Neil Bennett
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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.

