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Art Documentaries Channel on Youtube

Check out the art documentaries channel on Youtube.https://www.youtube.com/user/taran333tula/videosTags: videoresourcedocumentaries

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Book Review: Push Start: The Art of Video Games

Push Start: The Art of Video Games is a much larger and thicker book than I had expected. There are actually 380 pages rather than 220 pages as listed at some places. The cover is nicely embossed with...

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First sketch of 2015

Noodler's ink, Sennelier watercolours on Stillman & Birn Delta sketchbookThis was drawn at the Marche restaurant at VivoCity on the first day of 2015. The restaurant was packed but waiting time...

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Review: Pentel Tradio Stylo Sketch Pen

This is the Pentel Tradio Stylo Sketch Pen I bought recently. By the way, it's also called the Tradia Pulaman. It's quite pricey for a sketching pen and I was apprehensive about buying it. One Tradio...

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Review: Uni-ball Power Tank & Signo Micro 207

Uniball Powertank (0.7) and Uniball Signo Micro 207 (0.5) Uni-Ball Power Tank's model number SN-227Uni-Ball Power TankThe reason why I separated these two pens from the other Uniball pen reviews is...

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Book Review: Geek-Art: An Anthology: Art, Design, Illustration & Pop Culture

Fun collection of pop culture fan artGeek-Art is essentially a book of fan art on pop culture of movies, video games and comics. The selection of art is curated by Thomas Olivri who runs the Geek-Art...

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Understanding Atmospheric Perspective in Your Drawings

Scott Robertson talks about atmospheric perspective and how it affects the value structure in any image.Tags: videoscott robertsonperspectiveresource

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Book Review: The Urban Sketching Handbook: People and Motion: Tips and...

Nice collection of handy tips on sketching peopleThere are two publishers for this book as far as I know. One's Quarry Books and the other Basheer Graphic Books. This book on people and motion is the...

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Review: Kaweco Classic Sport & AL Sport Raw Fountain Pens

This review will cover two cute fountain pens, the Kaweco Classic Sport and the AL Sport Raw. The AL Sport is a full aluminium pen of mine and I've borrowed my friend's mint green Classic Sport to...

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レビュー: Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Cut and Paste, Mash Up...

ただ切って貼るだけよりもすごいコラージュ作品は、海外で人気のアート・デザイン系ウェブサイト『The Jealous Curator』のライターであるダニエル・クルイサ(Daniel Krysa)によるものである。クルイサは2014年にもう1冊『Creative...

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Chris Ayers talks about his Daily Zoo Sketchbooks

Chris Ayers talks about the inspiration and motivation behind his Daily Zoo sketchbooks.Tags: chris ayerssketchbooksvideo

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John Lennon: The Collected Artwork

John Lennon was an artist before he had his success with the Beatles. His artworks are rarely seen though. Now author Scott Gutterman has compiled all of Lennon's artworks into a 204-page hardcover...

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Book Review: The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints...

The Organic Artist is a very hands-on book for artist who enjoy the process of making their own drawing tools. It is only after going through the book that I gained a new profound sense of appreciation...

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Review: Super5 Calligraphy Fountain Pen

A sketching friend Omar Jaramillo sent this pen over to me for review.Super5 is a relatively new brand of fountain pen that's made in Germany. I've not heard of this brand before. After searching...

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Book Preview: Print & Pattern: Geometric

Bowie Style from the popular Print & Pattern blog is back with a new book. This time she curates the designs and artworks created using geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, hexagons and...

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Review: Sailor MY FIRST Fountain Pen

Sailor MY FIRST fountain pen is the budget fountain pen from the Sailor pen company. Besides their luxury lines of Sailor Profit and Professional Gear, they also have this entry level fountain pen. If...

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Book Review: Asura's Wrath: Official Complete Works (English Edition)

It's great that Udon has translated this to English because now I can make sense of all the accompanying captions for the art and also the lengthly interview with the creators Kazuhiro Tsuchiya,...

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レビュー: The Art of Watch Dogs

ビジュアルはすばらしいがヴァイブに欠けるこれは、ゲーム『ウォッチドッグス』のよいガイド本である。ビジュアルはすばらしい。しかし、よいとは言えないある部分がある。コンテンツは大まかに分けてキャラクター・環境・グラフィティとアスキーアート、の3つから成る。簡単なキャラクターのプロフィールとコメントが載っている。この本はキャラクターデザインに数ページを割いているが、収録されているアートワークはそれほど多く...

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Wacom Previews Cintiq 27QHD Pen Display Tablet

Wacom has just announced their largest Cintiq, the Cintiq 27QHD. Wacom has improved the physical design and specifications to make it better than what they have been offering. There will be two...

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A Tale of Momentum & Inertia

A humorous CG short from Portland animation studio HouseSpecial.Tags: video

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