December 2018

Watercolor pencils, also called water-soluble pencils, are an exception crossover between painting and drawing. Basically, you use them just like a standard pencil. The magic happens when you wet your drawing, see the color spread, and transform into watercolor wash effect. What’s more, they are fairly affordable, user-friendly and easy to clean up. What Exactly Are They? These watercolor pencils […]

Tattoos are everywhere. They come in different shapes and sizes: from the most obscure symbols dotted on one’s wrists, to the elaborately designed full-back pieces, body ink has grown to be accepted in society. Gone are the days when tattoos are seen as exclusive to non-conformists, Satanists, pariahs, or prison inmates, among other stereotypes. Pretty much, tattoos

People new to the graffiti and street art scene often see the art form as an act of vandalism. This perspective is nothing new, and may even be warranted, because – really, at the core of graffiti – is its illegality. The execution of graffiti does involve vandalizing property. The thing to consider here, however,

Anyone who says that tattooing is not an art form is living in the past. Today, the discipline of tattooing is very much regarded as similar to the practice required of painters, which basically means that some level of artistry is demanded. Imagine how a tattoo artist is given the opportunity to claim one’s body

Featured Image from: Pacho Tattoo There are two distinct objects that can represent life. And to have these objects turned into a design and tattooed unto your skin is to declare to the world that you have fully accepted what life holds in store. The only thing that life can promise is death. To have

We’ve come a long way in the world of graffiti and street art. Particularly, a lot of graffiti artists have developed their styles to surpass the usual types of pieces we identify as a work of graffiti or street art. From wildstyle letters to iconic characters and mural-like rendering, we’ve been seeing more and more