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Create stunning art for posters, stickers, flyers, badges and gallery prints
Posters, badges, stickers and flyers are great ways to show off your art, finds Graeme Aymer, and you can make money selling them too.
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Top 10 Tips: Preparing images for print
Getting printed output that matches what you see on screen is a bugbear of most graphic designers and digital artists, so here's our guide to producing perfect prints.
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How to build a winning portfolio
We speak to four successful artists to garner what they’ve learned over years of honing their portfolio
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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.
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Learn how to draw perfect figures
Draw perfect figures, no matter what your style – leading artists show Graeme Aymer how it’s done
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Creative applications for your new iPad
We highlight a selection of new applications coming to the iPad, designed to help you get more creativity while making the most of the unique new format.
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Are MacBook, MacBook Pro too close for comfort again?
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Digital SLRs that won't break the bank
We compare six recent digital SLRs for image and build quality, price and feature set to see which offers the best for the budget photographer.
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Discover new trends in character-based pattern design
A new book reveals a rising trend for animal-themed pattern design
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A reflection on 'photoshopping' on Photoshop's 20th birthday
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Discover the brand new retro
Learn how creatives are going back to basics, rediscovering the cult of Swiss school design, and remixing it with modern design trends and tools.
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Photoshop turns 20
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Draw some Cash
Making your own products takes energy, determination and talent – but it’s not hard to see why more and more creatives are taking up the challenge. The market for design-led products is booming, and the choice of objects you can create is bafflingly broad.
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Pocket-sized power snappers
Gavin Stoker surveys six compact cameras that promise digital SLR-like quality and effects without the bulk
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Did Photoshop get Flash onto the Apple iPad?
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Will the iPad save the media? Not just yet
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Gadgets: LG goes retro, introduces new CRT TV
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Apple's tablet will make online news and magazines better
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Adobe Illustrator tip: Live Trace over photos