Book Review: Art.Box: Daniela Uhlig Daniela Uhlig is a German digital artist known for her hyper stylised and almost realistic caricatures and or portraits. This lady is so good at painting portraits that I was instantly reminded of Sebastian Krüger's portraits. Daniela Uhlig uses digital and Sebastian Krüger uses traditional techniques so their styles are different, but the portraits they paint both evoke the "this looks so good" emotion to me. Daniela's technique is so refined. Her characters often have this sassy look and feel to them. She also paints a few characters from pop culture and ..read more

Review: Xencelabs Pen Display 16 (OLED) Review united provided by Xencelabs Xencelabs Pen Display 16 is the industry's first 15.6-inch 4K OLED pen display released in May 2024, just one year after the release of the huge Xencelabs Pen Display 24. I did not have the chance to review the 24-inch pen display so I'm thrilled to be able to review this smaller model and share my findings with your guys. Official price listed on their website is USD 1199 for the Essentials set, and USD 1299 for the Bundle set with extra accessories. On Amazon, it's USD 999 and USD 1249 respectively. Bottom line Des ..read more

Artist Review: Huawei MatePad 11.5 PaperMatte edition (2023) This is not a sponsored review The most important deciding factor that affects buying decision comes down to the software experience, so just scroll down to the section to read that first, then come back here again. I had several viewers on my Youtube channel who requested that I review the Huawei MatePad PaperMatte edition and I thought why not. Afterall, I’m quite familiar with the MatePad tablets as I have reviewed many over the years: Huawei MatePad T10 (2021) - SGD 228 Huawei MatePad SE (2022) - SGD 298 - review - Product pa ..read more

Book Review: Brian Blomerth's Lilly Wave Digital review copy provided by the publisher Brian Blomerth is back again with another graphic novel, this time looking at the life and career of infamous ketamine researcher John Cunningham Lilly. The book's a 220-page paperback published by Anthology Editions and can be purchased from mexicansummer.com and Amazon (more links below). The artworks are illustrated the usual psychedelic art style, if an art style can be described as psychedelic. The artworks are wildly imaginative which definitely suits the subject matter. FYI, John C. Lilly is the gu ..read more

Book Review: Ashley Wood - Investigation 4 Here's another volume of big, bold, striking paintings by Ashley Wood. This is a large 28.5 x 28.5cm hardcover and it's the same format as the previous books from the Ashley Wood Investigation series. The paper used is low gloss matte paper. Publisher is Editions Caurette. The art looks great and the art speaks for itself because I'm not sure what else I have not said in the previous three reviews. There are more girls, robots, Astroboy(?) and vampires(?). Oh, there's some sexual images too. The price of each book is €35 and is available from the pu ..read more

Designer Review: ASUS ProArt PA329CV 4K display Review unit on loan from ASUS Singapore The ASUS ProArt PA329CV is a 32-inch 4K display released in late 2021. Price currently on Amazon is USD 559. Here in Singapore from ASUS Singapore online store, it's SGD 1099. Shopee SG and Lazada SG may have it at lower price. At the time of writing this review, there's actually an update to this model called the PA329CRV which features more USB-C ports and DisplayPort daisy-chaining. Price is SGD 1149 so it almost doesn't make sense to get this older model. Bottom line This is a big display that's brigh ..read more

November 2024 Roundup Oops, just two book reviews this month, but many more lined up waiting to be published. Books fryewerk 2.0: Concept Vehicle Illustrations by John A. Frye 365 Squares Vol 3: One Year of Daily Drawing by Moon Art product reviews Etchr 100% Cotton Watercolour Paper Block Arrtx 90-colour Acrylic Brush Marker Set Tech reviews Pen display recommenations for 2024 Ugee UE16 - ultimate budget 15.4-inch pen display Wacom Movink 13.3-inch OLED touchscreen pen display Boox Note Air4 C e-Ink tablet (2024) Youtube videos iPad mini for urban sketching? Perfect digital sketchboo ..read more

Book Review: fryewerk 2.0: Concept Vehicle Illustrations by John A. Frye The master at vehicle design John A. Frye is a concept designer who has been designing vehicles for more than 25 years. Clients he has worked for includes Hasbro, Teague, Activision, Boeing and John Deere. fryewerk 2.0 is a 192-page paperback that collects his personal vehicle designs. This is incredibly impressive considering there's no client work included and these personal works are just what he does as creative outlet. By the way, there's no fryewerk 1.0. These are the chapters in the book: Cars Spaceships and fl ..read more

Review: Arrtx 90-colour Acrylic Brush Marker Set Review samples provided by Arrtx Arrtx has just released their biggest marker set, the 90-colour acrylic brush marker set and it's just selling for USD 65.99. That's less than a dollar for each colour. The pricing is just amazing. The 48-colour set is USD 39.99. This is a big box and can be used as a marker stand too. The caps have extrusions to prevent the markers from rolling off the table. Individual replacement markers are also available for sale at just USD 1.50. From what I can see, colours on the cap are able to match the actual co ..read more

Review: Ugee UE16 - ultimate budget 15.4-inch pen display Review unit provided by Ugee The Ugee UE16 is the new 15.4-inch 1080P pen display released by Ugee in 2024. This is the bigger version of the Ugee UE12 I reviewed last year. Price is USD 180 and it comes with one year warranty. This price is incredibly attractive because pen displays of similar size from other companies are usually USD 200 or higher. Bottom line The Ugee UE16 provides immense value for money. This is a decent looking pen display with excellent drawing performance. That's pretty much all you need to know to make the pu ..read more