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Review: Kum Automatic Long Point Pencil Sharpener
The Kum Automatic Long Point is a pencil sharpener capable of producing a long point.Pencil sharpeners that can produce long points are usually those tabletop types with rotary blades and a handle....
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Review: New Huion 1060PLUS Graphics Tablet with Built-in 8GB Memory
Here's the New Huion 1060PLUS. I've actually reviewed the previous model that I borrowed from a friend. Writing this review feels like deja vu to me because many features are the same but there are...
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Brenda Swenson review of Stillman & Birn sketchbooks
Check out Brenda Swenson's beautiful art in her Stillman & Birn sketchbooks.Tags: brenda swensonsketchbooksstillman and birn
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July & August 2016 Roundup
Oops. I actually forgot to publish the roundup post for last month before I left for the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Manchester, England. Anyway, I did not feature many books these two months because...
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Niven Road Sketchwalk (Aug 2016)
Here's the video I made for this month's sketchwalk at Niven Road with Urban Sketchers Singapore.Tags: sketchwalkniven road
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Book Review: Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop: Sci-fi and...
Here's a book for beginners who want to focus on creating concept sci-fi and fantasy art. 3DTotal Publishing has published several beginner books on digital paintings, such as one for characters and...
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Book Review: The Art of Broken Age
This is the companion artbook for Broken Age a game that made history by being the largest crowdfunded game on Kickstarter at that time with over USD $3.3 raised. The developer has been praised for...
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Book Review: Walking TOKYO Sketches of Popular and Memorable Sites
I got to know of this book through Amazon's recommendations.This is a 72-page paperback that features the artworks of Japanese artist Rumiko Hotta. On the cover, it says it comes with 8 postcards and 2...
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Official USK Symposium 2016 Video is Out
Check out the official video for the Urban Sketchers Symposium that happened in Manchester this year.Tags: videourban sketching
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Book Review: Urban Sketching Old San Juan - Puerto Rico
Here's another delightful sketchbook by Mike Daikubara. He likes to self publish these little sketchbooks of his trips, and there's also one just on hotel room sketches. This time, he travels to Old...
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Vision Illustrated: Fantastic Art And The Creative Process (Kickstarter)
I've just be alerted by Hugo Bravo of this Kickstarter campaign for the Vision Illustrated artbook. This artbook features the process of selected artists by showing you the drafts, iterations and final...
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The Salary of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
My friend Sonny Liew has just wrote an article on how much money he made with his personal book project The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye. It's a sobering and inspiring read that I recommend to all...
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Barebones Mini PCs for Graphic Design, Photo & Video Editing
Here's a list of barebones mini computers options in the market today that are good enough for creative professionals. Even in their small form factor, you actually have many options to choose from...
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Book Review: Pulling Your Paintings Together by Charles Reid
This is one of the few Charles Reid books that were reprinted in 2016. I think it's great to make these books available again because they are insightful resources for any artists. Previously, I've...
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Book Review: Suicide Squad: Behind the Scenes with the Worst Heroes Ever
This is a fantastic movie companion. It has 176 pages but it's actually thicker than it seems because of the hardcover and all the removable items inside. The book features artworks, designs,...
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Skogakukan comics now available in Singapore
While I was at my sponsor SPD Singapore's warehouse in May, some comic books were passed to me to review. They had a new batch of comic books from Shogakukan Asia and are now distributing them in...
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Mattias Adolfsson Sketchbook 31
Check out Mattias Adolfsson's Sketchbook #31.His printed sketchbooks are:The Third in LineThe Second in LineMattias UnfilteredThe First in LineTags: mattias adolfssonvideosketchbooks
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Book Review: The Art of Painted Comics
After much delay and several changes to the cover art while being listed on Amazon, this book is finally out. This 392-page hardcover is a large book to behold. In the introduction it says that this...
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Review: Canson XL Mix Media Paper (300gsm)
The Canson XL Mix Media paper comes in different sizes and paperweight. Note that the XL series also comes with one that uses watercolour paper. The reason why I bought the Mix Media one is because it...
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