I wasn't expecting to take a break this long! I missed you, I'm so happy to be back : .. )

@pardisghasemi1115

3 ай бұрын

Just about time ❤

@marianamirandoli

3 ай бұрын

We're very happy you're back. We missed you too. ❤

@Veritse87

3 ай бұрын

Hola Fran, gracias por seguir compartiendo tu camino y tus procesos sos una gran inspiracion para las artistas que nos cuesta seguir adelante. Yo me vine a vivir a Francia hace un ano y medio a hacer animacion 3d y me encontre con un monton de bloqueos que no sabia que tenia y bueno aca estoy en 2do ano haciendo lo mejor que puedo. Gracias por tus videos siempre, en este viaje me vine con mi gatita y la perdi porque se enfermo, fue muy duro. Tus videos contando parte de tu vida tambien son muy importantes, gracias gracias. Conoces artistas del mundo de la 3d como vos que sean youtubers? un abrazo desde una argentina a una chilena por el mundo

@biansei

3 ай бұрын

i missed you so much!!

@laurenvonduyke-dadmun9928

3 ай бұрын

We missed you too! Glad that you're back!❤

A Fran video about paper? Yes please! When I survey new potential sketchbooks I always think of you and our shared love of feeling paper! It brings me back to one of the first videos of yours I saw.

@FranMeneses

3 ай бұрын

ooh thank you for the suggestiooon! I was planning to do a video all about the tools I'm using for this project, so I can maybe do a whole section on paper : - )

@cookie-kei

3 ай бұрын

@@FranMeneses Oh, yes please!

@pandamaroodraws

3 ай бұрын

I second this! You calling your sketchbooks little bastards lives rent free in my head. ❤

I think it's great to see the slow process as it highlights the truth about how long art takes to make. So much of our world is speeded up and people get the impression that creating art or stories is easy and fast. That couldn't be further from the truth. It's quite meditative watching you draw at normal speed with lovely jazz. I love it x

The a4 scanner is quite suitable for illustrations of any format, the whole secret is to scan a large sheet piece by piece and then combine everything into one picture in Photoshop. There are a lot of videos on KZread on how to combine a large scanned illustration into one image. Everything will work out)

@StarlineHodge

2 ай бұрын

Came here to same the same thing! You gotta scan in pieces and combine it after! :)

Fran, como bien dices, “autocompassion is the answer”. Es totalmente normal que no tengas los 5 sentidos y estés presente en todo, es un logro que a pesar de las circunstancias estés cumpliendo tus metas ¡Date un abrazo como se lo darías a otra amiga en tus circunstancias! Te mando yo otro ♥️🫂✨

thanks for the lovely video, fran! honestly, i really love the "loud" silence and also the "real time" painting sequences:-) those are very calming to me😊

I find sometimes its hard to be consistent on KZread. But luckily I get to watch some of my favorite creators that keep me motivated to keep going and going... Thanks.

love it when you add grey scales. soothing

Hi, I'm just here for the vibes, but in regards to the time lapse stuff, I've noticed the same thing with my hobbies. Watching someone speed through a project has really given me unrealistic expectations on how long a process can take. So I find myself jumping into things I want to get done "today" that really need several weeks of dedication. So thanks for slowing it down and showing the real grind involved with producing something!

I love watching you work in real time, it's both therapeutic and makes me feel much better in my own way of working. Sped up videos tend to demotivate me and make me feel utterly incompetent, I'm so slow it seems by comparison, yet, in truth, we are all slow, but that's what I love about art - it's all about being present and in the flow. Thanks Fran, great video! 🙏

Loved this video fran! 💙 so satisfying to watch you draw and especially when you added the gray shading gave me so much dopamineee 🖊

happy to see you back

Hi Fran. Big fan of your art. May I share some of the paper using experince: I've use Canson Fanboy Comic Art boards(11x17in-150lb) for Comic making Penciling& Inking. It comes with 24 pages and cost about $24 on amazon&Blick art, which is about $1/per page; There's blue mark for comic grid but you can draw on the reverse side, which is blank. The paper has "Eye protection" feature so it's not 100% white, be aware of that if you mind that. What I like about the paper is the vellum surface feels really nice when you are inking, but the surface never get damaged by eraser, it feels really good if someone have sensibility when inking the artwork; Another good paper for Pencil&Inking is Strathmore Bristol 200 Series Bristol Pad-Smooth-(11x17in, 24 sheets, 100lb) , the paper is super great, and it's brighter than the Canson Fanboy. If you're used to Manga paper, you probably like it. For me it's just little bit too slippy...Strathmore have also Vellum version, which is 300 series(Yellow cover), but the vellum option didn't work very well with the eraser (it's hard to erase the pencil line). Strathmore also have 500 series Bristol bloc, they are acid-free and made of 100% cotton, but they are more expensive....I tried once and I found out the Canson Fanboy is good enough for me. But who knows, maybe you'll like it. They should be great for gallery&archive use. Here's the link for you to check: www.dickblick.com/products/strathmore-sequential-bristol-board/ Keep on your works!

I've been loving to see your process!! Every time you update, you inspire me to make art too!!

This looks so good. I absolutely love watching your process.

This is one of my favourites of your videos - so nice to see the whole process from start to finish.

So so calming and not sad at all. ❤❤❤ I love how the page turned out.

I just love watching you work and seeing your process.

i am so obsessed with your graphic novel process videos. i love seeing how you ink things! thank you for sharing, and welcome back :- )

Absolutely love your videos! Thank you for finding the time to create videos! This one was even special, since I’m watching it from Chile ❤️

This was so relaxing to watch 💆‍♀️ i love watching these videos

Hey fran, so happy to see you are back ❤

Alaways in Awe of the mark making, intentional and confident. Stunning✨ much love Fran!

Fran it is sooo lovely to have you back,you have been greatly missed!!! 🫂🫖🍵🥧☕🕯📓🖋Warm hugs from Sweden💖

Best wishes! Thank you for sharing! You inspire me to push through!

Fran, we love you and we love your videos, so take all the time you need to make them and all the many many things you have to do as a creator. I admire your tenacity in all these years I’ve followed you and you are getting greater, day by day ❤ much love and good luck

This was such a lovely video!! I loved the normal speed inking and although the background jazz is great, sometimes the silence is nice too :)

This was so appeasing! I actually love seeing your sketching and inking process in real time. Art does take time and seeing it sped up all the time, I feel like we internalize the fact that we should be that fast in real life even if it's not possible. Thank you for that

Fran, I was just thinking about you yesterday! So glad to see one of your videos again. A pleasure as always and the mixture of editing (fast, slow, music or 'silence') is great and your signature style. Don't change it!

fran i loved ! you really inspire me thanks ✨

I was so excited to see your lovely inspiring creative video! You are very talented in knowing how to share your passion so I/we feel a part of it! Thank you 🙏

Very peaceful drawing vid. Love these! Love watching the process and doing my work alongside it. :)

Fran! Glad to see ya. I am not bored watching art making at normal speed. I like to see the true process. And I like the song, not sad more contemplative. Good vibes all around. And playing cards with family is great inspo because you can tell in the scene who is there to have fun and who is taking the game SERIOUSLY.😊

Preciosooo Fran! Que ganas❤

That looks so good! Awesome! Keep going!

It’s a joy to see it all coming together. The paper testing reminded me of the videos you used to make🌞

Glad you're back Fran

Fraaan extrañaba un nuevo video tuyo!!! Te mando mucho animo para todas las cosillas que te estan pasando❤❤❤

wooooooh those panels look amazing!!

Your videos are extremely relaxing and very much motivational to do own sketchbooking. Lovely video❤.

Me alegra mucho Fran ver lo lindas que están quedando las ilustraciones. Besos

Estos vídeos son mi pausa mental :) siempre se me hacen demasiado cortos, un abrazo Fran para esos sentires ☘

Thanks for sharing your process and isnights with us always, the best channel on yb! Good luck with family stuff and the trip, hope it;s going ok! Sending you love s2

I’m so happy there’s a Fran video! 💜💜💜

Amo tus videos Fran y amo verte crear en tiempo real. Me hace bien al corazón ❤️

I'm so happy that you're back! you're my favourite person on all youtube ❤ so sorry to hear about your life struggles and wishing you all the best!

Siempre es hermoso verte trabajar, Fran

This was so lovely and cozy Fran! ❤️ I’m looking forward to learn more about your process in creating your graphic novel!

@FranMeneses

3 ай бұрын

thank you Christineeee

You are making so much progress! This is so wonderful to see. I know that this is a difficult time but I find that channeling that turmoil and bringing all of those feelings into your work can be so powerful. Can you talk a bit about what pens you are using? The brush pen looks so crisp.

I really thought the real-time "slow" inking was still sped up - your lines are SO confident and smooth! I also feel like short videos have made me question my own art speed, but work I'm proud of takes me a really long time, and it's hard to just relax into the monotony of making marks on paper sometimes. And if you ever wanted to make a video about how you think about greyscale art, I know I'd be fascinated. I love the contrast you still get from your comic pages despite the limited palette!

Amo que sin previo aviso cambies tu pelito Fran, y estoy muy feliz con el nuevo video 💜

I love lots of slow drawing footage and seeing you making progress in drawing the graphic novel! I'd love to read it when it comes out ❤

@edelgrane9375

3 ай бұрын

Also the way you synced your smile with the last beat of the music at the very end? So good

I love manben it gives me asmr vibes in the beginning, I hope everything is well with your family and wish you many great sketches.

What a fantastic process, this is fascinating ☺☺

Amo la música ambiente que pones y lo real de tu contenido. Me calma ver tus videos y los pongo apenas puedo y veo que subes uno. Saludos desde Chile:) 🫰🏻

Seeing how we're well into Apr, i hope your trip back home went well and your father is as well as can be all things considered. And i hope you're doing better as well, i love the purple hair 💜 such an electric color.

I'm excited to see you speak at VALS this Thursday. I really love your approach to the inking process. Sending good energy ❤

@FranMeneses

3 ай бұрын

oh so sorry I'm not speaking at VALS, maybe you're confusing me with someone else?

Great to have you back, Framn! Oh that brush pen looks like heaven! Which brand/type is it? Sending our best for you and your family.

Welcome back, glad to see your vlogs again😊

Love your art! - thanks for sharing.... Yes, please do take the time out to look after yourself! I find chilling out with a favourite comedy helps... The important thing is just to do whatever works for you. 🤗

No sabia que necesitaba tanto este video!!!! Thank you Fran for the testing papers, I´m a Graphic Design Student and all your videos are really helpful, Cheers from Chile

Self-compassion is definitely the hardest because we are our own worst critic. I'm proud of you for working through the things going on in your life - even if it meant a KZread break. I'm sorry about your Dad but here's a prayer he can be calm and comfortable through what's happening. I also feel you about buying wrong specs or size electronics. We all do it - so don't feel alone. Congratulations for working with what you have. 💖

So happy to see you Fran! Be patient and kind to yourself.

Waaaa me encantó este vídeo

Lo de la velocidad de los videos: Es hermoso ver cómo trabaja la mano a velocidad normal. Me parece además que para quienes te seguimos, que hacemos arte, es un alivio tener de referencia a que velocidasd realmente pasan las cosas. Muchos hermos llegado a sentir que un speedpaint es la velocidad de trabajo a la que deberíamos apuntar. Para quienes no crean, también me parece que es importante que entiendas toda la voluntad y consciencia que hay detrás de cada trazo. No somos una IA, y es necesario que no sea así. Saludos desde Argentina!

Thank you so much for these real time almost meditative scenes. The way the internet is training our impatience is something on my mind a lot and I appreciate your more intentional presence 😌✨ PS: the comic looks beautiful!

Qué bonito dibujas, Fran. Te va a quedar una novela chulísima 😊

we missed you thanks for the video 😸

The smile at the end xP Thanks for your videos :) 💙 And I enjoy silence from time to time .-.

Finally! New video 🙌

Omg I love your purple hair! 💜💜

Damn Fran that looks so good!

Really enjoyed the normal speed inking clips, would like to know on what paper you found best for the graphic novel and your pens of choice for the project. Thank you for sharing your process Fran!

loved this video, as always with your sweet sweet content

The way you draw different faces for each character I could never so talented gracias por compartir tu talento y proceso

Hi Fran, first of all, I am so sorry for what you are going through. Dementia is a very difficult disease to deal with. Then I wanted to share with you the way I deal with mistakes like getting the wrong size scanner. If I think that in life I have a set amount of those kind of mistakes, I just feel quite happy when the repercussions only involves sending it back and getting a new one... That takes my responsibility away and it's one time less of the set amount. That's my trick 😁 All the best to you. I was so happy to see a video from you. Thanks for posting during this difficult period.🤗💜

Fran! Hola! Pasé por una situación parecida en cuanto a lo familiar y también lidio con mi salud mental y en esos momentos se hace muy difícil saber por donde empezar a ordenar tu vida. Me sentí muy identificada y me encantó lo de tener compasión con nosotros mismos. Me encantan tus videos y estoy ansiosa por ver tu novela. Espero que todo mejore y gracias por tus mensajes en tus videos y por compartir este proceso profesional con nosotros. Saludos desde Argentina!

I love the real tempo. Ty

Me encanta la música que escoges para tus videos. Al menos para mí no se sienten tristes ❤

So Good to see you again ❤️ a tip for you: there is program that works amazingly well to seem up your a3s from a4 scanning (or even larger) in photoshop… but the one I am using came with the scanner (epson). An a3 scanner is ridiculous expensive…

Podría ver este video cincuenta veces. Es tan inspirador y terapéutico 🌷

@FranMeneses

3 ай бұрын

ay gracias mi neeerd : .. )

Donˋt feel silly for the scaner incident. It’s normal when your mental health is spiraling. As you Said, be gente with yourself. I truly know this feeling, so you are not alone with this. Wishing you some strenght for your challenges, besides your amazing novel project. As an Illustrator myself, i really enjoy your process and behind the scenes. Greentings from Germany and good luck for everything!🍀

Thank you for another video! ❤ I would to see you do a video about paper too! I like to keep an eye out for potentially nice papers or sketchbook!

I loved this video!! Can't wait to see how it turns out, i hope you'll be able to do more wip like this during the process :) i'm at the last year of comic school and the last exam is graphic novel, so it will be nice to virtually work together ✨

you are so cute Fran, i hope you are having the most wonderful time everytime you get to work on your comic cuz you make magic, tqm take care

Hi Fran ! Just letting you know that I’m a comic student, and although I completely agree that using a bigger size is easier for details, I also feel like its harder to create the composition for the page knowing that it will be scaled down, as well as not get lost in the details that won’t show up in the final version ! So there’s pros and cons to both methods ;) Do whatever works best for you !

I love seeing that even though it is computer edited, it's all created on actual paper with actual ink to begin with ❤ Also when you said "can you hear this plane?" I was like "eeh YES, how can YOU hear it, when it is just outside my window?!" good timing I guess haha. And so good to see that you got the right scanner eventually - and that you are being gentle with yourself regarding mistakes! You rule (with that cool ruler too) 🤓 Love from Sydney 🐱

Me encantan tus vídeos Fran! ❤ cuando estuviste en Chile te vi en el mama chaucha y fue como omggg es ella! Fue tan bacán jajajaja te sigo hace muchos años. Un abrazo!

I agree with you about speed drawing... We forget that art needs time!!

Hey Fran! Love to see your video as always and love to see you draw at normal speed !! I actually find you quite fast with your inking 😂 Quick question about your inking brushpens - do you need to replace them regularly or do you manage to keep the point in good condition ? Take care and love from France ❤

Que byen vídeo, me relájato ver el proceso, y me motivo a dibujar ❤

amo tus videos, me dan tranquilidad

Te extrañé. Espero que todo haya salido bien en tu viaje a Chile.

You have a long life....i was thinking why ha e yiu not posted in over a month and watched an old vlog. Now here you are 😂

I love graphic novel content!!!!!

i click so fast when i see the notification!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love you!

Que bueno verte! Te abrazo

Amé todoooo!!!

Qué lindo encontrarte en KZread y poder ver este video ahora que empiezo a reconectar con mi parte jubilosa y creativa, después de casi cinco años de un proceso migratorio tortuoso. Me transmites mucha paz y deseo para ti que tengas muchísima autocompasión con todo lo que estás atravesando porque lo mereces. Un abrazo.

the silences aren't uncomfortable, Fran! And I really like your taste in music, don't need to worry!