@eyekoo
A traveling South African artist in a complicated relationship with his sketchbook. Uses real and digital brushes to make pictures. Violent coffee addiction. Known to yawn like a wookiee. Answers to the name 'Ryan'. QA and content for Magma.
Latest tablet review is up... This time it's the Artist Ultra 16 from @xppenofficial.bsky.social
It's a really decent pen display that offers most of what more advanced users would want at an affordable price point. There were some small issues though... youtu.be/0vqgJaxFvvo?...
🔥 Magma October 2025 Update 3 🔥
Hello there! This week, we're happy to announce another wave of updates! First, we've included feed posts from your network to your homepage, and second, we've added a few QoL features when making selections on Magma.
📲 Full update: magma.com/blog/october...
A little update to the Magma toolset...
Something new from @xppenofficial.bsky.social is on the way!
youtube.com/shorts/AYgjW...
In case you missed it .. here's my video review of the Tourbox Elite Plus: youtu.be/V9AjTTVPlUg?...
Playing with @magma-com.bsky.social's new Remixing feature.
iPad, Tourbox Elite Plus and MOFT Dynamic Folio case.
@tourbox.bsky.social
#moft #magma
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Thank you! I'm going to have a bunch of unfinished pieces to tackle one day 😄
The #Huion Kamvas Pro 19... definitely one of the top drawing tablets I've tested so far.
- 19", 4k display, 60Hz refresh rate
- smooth multitouch
- 2x pens with PenTech 4.0 delivers great drawing experience
- fold out legs give 20degree drawing angle.
Video review here: youtu.be/Hf01mwaGtdI?...
Thanks Kornel. Nice. Plenty of room to draw with your whole arm on that!
Which pen model are you using with it? The PW517 or the PW550? The folks in the drawing tablet discord mentioned quite an improvement by going with the PW550 on tablets that came with the 517
One of the top drawing tablets I've used so far... Here's my video review of the #Huion Kamvas Pro 19 for digital drawing and painting
youtu.be/Hf01mwaGtdI?...
Sunday night, choosing the controller to wrap up this painting for my review of the Kamvas Pro 19. It came with the Keydial Mini K20 but...
Of course, I'm going with the Tourbox Elite Plus
Review of that here: youtu.be/V9AjTTVPlUg?...
Loving the @tourbox.bsky.social Elite Plus on iPad. Having button combos and button + dial pairings sets Tourbox (even the Lite) well above other shortcut controllers for me. And that side button is my primary modifier for everything else.
More in my review here: youtu.be/V9AjTTVPlUg?...
My review of the Tourbox Elite Plus for iPad is live! youtu.be/V9AjTTVPlUg?...
I knew there was no going back after I bought the Lite last year. Now with the Elite Plus, I can continue my work in exactly the same on iPad when I head out as I'm used to on PC.
@tourbox.bsky.social #Tourbox
New video incoming tomorrow...
A review of the Tourbox Elite Plus on iPad.
Winding down here with it painting some quick glass bottle studies in Magma
@tourbox.bsky.social @magma-com.bsky.social #digitalpainting
🔥 Magma July 2025 Update 🔥
Hi everyone! We have a new release for you this month with pen pressure opacity and additional keybindings, emerging from ongoing discussions with games studio, Couch Heroes!
📲 Full update here: magma.com/blog/magma-j...
Keeping me busy on the weekend...
Magma x Tourbox and a new painting
@tourbox.bsky.social @magma-com.bsky.social
Just posted my video review of the XPPEN Magic Drawing Pad. It's got some nice features, and gives a good drawing experience, but I had hoped for a little more ;-)
youtu.be/8pdH_Ib7ENM?...
I decided to try to whip up a T-shirt design while working on a review of the @xppenofficial.bsky.social Magic Drawing Pad.
And here it is: eyekoo.creator-spring.com/listing/bird...
At long last, my first enamel pin design finds its way onto my hat!
This is our Magma mascot, Pyro!
@magma-com.bsky.social
My favourite thing about a Tourbox? Button combos. More specifically button+dial combinations.
Here I have the main dial of the Elite Plus to adjust my brush size on Magma. Then the side button together with the same dial for adjusting opacity.
@tourbox.bsky.social @magma-com.bsky.social
What?! No ways. That's really cool to hear. I'm happy you got into it ☺️
Thank you @kornelmdesign.bsky.social . I appreciate that!
New video is up on how the iPad Pro became the only tablet that I need as an artist on the move... Thanks to a few extras:
youtu.be/sjOW271CJ7I?...
We needed some visuals for our @lightboxexpo.com announcement... So I invited the @magma-com.bsky.social community to draw something together! This was a blast!
Woah, US Copyright Office (USCO) Director is suing the Administration for her firing!
Also this is a great opportunity to share the @authorsguild.bsky.social open petition to reinstate Shira Perlmutter as the USCO Director that I think everyone should sign 🔥
authorsguild.org/petition-to-...
Our most valuable online course sale ever! See top of my page for concept art, visual storytelling, digital painting, drawing, landscape painting. Self study at your own pace or fully critiqued live with me. Looking forward to meeting you!
🔥 Magma x Huion: Art Jam Competition 🔥
Magma is partnering with Huion to host an Art Jam Competition with over 400+ USD and drawing tablets in prizes! 🔥
For further details, please see the following blog post. Welcome to Worlds Colliding! 🌎🪐
magma.com/blog/worlds-...
#MagmaArtJamCompetition
Exercise while doing #MedsMap... Repeating the same reference several times, experimenting with some different things.
Done in Procreate.
#digitalpainting #paintingpractice
Just two paintings I have in the works that I still need to finish...
Left penguin being done in Rebelle 7 (which I'm still completely new to), and the right penguin done in Magma (which I work in the most).
#penguins #digitalpainting
@magma-com.bsky.social