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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated Kawaii Doodle Class: Sketching Super-Cute Tacos, Sushi, Clouds, Flowers, Monsters, Cosmetics, and More in Books

Jun 18, 2018

Kawaii Doodle Class by Zainab Khan is an illustrated step-by-step resource guide on how to draw smiley lumps that look like food, animals, objects, holiday themes, and monsters. As down-putting as that may sound, it’s really quite useful, dainty, and, yes, cute.

The book starts with a list of tools and essentials what you can use to have a go with but so long as you have at least a pen or pencil with some paper to hand you can try some sketches from the off. The book pages are set with cute borders alike clouds, in pastel and deeper blue against the plain white background on which the drawing tips and demonstration step by step images sit on.

You don’t need to be an amazing artist to be able to use this book as everything is super simple to follow, I personally loved the flower designs best and there’s a handy way to draw a rose I found useful!

I received this Quarto Publishing Group and Race Point Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Kittyz98 (13 KP) rated Apple iPad Pro in Tech

Dec 12, 2018

Apple iPad Pro

Computers & Accessories > Tablets

7.6

(58 Ratings)

Tech Rating

I own the iPad Pro 10.5inch and the Apple Pencil and use it a lot for watching videos, editing photos (I’m a photographer), note-taking (an online university student) and drawing as a hobby. The iPad Pro definitely feels a lot faster than previous iPads, and I do like the inclusion of a better camera which is perfect for scanning pieces of paper to make that easier for storage & annotating with university notes. It’s been perfect for photo editing thanks to lightroom (and I look forward to seeing full photoshop on it) which has meant I’ve been able to edit both my own photos & photos for university assignments on the go! Touch ID has made the iPad feel very secure, so I don’t feel as if someone will do something on it, especially if they’ve don’t know my code. Being able to multitask on it too has been so useful, so I’ve been able to watch/listen to videos while taking notes.
I highly recommend this, although I have no clue how it compares to the newest iPad Pro that uses USB-C

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Dan (19 KP) rated Dungeons and Dragons in Tabletop Games

Jul 20, 2019

Dungeons and Dragons

1974 | Action, Adventure, Dice Game, Fantasy, Fighting

9.6

(25 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Can create your own content (4 more)

Only need the core book, a pen/pencil, and paper to get started

Can always add scenery, figures, etc over time

Plenty of content online

Have as big a world or small a world as you want, you and the other players create it

Can be complex for beginners (1 more)

Can sometimes cause minor arguments

Easily adaptable for any age

Dungeons and Dragons is a massive table top game. You can stick to the core games all you want, or create your own content and game. For anyone with even a small amount of creativity, it's amazing.
This will probably be one of my poorer reviews, as D&D is so huge it's hard to describe it. You and your party can be a mix of fighters, rogues, magic users and all sorts, fighting off the dead, dragons, bandits, werewolves, goblins, and more. And while you do it, it's more than likely going to cause hilarity, and some exciting, tense moments.
It can be almost anything you want it to be.

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Event Horizon (1997) in Movies

Dec 17, 2018

Event Horizon (1997)

1997 | Horror, Sci-Fi

7.8

(22 Ratings)

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A classic

Pretty much everyone I know within my similar generation absolutely loves this film, even one me and my brother both agree on, which is unusual.

This is still one of the best and scariest sci-fi horror films I’ve seen since this was originally released. It’s dark, ominous and full of blood and gore. The effects at the time were very good, although admittedly they haven’t aged as well watching it back now and some of the CGI especially looks a bit dodgy. It has a fantastic cast, it’s one of my all time favourite Sam Neill films and you can’t really go wrong with Jason Isaacs and Sean Pertwee either. The plot is fairly straight forward but very creepy, and this will always be the film that spawned the pencil through paper wormhole explanation (sorry Interstellar).

This film isn’t perfect by any means and has sadly not aged as well as it should, but for me it’s still one of my favourites and a true classic sci-fi horror, not far off the likes of Alien etc.