Hello there.
I’m Joyce Hui, aka rurupoi – art director, illustrator, and science nerd.

Looking for that perfect sketchbook? In this post, I review sketchbooks from Moleskine, SM-LT, Stillman & Birn, Traveler’s Notebook, and more! We’ll take a look at how each paper performs with mixed media and also how each sketchbook is bound.

I find food so challenging to draw! The amount of ingredients, details, and textures can be really overwhelming at first glance. So in March, I practiced drawing food every day. Read on for what I learned.

Tired of fountain pen inks smudging and smearing? Join me as I test just how well Octopus Fluids, Super5, and Noodler’s waterproof inks hold up when used with watercolours and markers.