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.
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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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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.
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How to build dynamic colour schemes
Learn how to build complimentary colour schemes, with help from Adobe's Kuler
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The ultimate guide to Colour
Bold and bright or muted and subtle, colour is key to design. Liz Farrelly speaks to the colour masters
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Bags of Character
Alice Ross explores the work of illustrators such as Jon Burgerman, James Jarvis and Tado and their character art creations.
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Creative Freedom: Courtney and Philip Mason from Studio Jellyfish
A Michigan-based pair of designers explain their fashion venture
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Welcome to the new wave of type-based art
It’s hard to miss the current vogue for illustration-based ads and other projects – but even more noticeable at the moment is a trend for putting text front and centre, integrating it into the very fabric of the image in detailed, elaborate artworks.
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10 ways to... be more creative
Whether it’s a blinding flash of inspiration or a reliable stream of functional ideas you can build on, creativity is something that no designer or illustrator can do without – that’s why they’re called ‘creatives’. Michael Burns shares 10 quick creativity boosts.
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Tune into Last.fms newspaper
Music-streaming site Last.fm ventured into print to celebrate 2009's biggest hits.
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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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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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Fluorescent Hill goes to town
Tom Waits has one of the most instantly identifiable voices in contemporary music: it’s a sort of booming roar. Kool Keith has one of the most staccato, distinctive rap styles out there. How do you animate these iconic – but very different – voices?
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Take a look at Arabic Design Now
Alice Ross takes the pulse of modern Arabic design and illustration
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The future of Photoshop Art
We’ve spoken to both established Photoshop gurus and hot new talent to find out what’s in store for the year ahead – and what styles they’ve been exploring in their own personal works, ready to unleash in 2010.
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Adobe Illustrator tip: Live Trace over photos
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Framestore goes to Where the Wild Things Are
Neil Bennett discovers how Framestore created incredibly lifelike CG faces for the Wild Things