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Book Review: Wine Country: Impressions in Oil by Erin Hanson
Wine Country: Impressions in Oil is one of my favourite artbooks of 2018, and it's also one of the best I've seen this year. Erin Hanson has been painting since she was a kid, and started commissioning...
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Review: VectoTech Rapid External SSD (Most affordable SSD I've Seen)
The Vectotech Rapid external SSD is the most affordable large capacity SSD in the market right now. I bought this because I need to upgrade from my current SSD which is running out of storage. Here's...
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Book Review: GRAPHITE 7 Magazine by 3DTotal
The GRAPHITE quarterly magazine from 3Dtotal is still going strong. Issue 7 features yet another group of wonderful artists, namely Andrew Mar, Benedetta Rossi, Federico Ferrarese, Lucy MacLeod, Suheb...
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Review: Schmincke Aqua Granulation Spray
A trip to Straits Art led me to buy more stuff that I needed again. This time, a small 15ml bottle of Schmincke Aqua Granulation Spray caught my attention. I remember watching several Youtube videos...
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Book Review: Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale...
All the film production books for Guillermo Del Toro related movies that I've featured has been terrific so far, and I'm glad to see that the same quality here with this book. The Shape of Water:...
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Artist Review: Lenovo Miix 520 with Active Pen 2
Big thanks to Lenovo Singapore for providing the Miix 520 for this review. I've been wanting to check out the new model and compare it with the Miix 510 which I've reviewed before. The biggest changes...
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Lenovo Active Pen 2 vs 1 (Artist Review)
Big thanks to Lenovo Singapore for providing the Active Pen 2 for this review.In this review, I'll be comparing the Active Pen 2 (AP2) vs the 1st generation Active Pen from the perspective of an...
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July 2018 Roundup
Here are the reviews from last month. BooksThe Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story野作 (Ink of Wild) Book 2 by Zao DaoThe Art and Making of Pacific Rim UprisingThe Art of God of War (2018)Marvel's Ant-Man and...
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Book Review: The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness
The sequel to the first Dam Keeper graphic novel is here. The second book tells the story of Pig and friends going over the dam into the wastelands to discover other cities. They are still...
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Book Review: Undisputed Street Fighter: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective
Undisputed Street Fighter is a comprehensive guide to the Street Fighter universe published in 2017 by Dynamite Entertainment. It's a must-buy for all Street Fighter fans because it's packed with so...
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Book Review: Erin Hanson: Open Impressionism, Volume II
Open Impressionism: Vol 2 (2016) features a stunning collection of oil paintings from Erin Hanson, a talented and hardworking artist from California, USA. Her first book which was published in 2014 is...
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Book Review: A day at Tsukiji Fish Market 築地市場: 絵でみる魚市場の一日
I bought this book because, well, the cover art is nice, and I've been to Tokyo but missed out on visiting inner Tsukiji Fish Market. The artist and author of this book is Morinaga Yoh (モリナガ ヨウ ). This...
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Lenovo Miix 520 vs Surface Pro 2017 (Artist Review)
This comparison review is written for visual content creators, graphic designers and digital artists. This is the accompanying text review for the video review I've posted on Youtube. By the way, I've...
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Book Review: スカイエマ作品集 (Emma Sky Art Collection)
I was drawn in my Emma Sky's simple manga style to purchase this book. Sky has an earlier artbook that was published in 2014 called スカイエマ (イラストレーション別冊). The book I have here, if I'm not wrong, is the...
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Review: Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver
After publishing the video of my worn out brushes recently, I've suggestions from viewers to check out the Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver (MCBP)So I was at Straits Art the other day and saw that...
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Review: Sepia (Daniel Smith)
Sepia is a colour with history. It's one of the inks as writing inks and for drawing during the Greco-Roman era. That's why when we look at Sepia handwritten notes and drawing nowadays, we get that old...
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Book Review: Art of War: Red Tides
Here's the artbook to the multiplayer strategy game Art of War: Red Tides from Chinese developer Game Science. The publisher is Waterpub. This artbook is actually 4 paperback artbooks housed in...
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Ink cartridges, ink convertors and ink refilling systems for fountain pens
Today, I want to share with you all that I've learned about ink convertors. It's always better to use ink convertors than disposable cartridges because it's more economical. Being able to refill the...
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Book Review: Acrylic Painting Mediums and Methods: A Contemporary Guide to...
This a a rather comprehensive book on acrylic. The type and use of acrylic I'm familiar with is painting. This book covers a way more than just painting. The book starts off with an introduction to the...
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Review: Escoda Prado Tame Synthetic Brushes
Escoda Prado is a watercolour brush that uses synthetic hair. According to Escoda, the Prado imitates sable hair's colour, spring and absorption of liquids. Don't believe everything you read though....
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