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Book Review: MIX by Rudy Crut & Hendry Iwanaga
Here's another artbook that I got at the Singapore Toy Games Comics Convention 2015. MIX is a portfolio artbook by two artists, namely Rudy Crut and Hendry Iwanaga. They are both artists from Indonesia...
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Book Review: The Artistic Anatomy of Trees
I first knew of this book-The Artistic Anatomy Of Trees when I was looking at Marc Dalessio’s website, which contains some superb plein air oil paintings. The book was one of his recommended reading....
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Sketch Your Packing List
Here's something fun to do before you embark on your sketching trips overseas. Sketch your packing list!For more of my sketching tips, visit http://www.parkablogs.com/tags/my-sketching-tips and...
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Review: Essential Linear Perspective Techniques by Patrick Connors (Craftsy...
Patrick Connors is a Philadelphia easel painter who also teaches perspective at various art schools. He's one of the instructors on the Craftsy video tutorial platform and has recently invited me to...
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Sketches in the Perfect Sketchbook Vol 1
I've finally completed The Perfect Sketchbook after six months. It's a small sketchbook and by right I could have finished it much faster. Each sketch took me about 30-45 minutes, however I don't use...
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9 DrawingTechniques to Create Depth in Your Sketches
Here are 9 simple techniques that can help you create depth in your drawing to make it look more dimensional.Overlap You can draw objects in such a way that they overlap one another to show that they...
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Review: K Sketchbook Volume 3 & 4
I met Keh Choon Wee (blog) again this year at STGCC 2015. I was interviewing him on tips for setting up booths at the artist alley. He passed two sketchbooks to me, K Vol 3 and Vol 4. Every year, he...
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Building Your Art Career by Michael Cuffe
Michael Cuffe talks about how you can build your brand as an artist, get exposure, handle social media, get your work in museums, etc.Tags:Â videoresourceart career
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Book Review: An Animator's Gallery: Eric Goldberg Draws the Disney Characters
This book is a nice tribute to Eric Goldberg, a legendary artist and animator from Disney. He's probably best known for animating the genie in Aladdin. This is not exactly a portfolio-kind of artbook....
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Youtube channel reaches 2000 subscribers!
Woo hoo! My Youtube channel has reached 2000 subscribers!I've created the channel to have a different focus compared to my blog. It focuses on sketching and all things related. There are sketching...
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Book Review: Assassin's Creed: The Complete Visual History
I'm a fan of the art and design of the Assassin's Creed game series. It has always drawn me in with the stunningly beautiful environment art, setting and historical context. The idea to allow someone,...
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Western Digital My Passport Ultra 3 TB External Drives are out (2TB at 40% off)
Western Digital has just made their new 3TB My Passport external drives available in June 2015.With that new model, they are discounting the previous 2TB My Passport at 40%. It's a fantastic time to...
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The Painter of Jalouzi
The film tells the story of one citizen from Jalouzi, one of the largest slums in Haiti, who is determined to bring color to the impoverished area by helping paint the entire town, literally.Watch it...
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Book Review: Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff they don't teach you in design...
Michael Janda is a graphic designer who worked his way up from the trenches to where he is now, a creative director who works with big clients such as NBC, Fox, Disney, National Geographic and...
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Watercolor Mixing with Colour Temperature in Mind
In this demonstration, I talk about how you can mix bright and dull secondary colours (e.g. orange, green, purple) from warm and cool primary watercolours. Suggested reading:Watercolor Artist's Guide...
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Book Review: Hanok: The Korean House
This book is provided by Tuttle Publshing for this review. I like architecture books but I don't usually buy them as I tend to borrow them from the library.In Hanok: The Korean House, the book traces...
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Book Review: The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney marks the return of Phoenix to the courtroom. This is a nice visual companion for fans of the fifth game in the Ace Attorney series. . Collected within this 240-page...
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CHOW-FUHN (Kickstarter)
A reader just alerted me to an animation that he's working on (drawing backgrounds) that's called CHOW-FUHN.Check it out at http://kck.st/1OEoysgThe Kickstarter campaign ends on 25 October 2015 and...
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Review: Nicholas Simmons Artist Set 1 & 2: Escoda Barroco Watercolour Brushes
This review is written by Marvin Chew.This review is dedicated to the late Nicholas Simmons who passed away recently. You may have departed but never really leave, for your innovative masterpieces and...
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Review: Perspective in Landscape Drawing by Patrick Connors (Craftsy)
This is the second video tutorial by Patrick Connors on the Craftsy platform. His earlier course is called Essential Linear Perspective Techniques which I've also featured. That course covers more of...
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