When a series of photographs are arranged along with text, what all can we call it? A photobook, if the intention of the photographer is to focus on high production value of the book, with faithful reproductions of the photograph. An artist book, if there is an impulse towards artistic experimentation in the narrative and …
While going through surface pattern design tutorials, I came across Barbel Dressler’s history-inspired surface pattern designs. Intuitively, this is something I have also wanted to do but didn’t know where to start. As destined, I have arrived at Dressler’s Skillshare courses as the right place to start. Making hand-drawn surface pattern designs with my Wacom …
I came across this while browsing podcasts on graphic novels on YouTube. While Lars Martinson spent 13 years productively and doggedly finishing Tonoharu, learning about his afterthoughts in the form of these 4 time-saving tips is a boon for someone battling ADHD and perfectionism-related procrastination.
As I’m trying out Krita using my Wacom Intuos pen, naturally, I gravitated toward making portraits to test the skills. Why is it important?Because even a slight variation will cost a lot in portrait painting, showing how adept you are with the new tool.
When I did a right-click by mistake, with my Wacom Intuos pen, this “pop-up palette” or “radial menu” showed up. We encounter a lot of options in a software by mistake. Or we walk into different capabilities unawares. But this radial menu option in Krita looks like a game changer, truly user-friendly. It will be …
What are some of the advantages of a Keychron keyboard? A Gateron Brown switch type will provide a less clicky, quieter, smoother typing experience for a novelist. K3 is a 75% keyboard that is more compact without the Numpad, making it easy to travel with and occupying less desk space. It will be hot-swappable, so …
While I was watching YouTube video on writing rituals, I heard the writer Christy Anne Jones say that she uses Milanote for brainstorming. Compared to other mindmapping/ brainstorming apps like x-mind, where the nodes and bubbles are predetermined in shapes and directions, Milanote is quite versatile, in the number of things that you can do …
I had heard about Leila in a Newslaundry interview of Madhu Trehan by Manisha Pandey. It’s interesting that all three, including Prayaag are journalists. As for the topological camouflage in Leila, the language has the ability to camouflage, as much as it has the ability to reveal.While journalism is mostly about direct communication of what …
American cartoonist CF – nom de plume of polymathic graphical innovator Christopher ForguesArt Review article by Jamie Sutcliffe Following is a list of links based on the references in Jamie Sutcliffe article… the indie comix artists who have been inspired by CF or who are in the ecosystem of CF’s indie comix or underground comix …
Stephen Graham Jones, Earthdivers Vol 2: Ice Age, (IDW) nominated for best writer at Eisner 2024. — One wonders if the pre-Columbian Americas had a “classical” literary culture. The U.S. before Columbus invasion had indigenous cultures like Mississippian, Pueblos (Anasazi), Iroquois, Hopewell, Hohokam. — Stephen Graham Jones is not referring to any particular indigenous culture, …