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Book Review: The Paleozoic concertina picture book by Estrella Vega

Many weeks ago, an artist Estrella Vega contacted me regarding this book that he/she's publishing. It's actually a series of books called The Paleozoic, that's a period from 541 to 252.17 million years...

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How I get stuff to review on Parkablogs

I feel like I should write something about the delay of reviews for new artbooks.Before I talk about that, let me explain how I actually get artbooks and art products to feature on my blog.In the early...

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May 2017 Roundup

I'm not sure if I can consider May to be a productive month with only 10 artbooks featured.BooksDrawing Recipes (Drawing Recipes Collection) (Volume 1)Tower of Raziel: ApocryphaPortraits: Louis...

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Book Review: Jane, the Fox, and Me

Jane, the fox & me is a beautifully illustrated graphic novel that offers a deep insight into the protagonist - Hélène. She’s an outcast and a big fan of Charlotte Bronte’s book -- Jane Eyre, which...

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Book Review: Encyclopedia of Rainbows: Our World Organized by Color

This book has the interesting concept of arranging the things we can find in our world into a colour spectrum, just like a rainbow. The author and artist is Julie Seabrook Ream who has an Instagram...

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Review: Field Drawing Journal 160 by Global Art Materials

A few months ago, Global Art Materials sent me a couple of sketchbooks to check out. The Field Drawing Journal 160 is one of them.I've been using this sketchbook mostly for sketching on the train. The...

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Book Review: Hand Lettering A to Z: A World of Creative Ideas for Drawing and...

Today I featuringHand Lettering A to Z: A World of Creative Ideas for Drawing and Designing Alphabets by Abbey Sy. The contents of this book consist of the following topics: Tools &...

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Missing Sketchbook Alert

The art's quite nice.⚠ARTIST ALL OVER THE WORLD I NEED YOUR HELP⚠I found this in an spanish restaurant and It may be impossible but I want to find the author pic.twitter.com/ImQOSL5T3o— One shot, one...

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Book Review: The Art of Evolve

Update 5 June 2017: Amazon US is discounting this at 58%.Wonderful artbookVideo game developer Turtle Rock Studios has generously packed this 192-page hardcover with lots of wonderful concept art from...

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Who is the iMac Pro for?

Apple announced their most powerful Mac at the 2017 WWDC yesterday. It's an iMac. It's the iMac Pro. Let's look at the specs first before we talk about who this Mac is for.5120 x 2880 resolution...

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Book Review: FINAL FANTASY XIV: HEAVENSWARD | The Art of Ishgard - Stone and...

This is the second Final Fantasy XIV artbook. It features artworks from Heavensward, FFIV's first expansion pack and includes patches 2.4 and 2.5. This artbook has the same presentation style as the...

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Book Review: Flow Book For Paper Lovers Vol 4

The moment I laid my hands on this book, I thought it was such a brilliant idea to have a book like this. The Flow Book is actually a 300+ page book filled with paper goodies that you can either tear...

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OMG I'm in Tokyo | Day 1

Over the next few days, I'll be sharing my Tokyo travelogue videos here. I just came back from Tokyo 2 weeks ago. These videos will also appear on my Youtube channel, of course. Tags: my...

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Book Review: Bloodborne Official Artworks (Udon publication)

I have actually reviewed the Japanese edition last year. There's actually not a lot of text in this artbook so you can either get the Japanese edition or the English edition (published by Udon...

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Checking out Tokyo Skytree, Sumida River & Senso Ji | Tokyo Day 2

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BODIES OF ART by Sofia Bue (Kickstarter)

Someone just alerted me to Sofia Bue's Kickstarter campaign for her artbook called BODIES OF ART. The campaign is going to end in 24 hours time so check it out quick at http://kck.st/2q37YedBue works...

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Review: Speedball General Purpose 6-Nib Set No. 20

This is the General Purpose Set (No.20) by Speedball. This set is ideal for lithography, drawing fine lines and cross-hatching.By the way, Speedball also sells other types of sets with dip nibs for...

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Book Review: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: The Art of the Movie

Oh yeah, the Guardians are back. Just like most Marvel movie artbooks, this artbook comes with a slipcase. The book's a hardcover with 312 pages so it's satisfyingly thick.The book’s filled to the brim...

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Visiting Ameyoko and Ueno Park | Tokyo Day 3

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Best Watercolour Brushes for Beginners

During a recent Q&A session on my Instagram page, a follower asked for brush suggestions. So today, I'm going to talk more about watercolour brushes that I think are good for beginners.Different...

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