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Circular Road, 2 Mar 2014

Ink and WN watercolour I seem to prefer this close crop as compared the full picture. A pretty rush work drawn and coloured in an hour.Tags: my sketchescircular road

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Brain Divided by Josiah Haworth, Joon Shik Song and Joon Soo Song

Things that happen when you meet your crush.Tags: video

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Book Review: 300: Rise of an Empire: The Art of the Film

This artbook is a marked improvement over the one for the first film, 300: The Art of the Film.This book is actually a collection of production photography, film stills and concept art. Everything...

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Starbucks at Holland Village (3 Mar 2014)

12 by 9 inch Fabriano 200GSM Coldpress watercolour paper, Uniball Jetstream penI'm quite impressed with the Uniball Jetstream pen so far for sketching. It rolls smooth on the paper and the ink is...

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Book Review: Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and...

The original edition for this book is actually in German and it's called Wasserfarbe für Gestalter. That was published in 2011 and is one of my favourite books on watercolour and sketching. And I can't...

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Kindle and Paperwhite are $20 cheaper today (5 Mar 2014)

Amazon is discounting $20 for their Kindle and Paperwhite today.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 ships to Singapore with Amazon free shipping

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 ships to Singapore with Amazon's free shipping. As does the Google Nexus 7Tags: amazon

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Book Preview: RAINMAN CONCEPT ART BOOK [NOT AFRAID] Vol.1

Here's the artbook of a certain mysterious Korean artist known as Rainman. It's hardcover, 184 pages, priced around US$35. The size is 23cm by 31cm which is just larger than A4.You can get the book at...

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Coming Soon: Super Anatomy Vol 1: Multiple Angle Photo Reference for Artists

Super Anatomy is a new anatomy reference book that's coming soon. It's actually going to be launched as a Kickstarter campaign on 15 March 2014. Sign up for their newsletter to get notified.The book...

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Book Review: The Art of Pop Up: The Magical World of Three-Dimensional Books

The Art of Pop Up covers the fascinating history and evolution of pop-up books over the years.It features pop-up books mostly but it also has cards and other interesting creations. So you get to see...

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Visiting APD Singapore, a book distributor

I had the chance to visit APD Singapore (website | facebook), a book distributor, the other day. They provide books to bookstores in South East Asia, and some of them are Kinokuniya, Basheer Graphic...

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Book Review: Great Paintings

This is a truly wonderful book that presents the great paintings that painters from the past have given to us.The selection of paintings are from 1100 to the present. There are 66 paintings included in...

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宇多田ヒカル - Passion ~single version~

This is one of my favourite songs which also appeared in Kingdom Hearts, a video game I never played.The animation at the start is quite beautiful.Tags: video

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Book Review: One Painting A Day: A 6-Week Course in Observational Painting:...

One Painting A Day is more of an ideas book rather than an instructional book. There are some tips here and there but not much on the more technical stuff, the techniques.The drawing subjects are split...

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Books Seen at Basheer (8 March 2014)

Couple of new books have arrived at Basheer Graphic Books, the other place where I buy artbooks.The artbooks for Thief, Titanfall, Rio 2, 300: Rise of an Empire are in.And there are still a few last...

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レビュー: One Watercolor a Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity Using...

何か新しいこと、ワクワクすることをやってみたい人によい本『One Watercolor A Day』は、ヴェロニカ・ローラー(Veronica Lawlor)の前作『One Drawing A...

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Book Review: The Art of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Here's a really nice concept artbook for fans of the video game series Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. This 192-page hardcover packs a lot of content as it includes art for the three game titles...

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Little India sketchwalk (8 March 2014)

It has been months since I went back to Little India for sketching and there have been quite a few changes. Since then, we had the Little India riot on the 8 December 2014. I've also noticed new...

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Upcoming: Travel Sketching talk and sketchwalk on 15 Mar 2014

Some sketcher friends of mine are giving a talk on travel sketching at the National Museum of Singapore on the 15 March 2014, 2pm. There will be a sketchwalk after the talk. All are welcome for the...

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Game of Thrones: A Pop-Up Guide to Westeros

This is an incredible pop-up book with pop-ups designed by Matthew Reinhart and illustrations by Michael Komarck.Be sure to watch to the end of the video.Visit Amazon to check out more reviews.If you...

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