The end of my small business (or how the pandemic affected small businesses)
Are you too a small business owner? “Above the skin” was my small online temporary tattoo shop, a side-project that I created with much love, and it grew over the years, so that it became a whole business of its own. And just as countless small businesses, it suffered so much during the pandemic that […]
Drawing Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow vol.4
Another Jack Sparrow from me, oh what a surprise! This is basically just a list of tools and materials, but since you … demanded this kind of posts, I am bringing them back. Jack Sparrow (portrayed by the genius Johnny Depp) is my favorite character of all time, so I will keep drawing him again […]
Caran D’Ache Luminance Review
… Or Why I cannot love Caran D’Ache Luminance I bet you weren’t expecting this. And I guess many of you will hate me for writing this blog post. But I cannot love caran d’ache luminance as much as I would have liked. And believe me, I tried to like them, I so much wanted […]
Grayscale to Color Tutorial
Happy New Year everyone! Time flies! We just survived the second COVID-19 lockdown here, and now that kids are back to school it’s time for me to start writing again. We have a saying in Greece: “Shoemaker’s kids have no shoes”. And my talented web-developer husband, after having created websites for everyone else, found some […]
Tools and materials – part2 (colored pencils)
This is a follow up to my previous blog post where I list all tools and materials I use for my graphite drawings. Here I am talking about what I use for my colored pencil drawings. Like, what I use all the time. Fortunately (for you!) I am the weird minimalism artist, who doesn’t own […]
iPad Pro 2015 vs iPad Pro 2020 – Do you really need to upgrade?
With technological advances, new devices are coming out every year, but … do you really need to upgrade? I studied electrical engineering and computer science at university and I come from a generation that started off with floppy disks (I guess I just gave up my age, yep, I’m ancient!), so believe me, I know […]
Do you need an iPad Screen protector?
What is an iPad Screen protector? It is a thin protective membrane that is placed on top of your iPad screen and supposedly protects the screen from dust, provides a paper-like feeling when using the Apple Pencil, reduces glare, etc, etc, etc, the list goes on. Here I will be sharing my own thoughts, so […]
How to add texture to your digital paintings
Today I will be talking about how to add texture to your digital paintings. Although I paint in procreate app, the same principles apply to photoshop as well. I love digital painting, creativity options are endless, BUT it comes with a drawback, especially if you are a beginner. It is easy to overblend and artworks […]
Filmic Pro lost videos (and what can you do)
Filmic pro is my favorite video app, which I use extensively to film my videos. It is easy to use and I can easily export my high quality videos to a video editor, so that I can eventually publish them. But filmic pro has some really frustrating bugs… which lead to lost videos (disclaimer: I […]