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Arrtx Sketching Pencils Review
June 22, 2023
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It’s no news that I love Arrtx. I have reviewed their products again and again and again, I tried their colored pencils, their acrylic markers, their metallic markers, and I am anlways overwhelmed by the quality and consistency of their products. However, since my primary medium (and my greatest love ...
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Review: DGArt 3D modeling app
May 20, 2023
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Lately I’ve been playing with DGArt app. DGArt is (I am quoting their website here) “a 3D modeling tool designed for artists, game designers and developers to create 3D assets and content from start to finish. It is affordable, complete, and easy to learn and use. With DGArt on your ...
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Review: Arrtx Acrylic Markers + Metallic Paint Pens
May 6, 2023
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I am slowly becoming a huge Arrtx fan. Their products never disappoint. When I first tried out their pencils I expected a casual pencil targeted to kids (Mostly due to the low price tag). Imagine my surprise when I found out that I could create my usual photorealistic art without ...
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Tutorial: Gabby’s Dollhouse Easter Eggs (+ free template)
April 7, 2023
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It’s this time of the year again! Easter Eggs are a big deal in our family, the little ones love painting them – and everything else that is in close proximity (but that’s another story). Normally I am just watching, ready to fix the colorful mess they leave behind. This ...
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MuseKits February Artbox Review
March 31, 2023
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The other day I was sent the February MuseKits Artbox, to try out and review. MuseKits is an Art Subscription Box, each month you receive a box full of different Art supplies. Disclaimer: The Februry MuseKits Artbox was sent to me to review, however this is not a sponsored post ...
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Tutorial: Pencil in Nomad Sculpt
March 20, 2023
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Tutorial day today! We’ll be making a pencil in Nomad Sculpt. Cause there’s nothing more beautiful and more elegant than a humble pencil. (This is coming from a pencil artist, oh well, I’m biased!) Start off by deleting the default sphere. Then add a cylinder from the primitive tab. Adjust ...
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How to solve the limited layer problem in procreate
March 4, 2023
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If procreate is your app of choice, chances are you have come across the dreadful message: Once a certain layer limit is reached, you cannot create any more layers. This can be frustrating. I am old enough, so I used to work with photoshop long before procreate was developed. In ...
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Arrtx 30 General & Pastel Acrylic Markers
January 25, 2023
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Another review today. This time I am putting the notorious Arrtx Acrylic Markers under the microscope. I have previously reviewed Arrtx 126 colored pencil set and I totally astounded by their quality/price combinations. Naturally the bar was already high. Let me tell you that: They didn’t disappoint. Disclaimer: The markers were ...
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Tutorial: Realistic Skin with Colored Pencils vol2
January 21, 2023
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A skin tutorial again! A couple of years ago I did this tutorial for drawing realistic skin with color pencils. Up to this date I still use it as the basis for my drawings. However, it mostly targets beginners, so this time I opted for something slightly more advanced, to ...
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Ioanna Ladopoulou
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