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Best Procreate Pencil Brushes: Ultimate List for Creatives

Best Procreate Pencil Brushes: Ultimate List for Creatives

Whether you enjoy art as a hobby or your creativity is what brings in the …

December 29, 2023

Best Comic Inking Brushes Procreate: Top Tools for Artists

Best Comic Inking Brushes Procreate: Top Tools for Artists

The Procreate app stands out as a remarkable tool for creatives who want to take …

December 29, 2023

Best Procreate Sketch Brushes: Ultimate List for Designers & Artists

Best Procreate Sketch Brushes: Ultimate List for Designers & Artists

The Procreate app empowers sketch artists with an easy and intuitive design experience. As more …

December 5, 2023

Best Procreate Brush Pack Bundles: Create Your Digital Toolkit

Best Procreate Brush Pack Bundles: Create Your Digital Toolkit

Procreate Brush Pack Bundles are the best way to start building your digital art kit. …

December 1, 2023

15 Best Procreate Textures: Top Brush Packs for Digital Artists

15 Best Procreate Textures: Top Brush Packs for Digital Artists

If you’re anything like us, you know that adding texture to your drawing is a …

December 1, 2023

15 Best Procreate Manga Brushes: Guide For Manga Artists & Illustrators

15 Best Procreate Manga Brushes: Guide For Manga Artists & Illustrators

Manga is an enticing graphic novel style that has unsurprisingly taken millions across the world …

November 14, 2023

Best Procreate Inking Brushes | Comic Pens, Fine Liners & More

Best Procreate Inking Brushes | Comic Pens, Fine Liners & More

If you’re as big of a fan of drawing with ink as we are, you’ve …

October 30, 2023

15 Best Procreate Paper Texture Brushes, Sets, & Overlays

15 Best Procreate Paper Texture Brushes, Sets, & Overlays

Digital artists know all about the fun and versatility of using Procreate. But despite this, …

October 27, 2023

13 Best Procreate Tattoo Brushes: Brush Sets for Tattoo Artists

13 Best Procreate Tattoo Brushes: Brush Sets for Tattoo Artists

iPad users have the unique benefit of super-easy design with the help of the Procreate …

October 6, 2023

Best Procreate Watercolor Brushes, Textures & Stamps

Best Procreate Watercolor Brushes, Textures & Stamps

Watercolor is a distinctive and undoubtedly beautiful art style. Buying some Procreate watercolor brushes is …

July 27, 2023

How to Blend on Procreate | Blending & Smudging Colors

How to Blend on Procreate | Blending & Smudging Colors

Wondering how to blend in Procreate? This beautiful app allows you to paint or draw …

November 18, 2022

How to Change Opacity in Procreate | Beginner’s Guide

How to Change Opacity in Procreate | Beginner’s Guide

With Procreate, you can create beautiful digital illustrations thanks to the powerful functionality of the …

October 17, 2022

Things to Draw on Procreate | Beginner Drawing Ideas

Things to Draw on Procreate | Beginner Drawing Ideas

Procreate has become a favorite amongst creatives and intrepid beginners. It’s a beginner-friendly app and …

September 30, 2022

How to Use Procreate | Complete Beginner’s Guide

How to Use Procreate | Complete Beginner’s Guide

Procreate is an app exclusive to the Apple iPad that allows users to create detailed …

September 27, 2022

How to Add Brushes to Procreate: Easily Download & Install New Brushes

How to Add Brushes to Procreate: Easily Download & Install New Brushes

Procreate has rapidly become the app of choice for creative professionals and hobbyists alike. Not …

February 8, 2022

How To Make Procreate Brushes | Create and Modify Brushes

How To Make Procreate Brushes | Create and Modify Brushes

Procreate is an incredible app that allows you to create digital artwork. From charcoal to …

February 8, 2022

21 Female Artists in 2024 – South African Illustrators to Watch

21 Female Artists in 2024 – South African Illustrators to Watch

We don’t know about you, but we’re tired of hearing that we don’t know any …

August 11, 2021

South African Illustrators You Need to Know About in 2024

South African Illustrators You Need to Know About in 2024

Over the span of our many adventures online and IRL, we’ve come across a myriad …

August 3, 2021

21 Best Procreate Brushes: Top Brush Packs and Sets for iPad

21 Best Procreate Brushes: Top Brush Packs and Sets for iPad

Enhance your digital drawing experience with the best Procreate brushes for iPad. From watercolor brushes …

March 1, 2021

MattePaint Academy with Conrad Allan

MattePaint Academy with Conrad Allan

December 10, 2018

Pixelating with style

Pixelating with style

Today we have quite a …

February 16, 2018

Welcome To The Gallery – MattePaint Image Resource

Welcome To The Gallery – MattePaint Image Resource

So I’m going to start off by saying that this is a slightly different interview …

January 26, 2018

A Little Gallery in Lower Main

A Little Gallery in Lower Main

May 31, 2017

Affordable Stock Photo Resources Done Right

Affordable Stock Photo Resources Done Right

July 28, 2016

The Rapidly Changing World of Game Design

The Rapidly Changing World of Game Design

As gaming looks to become the leading style of entertainment ahead of traditional forms such as film and music, the pressure is increasingly on game developers to create the next big hit.

March 30, 2015

Feature –  Print Designer and Illustrator Patrick de Nobrega

Feature – Print Designer and Illustrator Patrick de Nobrega

This month we’re also featuring Patrick de Nobrega who studied Graphic Design and Illustration at CPUT …

May 22, 2014

Waarvoor is Seerowers Bang – Interactive Story Book

Waarvoor is Seerowers Bang – Interactive Story Book

Our friend Chris Venter helped illustrate “Waarvoor is Seerowers Bang?” which was written by Jaco …

December 2, 2013

My First Webcomic Strip – Back In The Day

My First Webcomic Strip – Back In The Day

Just found this golden oldie on a blogspot vault of mine and it made me …

August 7, 2013

Russian Dancing Men – Great illustration and Music Merge

Russian Dancing Men – Great illustration and Music Merge

We found this great video of Russian Dancing Men and thought the illustration and music …

April 9, 2013

Jeffrey Brown Illustrator of Darth Vader and Son – Honorable Mention

Jeffrey Brown Illustrator of Darth Vader and Son – Honorable Mention

Jeffrey Brown has his fingers in all the pies and he’s extremely talented to boot. …

March 20, 2013

Graphic Designers – Stop doing work for free

Graphic Designers – Stop doing work for free

A very insightful video from Graphic Designer Tips about graphic designers who do work for free. Stephen Looney …

January 15, 2013

The Hobbit Unexpected journey – Dwarves Cheat sheet

The Hobbit Unexpected journey – Dwarves Cheat sheet

For those who haven’t seen The Hobbit yet I would highly recommend you do! It stays true …

December 20, 2012

How To Get Started As A Freelance Designer

How To Get Started As A Freelance Designer

Today I’d like to talk about three things that apply to starting a freelance business. …

November 29, 2012

Genetika: Gene Book 1 – Darion D’Anjou’s Kickstarter project

Genetika: Gene Book 1 – Darion D’Anjou’s Kickstarter project

So we tend to browse around on Kickstarter to see where we can help and …

November 29, 2012

7 Helpful Tips on Designing Magazine Ads

7 Helpful Tips on Designing Magazine Ads

If you are advertising in a magazine, then there are different ways to make sure …

October 8, 2012

5 Easy Photoshop Tips to Make Your Pics Pop

5 Easy Photoshop Tips to Make Your Pics Pop

Photoshop is the most powerful image editor available, and the industry standard for professional photographers. …

September 18, 2012

3 Easy Ways to Improve Your Search for a Design Job

3 Easy Ways to Improve Your Search for a Design Job

How and where are you looking for a design job? Chances are, you could be …

September 7, 2012

How Do I Become a Graphic Designer?

How Do I Become a Graphic Designer?

If building a career in the field of graphic design sounds interesting to you, it’s …

July 23, 2012

Born like an artist – Beautiful Comic strip

Born like an artist – Beautiful Comic strip

I have goosebumps while I’m writing this, I just read a very inspiring comic/art strip …

June 21, 2012

Boolab – Inspirational company, Inspirational Work!

Boolab – Inspirational company, Inspirational Work!

As always we enjoy surfing the web and discovering unique talent and inspiration wherever we …

June 19, 2012

Top Five Logos Ever Created

A good logo is one that is graphic, but not overly complex. A logo is …

June 13, 2012

Experimenting & Creating with Adobe CS 6

Image is everything, especially in the world of publishing and digital media. In order to …

May 3, 2012

Graffiti a form of expression

Graffiti is mostly commonly known as a form of vandalism, where misfit youth take over …

April 17, 2012

Get More Painting Done Using Speed-Painting Techniques

Get More Painting Done Using Speed-Painting Techniques

Whether you indulge in traditional art or digital art, there are ways to get more …

April 2, 2012

Yarn Bombing – Knitting’s Answer to Graffiti

Yarn Bombing – Knitting’s Answer to Graffiti

Street art is a colourful, intriguing form of creativity, which employs any number of techniques …

March 19, 2012

The difference between Nerds and Geeks

The difference between Nerds and Geeks

Finally an infographic that shows the difference between Nerds and Geeks [Editor:Nerds 2; Geeks 8 …

February 24, 2012

The Science of Color for Web Designing

The Science of Color for Web Designing

When you pick the color for the background of your website, what are you basing …

February 22, 2012

Significance of Having a Unique Website Design Can’t be Overlooked

Significance of Having a Unique Website Design Can’t be Overlooked

Sooner or later everyone today thinks about having a website for various purposes. There are …

February 15, 2012

4 Tips on how to improve your Website Appearance

4 Tips on how to improve your Website Appearance

Your website appearance basically depends on the type of web design that you have on. …

February 6, 2012