Laovaan

Lars Degenhardt (born ) is a German YouTuber who is known for his watercolor portraits, manga drawings, digital art and video tutorials. 
==Content==
Lars started out making art of manga drawings and how to make animesque artwork, such as anime hairhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww1Jvo2cVQs&ab_channel=Laovaan, how to make backgrounds with watercolorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQm1greTuAo&ab_channel=Laovaan. His watercolor art was the focus of his content for a timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqpBd1Y3zFo&ab_channel=Laovaan, with him making several art pieces using Colorex watercolor painthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGgc_fpmc9s&ab_channel=Laovaanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzy09gd9j5A&ab_channel=Laovaanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF_JogQRb7c&ab_channel=Laovaan. 
He also gained popularity for his realistic depictions of real people, such as cosplayer Liui Aquino,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qthSACf-_LE&ab_channel=Laovaan Cara Delvignehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFjitG4BDcM&ab_channel=Laovaan and Katniss Everdeenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rm9L_Q-TXo&ab_channel=Laovaan. 
It wasn't until 2015 where he started a Q&A in German revealing several details about himselfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKuEmKSrur4&ab_channel=Laovaan. The same year, he began centering his content on painting animehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zJLfrqdSE&ab_channel=Laovaan, though he has dabbled in Western animation toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEmx9c1KdWo&ab_channel=Laovaanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMNc3YpgGbA&ab_channel=Laovaan. For a short while he even tried metallic paint.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aay4C1B4UMI&ab_channel=Laovaan 
He loves the Legend of Zelda, even making a cosplay of Link's swordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2agUVDyhgY&ab_channel=Laovaan, and has a number of videos on drawing Linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-aHBwb4zZ4&ab_channel=Laovaan. In 2016 he released his first artbook, that was sponsored by Skillsharehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sprnze2PXJQ&ab_channel=Laovaan. A revisiting of his sketches revealed that a lot of them were inspired by Legend of Zeldahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saJzfr-jWG4&ab_channel=Laovaan. 
As of 2019, most of his content is focused on digital art and manga drawing/webcomicshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsOUB38yQgk&ab_channel=Laovaanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q0E11tRzvc&ab_channel=Laovaan. He gives tutorials on how to draw with linearthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkbJe8DjRu4&ab_channel=Laovaan, and how to draw as a beginner artisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbcp_eKYoSM&ab_channel=Laovaan, and anatomical details such as muscles and abs on male anime charactershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flfCactlvIs&ab_channel=Laovaan.
==Personal Life==
Lars was born in Germany, and has a twin brother, who also makes art under the name Jasdavihttps://twitter.com/jasdavi. He is gayhttps://www.deviantart.com/laovaan/art/My-Boyfriend-in-Technicolor-422626347, something that is referenced a lot in his art and on his DeviantArt page. He attended art school in Dusseldorf, but is very critical of ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYvyWRYFqk&ab_channel=Laovaan.
==Trivia==
*The markers he uses are Geo College Pigment Linerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clL5cKLrXUs&ab_channel=Laovaan, and uses Faber Castell Polychromos pencilshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257blj0vYEc&ab_channel=Laovaan
*In a Q&A, he revealed he is self taughthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrT5uSyGzI&ab_channel=Laovaan
*He cosplayed as Jack Frost on Halloweenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVmhqtaBw5M&ab_channel=Laovaan
*He revealed his real name on episode 90 of The Art School of Lifehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y96eHc57BI&ab_channel=ArtSideofLife
*He sells his art prints on Etsy
*His brother's name is Luca, and he is also gayhttps://jasdavi.tumblr.com/post/165048054713/your-laovaans-brother-right-is-he-gay-too
*His first digital art piece was on Hiro from Big Hero 6https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GLO-JKqUE&ab_channel=Laovaan
==Gallery==
File:Loavannface.jpg|Lars' face
File:Laovannbro.jpg|Lars (left) and his brother (right)
==Artwork==
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==References==
Category:Art YouTubers
Category:German YouTubers
Category:Anime YouTubers
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012
Category:LGBT YouTubers