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Book Review: Prestige Records: The Album Cover Collection
Very little prestige design here but get a FREE CD with the bookI recently reviewed Graham Marsh's book 'East coasting' where he shows the LP cover art from the three jazz labels: Riverside; Atlantic;...
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Review: TWSBI Vac 700 Fountain Pen
The TWSBI Vac 700 fountain pen is an affordable, good-quality vacuum filling pen. The sub-$100 pricing for this is reasonable considering its quality nib, simple but interesting design and...
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Book Review: Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop Elements
Here's another beginner's guide from publisher 3DTotal. I've reviewed the earlier one Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop also and the presentation format is similar with this book. The...
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Home Sweet Home
A reader sent me this animated short that his team has created. It's a beautiful and moving animation about a house which escapes the suburbs. Check it out.Tags: video
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Croissant Man - Ep. 1 - Therapy
Episode 1 of 9 - Croissant begins to question the meaninglessness of his life as a pastry.Tags: video
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Panda Bear - Boys Latin
This is the story of a young woman out for a hike along a coastal tide pool. Her encounter with a sea anemone triggers a phantasmagorical reaction. She meets a man who seems to be in a similar...
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Rabbit and Deer (Nyuszi és Őz)
Screened in 63 countries at more than 300 festivals and winning over 120 awardsTags: video
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Alvin Mark Tan's Natural Realism exhibition (17 Dec 2014)
My friend Alvin Mark Tan is currently holding his exhibition Natural Realism at That Spare Room located at 70 River Valley Road. The exhibition will run until Sunday, 21 Dec 2014. On display and for...
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Book Review: East Coasting: Cover Art of Prestige, Atlantic Riverside Records
Eastern coversThe best covers from three East Coast jazz labels. Blue Note, though, was clearly number one for cover design of this musical genre and Graham Marsh has two books to prove it (also...
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Book Review: Top 25 Artist Mistakes: and how to avoid them
I was provided the ebook version by the author Nolan Clark for this review. Top 25 Artist Mistakes is quite an useful book for beginners, and perhaps for advanced artists as well. The book lists 25 of...
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Call for Submissions Singapore Urban Sketching Symposium 2015
Submit your proposals for workshops or activities for the Urban Sketching Symposium by 22 Dec 2014. It will be held in Singapore next year.More details...
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Book Review: The Art of Richard Thompson
The long awaited “Art of Richard Thompson” makes a perfect Christmas gift for any illustrator, cartoonist and anyone who just appreciates great illustrations and comics.Richard Thompson is a...
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Review: Speedball Super Black India Ink
Speedball is a company based in USA that sells various art supplies, mostly inks and paint media.Speedball Super Black India Ink is the ink I'm reviewing today.The ink comes in a 2oz (59.2ml) plastic...
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Capcom Fighting Tribute Call for Submission
Capcom Fighting Tribute artbook Call For Submission is now open. Send in your art before 31 Jan 2015.Check out more details at http://www.capcomfightingtribute.com/
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Review: Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Sumi Ink 60
This is the Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Sumi Ink 60 that's made in Japan. Note that Kuretake sells several types of black ink. The ink comes in a rather large 60ml bottle. The large base keeps the bottle...
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Review: Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Black Ink 60
This is the Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Black Ink 60 that's made in Japan. Note that Kuretake sells several types of black ink.I bought this on Amazon and unfortunately, there was some leakage during...
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Book Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles: Art & Design
This is the fifth Chronicles book for The Hobbit films. As usual, the production value of the book is fantastic. The beautiful hardcover has shiny inlays and emboss on it. The artworks are wonderfully...
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Which Pen Display Graphic Tablet to Buy in 2015
This is a follow-up to the previous guide on non-display tablets that I wrote about.This article will look at the various pen display tablets available, their pros and cons. Hopefully this will give...
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Places to send large graphic files to clients
If you're an artist or designer, especially a freelancer, chances are you might need to send large graphic files to your clients. It can be a 500MB Photoshop file, 1GB+ EPS file, or a multi-page PDF of...
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An Age of License by Lucy Knisley
Here's a look at some preview pages from Lucy Knisley's graphic novel that was released in September.Her latest graphic novel is a food-themed account of her adventures on an European book tour. Here's...
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