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Noah Bradley

Personal blog · noahbradley.com · on HN as noahbradleydesignculturecareer

Noah Bradley's personal blog at noahbradley.com covers design, culture and career. Since 2016, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Don't Go to Art School (2013)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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5HN people?
2016–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2022

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Noah Bradley's posts on art education, including a list of books every artist must read and an article on not going to art school. The comments are bare links or mention other drawing resources.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

The art, writings, and other creations of Noah Bradley. Resources for artists and some pretty pictures to look at.

The author on HN?

noahbradley · 811 karma · member since 2014

https://noahbradley.com

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Don't Go to Art School (2013)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-19

What Hacker News says?

  1. for anyone else - found it here : https://noahbradley.com/10-books-every-artist-must-read/

    Comment linking /10-books-every-artist-must-read/

    on “Don’t go to art school (2013)”
  2. Submitted What it's like to be cancelled as a story · 399 points

    HN discussion
  3. I got pretty good at drawing, then watercolor, and now oil portraits by starting with the lessons on figure drawing by Stan Prokopenko on YouTube. He's a former instructor at Watt's Atelier (and is an excellent painter), but he is very down to earth and funny. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHGuMuprDarMz_Y9... He's got affordable courses you can buy as well. The figure drawing course is excellent and a…

    Comment linking /dont-go-to-art-school/

    on “How to Draw Animals (1930)”
  4. Submitted Don't Go to Art School (2013) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Optimal way to practice > Deliberate practice Best books > Depends what you want to draw? How to Draw by Scott Robertson and Figure Drawing Design and Invention by Michael Hampton should keep you busy for a while How do I learn to self critique? > Take a picture of your drawing I find it easier to see mistakes by looking at a picture of it. Another trick is to get up, walk around and come back in 5 minutes. You'll g…

    Comment linking /blogs/blog/dont-go-to-art-school

    on “Ask HN: How Do I Become as Proficient with Art as I Am with Computing?”
  6. Submitted I’m leaving social media as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted How I Became an Artist as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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