I hope you don't mind a long reblog, but there's a lot of fun and creative YouTubers out there, and a lot I think are interesting. My husband and I try to keep our YouTube time (limited to a wind down in the evenings) to positive creators, we both like doll customization and miniatures, but also other art and gardening and cooking things. For the sake of brevity - these are all currently active people who post regularly (I could recommend more who are not current posters but have a pleasant library of work). Unless otherwise mentioned, these creators narrate their work in English.
April Rose - A Monster High/BJD customizer who makes elaborate, psychedelic, and immaculate sculpted demons, monsters, and creatures. Her sculpting skills are incredible.
Dollightful - A Monster High/BJD customizer with a distinct and impressive style who makes elaborate, colorful customs often involving special engineering and a lot of costume patterning.
Moonlight Jewel - A general doll customizer/builder who has a bubbly cute goth style and makes all kinds of absurdly large customs of nostalgic properties and her own BJDs.
Enchantarium - A pair of sisters who customize smart dolls and the occasional monster high - they utilize a lot of elaborate custom machinery to make beautiful, fanciful dolls often themed after pop culture characters with delicate and complex garments.
HMS2 - An artist who hand-builds nostalgic Japanese miniatures in immaculate detail, often including functional furniture and fixtures. Also sometimes makes elaborate dollhouse kits step by step. Work is not narrated but is captioned.
Hanabira - An artist who makes miniatures of elaborate fanciful spaces of their own design, often with a sense of still-lived-in decay and return to nature. Much of their material use is recycled or low-cost. Work is not narrated but is captioned.
Boylei Hobby Time - A miniature artist and railroad enthusiast, his dioramas often take place in his 'wild imaginary west' setting, where he imagines enormous monsters and strange technology in an American setting.
Nelco neco - A quite varied miniature maker with videos mostly aimed at replication of technique. The style is generally quite charming and 'vintage' looking without feeling of a spesific era. Work is not narrated but is captioned.
Thalasso hobbyer - Not a frequent uploader but consistent - he makes gorgeous dioramas that always involve a ton of hand-sculpted animals and architecture and cast resin water. Work is not narrated but is captioned.
Studson Studio - An artist who makes wild customs of video game things, movie things, and occasionally just flat-out weird things. Specializes recycled materials and has a sort of chaotic sense of humor.
North of the Border - Another chaotic sculptor, he mostly makes 'this but that' type figures and scenes that involve a variety of pop culture characters. His best creations (in my opinion) are the ones where he's just having fun making his own thing, be it monsters or creatures or whatever fun idea.
Crossing Crafts - Similar to the previous two, she focuses in detailed miniatures of places in video games (particularly Nintendo ones) although she also makes figures from time to time. Her polish is top notch and while hand-made her sculptures often look like they could be some sort of high-quality licensed object.
Kayakasaurus - On the other side of chaos is this very peaceful creator who makes incredibly scientifically accurate and detailed dinosaur miniatures and scale models (sometimes even full scale).
Something Wicked - Uploads infrequently but they're always worth a watch, he makes creatures and monsters based on illuminated manuscripts and bestiary illustrations while discussing their history in a religious and social context.
SorrelsSouls - She just makes funny little 3D printed frogs (and sometimes bats or newts) of her own design.
HIROMITSU - A Japanese mask maker who specializes in traditional wooden carved masks. His work is absolutely gorgeous and his traditional methods are fascinating. Narration is in Japanese with English subtitles.
Zan Von Zed - A sculptor who makes a variety of unique creations with a specifically dark and gothic style. Their technique is a little too broad to pin down to any one thing, but their methods are consisted and skillful. Videos are not narrated but are captioned.
Goblin Girl Studio - She makes a variety of things but her latest focus is stop-motion puppets, which she goes into great detail about sculpting and designing, as well as discussing their character and stories. Her style is very 'small animals in clothes' like Beatrix Potter and Arnold Lobel.
Watercolor by Shibasaki - Called 'Japanese Bob Ross' by some, his soothing narrative style along with his lovely and calming watercolors make for calm and pleasant viewing. His technique is also incredibly skillful and his years of practice are well worth studying. Narration is in Japanese with English subtitles.
Tina Yu - An artist who makes large, elaborate sculptures in apoxie sculpt that have a colorful and dream-like style and logic. Her sculpting is incredibly refined. She posts some long-form videos on her channel and others on her pateron.
Nils Beardfoot - A leather crafter who makes a variety of bags, armor, and other accessories and uses his channel to show off the patterns he sells. He makes a lot of colorful and organic creatures and things out of leather with easy but clearly well-refined skill.
Baumgartner Restoration - Not exactly art but art restoration - this professional restorer goes into great detail of his work restoring damaged paintings and sculptures for museums and private collectors. His style is very soothing, quiet, and pleasant to listen to.
Herons Bonsai - A master gardener talks about bonsai - he discusses his technique, growing information, and other ins and outs of plants and bonsai specifically. He is extremely knowledgeable and very soothing to listen to.
Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't - Fair warning that his outspoken style can be somewhat abrasive, but he is deeply knowledgeable about plants and explores a variety of biomes with a crude but punchy style of teaching. While he often expresses dismay and anger at the current state of habitat loss and destruction, he's not without hope for reclamation and recovery, offering information on urban gardening from time to time.
γΊγγ©γ - Only tangentially related to gardening, this INCREDIBLE macro video of very very VERY tiny animals shows a world in the soil it is otherwise impossible to see.
B. Dylan Hollis - Where he shines is in his shorts, making vintage recipes - sometimes successfully sometimes not. But his streams and longer form videos are very cheerful and pleasant to watch. His musical skill and interest in things like flashbulb photography are very neat.
Cooking Tree - Styled as an ASMR cooking channel, these recipes (generally baked goods and pastries) none the less always look appealing and delicious. No narration, recipes are in captions.
French Cooking Academy - A skillful chef who focuses on making french cooking approachable and easy, he's not unlike Julia Child in his warm demeanor and breadth of knowledge.
Souped Up Recipes - Approachable traditional Chinese cooking - Mandy offers a variety of options to try to allow cooks with minimal access to Asian Markets the ability to make delicious Chinese food at home. Her style is cheerful and light, but focused on cooking.
Tasting History with Max Miller - Started as a lockdown project - Max cooks a variety of historical recipes as accurately as he can, discusses their place in history and any lore surrounding them, then tries what he has made. Often successful sometimes off-putting his willingness to try anything keeps the channel lively and interesting.
Townsends - Historical re-creators who discuss and re-create cooking in America at the time of the revolution, as well as the complex and laden history that entails.
y.na__homecafe - Another ASMR type channel, I just enjoy watching the assembly of cute and colorful drinks and other treats. There are a number of channels like this but I think this one has one of the best presentation styles.
