The Cintiq 22HD Interactive Pen display is one of the best illustration tools, and it’s on sale for $200 off

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Illustrators, graphic designers, and other artistic peeps know that there’s a difference between a tablet you can draw on and tablets designed for drawing.

The Wacom Cintiq 22HD Interactive Pen Display proves why that difference matters, and Dell wants you to experience the magic for yourself: The Cintiq 22HD is $200 off and under $1,500 through Feb. 28, and your purchase gets you a free $50 Dell e-gift card. (That can get you Wacom’s felt marker-ish Art Pen for $49.95.)

Before computers, an artist’s main goal was to translate an idea in their head into something tangible — whether that be on paper, a canvas, etc. Today’s devices and software have changed the way we make art, while amping up creative possibilities — but that “pen to paper” feel is still hella important. Read more…

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Learn how to draw by taking this online class that’s on sale

Convinced coloring and sketching is child’s play? Think again.
It may come as no surprise that drawing, painting, and other creative pursuits can actually bolster creativity, improve memory, decrease stress, and make you a better communicator. Not ju…

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This artist does the most detailed pen drawings you’ve ever seen

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The amount of detail in artist Olivia Kemp’s massive landscape drawings is breathtaking. 

Especially when you consider the fact that she works predominantly in pen.

But for Kemp, who draws her work directly onto the paper, it’s not even about the details.

“None of the work sets out to be intensely detailed as that’s not the purpose of them,” she told Mashable. “It just becomes an absorbing part of the process.”

Back to testing the strength of my table 💪 pic.twitter.com/Ci2upOJCgM

— Olivia Kemp (@LivvyKemp) August 22, 2018 Read more…

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Microsoft’s new drawing bot is an AI artist

 Microsoft today is unveiling new artificial intelligence technology that’s something of an artist – a “drawing bot.” The bot is capable of creating images from text descriptions of an object, but it also adds details to those images that weren’t included the text, indicating that the AI has a little imagination of its own, says Microsoft. “If you go to Bing… Read More

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