News:  Showcase: New Designers 2010 exhibition

Check out our guide to the best illustration, design and animation work at the New Designers 2010 exhibition.

In-Depth:  How to build a winning portfolio

We speak to four successful artists to garner what they’ve learned over years of honing their portfolio

In-Depth:  Creative Freedom: CitID lets artists rebrand their home towns

The Oslo-based design studio has been asking artists to put a fresh, type-based spin on their home town. Neil Bennett surveys the submissions.

Review:  Adobe InDesign CS5

With Adobe's InDesign CS5 version – as with much of the new Creative Suite 5 – there’s a refocus on creativity and efficiency. It's a…

In-Depth:  Sssh, don't tell anyone but Secret Cinema is back

In-Depth:  The interactive designer's ideal lunch spot

News:  Interview: London 2012 Olympic mascots' creator discusses their design

Grant Hunter, creative director at Iris London, tells us how the London 2012 Olympic Mascot characters were conceived and designed.

In-Depth:  Creative Freedom: Ollie Munden's FreakShow exhibition

Ollie Munden tells Neil Bennett how Brighton’s illustration community came together to help stage his first exhibition.

Review:  Wacom Cintiq 21UX

Forget about the iPad: here’s the digital sketchpad most artists will want. Despite costing more than many workstations and being about as…

News:  New live art event launched, Lazy Oaf Drawing Club

Hip 80s-influenced clothing and accessories brand Lazy Oaf is bringing its Drawing Club live art back for a second year.

In-Depth:  Creative Freedom: Stuart Boyd from Subism

Stuart Boyd, founder of art collective Subism, tells Neil Bennett how he's making street art a live event.

Review:  Armari Magnetar X24 six-core workstation

Six grand is a lot to spend on a workstation, but the Magnetar X24 is equivalent of the Pagani Zonda supercar, boasting top-of-the-line chips,…

In-Depth:  Creative Freedom: Courtney and Philip Mason from Studio Jellyfish

A Michigan-based pair of designers explain their fashion venture

In-Depth:  Grandchildren journeys into the world of knowledge

The indie animation house explains its surreal animated spot Eat Up Brain.

News:  Adobe to launch new design software in April?

A conference in Texas is advertising that Adobe will be announcing a new product that's part of its 'signature suite' at one of its seminars.

Review:  Digital Anarchy Beauty Box

We’ve all had to deal with footage where someone has skimped on a decent make-up artist and you’ve been asked to give some poor unfortunate a…

In-Depth:  A reflection on 'photoshopping' on Photoshop's 20th birthday

News:  4 reasons why the Apple iPad is great for designers and illustrators

So the long mooted Apple iPad is finally here, and it's a useful tool for designers, illustrators and digital artists looking to get creative on…

In-Depth:  Dive hits The Road with a bleak apocalypse

We talk to the team behind the VFX for recent hit movie The Road.

Review:  Datacolor Spyder3Studio SR

The Spyder3 Studio SR opens up colour management to illustrators, photographers and designers with high-end colour needs but shoestring budgets.