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Draw with Brian #1: Magician Sneaking Away
This is the first video in the Draw with Brian series, a behind-the-scenes look at my illustration process while working on Derrick and Max’s Beach Adventure . This page is the canonical home for this video, including transcript and context. Ad-free, downloadable video hosted on Internet Archive. Transcript Hey, hello. I’m Brian Crowell, bdcrowell.com. I’m the author and illustrator of the children’s book Derrick the Dog, and this is my first video. I’m working on my next book, the illustrations for it, and I thought it might be f…
No YouTube No More, Part 2
If you haven't read it yet, you might want to start with Part 1 . Picking up from there: What's next? As a consumer, after a couple of weeks without Premium, I'm not sure how much I'll be using YouTube going forward. On the music front, I've already moved onto Apple Music. I don't like it quite as well, but I'm already paying for it as part of an Apple One Family Plan, it's ad-free, and it does the job. YouTube's ads are pretty intrusive, but I don't see myself rewarding bad behavior by giving them m…
No YouTube No More, Part 1
I'm writing this partly as a site and channel update and partly as a public service announcement for other creators. photo by WikiImages What happened? I've been using YouTube for years as a consumer. Last October, I decided to try my hand at making videos. They weren't great, but I was having fun. More importantly, they got me back into drawing and working on my next children's book after a long, long dry spell, and when I added in the storytime aspect, I felt like I was creating something for my future grandchildren and be…
Happy Halloween!
👻 Happy Halloween! I’ve got a special jack-o’-lantern drawing going live today — quick, fun, and festive for the season. Check it out and share your favorite Halloween art or costume in the comments! 🎃🖤 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZIPEookl6o
New YouTube Channel
I started a new YouTube channel over at https://www.youtube.com/@BDCrowell . I figured I'm working on illustrations anyway, and some people might like watching that progress. I know I enjoy behind the scenes videos , and I like watching other artists draw . So, if I like it, there's bound to be others. The first video is up. Give it a watch, and if you want to see others in the future, be sure to subscribe.
Email Subscriptions are Back
Subscribe to Newsletter (photo credit: Gerd Altmann ) In another case of Google killing off a service that a lot of people use, they killed off the RSS to email subscription feature of Feedburner, which is what this site (and many, many others) used to provide email subscriptions for updates. After a lot of hunting, I settled on follow.it to replace that functionality. It’s completely free for subscribers and has a lot more options than Feedburner offered. We’ve imported our previous subscribers who had previously confirmed their subscri…
