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Review: Playing with Color: 50 Graphic Experiments for Exploring Color Design...

I like the Playing With series of art and design books from Rockport. I've also previously reviewed Playing with Sketches which I really like.Playing with Color is a wonderful educational book for...

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Review: Uni-ball Eye Rollerball Pen

Uni-ball says this is the world's favourite pen for over 10 years. It's not surprising as it's a really good pen.Design It's a slim pen with matt surface cap and end. You judge the colour of the pen by...

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Sketching from Esplanade Roof Terrace

I've been using Flickr to look for interesting places to sketch from recently.This is the view from Esplanade roof terrace. It's a challenging perspective to tackle but all the more fun.I was...

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Book Review: Ralph Steadman: Proud Too Be Weirrd

This is a massive book. And it's thick too, 448 pages. It's awe-inspiring really, to see Ralph Steadman's work printed this huge, to be able take it all the details, marvel at the ink lines and...

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Book Preview: How To Be Happy by Eleanor Davis

Eleanor Davis's new book How To Be Happy will be coming out in August 2014. She's a cartoonist from USA and has been drawing comics since the mid-2000s. How To Be Happy is her first collection of short...

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Review: Derwent Pencil Tin Case

Derwent Pencil Tin Case is the a very simple pencil case, just the way I like it. The design is simple. The edges and corners are rounded. On top, you have the Derwent logo embossed. It's made of tin...

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Book Review: The Art of Wolfenstein: The New Order

The Art of Wolfenstein: The New Order is definitely one of top artbooks for 2014, and it's one amazing video game artbook. I was caught by surprised at how good it is.My copy of the book came with its...

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Makers' Block Festival 2014

I went down to Suntec City a few hours ago to catch a friend's talk. The friend is Evangeline Neo, aka EVA, the artist who draws the online comics comparing Singapore and Japanese culture. I've been...

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Duet by Glen Keane

Check out this animation created by Glen Keane for a special Advanced Technology and Projects session at the Google I/O Conference in San Francisco.Tags: glen keanevideo

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Book Review: An Excuse to Draw: Tommy Kane Sketches the World

As someone who likes to sketch, I always find it inspiring to look at other people's sketchbooks. That's because you understand how much work goes into making those sketches, especially if they are...

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Great World Cup Goals by Richard Swarbrick

Great World Cup Goals by Richard Swarbrick (Youtube)Tags: videorichard swarbrick

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Wheeler's Yard

Singapore is a very small country, so it's always exciting to discover new places.This new place that I discovered yesterday is Wheeler's Yard, a cafe located at 28 Lor Ampas, which is in the...

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Goodnight Darth Vader

More cute Star Wars cartoons from Jeffrey Brown continues in Goodnight Darth Vader.The book will be out on 22 July 2014.Available at Amazon (US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | JP | CN) and Book...

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レビュー: James Jean: Memu: 100 Postcards

実に美しいこれはジェイムス・ジーン(James...

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Review: Kremer Pigments 14 Full Pan Watercolour Box Set

Kremer Pigments is a German company founded by chemist George Kremer in 1977. They pride themselves for their historical pigments and mediums, those that are used by paintings from Old Masters. They...

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Book Preview: Cork High And Bottle Deep by Virgil Partch

Virgil Franklin Partch is one of the popular gag cartoonist from the 1940s and 1950s. He's also known by his abbreviated signature 'VIP'.Cork High And Bottle Deep is a 184-page hardcover that collects...

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Book Review: SF25: The Art of Street Fighter

I'm a big fan of the Street Fighter games and art, so it is such a joy to hold this thick enormous artbook book in hand. However, the joy may be offset slightly if you have bought the earlier edition...

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レビュー: Watercolor: Paintings of Contemporary Artists

コンテンポラリーな水彩画のお楽しみ袋この本は、お楽しみ袋である。Amazonに載っていたプレビューページを見ただけでは、僕はこの本は買わなかった。しかし書店ですべてのページを見たらとても気に入って、購入したのである。この本は様々な現代アーティストの作品を収録している。僕は21人のうち2人しか知らなかったので、新しいアーティストを知ることができてとてもよかった。昔からあるいわゆる水彩画のスタイルで描か...

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Winner for Art Book Review Contest #52

Winner for June's contest is Slug who reviewed Groundwork of Gurren Lagann 3 back in March 2013. All past reviews are eligible to win into the future. Each entry is entitled to one win, and this is the...

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Book Review: The Unreal Game Engine: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating...

Here's a helpful resource for those who want to venture into indie game development. Andrew Finch is an experienced environment artist who has worked on eight game titles and counting. He's very...

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