After many years of planning, delaying, and deliberating, I've finally launched my YouTube channel, Kirshy's Cartoon Academy and accompanying online art hub, Kirshyca.com sharing my 25 + years of experience as professional artist and instructor. Both the channel and companion site focus on assisting would-be cartoonists of all ages and skill levels with tips, techniques, and advice with online resources (fully accessible with a free online membership) such as templates, exercises and guidebook PDF's (currently in development).
At the time of this posting, we are already 7 videos in, with episodes (and supplementary website material) covering character construction for both cartoony and realistic characters, advice (with demos) on creating various special effects with digital art, and tips and techniques for improving your panel design, composition, and depth. The overall vision is to showcase topics that aren't widely covered on countless other channels, and hopefully fill in the gaps for those who want to learn the nitty gritty, including guidance on the business side (coming soon).
Eventually, I plan to expand into longer online courses and other supplementary tools (both digital and physical) but for now, I will continue to build my YouTube library and hopefully a thriving community of artists who want to both learn and share!
