Drawing With the Note 8

I instantly fell in love with the Note 7 when it came out. Then the news started to come out and all of a sudden my open love letters to the phone on social media began to get responses like “blown up any planes with it yet?” Samsung eventually figured out that the fault was just a…

Using the Cintiq Pro 16 to Make Comics

The Cintiq name is one that’s always bandied around creative circles with a certain amount of jealousy. If there’s one thing that creatives covet it’s top shelf tech from Wacom. Until now my wife and I have gotten by on a entry level Bamboo Pen & Touch and a nice Intuos Pro. With these sorts…

Art Dump November

Recently I got my hands on a Cintiq Pro 16 through work, and it’s given me a new lease on drawing. It got me excited again ya know? I know it’s sad to let your passion be dictated by toys and trinkets and fads but I didn’t make the rules here. I’m just letting the…

Four Films to Catch This November

Here are the movies to check out this month. You have your blockbuster, your comedy, a shit movie by George Clooney, and an edge of your seat thriller that I’m definitely going to be checking out. Justice League Here it is, finally make or break for DC. They’ve had some real stinkers on the lead-up…

Running the Cintiq Pro 16″

The Cintiq name is one that’s always bandied around creative circles with a certain amount of jealousy. If there’s one thing that creatives covet it’s top shelf tech from Wacom. Until now my wife and I have gotten by on a entry level Bamboo Pen & Touch and a nice Intuos Pro. With these sorts…

Happy Death Day – Suprisingly Not a Pile of Shit

I was unable to make it to the screening of this film so in my place I sent professionals with opinions Matt Rust and Quin Polderman. They are men of few words, making them perhaps the worst individuals to have on as writers, they did however both agree that they “would’ve paid to watch that.”…

Blade Runner: 2049 Review – A Worthy Successor

This will be a spoiler free review. Blade Runner: 2049 growls at you with a weight that presses down on you. This is a world that wants to bury you, and it starts with the sounds, fills out with the visuals, and flourishes with the story. It’s sound design is industrial and oppressive, but it’s…

What Triggered Facebook The Most During the NZ Election

Facebook, AKA, Old Shit Ripped from Reddit, was a hotbed this election. It helped sort friends from “Scum who only care about taxes”. Twitter on the other hand appeared to just be an optimistic Greens and Labour circlejerk which turned to grief the day after the election. Overall 1 million people had generated 9.5 million…