Friday, May 27, 2016

How to Draw on a Tablet (Artist Aaron Rutten)



Learn how to draw on a computer using your favorite drawing tablet and pen to create digital drawings and paintings. ► Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1BscNfa

• #DigitalArt Tutorials For Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Artist, Aaron Rutten guides you through the fundamentals of making digital art with your graphics tablet. From pen pressure and calibration to tablet ergonomics.

Drawing tablets like the ones made by #Wacom allow an artist to draw and paint on a computer. The pressure sensitive pen makes the drawing experience feel very natural. Software like Corel Painter or Photoshop allows the artist to simulate realistic media like ink, oils, acrylics and watercolor. You can also use graphics tablets for annotation, 3d modeling, graphic design and as a replacement for your mouse.

• #Intuos Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

• Which Tablet Should I Buy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzOAc...

• Intuos Pen & Touch User Guide: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...


• Intuos Pen & Touch Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1RWs...


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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Such Great Heights (2013 Novel)

Such Great Heights by Chris Cole 

One part Gatsby, one part John Green, and one part Lana Del Rey... The perfect summer cocktail.

"The easy life is sometimes the hardest life of all." The words rang false to seventeen-year-old Charlie Middle when he first heard his cousin Maisey utter them, between sips of her gold-flaked martini. But by the end of his summer in California, they were among the truest
words he had ever heard. 

Such Great Heights is a retelling of The Great Gatsby, by way of Social Network and Less Than Zero. Author, Chris Cole, puts a millennial wardrobe on the Jazz Age classic, mashing up the styles and imagery of Brett Easton Ellis, F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Green into a new and timely voice.

We are offered a ringside seat for the impossible love story of kid billionaire Joss Stember and heiress Maisey Landing. Told in heartbreaking detail through the eyes of Charlie, we watch these young lovers as they fight against the ceaseless waves of the past in a passionate attempt to make their way toward the shores of the present. Battling their own demons, and the demons that seem to prey upon them at every turn.

Through the lens of recently graduated Midwest teen, Charlie Middle, we are afforded a rarefied glimpse into a lifestyle that is usually kept under lock and key. Charlie's innocent summer internship in Silicon Valley quickly morphs into a crucible of excess and intrigue amidst the one percent of the one percent--fraught with star-crossed lovers, million dollar cars, 24-hour parties, high-tech billionaires and a pageantry of excess that would have put Sodom and Gomorrah to shame, let alone East and West Egg. 

Such Great Heights is a novel for the Instagram generation, a generation for whom nostalgia is a stylish accessory and instant messages are sacred texts.

Paperback, First Edition, 214 pages
Published: July 23rd 2013 by Disembodied Poetics
ISBN: 0615819079 (ISBN13: 9780615819075)
Edition Language: English

Monday, May 2, 2016