Review: TCL’s XESS Tablet With Alexa Baked in Is an Acquired Taste
TCL thinks your house needs a 17.3″, high definition Android tablet, with Amazon’s Alexa built in. How does it fare?
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Tag: drawing
Inktober: A Drawing a Day
It’s October (already?), which means it’s time for Inktober!
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Osmo ‘Monster’ Brings Drawings to Life
Today, Osmo released its latest app, which brings drawings to life: ’Osmo Monster.’
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Teach Yourself to Draw With ‘Pokemon!’ (No Products Needed)
Anyone can teach themselves to draw with nothing more than something to look at, something to draw with, and something to draw on. The author embraces the often-simple shapes of Pokemon for inspiration.
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Use the New Boogie Board Jot 8.5 eWriter for All Your Doodles
When I was a kid, we entertained ourselves with those waxy board things with plastic pull-up covers. When my kids were little, it was the Magnadoodle. Now, there is the Boogie Board Jot 8.5 eWriter.
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Keep Kids Creating With ‘The Superhero Comic Kit’!
Kids love to create and come up with some of the most ingenious stories and drawings.
Continue Reading4 New Books and Activities For Indoor Fun
For those weekend afternoons when your kids come to you, yet again, saying, “Mom, I’m bored,” here are a few new suggestions to give their play some direction.
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Get Some Artistic Perspective With 'Perspective Made Easy'
Robbie Lee’s ‘Perspective Made Easy’ is a great guide for anyone just getting started with illustration and offers a nice refresher for more accomplished artists.
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Everyone Is an Artist With Osmo’s ‘Masterpiece’
Follow the lines you see on the iPad screen and you’ll feel like you’re drawing like a professional in no time.
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Find Time for Creativity With Art Before Breakfast and Other Books
I’ve always been envious of those who draw with ease, and those who actually enjoy it. Part of my non-enjoyment of drawing is a self-fulfilling prophecy, though. The more I draw, the better at it I am. And I’m reminded to keep at it, to not give up or continue to resign myself to be bad at drawing.
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Congratulations to Our ‘Thundercats’ Drawing Winner!
Congrats to our winner, who will be receiving, by mail, TWO Thundercats t-shirts from TV Store Online! The drawing was held Friday in honor of the Thundercats 30th anniversary.
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Create Masterpieces With Draw Paint Print Like the Great Artists
Learn to create art in the styles of many famous artists, learn basic art creation methods, and find your own artistic voice.
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Entertain Kids in the Waning Weeks of Summer With These Creative Books
Give your kids some new fodder for entertaining themselves with these creative books!
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Dine and Draw: Teen Titans Go
Dine and Draw: Creating art and edibles inspired by your favorite geeky things!
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How To Draw a Skylander Masterclass From Character Director I-Wei Huang
A master class on how to sketch from Skylanders Character Director I-Wei Huang
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Look Behind the Scenes at Disney’s Planes – Storyboards
Previously on GeekDad, I gave readers a peek behind the scenes at the computer animation department. Read the entire post here, but mainly what we covered is the process of taking sketches and turning them into a cartoon via computer software. Now I want to share the where the real storytelling takes place in my […]
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Geek Camp: Alka Seltzer and Frickin' Laser Beams
Days 3 and 4 of our family Geek Camp included a trip to a nearby hackerspace and playtesting a water tag game. This is a report from the field.
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Zentangles: Small But Addicting Drawing Morsels
I am drawing challenged. I have beautiful pictures in my head, but getting them to transfer through my hand to any kind of medium in the real world is usually laughable. My drawing skills never evolved past the fourth grade. It almost brings me physical pain to try to improve these skills. I used to doodle a bit as a kid, but I drew more abstract shapes than anything else. Not useful when trying to draw people, for example, unless you’re Pablo Picasso.
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May the Force Be With Your Thumb Doodles
Klutz kits are consistently a hit in our house. We love the paper crafts and drawing and superheros and fashion crafts. And now we have added Star Wars to our collection.
Continue ReadingCreating a Digital Art Gallery
Kids seem to have an endless supply of creativity. Drawing, painting, writing, building, colouring, storytelling – anything can spark it off and it can lead to hours of fun. And stacks and stacks of art of all forms decorating your …
Continue ReadingYou-Topia Contest
Sitting down to sketch or paint a place you love is one of the best ways of revisiting it. That’s because getting the images on paper forces you to re-imagine the sights and sounds, making it come alive more fully in your memory. The folks at They Draw & Travel know all about this […]
Continue ReadingGood Techniques for Learning How to Draw Steampunk
My skills do not lean in the direction of drawing, and never have. I’ve taken a course here and there, trying my best to improve my sketches, but I’m honest enough with myself to admit I’ll never be producing the …
Continue ReadingSkylanders Speed Draw and Coloring Pages
I-Wei Huang, the lead character artist for the new game Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures has put together a cool speed drawing video of all the Skylanders. Thirty-two characters across eight elements are presented in under five minutes. My son and I …
Continue ReadingiPad App Review: Pirate Scribblebeard’s Treasure
Argh, matey! Oh, I know Talk Like a Pirate Day has come and gone, but this fantastic app from Kidoodle Apps will have you and your kids celebrating all year. It was created by two parents who wanted their son to have fun playing with the latest tech gadgets while using his imagination at the same time. They […]
Continue ReadingImagining Awesome: Kid Art Inspires Graphic Artist (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Unless some anti-Hoarder purge destroyed your personal archive, there is a good chance that a stack of high-concept, low-quality artwork can be found in your home. It is the byproduct of countless hours as a kid turning blank sheets of …
Continue ReadingImagining Awesome: Kid Art Inspires Graphic Artist
Unless some anti-Hoarder purge destroyed your personal archive, there is a good chance that a stack of high-concept, low-quality artwork can be found in your home. It is the byproduct of countless hours as a kid turning blank sheets of …
Continue ReadingArtist Is Drawing Every H.P. Lovecraft Monster!
Artist Mike Bukowski loves H.P. Lovecraft, it appears. His website has tentacles on it. He’s had a number of art shows focused on the slippery, squamous creatures of the Cthulhu mythos. And so, last June, he began the arduous process …
Continue ReadingReview: Hilarity Will Ensue While Drawing and Captioning With Cranium Scribblish
Remember that game we played as kids that we called “Telephone?” You sit in a circle and whisper things around the circle. By the time your phrase gets back to you, it has changed so much that it’s nothing like …
Continue ReadingThe Gift of Experience: How To Think Outside of the Wrapped Box
If your children are anything like mine, they get way too many toys for Christmas and birthdays. Their closets and shelves are bursting with items that they rarely play with or have forgotten in the chaos. Their GeekDad and I decided that rather then make wish lists for more toys that they don’t need, we […]
Continue ReadingReview: Art Lessons for “the Artistically Undiscovered”
I’m pretty good at drawing. So are my kids. But in my career as a homeschool teacher I’ve found that the things that come easiest to me are the hardest for me to teach. When things are second nature I …
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