Should I be part of a professional creative body? Should I work for free? Michael Burns discovers the answers to the questions about how to succeed in the design industry, with advice from those in the know.
The trends, techniques and technologies at the cutting edge of graphic design – and how you can use them to produce your best work
A guided tour of the artists, exhibitions, workshops and entertainment of Berlin’s annual character design and art festival
Leading creatives explain what works and what doesn’t, and asks if it’s all down to how colour affects our minds.
Angie Taylor reveals must-know techniques for every type of animation, drawn from the genre’s 150-year history
Digital Arts' eight-lesson guide for interactive designers making the transition to smartphones and tablets.
Eva Peaty discovers how to combine digital techniques with real-world crafts to create incredible work
Black-and-white art has its own unique impact as well as challenges, as Eva Peaty discovers
Artists explain to Alice Ross how abstract, surreal and conceptual art can fuel their creativity
Rediscover your love of drawing & see your art take flight. We speak to creatives who have a passion for the hand-fashioned
Johann Chan discovers the thinking behind SeeNoEvil, London’s hottest meeting point for fresh new animators, designers and directors
Photoshop includes a huge number of tools, and here we expose some of its less well-known features and reveal new ways to use some familiar favourites.
Digital painting is stepping into the big leagues. Alice Ross meets the creatives poised to create a stir with their work
The notion of a tiny handful of ‘web safe’ fonts will soon be consigned to history. We check out all the ways you can be more creative with typefaces online.
Get it right and your images will shimmer with sensuality; get it wrong and it'll just look sordid. Alice Ross leads you through the minefield that is sex-themed art.
Discover five creative geniuses who are changing they way we look at vector art: from Magnus Blomster's strange take on Art Noveau to Poked Studio's offbeat characters.
Draw perfect figures, no matter what your style – leading artists show Graeme Aymer how it’s done