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When I read the title I thought this might be about David Bull, a well-known traditional Japanese woodblock artist who has a great YouTube channel: https://www.

When I read the title I thought this might be about David Bull, a well-known traditional Japanese woodblock artist who has a great YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/seseragistudio https://www.youtube.com/user/seseragistudio

waihtis 6y ago
David Bull is magical. There are certainly some good lessons to learn in how magnetic his videos and storytelling skills are, considering few would list hour-long woodblock printmaking videos a thing they would recurringly watch on Youtube. But here we are.
doersino 6y ago
He also does thrice-weekly Twitch streams: http://twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking/videos http://twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking/videos
codetrotter 6y ago
~120k subs and he’s an American. I mean I guess if you skimmed the title briefly I could see how. But to me that guy seems not comparatively popular on YouTube (and title was talking about taking the world by storm), and working with a Japanese medium and living in Japan still isn’t the association I have when title says Japanese Bob Ross.
- adamsea 6y ago
  Agreed. “The Japanese Bob Ross” clearly implies that the person is Japanese.
dqv 6y ago
And I thought they were talking about Kiwami Japan who makes knives out of various materials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3qsVzHeUt5_cPpcRtoaJQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3qsVzHeUt5_cPpcRtoaJQ I know it's not classical art, but I think it's still rather artistic to re-imagine a knife with new materials.
bane 6y ago
I met him very briefly while in Tokyo. He was closing up his shop for lunch and he stepped out for a minute while we were walking past after eating our own lunch down the street. I would have thought he was a tourist or somebody leaving a shop maybe but recognized him instantly from his excellent youtube videos. He was very nice and quietly energetic and funny and obviously passionate about his craft -- exactly as he is on his videos. He was taking a break for lunch and has his shop closed for a bit. We said we'd be back but ran out of time and never made it back to his place when it was open. It was an odd juxtaposition to walk about a block away and be confronted with the cacophony of the local Don Quijoti. 1 - https://mokuhankan.com/ https://mokuhankan.com/

waihtis 6y ago

David Bull is magical. There are certainly some good lessons to learn in how magnetic his videos and storytelling skills are, considering few would list hour-long woodblock printmaking videos a thing they would recurringly watch on Youtube. But here we are.

doersino 6y ago

He also does thrice-weekly Twitch streams: http://twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking/videos http://twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking/videos

codetrotter 6y ago

~120k subs and he’s an American. I mean I guess if you skimmed the title briefly I could see how. But to me that guy seems not comparatively popular on YouTube (and title was talking about taking the world by storm), and working with a Japanese medium and living in Japan still isn’t the association I have when title says Japanese Bob Ross.

adamsea 6y ago
Agreed. “The Japanese Bob Ross” clearly implies that the person is Japanese.

dqv 6y ago

And I thought they were talking about Kiwami Japan who makes knives out of various materials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3qsVzHeUt5_cPpcRtoaJQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3qsVzHeUt5_cPpcRtoaJQ I know it's not classical art, but I think it's still rather artistic to re-imagine a knife with new materials.

bane 6y ago

I met him very briefly while in Tokyo. He was closing up his shop for lunch and he stepped out for a minute while we were walking past after eating our own lunch down the street. I would have thought he was a tourist or somebody leaving a shop maybe but recognized him instantly from his excellent youtube videos. He was very nice and quietly energetic and funny and obviously passionate about his craft -- exactly as he is on his videos. He was taking a break for lunch and has his shop closed for a bit. We said we'd be back but ran out of time and never made it back to his place when it was open. It was an odd juxtaposition to walk about a block away and be confronted with the cacophony of the local Don Quijoti. 1 - https://mokuhankan.com/ https://mokuhankan.com/