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Recently discovered sketch gives a peek into the hidden 'her-story' of UK Parliament
A chance discovery of a forgotten sketch brings light to a forgotten quirk of UK parliamentary history.
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Aardman has created a 'animated watercolour painting' video game exploring the horrors of WW1
11-11: Memories Retold feels more like a Wilfred Owen poem than a Battlefield shooter.
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Artist Kelton Sears on storytelling through GIFs with his wonky web comic Trash Mountain
Seattle-based GIF artist Kelton Sears talks about the future of narrative, recycling web garbage and taking on the system with a trashy new animated comic.
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Adobe shares more details on building AR experiences using Photoshop, Dimension and the new Project Aero
Following last night’s debut on stage with Apple at WWDC, Adobe has given us more info on its new augmented reality design system.
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15 Years after Firefly ended, see Serenity fly again in this new reel from the original VFX team
The Joss Whedon cult classic is revisited with a brand new sequence in this VFX reel from Zoic Studios
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Intel has created a dual-display 'digital Moleskine' PC that can run Photoshop
This prototype PC has two screens you can draw on, and the power of a laptop.
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What Apple and Adobe just announced for designers at WWDC
Coming this autumn is a more pro-looking dark mode for MacOS, help with your mess of a desktop - and some new apps for pro designers.
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14 Character Art Tips
How the likes of Dan Woodger, Anima Boutique, Docvek, Jam Factory, Joanne Harker and Showchicken bring personality to portraits of people, animals and other characters.
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32 Portrait Painting and Drawing Tips
Techniques for drawing and painting portraits – whether digital or with pens, pencils or paints – from leading illustrators and artists.
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Illustrator Alfonso De Anda on how to create playful, whimsical characters
Stay loose when sketching, pour doodles onto paper and stay open to whatever comes out, Alfonso says. Later you can refine.
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Animator Katy Wang on her emotional film for poet Yrsa Daley-Ward's heartbreaking new memoir
Katy used the concept of a "dark fairytale" to promote the British poet’s new book, which explores her own painful childhood, sexuality, addiction and identity.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Pose characters using the new Puppet Warp tool
Adobe Illustrator’s relatively new Puppet Warp feature is a really great simple tool to adjust shapes and lines, especially to pose or reposition a character.
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Nicolas Arnold's blissed-out short film takes us back to the early days of space travel
Footage of liquids and chemicals flowing and reacting have been turned into a celebration of the night sky through careful use of grading and VFX.
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45 best Illustrator tutorials
Adobe Illustrator tutorials from top designers and artists covering techniques from creating vector portraits to character art, 3D shapes to illustrated maps and graphics.
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Artist Filip Hodas on creating an incredible, brand new 'pop culture dystopia' artwork series
Filip created this illustration series to learn how to use 3D painting software Substance Painter – and he's just released some new works. Check them out here.
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Hattie Stewart on Painting a Huge, Bright Artwork You Can Lie On and Relax
Hattie discusses the concept, composition and creation of a new artwork across the floor at the Now Gallery in London, where you can lie and look up at yourself in the mirror on the ceiling.
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These design conference ads are hilarious (and accurate)
These posters, bags, videos, website and full identity gently poke fun at how designers think.
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How a Google Street View-style guide to one of the world's most crowded islands was created
Santa Cruz del Islote is a remote Colombian island just over the size of a football field and home to around 500 residents. Media Monks created a site that lets you explore it and learn more about sustainability and resource conservation.
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Alex Bartsch's photographs retracing reggae LP covers' original locations are now published as a book
Alex Bartsch trekked across London for two years to capture 42 reggae covers in front of where they were originally shot between 1967 and 1987. Now the project has been published into a book and will be exhibiting across the UK over the summer.
