Solar Sands

Solar Sands is an American YouTuber that specializes in commentating or reviewing the art-related media, cultures. and archaeology. 
Originally, he was best-known for his "Browsing DeviantArt" and "In a Nutshell" series of videos. In his most popular series (Browsing DeviantArt), he reviews and critiques different categories and styles of art on the popular art website . The series established with his third video, "Browsing DeviantArt: UNDERTALE ART", where he reviewed fan art based on the 2015 role-playing game. .
==Videos==
Solar Sands has associated himself with plenty of various video categories that have made his channel gradually rise in popularity.
===Browsing DeviantArt===
Browsing DeviantArt is the original series that Solar had been known for. In 'Browsing DeviantArt' series, Solar reviews many various pieces of art submitted in the website, DeviantArt, much of which he considered to be either poor in quality, strange, or in need of improvement, and would proceed to explain into the detail how they could improve on said art pieces and styles. Although he has been recognized for this type of series and is most typically associated with it. Solar have been distancing from these series since then, with the last 'Browsing DeviantArt' video being uploaded in September 2019.
His first Browsing DeviantArt video was of when he reviewed various types of fan art of a popular 2015 game known as Undertale, created by Toby Fox, which has gained massive popularity within its fanbase since its release. Since then, the majority of his DeviantArt-related content would consist of him reviewing various art pieces of any popular topic, ranging from strange 'fetishes' to popular fandoms to even OCs (Original Characters).
In recent Browsing DeviantArt videos, Solar made a decision to review artwork of artists with given request rather than arbitrary artwork chosen in the video without the consent to have the artwork reviewed. This was established to reduce increasing complaints regarding for reviewing the artwork without the artists' consent.
===In a Nutshell===
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The older genre of 'In a Nutshell' videos revolves Solar redrawing a roster of characters from a specific franchise in a crude manner with Microsoft Paint and vaguely describing the basic plot of said fandom for humorous appeal and a lack of substantial quality. The first video of the series was on Undertale, which instituted into a running gag on his channel on which a character will state "oh wow" repeatedly, referencing said Undertale video. The video received exponential reception, accumulating roughly 8 million views as of 2021 and became Solar's 1st most popular video on his channel. These series had also inspired many parodies of different topics made by other creators that Solar Sands had even made a 100K subscriber milestone special reviewing these specific videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9avZvqynGE
===Art Talk===
In this series, Solar speaks in a general perspective on how an artist can effectively improve their creative habits by taking criticism maturely, reforming their art style and content, and the like. In an attempt to avoid any comments of those taking offense to his advice, he simply reminds the fans that it is all simply just his opinion and that criticism should be considered and used to help an artist improve their work. For example, in the 'Art Talk - Bases' video, he gives his opinion on why he's highly against bases being used in the artwork. A sub-series titled "Art Things I Hate" had sprung up from this main series, showcasing Solar taking short periods of time to point out common mistakes, flaws, or artistic habits he dislikes and/or finds repetitive. With careful wording, Solar aims in each video to constructively aid viewers with advice on how to work around these habits. Similar to these videos, Solar has also created videos titled "Stupid Things People Believe About Art," "Ridiculous Art Thefts," and "Art Things I Like," which all showcase a similar theme of constructive criticism or the aspect of pointing out the flaws of either art or of people who comment on said art.
===Edgiest Vlog on the Internet===
On occasion, Solar Sands would upload a vlog video that generally differentiates from the norm of most of his other video types. These videos, labelled as "The Edgiest Vlog on the Internet," often consist of loosely-narrated vlogs, room tours, and humorous nonsense between Solar and his younger brother, Rayan.
These videos are often the only types of videos in which Solar Sands will be on camera in-person, instead of just speaking into a microphone and using only his scripted voice for the majority of his videos. When on-camera, he always wears a mask that mirrors his channel icon in order to conceal his face. Rayan, however, does not wear anything to hide his identity, as in many videos people are able to see Rayan's full appearance.
===Deeper Artistic Analysis ===
Though not a series that falls under a current label, Solar's most recent content has revolved around a newer, more deep retrospective on aspects of artistic quality, from the history behind the low-resolution paintings shown in the popular video game Minecraft, to a close analysis on artists such as Trevor Henderson. Each video focuses on a different kind of idea, vaguely reminiscent of the different themes Solar used to focus on in his Browsing DeviantArt series, and are often written in a very articulate and informative manner, showing his clear passion for art history and deeper media questions.
==Trivia==
*Solar Sands' real name starts with an Lhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkN_zDknY2w
*Solar Sands graduated in 2023https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxOTQmch1SWY5aC3S5lB_pJIWz34RdL2AA
*Solar Sands currently resides in Houston, TX.
*Solar Sands is Cuban, or at least partly.
==References==
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:Art YouTubers
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2015
Category:One million subscribers