A tour of my setup

Name: A tour of my setup
Uploaded: 2024-12-11T16:45:03+00:00
Duration: 50 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this brief walkthrough, Ryan Maloney outlines the low‑cost gear and workflow he uses to create his drawing videos. He records with a $20 Amazon…

11 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief walkthrough, Ryan Maloney outlines the low‑cost gear and workflow he uses to create his drawing videos. He records with a $20 Amazon desk‑clamp phone mount that holds his iPhone, adds a cheap studio light (bounced off a wall to soften shadows), and sketches on rolls of paper taped to his desk using Paper Mate mechanical pencils and Post‑it notes for ideas. For digital work he employs an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, using Procreate for inking and coloring. The overall emphasis is on inexpensive, easily sourced equipment that supports both analog sketching and digital illustration.

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Here's what I use to draw and record all of my videos. This is a desk clamp from Amazon. It's about $20. You can move it around, it bends, hold your iPhone. That's how I record my videos. This is a little studio light, nothing crazy, um, pretty cheap off Amazon as well. It came with a little studio light kit. I just bounce it off a wall so the light isn't too harsh when I'm recording. I do my sketches on rolls of paper like this, and then I just tape it to the desk with some Scotch tape. Coffee. Paper Mate mechanical pencils for sketches. Post-it notes for ideas. iPad Pro. Apple Pencil. Get some bows going. And Procreate for drawing, inking, coloring.