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Artist Review: Dell Precision 15-inch 5000 Series (5510)

Disclaimer: Dell loaned me a unit for two weeks for this reviewThis review will be from the perspective of someone who uses this to create graphics, e.g. 3D work, graphic design, photo and video...

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Book Review: Drawing Atelier - The Figure: How to Draw in a Classical Style

Drawing Atelier by Jon deMartin is a book filled with useful tips on drawing the figure in classical style. The content is written for beginners who already know basic figure drawing. It talks about...

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Reached 10,000 subscribers on my Youtube channel

On 19 November 2015, I wrote about reaching 4,000 subscribers on my Youtube channel. Almost three months later, now, I've reached the 10,000 subscriber milestone. Yeah! \ (•◡•) /Since then, I've...

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Review: Uniball Air Rollerball Pen

I added another Uniball pen to my arsenal of sketching pens. This is the Uniball Air rollerball pen from Japan. The pen has a slim profile and nice design. There are translucent slits on the body where...

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Book Review: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

“The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye” by Sonny Liew is a strange book -- in a great way. It intertwines the history of modern Singapore and the protagonist - Charlie Chan Hock Chye, self-proclaimed...

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Book Review: My Journey to Machu Picchu, Peru

I bought another one of Mike Daikubara's sketchbook. This time it's a travelogue sketchbook from his trip to Machu Picchu, one of the most famous sites in the world. This paperback sketchbook is...

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Book Review: The Art of Zootopia

Zootopia is one of the best movies for me this year and it's only March. This companion artbook too is a gem.This wonderful 160-page hardcover artbook features the concept art for the characters,...

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Sketching at Lokal Cafe (9 March 2016)

Here are some sketches draw at Lokal Cafe a few days ago. They are located at 136 Neil Road, Singapore. This is the kitchen. The numerous knives on the wall caught my attention. The knives are sticked...

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Artist Review: Artisul D13 Pen Digitizer Display Sketch Pad

Artisul D13 is the latest pen digitizer display from the Taiwan-based company UC Logic. A pen digitizer display is a monitor that you can draw on. The pen digitizer display market space is getting...

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Review: Medibang Paint drawing app

Medibang Paint is a full-featured drawing application that I've been using for a few weeks and my goodness, it's damn good.Medibang Paint is available for the desktop, tablet and smartphone platforms....

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FATHOMS: The Art of Michael Manomivibul (Kickstarter)

Michael Manomivibul has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his artbook FATHOMS.Check out the details at http://kck.st/1YVONh1Campaign ends 15 April 2016Tags: kickstartermichael manomivibul

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Book Review: Nuthin' But Mech Vol. 3

The third volume of Nuthin' But Mech has even more contributing artists and pages. There are now 54 artists and 152 pages. One of the artists, Francis Tsai, sadly has passed away.This new and thicker...

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Updated Rewards for my Patreon supporters in 2016

I figured since I'm already creating regular content on my Youtube channel, I might as well dedicate one day each week to create content for my Patreon supporters. In short, I'll be teaching some...

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Review: Figure Sketching Made Simple by Suhita Shirodkar (Craftsy)

Suhita Shirodkar has a new course on Craftsy and it's one that teaches you how to sketch expressive human figures just like her. I've been following her blog for a while and it's great to see that she...

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Book Review: Heaven's Hell: The Art of Anthony Jones

Heaven's Hell is a project where Anthony Jones imagines what afterlife could be like. This is essentially a character design book for characters that would populate the afterworld. The characters do...

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Art History Lectures from Micah Christensen

Be inspired by some pretty amazing painters from history. These are lectures created by Micah Christensen who has a PhD in the History of Art from the University of London and a Masters of Fine Art...

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Book Review: All the Buildings in London: That I've Drawn So Far

All the Buildings in London is the second book in the All the Buildings Drawn series by James Gulliver Hancock from Australia. The first book featured New York buildings.I love the simple and stylized...

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Creatures from Many Lands: Marc Hodge Sketchbook

Illustrator Marc Hodge has put up his sketchbook on Kickstarter. Check it out at http://kck.st/1RqXl9VCampaign ends 17 April 2016Tags: kickstarter

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Book Review: Killzone Visual Design

Guerrilla Games celebrates the 15-year anniversary of Killzone with this 208-page hardcover concept artbook. Six games have been launched so far and I've always wondered why there weren't any artbooks...

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Review: Illustrated Nature Journaling by Gay Kraeger (Craftsy)

Illustrated Nature Journaling is a video course for those who like drawing nature, animals and journaling.The instructor Gay Kraeger is an artist who has over 20 years of experience and has been...

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