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Patreon's new fees of 2.9% + $0.35
I just received an email from Patreon this morning was shocked. Patreon has introduced a new fee structure. And this will affect you if you're a patron supporting creators on Patreon. This is their...
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Book Review: All My Photographs Are Made With Pens
I see that Tommy Kane has retained his sense of humour in his second sketchbook. In his first book, An Excuse to Draw, he had Michelangelo write the introduction. In this book's preface, he compares...
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Book Review: Thor: Ragnarok - The Art of the Movie
The Thor: Ragnorak artbook is another fantastic addition to the Marvel movie artbooks. Just like other Marvel movie artbooks before, this is a large hardcover that comes with a slipcase. There are 328...
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Book Review: The Photography Exercise Book: Training Your Eye to Shoot Like a...
Books on photography techniques often teach you the basic techniques in brief with lots of beautiful photos. The Photography Exercise Book by Bert Krages differs from those books by really going in...
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Book Review: Audubon, On The Wings Of The World by Fabien Grolleau and...
The artist, John James Audubon led a fascinating life. He was also known as ornithologist and a naturalist. His magnum opus The Birds of America is considered one of the most important book on the...
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Book Review: Infected by Art Volume 5
The latest volume from Infected by Art is out. This is volume 5. At the time of this review, the submissions for Volume 6 has just ended so you can expect another volume next year as well. Oh, the copy...
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Book Review: Painting in Watercolor: The Indispensable Guide by David Webb
This is one of the better watercolour instructional books I have in my collection. David Webb is an illustrator who specializes in watercolour for over 35 years. In this 256-page hardcover, he shares...
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Book Review: The Phantom of Oxley Castle published by Epigram Books
I feature mostly artbooks on my blog but I've made an exception for this book because of the controversy that surrounds it. The Phantom of Oxley Castle is a children book written by Liana Gurung and...
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Lemon Yellow + Quin Magenta + Cerulean Blue Chromium (Limited Palette)
Here are the colour swatches I have created for another limited paletted video that I've posted on Youtube (below).The colours I've chosen this time are Lemon Yellow (PY175), Quinacridone Magenta...
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Book Review: Gwent: The Art of the Witcher Card Game
This is a fantastic artbook not just for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game but as a standalone fantasy artbook. This is easily one of the top artbooks of 2017 based on the quality of art featured. Collected...
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Fall of Gods - the Nomad (Kickstarter)
Fall of Gods - the Nomad is the sequel to Fall of Gods that was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2014. As usual, the art looks terrific. 20th Century Fox even picked up the first book to develop...
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Review: Daniel Smith's Primatek Watercolor Set
Primatek is a series of watercolours from Daniel Smith that are made from natural mineral pigments and sometimes semi-precious stones. Many of the names of the colours in this series are really...
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Book Review: GRAPHITE 4 Magazine by 3DTotal
This is so weird. I just realised I had forgotten to feature issue 3 of GRAPHITE and I can't find where I put that copy anymore. Argh.Anyway, GRAPHITE 4 concludes the first year of the GRAPHITE series...
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Book Review: Journey: Digital Plein Air Paintings and Sketches by Dorothy J Hwee
Dorothy J Hwee is a concept artist who currently works at Bandai Namco Studios Singapore, and previously at LucasArts and Imaginary Friends Studios. She has sent me a copy of her new artbook called...
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Clinton St Baking Company and Restaurant (Cafe Sketching Session)
We sketched at Clinton St Baking Co and Restaurant this week. Their coffee, cakes, chicken and waffle are fantastic.Tags: videocafe sketching
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Book Review: The Art of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Wolfenstein is back and it's as good as ever. When I first saw the game and the artbook, I was intrigued by the concept of creating a game based on an alternate universe where the Axis powers won World...
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Quinacridone Magenta vs Permanent Alizarin Crimson (Daniel Smith Watercolor)
I've a viewer on Youtube who asked me if Quinacridone Magenta is a better colour than Alizarin Crimson. So I created a video to answer the question, and I thought I should write on my blog as well.I...
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Book Review: Justice League: The Art of the Film
This is a decent movie artbook companion but it certainly could be better. If you also collect the movie artbooks from Marvel, just note that this isn't as good.As an artbook, it has quite a...
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Book Review: The Art of Rick and Morty
We finally have an artbook for the popular Rick and Morty animated series after three seasons. Hurrah!When I first saw the cover art, I thought it was rather dull. But, it's actually a pretty cool...
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