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Artist Review: BenQ SW2700PT Monitor (99% Adobe RGB)

Here's a review that I should have written a long time ago. I've been using the BenQ SW2700PT for more than a year now and recently I've moved it to my new apartment, fixed on the shading hood and...

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Review: PAC DOT S Pen, a cheap Surface Pen alternative

Because of the popularity of my Youtube channel, I get requests from sellers to review their stylus often. The latest request is from this seller that sells the PAC DOT S Pen. I agreed to review it...

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Book Review: Tomb Raider: The Art and Making of the Film

This is one of those "art and making of" books that does not have much art. This is really a film production book. If you're expecting an artbook with concept art, you'll be sorely disappointed. If you...

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Retro & Bluetooth, the Rymek Mechanical Keyboard (review)

Here's my first retro keyboard, a Bluetooth mechanical keyboard called Rymek that was sent over from KnewKey. I don't like to review tech products unless it is art related but this keyboard is a work...

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Book Review: 入夜识 by FLZC (Evening knowledge)

I managed to discover an unusual artbook from Basheer Graphic Books during my last visit. The book had a tri-fold hardcover that's not glued to the book which has an exposed stitched spine. The book's...

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Book Review: Gustav Klimt: Drawings and Paintings

Here's the third book on Gustav Klimt's life and career of paintings, this time in a small, more portable handcover format. The first two books that were also published by publisher Taschen were the XL...

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Review: Luminous Blue from Briolette collection (BENU fountain pen)

Thanks to BENU Pen for providing the pen for this review.Luminous Blue is another pen from the BENU Pen's Briolette collection, a series of pens that features multi-faceted body design. The previous...

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Book Review: 野作 (Ink of Wild) Book 1 by Zao Dao

Here's another wonderful artbook from Chinese artist 早稻 (Zao Dao). His previous artbook 松風 (SONG OF SYLVAN by ZAODAO) was one of my favourites from 2015. 野作 (Ink of Wild) is a two book set. I've made...

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Book Review: 野作 (Ink of Wild) Book 2 by Zao Dao

Here's the second book from the 野作 (Ink of Wild) set. I forgot to mention in the first review that these two books are not sold separately, so you have to get them as a set. The second book is a...

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Just received a Smile Create Repeat art supplies box

Smile Create Repeat (SCR), a company that provides an art supplies subscription service, has recently sent me a box to check out. I know that such art supplies subscription services exist but was never...

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Review: Uniball Vision Needle with Waterproof Fade-proof Ink

Uniball Vision Needle pens are difficult to find in Singapore. So when I saw this set selling on Amazon Prime (Singapore), I knew I had to buy it.I'm a big fan of Uniball pens, more specifically, the...

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Can You Draw & Write on the Surface Laptop?

You can write and on the screen of Surface Laptop but it's going to wobble. Putting a hand behind the screen may provide some support, but the experience is not very different from drawing on a hard...

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Join our June 2018 sketchwalk at Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West

Urban Sketchers Singapore will be having this month's sketchwalk at Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West on 30 June 2018 at 9.30am. Join us for another fun sketching session. Check out more details at...

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Book Review: Early Bird: Art of Kelsey Eng

Here's the personal artbook of Kelsey Eng, an illustrator based in Burbank, California who's currently working at DreamWorks. Her illustrations are beautiful, characters lively and colours lovely. You...

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May & June 2018 Roundup

There wasn't any roundup in May because I felt that there wasn't enough content to warrant one. So this month's roundup includes last month's as well. Days of the long roundup lists are probably gone...

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Review: Surface Laptop for Graphic Design, Photo Editing

Here's the Microsoft Surface Laptop review unit that I've finally gotten my hands on thanks to Microsoft Singapore. I was looking for the release date when I found that it was actually released in mid...

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Book Review: The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story

Here's another excellent artbook from the Star Wars movie franchise. If you have bough the two earlier movie artbooks, Rogue One and The Last Jedi, then you can expect the same level of detail and...

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Review: Veikk S640 Tablet

Thanks to Gearbest for providing this tablet for review.Veikk is a China company that makes tablets. Their website does not have much information and the only products they are selling currently are...

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Review: Parblo Coast16 Pen Display

Special thanks to Parblo for making this review possible by sending over a review unit.The Parblo Coast16 is the latest addition to the Coast family of pen displays which so far consists of Coast10,...

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Surface Laptop vs Surface Book 2 (Artist Designer Review)

Thanks for Microsoft Singapore for providing the review units for this review.This review is written for graphic designers and visual content creators, such as those create digital art, edit photos and...

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