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Goulet Pen Company's new warehouse office tour

Goulet Pen Company's new office is huge! That's where your fountain pens will come from now when you order from them. Tags: goulet pen companyvideo

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Review: Simbans PicassoTab 10-inch Android Drawing Tablet

A company called Simbans contacted me recently and asked if I would be interested to check out a tablet of theirs called the PicassoTab. The highlight of this tablet, I was told, is that it supports...

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Book Review: The Alhambra Sketchbook by Luis Ruiz

This is one of three sketchbooks mailed to be recently from publisher Gustavo Gili. The other two books are Barcelona Rooftops by MIguel Herranz and Hola, Miró!!! A Travel Sketch Journal by Swasky....

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Review: HKC T7000 Monitor (Supports Adobe RGB)

I've always wanted to try out those monitors from "unknown" China brands so when Gearbest contacted me to ask if I would like to review something from them, I said yes of course. Gearbest is an online...

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Book Review: Above the Timberline by Gregory Manchess

Gregory Manchess must be one hell of an artist to put out a book like this, a large wide format that's fully painted on every page. It's amazing. I saw no other name on the cover so he must be the one...

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Registration for USK Symposium 2018

Registration for Urban Sketchers Symposium 2018 at Porto will start on 17th February, Saturday, 15:00hrs GMT. Passes are sold almost instantly, so good luck!...

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Book Review: The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi

Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi’s graphic novel The Dam Keeper is a spinoff from their award winning short film by the same name. The graphic novel is published by First Second and comes with a...

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Book Review: The Art of The Dam Keeper

The Art of The Dam Keeper is a wonderful companion artbook for the animated short film directed by Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo. This 168-page hardcover artbook collects the concept art and included...

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BATH - Paintings by Peter Brown (Kickstarter)

Peter Brown has put up his artbook on Kickstarter and it features some amazing paintings. Check it out at http://kck.st/2BZRooqCampaign ends March 17 2018 7:00 PM AWST.Tags: kickstarterself published...

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Review: XP-Pen Artist 13.3 Pen Display

The Artist 13.3 from XP-PEN was released around the same time as the the Artist 15.6 if I remember correctly. With these two new products, XP-PEN now has a good range of sizes for their pen displays,...

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Join our Feb 2018 sketchwalk at Pang Sua Pond (Bukit Panjang)

Pang Sua Pond is located in Bukit Panjang. Our sketchwalk will start at 9.30am in the morning. Be sure to bring mosquito repellent just in case. Check out more details on the Facebook page at...

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Review: HKC Q320 Pro IPS Monitor (32 inch 1440P)

Special thanks again to Gearbest for providing yet another monitor for a review. This continues my exploration into the different monitors made by China company HKC. The earlier monitor I featured was...

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Review: Woodpad Drawing Tablet That's Made of Bamboo

I've reviewed so many graphics tablets over the years and they are all starting to become difficult to differentiate. So it's really refreshing to see something different once in a while. The tablet...

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Review: Island Breeze from Briolette collection (BENU fountain pen)

Special thanks to BENU for once again sending me fountain pens to feature on my blog. It has been a while since I featured any new pens. This new pen is called Island Breeze and it's from this new...

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Book Review: Art & Design of Final Fantasy XV

Final Fantasy games usually don't have artbooks so it's always great to see one, and this one in particular is enormous and gorgeous. Art & Design of Final Fantasy XV is a collaboration between...

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Review #2: Huion Kamvas GT-191 Pen Display

Here's another review of the Huion Kamvas GT-191 pen display, this time from a Mac user perspective. My friend had already reviewed it a few months ago so you can read his review for a second opinion...

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Book Review: Cusvenia Wars: Skorpikus by Miguel Angel Martinez

Cusvenia Wars is a personal comic book project by Miguel Angel Martinez, a concept artist who has worked on Horizon Zero Dawn and Killzone 2 & 3. When I was searching online for Miguel's art, I saw...

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February 2018 Roundup

I did not manage to review many books this month because I spent a lot of time reviewing products that were sent to me and were piling up.Next month, my wife will be giving birth to our daughter so I'm...

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Book Review: The Big Bad World of Concept Art for Video Games: How to Start...

Here's the sequel to Eliott Lilly's earlier book Big Bad World of Concept Art for Video Games: An Insider's Guide for Students that I had reviewed way back in 2015. The first book is a guide on what...

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Review: MaimeriBlu Watercolor (Introductory Set of 6 tubes)

I've been using Maimeriblu for a few months and it's about time I write something about it. I actually wanted to test it a bit more but I'm actually getting a bit fed up with this particular set. This...

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