Comic book collectors have more reasons to hang on to their mint copies of Uncanny X-men #1 with a viselike grip. It seems that the comics industry is slowly, yet inevitably marching on towards going digital. It’s been half a year since Marvel made the move by publishing 2,500 issues from its archives into a digital format, available for online viewing (by subscription of course). The fees are luring – 10 dollars per month, 60 dollars per year, but you can’t download the copy on your computer, much less touch the crisp images with you fingers. DC and Dark Horse Comics followed suit not long after; DC put up digital copies on massive networking site MySpace, and launched Zuda Comics, a format which allows users to comment and evaluate each other’s work. Dark Horse showcased anthologies on the same site, featuring large, scrollable pages in hyper-real color (dubbed as “Dark Horse Presents”).

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What’s with the trend for Chinese character tattoos these days? It seems that everyone has caught on into the Oriental vibe and intends to permanently etch it into their skin. Chinese tattoos look cool, there’s no doubt about that, but the language itself is designed in such a way that using the wrong character can throw a tattoo’s meaning completely off base. Britney Spears had a tattoo which she thought meant “different” but actually meant “strange” (a dose of poetic justice), and you may similarly pick a cool-looking character at a tattoo shop which may mean “duck” for all you know (go figure). If you’re insistent on having a Chinese tattoo on your thigh or neck or where else, make sure that you do your research before you let that needle come anywhere near your skin.

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Throughout the 20th century, the United States was recognized as the undisputed skyscraper capital of the world. New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other major American cities were considered the pinnacle of glass and steel architecture, leaving other world metropolises in the dust (sometimes literally) behind their tireless vertical expansion into the skies.

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One of the most interesting hobbies which you can probably take is oil painting. It is considered to be the most flexible of all painting mediums, and that is because you can apply many different oil painting techniques in this artwork. In addition to its own flexibility, oil painting techniques can also be applied on different types of canvasses. You can either choose to apply it over a transparent and thin glaze as well as a similar type of wash. Doing this, you can simply dab a paint brush on your oil palette and begin painting. Aside from this technique, you can also mix up oil in some form of butter-like consistency. But in this thick texture you will need a painting knife to apply the oil painting.

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There are many possible ways to tune an electric guitar, and the easiest and most conventional way to do this is by the use of a tuner. For anyone who wants to be a pro guitarist, one should know how to set the instrument to its right intonation since this will train the ears to distinguish different sounds of every note.

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Having a new tattoo entails a process of caring for it. After you finish having your tattoo done, there is also another round of considerations which you should face. After all, you need to keep in mind that having a tattoo also means that you have an etched wound if not a colored scar right onto your skin. You should remember that the thing which makes a tattoo permanent is that because it is embedded right onto your skin. The ink stays forever because it is deeply rooted on your skin already. After getting your tattoo, your tattoo artist will also advise you on how you should take care of it. If it is your first tattoo ever, your tattooist will even advise you in detail on how you should treat it so make sure you are all ears as he says his words of wisdom.

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