Sorry about the video capture being so glitchy at points. My first time doing something like this and clearly it didn't go well. I have a lot to learn.

When I subbed to your channel, I never in a million years thought you'd ever review a TV show, let alone a show that ended up being what I consider one of the best if not THE best animated series of all time. What I'm trying to say is I'm glad I stayed subbed.

I ended up watching Arcane twice, because I kept getting distracted from the story by the beautiful art. Then I would get distracted from the art by the awesome story. It truly is a masterpiece.

For me it's the facial expressions. There are so many subtleties that it's hard to believe there's no mocap baseline. They serve the storytelling as much as the dialogue or the action.

That thing about color, to separate timelines and character arcs, is very smart. That's actually one of the issues I have with The Witcher S1. It gets confusing to remember whose story your following.

creative talent + money + time = great animation!

I play league and their art team has always produced some of the best content imo, from their music videos (which i highly recommend watching) to their animated trailers and their character designs/skins. This show did an amazing job building the world of their game and lore for their characters and i loved your review! I would love to see more content like this as well as maybe some scene breakdowns(analyzing compositions, color, gesture, etc)?

Arcane and spiderverse are next generation animation 🛐🛐🛐

Absolutely love this artist animation review. If you find out what software was used for this please let us know. I love how the brush strokes stayed static as the characters moved. It makes me want to do this so bad! Thanks so much for this new type of review!

just finished the season and this was so enjoyable to watch. arcane seriously blew my mind I can't even. Thing about it is that, I got so entranced that I forget it's animation sometimes, until a shot of something more illustrative is shown and I'm just like WOW

I honestly believe the scene where Viktor is running down the pier with his new leg has some of the best camerawork I've ever seen in animation. I also couldn't agree with the adult themes comment more, it's so boring when people just shove in random "mature" stuff because it's for older audiences, but Arcane handles the darker themes so well and never even comes close to this. I've just finished it but I could already watch the whole thing again.

The most interesting technical thing is just how the series creators make you FORGET you're watching animation. Within a minute of the start of the brilliant intro sequence, I was watching a story. NOT animation. When the opening credits started, I had to pause it for a minute to wrap my head around what I was seeing. This is a sea change for animation. Literally one of the best series I have ever watched, (live OR animation) and I am not a spring chicken, so that's saying a lot. By the end of the first three episodes, I was in full worship mode. 😀

seams like a nice video, but there are a lot of glitches in it that makes it kinda annoying to watch.

This topic is the kind of stuff that makes you wanna keep watching you and keep you on my subscription list. Extremely informative and entertaining thank you

I would love to hear you talk move about animated tv shows and movies or even comics or manga. In the end of the day products like tablets and computers are just tools to help us be creative so hearing you talk about these things is very refreshing.

Great job, Brad - I loved this - and learned a whole lot - keep it up. I love how you were very specific about the techniques used and aspects to look for.

This is amazing content. I'm a huge fan s/o from Philly caricature artists we love your work.

I love what u said about the concept art / painting look - I thought the exact same thing ! It reminded me of digital fan art of the game in the best way

I remember LoL as armies of fighting ants on a computer screen my son was constantly yelling at. That someone used *this* as inspiration for this fantastic animated show is a miracle.

Nice work Brad. I’m liking the new take on movie/show reviews

You should do more of this. You’re bringing fresh style to the channel. It’s good to diversify by bringing something new but still about drawing and art. I love it.

This was my favourite series of last year , also I bet you must really love this tv show Brad surprised to see you talk about it on your channel😅🙌🙌

Really really really well done 3D animation work with all the right details and the texture work is state of the art.

I think its a cool way to make content. Its nice to hear you breakdown these things since us "newbies" might not see :D

I’ve wanted to repursue art because of this show and have been all over your channel since then, so I love that you know have a video about the show!

Ohh I like this. New variety in content! Keep going Brad!

Huh, I watched it but never noticed any of these details. Great breakdown. Thank you! BTW since you're looking into new types of content, just putting it out there, I'd love to see a collab, maybe a drawing, or any art challenge for that matter, with Jazza. Heard of him? I'm sure you guys would have a blast creating something cool together

Great series I loved this it is epic. Loved hearing you take on why it has made such an impact 🤓

Yesss the replication of a real life camera ...kinda ... sorta the camera shake and the blur defocus all that kind of things are the stuffs that I look forward in an animated series especially anime spoiler down there the fight in the shimmer factory was radddd the second one with vi and jayce

Awesome review! Agree with everything said. Would love it if you made more like it!

Great review. My husband and I don't usually bother with animated stuff but we started watching this show and the characters, story, and visuals are epic. Please do more of these when you run across stuff that's worthwhile.

Great video, tbh I wasn’t planning to watch any series at all in the near future, let alone a non-anime animated series but I saw this thumbnail like last week or something. Something clicked and for although I wasn’t particularly inclined,I searched up the trailer. I’ve seen some of League’s animated music videos before and they all look great but that alone didn’t compel me to watch this. Something clicked when I saw the trailer, maybe it was the colours I don’t know but there was something drawing me to the show. I watched the first couple of episodes and by then I was hooked. From the third episode on I made sure to watch it only at night on TV with the lights off to get that sweet theatre experience. And boy was it amazing! Frickin masterpiece! Top 3 greatest animated shows of ALL TIME, and this is with anime included!

I enjoyed this as I totally agree, this series is incredible. I would show more videos of art that catches your eye.

I think you should do more of these! 🌻 It's nice to see a review of some quality work and see a breakdown of what sets it apart from others. Sometimes it helps to have someone point out some good aspects and helps sharpen and hone the eyes for look for these qualities in other works and incorporate them into personal projects. So I enjoyed it, it still fits an artsey review to me = )

Glad to see you and many others giving Arcane the adoration it deserves!

Loved this video Brad, really interesting to hear your thoughts on the series, and your explanations are fantastic too. I feel like Arcane and Into the Spiderverse have combined traditional and digital mediums in such a beautiful way that they’re gonna influence new animated shows big time.

Brad, you're doing such a great job discussing and bringing so much love to the animation field (I used to work in the industry) - your insights here are easily as good as a review of a new drawing tablet! One half-joking and simple answer as to why Arcane was sooo good? It's from France. LOL

Is this video glitching for anyone else??

loved this video. should do more like it in future

Just went to the TV Academy panel yesterday. Saw this for the first time (I know) and was blown away by it. Thank you for all that great insight, I'm still letting this sink in and will be catching up with the rest of the show. Too bad I won't be able to see them all on a big movie theater screen, like I did yesterday!

Extraordinary carefully craftet. They've done a hell of a job!

I think the art and stylisation are stunning, even the lighting detail was spot on.

Hello Brad, thanks you for this new kind of format. It’s interesting and everything you said is accurate. But you forgot to credit the creator from the French anime studio : Fortiche. They earn to be credited for this amazing job !

We need more videos like this!!

I quite enjoyed this take on Arcane and I think it could become a cool format to highlight some of the more technical aspects behind animated series or movies.

This show is seriously a modern classic. We'll surely be talking about it for years to come, and it and spider-verse are surely going to influence the animation industry going forward with this style of 3d animation. Great breakdown Brad.

Very insightful, do more!

It would be great if an artist like you analyzes what makes good or bad art. I guess we could learn a lot.

DEFINITELY do more videos like this. I just started the series and it was beautiful and now I understand why. You did an awesome job of breaking down why this style of animation just “works”. Lucasfilm should take note because there’s an entire universe that can be done in this style and I think Star Wars could benefit from it greatly. The Clone Wars’ final season came close, but this blows them away. Good job!

Please do more like this!

I was just gonna watch arcane, great timing and of course great vid!

You really need to do more videos like this.

I never played league of legends, heard of it but knew it was popular. I decided to take a chance on it since the story seemed interesting enough. Wow, was I absolutely BLOWN AWAY! This show is absolutely GORGEOUS, and I was compelled to finish it in one night. Very talented artist, animators, directors, and writers in this show and I can't wait for more!

I really loved your character design course in Udemy.Can you make videos about studying the characters of animated shows (rick and Morty) and animes, like demonslayer , miyazaki animations something like that

Nice video thanks bro

Brad, any idea what software is used to make Arcane? Thank you for the in-depth analysis!

I think what you are doing is great in changing the content and since now there are no devices coming until after two months Can you make a video questions

Really dug this video. 👍🏻

I really enjoy your thoughts and opinion about the series which for me Arcane are the best animated series. I learn somethings from this vid too. Thanks Brad.

Oh now this is a treat!

Please do more like this explainer it makes your channel richer 🙂 TO THE 1 MILLION 🙂

Hey Brad I'm a huge fan of your videos and I got a question .. I bought an iPad Pro just recently and applied a screen protector whenever I draw a 45 degree line slowly it kinda wobbles even with a ruler it's annoying .. is that because of the screen protector?and what is the solution for that .. thank you in advance!

Very NIce review!

great job

I like the vid, and its great to explore some content you want

I think you as an artist giving your thoughts on the "art and animation" techniques that you observed in a piece of animated content you watch is terrific. For me, what makes your "review" of Arcane so unique is that you talk about it from an artist perspective. You talk about techniques that you believe the showrunners and their team utilized in the making of their show and as a viewer who loves animation and is also interested in the making of it, that's the kind of input and perspective I'd like to hear. That's actually why I clicked on this video. I always watch your tech for artists content but for me, I was intrigued to hear your thoughts on the animation of Arcane and how it was made from your views. This is a very long winded way of me trying to say that I would love to see you do more videos like this. Reviewing other animated shows or movies that you genuinely like and would like to talk about from an artist/animator's perspective because you want to :D

do more of this videos

Absolutely loved this analysis and pretty much agree with what you highlighted. Arcane and Spiderverse really breathed new life into the animation genre. One more feature I'd love to analyzed like this is Klaus.

Hey brad, nice video I need your help Tablet comparison, which is better: Xppen deco 03 vs Huion Inspiroy Q11K Need this ASAP please

Didn't know the show, thanks for the review. And yes, this is good content.

Brad is the best art teachee

could you do a video breaking down the art style of Arcane? it reminded me of the last season of clone wars a lot but obviously there's a lot of small differences that make arcane completely different.

amazing animation, impressive

That's a great video. I didn't expect it but I love it tho 😍

Underrated!

make more videos like this one.. I like it

reminded me of art style from "ARKANE" studio's dishonored series, and Prey

Please use animation also while using clips like somethings you say are a little bit harder to understand so animation can really help. Anyway enjoyed the video

Definitely the eyes, I feel like I could tell how Mel felt when she was at Piltover Bridge with Jayce and Victor.

Yes!

tl;dr: please do more reviews of shows that are digital art in motion (BLAME!, DotA, etc.). HELL BRAD... feel free to do reviews where art is involved at all (manga, comics, anime, etc). I'm here for it! I was hardcore watching your vids right up until I took your advice and bought an iPad 2021 and Procreate. I stopped watching your vids after that because I feel I got the best hardware and software on the market for digital drawing and I just didn't care about what Samsung, Huion, etc were doing since I had the best. After that if it wasn't a vid dealing with software for PC or the iPad... i just wasn't interested. That's not a knock against you but if I feel I own a lambo reviews of a Prius or Ford just don't hold the same luster. I wanted 'one device to rule them all' and I feel I have that. BUT... I still really like your energy, your personality, and your artistic insight. So vids like this... they give me a reason to come to really come back an be a Brad fanboy all over again. I get to see what a digital artist I really respect (you) think about a show that literally looks like concept art come to life. While I wouldn't mind more of a general review, I did absolutely love your artistic insights like use of color, detail, and composition. There's no other reviewer that I know of that has critiqued a show like that AND has your level of authority. Also even though I thought season 1 of The Witcher was okay, I gave up on ep2 of season 2. The season 1 recap SUCKED and I had no idea what was going on.

I can forgive the glitchy video. When something is so good that it brings you out of your comfort zone to try something new, it's all good when you goof.

Can i do this with ipad mini? I think i'm gonna get ipad mini for my mobile sketchbook And what app should i use to create simple animation

why did you capture your browser video, with the "Picture-in-Picture" overlay? LOL. Just FYI, if you press that and then close it, you never have to see it again. Nice video. Probably gonna start watching it now. Haven't seen it yet, but heard good things.

There are whole channels out ther about this awsome topic. Off course you can. Animation is magic.

Absolutely cover more animated stuff. Take it back to the merry melodies cartoons of you can

I mean, the cupcakes on the balcony have more “relevance” than you’d think actually. It’s an easter egg really for the LOL fans. I would even consider it foreshadowing for Caitlyn. Her champion has an ability to use cupcakes in the game. So it’s more themed than it may seem if you know that. I love the detail though

Is there some behind the scenes/featurette that confirms no mocap for the animation? I know mocap is always touched up, so it would seem possible to take that as a base and then exaggerate movements? (And could still save time compared to frame animation?)

You should definitely check out Riot's animated music videos. Their ability to story tell without words is incredibly impressive, you don't need to know anything about the characters to have a general understanding of what's going on. I highly recommend More, Giants, Pop/Stars, Warriors, Awaken, and The Curse of the Sad Mummy.

Brad what is the best window pc animation app according to you

Do a video on some of the animated shows and movies from Disney+ like Encanto or some of the shorts they made exclusive for The Simpsons.

I haven't watched this yet because the property it's based on is repellent... But wow, when I was a kid this was how I imagined computer animation going. Not the pixar/dreamworks CGI look, but allowing artists to create individual frames with all the detail and care you'd put into a single painted masterwork.

Do you advise me to buy Samsung galaxy tab s6 liet this year??

Very good animation in Arcane. Love it. Btb ur udemy course is great on procreate.

Hello

When the show was first advertised, I was really excited about it… no one else being creative or appreciating art in my life (family, friends, boyfriend) they just didn’t get it >.< I’m like, am I crazy for being so impressed by this series? Nobody wanted to watch it with me, they were like “I don’t like cartoons” my face was right up to the screen sometimes, pausing and rewinding like whooa

I have a question..... As i am an android device user i.e I use android phones... So what would be better for me to pick.... iPad pro or samsung S7+...

Please try to get the tab s8 tablet next month. I want to buy it but I need to hear your review before making that investment. Please look at the cheaper one. I know that the Ultra is more fancy but for most of us is to big and to expensive.

And also best drawing app for window pc in your eyes

The animation in this show looks very similar to Mitchells vs the Machines. They both look amazing.