Scratchboard Drawing of Benjamin Franklin

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  • @CanaldoLatuff
    @CanaldoLatuff 9 лет назад +530

    It requires not only skills but a hell of patience...

  • @1aquan
    @1aquan 5 лет назад +70

    ok yeah this is cool thanks RUclips for recommending this 8 years later

    • @mrmarcuswatson
      @mrmarcuswatson 5 лет назад

      lol true

    • @hindugoat2302
      @hindugoat2302 5 лет назад

      @@mrmarcuswatson why does youtube spam us videos all the time that so old?
      only show us recent content unless we search it ok youtube? im serious...

  • @meredithralston6510
    @meredithralston6510 9 лет назад +340

    The music was so impressed that it got distracted and stopped playing.

  • @MichaelHalbert1952
    @MichaelHalbert1952  11 лет назад +107

    It was probably about 20 to 30 hours.

  • @GamesBySaint
    @GamesBySaint 5 лет назад +62

    *steadies drawing hand with other hand*
    me - this just got real

    • @omid7665
      @omid7665 3 года назад

      این سبک کار چی بهش میگن؟

  • @patribbing6756
    @patribbing6756 6 лет назад

    one of the more better illustrations I've seen. vintage classic.

  • @srivignesh94
    @srivignesh94 3 года назад

    When god gifts patience, use it like Michael. Damn, watta magnificent piece of art!!!!!!!!

  • @rajasarkar4301
    @rajasarkar4301 4 года назад +7

    Impressive! The trouble lies in securing the mere "thought" of withstanding the long patience! Yours is a work of composure. With such tremendous patience, you can illustrate an entire wall, roof, or boundary without breaking a sweat.

  • @remyremington2505
    @remyremington2505 5 лет назад +3

    I was sufficiently impressed before the addition of cross hatching but that really added a lot of depth and texture in a really subtle way. Absolutely fascinating. Really well done.

  • @justforthetv
    @justforthetv 7 лет назад +1

    WTF. Ok I fell in love when he started scratching or coloring out he black shadow area. Incredible

  • @vinpalmeida
    @vinpalmeida 8 лет назад +36

    Patience is the key. (And some skill too)

  • @Antonis_Fronimos
    @Antonis_Fronimos 7 лет назад +66

    And he does that on every 100 bill...

  • @johnprudent3216
    @johnprudent3216 8 лет назад +5

    Man! Now THAT is absolute craftsmanship!

  • @DizzyD
    @DizzyD 7 лет назад +470

    u can make 100$ bill now

  • @DiegoMassili
    @DiegoMassili Год назад +1

    After watching this, i wonder how fabulous Gustave Doré was !!!

  • @AlweeNBoo
    @AlweeNBoo 6 лет назад

    Just when I thought he was done.. BAM! Truly incredible, I could watch this all day. I mean reverse crosshatch? Mind blown 💙

  • @genus.family
    @genus.family 2 месяца назад

    Proof that the cameraman never dies.

  • @rioreason
    @rioreason 7 лет назад +8

    This is stunning, you've done such an incredible job reproducing the look of a traditional woodcut print, and the likeness is just perfect. I see that you have to steady your dominant hand with your left - I have to do the same. It's so frustrating. I also have an eye issue from some meds I took a long time ago and the side effect never went away. Whenever I'm focusing on details, my eyes dart away for a split second every 10-30 seconds. Drive me nuts. Doesn't seem like much, but occasionally it causes me to mess up my linework at line intersections. I've come to rely heavily on a white pen to dab away those slightly overextended lines. I truly hope you're always able to create in some form, some medium. I couldn't fathom not being able to make art because my hands or eyes reach a point where they won't let me. I have other interests that could keep me content, but I'd have a very hard time coming to terms with the end of a lifetime's worth of effort put into building a skill that I cherish as an outlet, something I might even consider a defense mechanism in a sense. Subscribing, your work is inspirational!

    • @quack420
      @quack420 Год назад

      steadying dominant hand... thank you.. didn't think of doing this, has given me renewed hope.

  • @aparnapatil8517
    @aparnapatil8517 6 лет назад +1

    This is just amazing wanted to do this since long but never tried

  • @MichaelHalbert1952
    @MichaelHalbert1952  11 лет назад +16

    Check at about 4 minutes 15 seconds into this clip, and you will see an example of drawing white lines.

  • @mr.pizzamarlon
    @mr.pizzamarlon 7 лет назад

    People say I am patient but your insanely incredible. I was in awe.

  • @DiamondCutter423
    @DiamondCutter423 2 года назад

    Really terrific.
    I've learned so much just observing you work. 🎨

  • @GregLopesArt
    @GregLopesArt 6 лет назад

    This thing’s so good it could be money. Congrats, Sir.

  • @toopoable
    @toopoable 11 лет назад

    Your precision is beyond belief!

  • @coffeejunkie7954
    @coffeejunkie7954 2 года назад +1

    Never knew how scratchboard art was done, pretty cool

    • @MichaelHalbert1952
      @MichaelHalbert1952  2 года назад +1

      This is the way I do scratchboard. Most scratchboard artists start with a board that is covered entirely with black India ink and and then work by scratching out all the light areas with a sharp knife. I start with a scratchboard that is in it's natural state of white (not precoated with black) and drawing the parts of the drawing that will be less than 50% in value with a pen. Then I block in all the areas that will be more than 50% in value with solid black and draw in those areas by scratching white lines to create different ranges of shading.

    • @tinaxvp
      @tinaxvp 2 года назад

      @@MichaelHalbert1952 thank you so much, this isn't left unseen!!!

  • @aldroidstudio
    @aldroidstudio 4 года назад

    the detail is crazy

  • @37BopCity
    @37BopCity 7 лет назад +1

    Wow, fantastic. Your hand control and your technical mastery of such a difficult form are really amazing.

  • @deveshmathur7168
    @deveshmathur7168 6 лет назад

    Amazing work. It required lots of patience to draw those fine lines. Hats off to the Artist.

  • @vampazilla2622
    @vampazilla2622 6 лет назад

    Beautiful piece of art. Love it and the music used in the background

  • @saadelmahi7513
    @saadelmahi7513 4 года назад

    I am truly impressed.

  • @trungcool1493
    @trungcool1493 7 лет назад

    I am here whinning about how paint full it is to paint a picture, and this guy did this

  • @warrencrawfordart
    @warrencrawfordart 6 лет назад

    It's a technically outstanding piece of work; his craftsmanship is breathtaking. But, for me at least, it has all the soul (and design) of a banknote.

  • @SotR59
    @SotR59 3 года назад

    I used to work with a lady who was a photo-realistic artist in any medium you can name. I had never heard of scratch boards but she worked on them during her breaks. And she did them from eye sight, no tracing or pre-drawing on the surface.

  • @Riley_187
    @Riley_187 5 лет назад

    Bro I couldn't make 2 of those lines as perfect and parallel as you did... hell of a nice job

  • @kurobhie5724
    @kurobhie5724 9 лет назад +1

    AMAZING SKILL!!!!!!....love how you do the scratch ink!!

  • @اللهمرضاكوالجنة-ر8س

    Very very amazing 😮

  • @Icarus9hundred
    @Icarus9hundred 9 лет назад +1

    Guys this is really Hard work make sure you give him a like (at least) not many have that skills

  • @qaannat
    @qaannat 7 лет назад +62

    Where did you learn the techniques to back up your drawing hand with the other hand? I will have to fool around with that. We never learned anything like that in art school. I have messed around for years trying to reproduce these effects with Photoshop with various dithering and screening processes, and it is possible, but it requires about as much labor with retouching, masking and trial and error with various plugins, maybe more, than doing it for real. There is no way to get to the quality and intelligent decision making than to do it by hand, or by airbrushing photos to suppress noise and establish tonal ranges, then complex masking and screening to build it up. Very inspiring. True craft.

    • @vinayseth1114
      @vinayseth1114 7 лет назад +6

      I know right? They don't teach anything in art colleges these days lol

    • @fezzes428
      @fezzes428 7 лет назад +10

      Vinay Seth its just a bunch of stoners now

    • @Derek.LeStrange
      @Derek.LeStrange 7 лет назад +8

      Art school is only useful for two things: 1. The title 2. NETWORKING YOURSELF
      anything else is total garbage and not worth the money. Techniques like those come off of feeling and understanding yourself. There are many ways to get something done we just happen to follow the majority

    • @XxGunPriestxX
      @XxGunPriestxX 6 лет назад +6

      this technique you get taught when apprenticing for crafts like pinstriping, airbrushing, sign making, and cutting such as these, your "lead" hand does the movement as your pull your tool (paintbrush, scraper, x acto, etc) across the surface while the other hand (well call it the "pressure" hand) presses firmly against the surface depending on the depth/thickness of the line. once you learn how to draw with your arm, shoulder, and hand, you gradually transition into working with a "pressure" hand.

    • @elKachivache
      @elKachivache 6 лет назад

      I thought this was only true here in Mexico, It's sad to know it's true elsewhere too ):

  • @L4dyN1ghtr04d
    @L4dyN1ghtr04d 7 лет назад

    Beautiful music and work, it's amazing, you are awesome!

  • @Zoydian
    @Zoydian 7 лет назад

    Brilliant! I love scratchboard illustrations!

  • @kawsarShirazul
    @kawsarShirazul 3 года назад

    How does this video still not have a million views?

  • @Rian-nw4uu
    @Rian-nw4uu 2 года назад

    I love how the way he hold his right hand with his left one

  • @petehotoff3715
    @petehotoff3715 2 года назад

    Incredible piece of work!

  • @donhjoe2162
    @donhjoe2162 2 года назад

    I love this technique

  • @ggowc833
    @ggowc833 Год назад

    You are extraordinary, full of artistic talent,, keep up the good work

  • @obv_design9310
    @obv_design9310 6 лет назад +1

    OMG, this is insanely hard work! 👏👏👏

  • @deerbard
    @deerbard 7 лет назад +16

    When I saw the "See my horse drawing" link, my first thought was that you own a horse that can draw and I wasn't even surprised too much. Just discovered your channel and I'm looking for my jaw currently. It's somewhere on the floor I swear I saw it,,,

    • @personal8283
      @personal8283 7 лет назад

      Haha. I have to admit, a horse that can draw would be more interesting.

    • @deerbard
      @deerbard 7 лет назад

      What kind of paper is needed for such work btw?

    • @personal8283
      @personal8283 7 лет назад

      Ampersand ClayBord, 1/8 inch thick, white: www.dickblick.com/products/ampersand-claybord/

    • @deerbard
      @deerbard 7 лет назад

      ClayBoard! So the surface you're inking on is made of white clay? This is so interesting! I thought maybe it's some kind of paper that doesn't absorb ink too easily.

  • @reesedesigns
    @reesedesigns 7 лет назад

    Amazing, truly amazing!!!!

  • @DarkCellsCustos
    @DarkCellsCustos 6 лет назад +2

    A beautiful masterpiece! Well done. I hope to improve my art skill to some next level stuff like this one day!

  • @anonimous_12345
    @anonimous_12345 4 года назад

    Unbelievable, amazing, awesome, pervect

  • @titus9303
    @titus9303 4 года назад

    this was strangely soothing 👍

  • @flamendless
    @flamendless 7 лет назад +18

    Please tell me what tool is that that removed the black ink. Also, what is that black ink thats removable

    • @Lalaland.001
      @Lalaland.001 7 лет назад +18

      0It's called a scraperboard cutter or design knife, It can be had in various shapes and sizes, hope that helps. He did do the drawing on white scratchboard in case you were wondering.

  • @inakigarciadevicuna4423
    @inakigarciadevicuna4423 8 лет назад +4

    Increíble. Un trabajo fantástico. ¡Bravo!

  • @fakebobbyhill296
    @fakebobbyhill296 4 года назад

    This guy is so good, my monitor is rendering colour! The right colour! I will never understand how the hell anyone figured out how to draw that style! This is why I have never given any amount of thought towards an art career. lol

  • @arttube615
    @arttube615 5 лет назад

    I am thinking what comment should i write to express how cool is that..

  • @andrepessoa5865
    @andrepessoa5865 3 года назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @anitafroese3201
    @anitafroese3201 9 лет назад +4

    Your work is amazing! I tried this once didn't work out that well for me, but I would love to earn. Is there a site or book thatvyou could recommend? So inspiring

  • @TheWishDragon
    @TheWishDragon 7 лет назад

    It's cool you use both hands, I might give tat a go. Thanks for sharing! :)

  • @gustavolopez2079
    @gustavolopez2079 10 лет назад +3

    Talento y paciencia... Genial!!

  • @jordanf1956
    @jordanf1956 7 лет назад

    That was incredible

  • @DesMonDLee24
    @DesMonDLee24 5 лет назад

    This is freaking amazing..i am lost for word.

  • @kgk4L96
    @kgk4L96 2 года назад

    That's insane that he was able to do that in only 9 minutes!

  • @hsteil
    @hsteil 2 месяца назад +1

    Love your work…..what type of pen and paper/ scratchboard did you use?

    • @MichaelHalbert1952
      @MichaelHalbert1952  Месяц назад +1

      For this piece (if I remember correctly), I used a Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph pen on Essdee scratchboard. Now I use Micron pens, dip pens, and scratchboard knives on Ampersand Claybord.

  • @nurilbhosale
    @nurilbhosale Год назад

    Unique Technique. Very nice drawing❤

  • @zunebuggy8435
    @zunebuggy8435 5 лет назад +1

    How do you know when your piece is complete with this style of art? It seems like you could keep going with inking and scratching. Very nice. I always wanted to learn to do this. Is there a Photoshop plugin that imitates this effect? I suspect when I see these in modern newspapers that they are computer generated.

  • @JacksonTaylorandTheSinners
    @JacksonTaylorandTheSinners 5 лет назад

    Beautiful.

  • @polar263
    @polar263 4 года назад

    THIS WAS AMAZING!!!! GREAT JOB

  • @marcusfigueiredo9258
    @marcusfigueiredo9258 7 лет назад

    imcredible how you have mastered this technique

  • @davidmoravec8738
    @davidmoravec8738 7 лет назад

    a master piece !

  • @chantha71
    @chantha71 6 лет назад

    Very brilliant and amazing drawing, guy. i really love it.

  • @cidhorta8705
    @cidhorta8705 3 года назад

    Incredible!

  • @MaQuGo119
    @MaQuGo119 11 лет назад +1

    Really great!, what kind of pen are you using?

  • @luminor0077
    @luminor0077 7 лет назад +4

    Mind boggling to watch the accuracy of your work.. amazing. I always wondered how these old style fine pen drawings were done when you look back 100's of years ago.. how did they do them back then as they didn't have these kind of fine art pens? Is there anywhere I can find any videos on how they did them back in those days? Would be really interested to find out.

    • @vinayseth1114
      @vinayseth1114 7 лет назад

      I was about to ask the same thing!

    • @jackmiller1405
      @jackmiller1405 7 лет назад +2

      If I understand it correctly, pictures like those were sometimes produced as woodcuts. The picture was actually engraved in a block of wood and then inked to use as a stamp to produce the picture on paper. Someone please correct me if I am mistaken...
      Later artists did use dip pens to produce similar artwork, but it's different in some ways.

    • @RoboBoddicker
      @RoboBoddicker 6 лет назад +2

      They would have used metal nib pens in the old days, but a crow-quill nib can produce very fine lines like this (it's just a little less efficient). This process of scratchboard drawing for commercial illustration started in the 1800s when photographic plate-making became possible (i.e., you could take a photograph of a single color image and transfer it onto a printing plate coated with light-sensitive chemicals). Before that, illustrations for print were hand-engraved - generally, an artist would make a drawing or painting, and a professional printmaker would then recreate the image as a printing plate by etching (intaglio) or a wood carving (relief). Those printmakers had a lot of talent, as you can imagine, and photography put a lot of them out of a job. It's a sad story

    • @LeftySOT
      @LeftySOT 6 лет назад +1

      Copper Plate Engraving.

  • @lucianosergiodesigner8850
    @lucianosergiodesigner8850 8 лет назад +1

    Que dom maravilhoso você possui. Parabéns

  • @lordmonty9421
    @lordmonty9421 8 лет назад +1

    Supernaturally good!

  • @muffinszss
    @muffinszss 3 года назад

    wow! amazingly done!

  • @까분당-y5r
    @까분당-y5r 4 года назад

    명암.....선 그리는 실력 사실입니까?? can not believe it awesome....

  • @XVIIIMCMLXXXVIII
    @XVIIIMCMLXXXVIII 13 лет назад

    Great illustration and linework! I love scratch board illustration but only do it in photoshop with a tablet, not as natural as with a real pen though. I've been wanting to try real scratchboard drawing, but can't seem to find the scratchboards in white. what pen do you use?

  • @fuadaliyev750
    @fuadaliyev750 5 лет назад

    Cool. Well done. You have extremely lots of patience,

  • @durcekmartin83
    @durcekmartin83 4 года назад

    Perfekt 100 percent like . beautiful

  • @sarayah7215
    @sarayah7215 7 лет назад

    Yayyyy he's my favorite founding father!!!!!

  • @I-KNIGHT-OF-YOUTUBE-I
    @I-KNIGHT-OF-YOUTUBE-I 10 лет назад

    There are levels in this world but No Asian is even capable of drawing this. This was Drawn By a God.

  • @katetwohig2205
    @katetwohig2205 6 лет назад

    Oh yeah! stunningly good work. I'd like you to walk us through the tools, pens & scraper tool you're using. Tell us more you genius.

  • @KilLahCali559
    @KilLahCali559 7 лет назад

    insane line work

  • @sujathasasi4720
    @sujathasasi4720 6 лет назад

    Fantastic work. Congrats !!!!

  • @cryingoverspilledmilk9569
    @cryingoverspilledmilk9569 7 лет назад

    this is so amazing i wish someday i can draw like this too..

  • @ImTash
    @ImTash 7 лет назад +1

    Holy crap. just.. wow.

  • @alejandrofarias7355
    @alejandrofarias7355 2 года назад

    Dios le bendiga y que maravilloso talento, felicitaciones .

  • @HakitoCZ
    @HakitoCZ 9 лет назад

    Mate sure knows what patience is..

  • @blackitikatt533
    @blackitikatt533 6 лет назад

    Level: MASTER! 💯

  • @ssaha_17
    @ssaha_17 4 года назад

    WOW!!!!!! .....which pen you used?

  • @gilliebrand
    @gilliebrand 10 лет назад

    Are you using a combination of ink pen, scratch tool and ink painted on to a white board? I've seen a few of these but not on white board, it's always been on black. Very, very cool, it looks fantastic!

  • @fall190
    @fall190 5 лет назад

    steady hand level, 100

  • @josuesantos3345
    @josuesantos3345 10 лет назад

    many worlds within a notebook !!

  • @enchonglee9166
    @enchonglee9166 6 лет назад

    at some point, I was like... pls stop you already have killed it

  • @sandeshvede
    @sandeshvede 7 лет назад

    what is scratch board? how u scratch that line in black color? which color u used? awesome job...wanna try ..plz let me know about surface and color

  • @paulandlesson
    @paulandlesson 12 лет назад

    wow that is impressive. great contour hatching. Looks like money. great

  • @mageillus
    @mageillus 4 года назад +2

    3:26 “no what are you doing!? Don’t paint just a blob!”
    4:06 “oh you can do that!? Well dayum!”

  • @Amgralz
    @Amgralz 7 лет назад

    this was so satisfying

  • @samarahanrider2930
    @samarahanrider2930 8 лет назад

    so fine.