Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Jan 6, 2011, 4:03 am
I’ve put together these videos on manga tips, how-to and so on and I am sure some of you will appreciate them. Ill be back with a pencil review very soon, so this site is still going despite the recent blackout of articles. Enjoy the videos!
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Dec 6, 2010, 6:57 am
I’ve been drawing a lot only in graphite until now and I thought it is time for me to try and add some color in my drawings. So, I was not sure with what to start with. Art markers or watercolor pencils? Well, it was the quite-high price of the art markers that pushed my
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Nov 8, 2010, 7:14 am
Two weeks ago I got this package with three instructional books from Amazon, but I totally forgot to mention it. Here is a quick update. The three books I bought are Drawing Crime Noir For Comics & Graphic Novels by Christopher Hart, Superheroes and Beyond, by the same Christopher Hart and How to Dr...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Nov 3, 2010, 4:25 am
This week, some great videos from Mark Crilley. If you don’t know who Mark Crilley is, let me enlighten you. He is the author of Brody’s Ghost and Miki Falls, two very successful manga mini-series. Also, he has a Youtube channel, which he updates regularly. Trust me, you will like it there. His ...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Oct 29, 2010, 9:14 am
Welcome to a Japanese eraser knockoff. In the left corner, weighting 16 grams, is the mysterious ninja Mitsubishi Boxy black eraser! And in the right corner, weighting 15 grams, the old time favorite of the public, the powerful samurai Tombow Mono plastic eraser! But before we proceed with the game,...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Oct 20, 2010, 8:58 am
I have this wonderful storage box by a while now and I think a short review will do no harm. Its also a good diversion from the usual pen and pencil reviews. The ArtBin Storcraft Customized Storage Box, on its full name, is a 28x17x4.5 cm (11
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Oct 15, 2010, 9:11 am
And again, a Batman cover. A classic one this time. There are so many great Batman covers that I think Ill never run out of material. But lets start with this cover by Neal Adams for Batman #227: The Demon of Ghotos Mansion! (December 1970) It is an interpretation of an even older comic book
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Oct 11, 2010, 10:14 am
How about a Copic Multiliner review after all those Copic markers video tutorials? Sounds good to me. I got this pen through the amiability of Jetpens, so thanks again guys. Copic is a brand renowned all over the world for its professional products, which include the Copic markers (Copic, Sketch, Ci...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Oct 5, 2010, 8:22 am
For this week’s instructional videos, the three part of a real classic and great video. Drawing superheroes with John Romita Senior, Joe Kubert, John Buscema, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Gibbons and Travis Charest. Each one of these amazing artist is unique in his own way. Watch them drawing and observ...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Oct 4, 2010, 12:12 pm
Well, I completely missed this due to a quick vacation. But enough said lets get to business. Some months ago there were some rumors about a new Berserk anime, but the time went by with little hope. But now, now we even have three teasers from the new Berserk anime. It will be produced by Studio 4°...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Sep 29, 2010, 6:26 am
There is a craze these days around art markers, and especially around Copic markers, presumably the best art markers out there, along with Prismacolor. I cant blame people for it, as I want to use them myself. I’m not at the color stage yet but I will end up there anyway so I started to
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Sep 27, 2010, 10:45 am
This line of products from Pacon Corporation is promoted as a new and exciting line of affordable art pads, that are suitable for beginner artists and students. There are two versions available on Dickblick.com, the 9” x 12” (22.8 x 30.4 cm) and the bigger 18” x 12” (45.7 x 30.4 cm). I will ...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 23, 2010, 10:56 am
It has been a long time since my last review; and for that, I humbly apologize. I recently accepted a new job and, with the move associated with it, I let my writing slip. But I'm back and ready to give you all my opinions of episode 3 of “Afro Samurai”. So, without further ado, let me start.
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 21, 2010, 12:04 pm
A new trailer has been released for the upcoming live-action Space Battleship Yamato. In case you are wondering, the film is going to be in theaters on 1 December 2010. The trailer simply rocks and I have huge hopes that the movie will do the same. Go Yamato! For the official website, go to htt...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 20, 2010, 11:29 am
I was talking one year ago about a possible live-action Voltron, from a company called Atlas Entertainment. Recently, some pretty cool concept art and more details were released so I'm in a hurry to show them to you. Thomas Donnely and Joshua Oppenheimer (Sahara and the upcoming Conan) will handle ...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 15, 2010, 1:13 pm
Many of use weren't even born when Atlas Comics (Seabord) was an active publisher in the US comics industry. The company debuted in 1974 and for a period tried to compete with DC Comics and Marvel. However, the company founded by Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman lasted barely one year, before g...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Sep 12, 2010, 1:05 pm
David Finch really got the best of him in this superb cover to the anniversary 700 issue of Batman, published in June 2010, if I’m not wrong. First, the penciled version. Observe the cross hatching that David Finch is famous for and the attention to details. I absolutely love the shadows on his kn...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 9, 2010, 11:13 am
Iron Vendetta (Koutetsu no Vendetta) is an independent anime production that started with a short picture drama, and then slowly evolved into a full animated pilot episode, or episode zero, how they are called. You can judge the evolution of the project in the three trailers down bellow. I like thos...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 6, 2010, 1:36 pm
Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con, on its full name, will take place from 1 to 3 October (that’s Friday to Sunday), 2010, at the Penn Plaza Pavilion in Manhattan. As with other big comic book conventions, this one will also be full of guests, surprises, comics, toys, manga, TV shows, games and much...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Sep 2, 2010, 11:24 am
Brush pens are one of those drawing tools that make a lot easier the work of comic books and manga artists but also in very big demand amongst calligraphers. Why? Well, because they combine the characteristics of a nib with those of a brush, allowing precise line strokes while also being able to var...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 2, 2010, 11:16 am
Good news for those of you who happen to be in New York on the 10th of October, because that’s where the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Film will have its premiere in the USA, during the New York Anime Festival. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer on its full name, the movie is t...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Sep 1, 2010, 1:31 pm
I was watching some anime trailers today and one of them caught my attention. Super Robot Wars OG2: The Inspector is an anime based on the second Super Robot Wars game. Yeap! The other anime adaptation after this game was based on the first Super Robot Wars game. Basically we will have the same hero...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 27, 2010, 11:35 am
Three new short video clips have been released for the latest Resident Evil movie, on its name Resident Evil: Afterlife. Great, you will say, but looks like this movie is all about the 3D sensation that will transmit and less about anything else. Practically, we can see a bunch of spectacular jumps,...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Aug 27, 2010, 4:02 am
I choose to continue this new category of the site, and that’s instructional and how-to videos, related with comics or manga… (well, I think you got it) with a set of instructional videos from Sean Gordon Murphy. Why this video and not a classic like How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way? Becaus...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 25, 2010, 11:50 am
Ready for some splattered zombie brains? I am! AMC just released the official trailer for the TV series The Walking Dead, an adaptation after the comic book with the same name by Robert Kirkman. The series will premiere on October 31, on a Sunday, at 10 PM EST.That's Halloween night all right! The f...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 23, 2010, 12:45 pm
Do not start to open the champagne bottles yet, you may have to wait a few years for it to happen. Ghibli's veteran director and living legend Hayao Miyazaki has two projects for the future. One of them is a new story (which will appear first) while the other is a sequel to the aviation adventure Po...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 20, 2010, 10:13 am
Some of us have deep and affectionate memories about an old anime series called Space Adventure Cobra or Space Pirate Cobra. The pirate guy chased across the universe by lots of bounty hunters, the mechanized arm, his android assistant, his numerous female companions, space adventures, and so on. We...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 19, 2010, 9:50 am
As a fellow countrymen (of some sort), I’m always proud when a new Dracula movie gets out there. Also, I’m proud when a bad Dracula movie blows it (like Dracula 2000). That being said, there is a new one now! Director Alex Proyas (Knowing, Dark City) will start shooting his new movie, Dracula: Y...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 17, 2010, 12:14 pm
And when we all thought Sunrise couldn’t get more Gundams out there. Well, given the slow phase at which Gundam Unicorn OVA’s are appearing, its hard to think when they had time to work at another Gundam project, called, like the title says, Mobile Suit Gundam Gunpla Builders Beginning G! In Jap...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 16, 2010, 11:58 am
And… more trailers! This one is for an animation based on the American live action series Supernatural. You know, that with the two brothers that are chasing ghosts, monsters, apparitions and ectoplasm beings all around. Well, the live series will be adapted into an anime by the Japanese animation...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Aug 16, 2010, 10:30 am
The gel ink pens are living a great moment all through the world, and especially in Japan. There are easy to use, they slide great on any kind of paper and they can be used to write but also to draw. No wonder they are used by millions of people all over the globe. I
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 14, 2010, 6:38 am
Some great news for those of you who loved Dragon Age, the latest fantasy RPG from Bioware. They will make an anime from it! Japanese production company T.O. Entertainment took the handles of this affair and is announcing that the anime adaptation of Dragon Age will be directed by Fumihiko Sori (Vex...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 13, 2010, 4:22 pm
I am pretty sure that are many of you who are expecting another animated film from Warner Bros. And you wont have to wait long! Superman/Batman Apocalypse is the next animated from Warner and its going to hit us on September 28, 2010. The film is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies (Wo...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Aug 12, 2010, 6:00 am
Well, what better way to re-launch this site than with a couple of trailers for the newest Studio Ghibli film, The Borrower Arrietty, in Japanese Karigurashi no Arrietty. And briefly for those who aren't informed, The Borrower Arrietty is an adaptation after Mary Norton’s fantasy novel The Borrowe...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Aug 7, 2010, 1:25 pm
Lately, two nice videos of manga artists doing their work surfaced on the internet. Uploaded by Kodansha on their Youtube channel, the videos present Makoto Raiku (Konjiki no Gash!!) working on his manga – Doubutsu no Kuni, and Ooima Yoshitoki working on Tow Ubukata's Mardock Scramble manga ad...
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Andrei posted an article on Mysketchboard - Aug 2, 2010, 7:30 am
First I have to mention that this article is possible with the generosity of the folks from Jetpens, who sent me a package of samples for review. Thanks again Lily, for the help in my troubles with the customs. I am a fan of simple, good and cool looking pencils. And the Zebra Drafix is
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Jul 6, 2010, 5:33 pm
A number of reasons made me to abandon updating this site everyday. And although I can blame moving in a new apartment and vacations, I have my share of guilt as well. All I can promise is that in August, the site will be back at normal, with posts on each day. Thank you! Ple...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Jun 7, 2010, 10:54 am
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the second iteration of Shogun Total War on Earth is in development somewhere in the vaults of Creative Assemble. The game that started the Total War mania will kick ass again, together with its goodies. Ninjas, Japanese clans, samurais, sake, geishas and a short and glori...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Jun 4, 2010, 9:20 am
Warner Bros Animation announced that they will produce a new Thundercats animated series, but with a powerful anime flavor to it. The ''anime'' will be handled by Studio 4°C and it will be based (as obvious) on the 1980's animated series and most likely be aired on Cartoon Network. They say this wi...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Jun 2, 2010, 10:13 am
Iron Sky is an upcoming Finnish science-fiction-comedy film. In it, the Nazis managed to escape from the second World War, and they built a base on the moon, thanks to their advanced technology. And then, after 73 years of preparations, in the year of god 2018, they attack the Earth in their space s...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - May 26, 2010, 1:59 pm
Wow, this one took me completely by surprise. Batman: Under the Red Hood is the next animated film from Warner and damn, its a must see already. Based on the Batman comic books arch story with the same name (by Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke), Batman: Under the Red Hood puts the Dark Knight face to fac...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - May 19, 2010, 1:40 pm
There there. Now we even have a trailer for this movie which is not getting the attention it deserves. Too bad, because the Jonah Hex comic books are awesome. I even plan to buy the DC Comics Jonah Hex archive volume 1. Based on the DC’s Jonah Hex comic books (like I already said) the movie will h...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - May 18, 2010, 1:15 pm
This year, Dc Comics celebrates its 75th anniversary. The company that gave us Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Flash and many other super heroes prepared some goodies with this occasion, and they have something special for every comic book aficionado out there. First, in collabor...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - May 7, 2010, 12:39 pm
Let me tell you about the cat, the rabbit and the camel now. The title belongs to a CG anime that is in works right now, adapted after the manga with the same name by Motofumi Kobayashi (and entitled Apocalypse Meow in USA). Directed by Kazuya Sasahara, Cat Shit One will present us a bunch of fluffy...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - May 5, 2010, 12:14 pm
The summer is coming and the frequency of this site’s post have gone to hell. Why? I’m drawing a lot. Plus, somehow, there is nothing notable happening in terms of news or new anime right now. I dont watch any anime right now, altough I plan to see Guren Lagann this month. I will try to keep the...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - May 3, 2010, 10:12 am
I received this book some days after Dick Giordano died. He was fighting leukaemia for some years and the disease won. For someone that loved comics all his life, this was a disturbing and very sad piece of news. As well as in the case of John Buscema, Jim Aparo, Michael Turner and many others, a sm...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Apr 27, 2010, 11:49 am
Maybe this bit of news wont be of interest for many of you, but I am sure that some old comic books fans (like me) will enjoy it greatly. So, Roy Thomas back to write Conan! How about that? The man which, together with John Buscema, put Conan in the conscience and hearts of comics lovers and started...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Apr 26, 2010, 12:46 pm
Its really rare these days to so see an anime adaptation after a manga that's really worthy adapting. In this case, Toei Animation had the great idea to make an anime adaptation after the classical Buddha manga by Osamu Tezuka. And although any work by the master should be a challenge to adapt, I th...
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Andrei posted an article on Animerated - Apr 22, 2010, 11:59 am
Lately, two nice videos of manga artists doing their work surfaced on the internet. Uploaded by Kodansha on their Youtube channel, the videos present Makoto Raiku (Konjiki no Gash!!) working on his manga – Doubutsu no Kuni, and Ooima Yoshitoki working on Tow Ubukata's Mardock Scramble manga ad...
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