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May 2017 Roundup

I'm not sure if I can consider May to be a productive month with only 10 artbooks featured.

Books

  1. Drawing Recipes (Drawing Recipes Collection) (Volume 1)
  2. Tower of Raziel: Apocrypha
  3. Portraits: Louis Thomas
  4. Day of the Dead and Other Works
  5. The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island
  6. GRAPHITE 2 Magazine by 3DTotal
  7. The Art of Ghost in the Shell
  8. Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory
  9. Strokes Of Genius 8: Expressive Texture
  10. The Paleozoic concertina picture book by Estrella Vega

Art product reviews

This month's highlight would be Samsung Galaxy Tab S3. I've been waiting a long time for that to come out and I'm glad it's as good as I have expected it to be.

  1. BENU Fountain Pen (Midsummer Bronze, Blazing Gold & Mystical Green Silver)
  2. Missyee LED Light Box
  3. Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Mangaka Outline Pen
  4. Derwent Graphik Line Maker Pens (Sepia)
  5. Cheap bamboo pen
  6. Derwent Graphik Line Painter Colored Pens (Palette No. 2)
  7. De Atramentis Document Ink (Brown)
  8. Speedball 6-Nib Calligraphy Lettering Set
  9. Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 with S Pen
  10. Huion Inspiroy Q11K Wireless Graphics Tablet
  11. Speedball Calligraphy Acrylic Ink (10-palette kit)
  12. Best >1.4kg Ultrabook for Graphic Designers
  13. Strathmore 200 Series Skills Watercolor Paper
  14. Adonit Mini 3 stylus

Youtube

There are now 621 videos on my Youtube channel. Can't wait to hit 1,000.

  1. App Review: James Gurney's Living Sketchbook Vol 1
  2. Review: Daniel Smith Walnut Ink (Sepia coloured)
  3. 50,000 Subscriber Giveaway Contest
  4. Book Review: Just Paint It by Sam Piyasena & Beverly Philp
  5. Review: Parblo Island A609 Graphics Tablet (Supports Tilt)
  6. Review: Midsummer Bronze, Blazing Gold, Mystical Green (Benu Fountain Pens)
  7. Sketching Taiwan: Ciyou Sea Goddess Temple (timelapse)
  8. Review: Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Mangaka Outline Pen
  9. Found a Cheap Bamboo Pen to Draw With
  10. Book Review: Rome Sketchbook by Fabrice Moireau
  11. XiMenDing Shopping District Sketch (timelapse)
  12. De Atramentis Document Ink (Brown)
  13. Artist Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 with S Pen
  14. May 2017 Updates \ Tokyo \ 4K \ Giveaway Winners \ Tag Me
  15. Review: Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory by Stephen Quiller
  16. Review: Adonit Mini 3 and Other Disc-tip Styluses
  17. Sketching with Coloured Inks (Bombay India, Super5 and De Atramentis Document)
  18. Review: Huion Q11K Wireless Graphics Tablet
  19. Review: Derwent Graphik Line Maker Pens (Sepia)
  20. Review: Strathmore 200 Series Skills Watercolor Paper
  21. Review: Nepal The Art Book by Bernat Moreno

How to support Parkablogs

Running this blog incurs a lot of expense, especially when it comes to getting books and products to review. I don't have many sponsors, so most of the help actually comes from you. Check out this article on how I get stuff to review on my blog. It is because of your support that I am able to run this blog.


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1. Support me on Patreon
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