus my ideas and such!

Michael H

This video made me think of a class I took at Art Center. My instructor was a master of classical figure drawing (Harry Carmen). He probably had many influences over the years, but one of his major (favorite?) old master influences was Jacobo Pontormo. A stylistic trait that can be seen in many of Pontormo’s drawings and sketches were deep-set eyes. A bit unsettling when you see this in some of Pontormo’s sketches of youthful figures.

Michael H

At SB☕️. Watching the complete video this morning. VERY! helpful.👍🏻💙

LilDarkVixen

This is such a great tutorial! Whenever I've tried to study styles in the past, I always get overwhelmed, and this breaks it down nicely. Do you have any extra tips on doing this with a completely different subject? (ex: wanting to 'steal' the style of someone who only worked with human figures and translating it to animal ones) Since there is no true reference, if that makes sense.

Anaid Jimenez

Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! I've been fan of Leyendecker's work for years, but I couldn't quite grasp exactly how to create that texture until now, your explanation of what he was trying to do is exactly what I needed. This also helps me to think better when I study other artists! and how to approach my study sessions. Leyendecker's surely was a master on stylization, I just adore his shape design

Loish

so glad you liked it Inês!

Loish

thanks so much buffie! we've all been there with our art heroes for sure. i remember being absolutely obsessed with specific early 00's online artists! enjoy the leyendecker artbook, his work is a constant source of inspiration to me.

Loish

so glad you liked it Jamie!

Loish

glad you liked it, Annett! it took me a while to realize how important silhouette was to me as well. I think that's one of the reasons I'm so drawn to animation concept art - they always keep a close eye on the silhouettes!

Annett

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial and especially for pointing out silhouette as an appealing factor. With some of my influences I really couldn't say what exactly it was that attracted me to their work, except for colour and movement. But now I know: Silhouette! 😊

Inês Garcia

Such a great tutorial! I love to watch your tree different approaches to Leyendecker! the way you tought about style -like the different parts and the different intentions- is very clever and very simple to understand! thank you once again!

Buffie

This is very interesting to hear about your style influences and how you take style inspiration! because I too have done the thing where I put your art next to the canvas and tried to channel that when I was a teenager haha (things like flowy hair, buttoned nose, painting directly on a dynamic sketch, etc.) also I love JC Leyendecker and just bought an artbook 😆

Jamie Seroogy

such a great tutorial i loved this one. i need to go find some artists to reference and practice styles with besides yours lol SO GOOD

Mia Hobbes

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial ❤️

Lawrence Hernandez

ME TOO!

Loish

my patrons are giving me the confidence 😂

Loish

yay!! your comments about getting the leyendecker book were top of mind for me as i was conceptualizing the idea for this, so thank you for that 😊

Art Mancy 🔮

I love how shameless loish is getting 😛

Michael H

I’m going to like this one!! Since purchasing the Leyendecker book, (and spending lots of time with each illustration)—-this tutorial will be perfect. Leyendecker seemed to be able to ‘sculpt’ with paint….especially with his white paint where he defines many (most?) of his negative areas with those great brush strokes. THANK YOU Loish for this one! (I haven’t even watched it yet)🧐💙