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ITV rips up TV listings in the name of mental health
A new campaign sees the station get Britain talking through a canny use of print media.
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Spider-Verse's Peter Ramsey on why he doesn’t need to be the ‘Obama of animation’ to help inspire the next generation of black animators and artists
The Oscar-winner also gives advice on how to become an animation director, embracing your inner child and how he balanced being one of three directors on Spider-Verse.
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Loish and the influence of The Little Mermaid on her female character designs
Interview: The new Dutch master on designing for Horizon Zero Dawn, and why thin eyebrows won't exist after the apocalypse.
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MacOS Catalina: Do Adobe, Affinity, Corel, Wacom and others support Apple's 64-bit only MacOS 10.15?
Apple's new MacOS is the first to be 64-bit only – so many older apps and hardware won't work, and newer tools may need to be updated to work correctly. Here's what we know so far – including updates on Photoshop, Corel and Wacom compatibility.
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No pink, all greens: Period care gets a 21st century rebrand
Earthy colours dominate a new line of stylish-looking tampons.
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Hell or Habito? Why a mortgage startup branded itself through some sick animation
In time for Halloween, we discover how Rick and Morty and Itchy & Scratchy inspired Habito's ghoulish animations, in our best advertising campaign of 2019.
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TikTok and how to use it for illustration success
Tooty McNooty, James Lewis and Adam Salisbury on bringing art to TikTok.
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24 brilliant tips for drawing from life
12 leading illustrators tell us their favourite techniques for observational drawing.
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XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro, the drawing tablet that puts control in your hands - whichever one you use
XP-Pen’s professional option bring you decent specs, an innovative dial interface – and even some good old left-handed friendliness.
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Beck album covers ranked – his best artwork from the '90s to now
As Beck Hansen announces new release Hyperspace, we look back at the indie pop chameleon's best ever album covers to date.
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George Wylesol's new book is a demonic take on '90s internet
We interview George about Internet Crusader, a squeamish story told on screens that's our best sequential art book of 2019.
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22 fashion illustration techniques
Must-know tips and advice from four leading fashion illustrators – covering approach, live illustration, drawing techniques and more.
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The Best Free Fonts Every Designer Should Have 2019
Whether you want a geometric brush typeface, a smart sans or letters based on Greta Thunberg's handwritying, find our pick of the free fonts you need in your creative life.
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Kristina Bold is a font based on a stroke survivor's handwriting
A new font is designed to take over websites and newspapers for World Stroke Day 2019.
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Nick DenBoer on being the Colonel Sanders of rabid VFX – and his fears for deepfake
The VFX remixer reveals his chicken and cheese roots, and how he doesn't watch much of anything at all.
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Surface Pro X review: hands-on with Microsoft's first true iPad Pro rival
We spent some hands-on time with Microsoft’s new Surface Pro tablet/laptop hybrids to discover its potential for designers and artists.
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GIGABYTE AERO 15 OLED - The Creator’s Laptop
High performance and lightweight design make Gigabyte’s Aero 15 OLED the ideal laptop for content creators.
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Illustrators go back to the drawing board to save the forests (touch wood)
Jean Jullien, Malika Favre, Marylou Faure and more save trees with new project Touch Wood.
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Joker and the superhero graphic designers behind his world
After Scorsese, Spider-Man and some DC classics, South Shore lend their graphic designs to the Joaquin Phoenix vehicle everybody's talking about.
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Best places to buy graphic t-shirts
Discover the best illustrated T-shirts and graphic tees for (and from) designers, artists and illustrators – including works from Martina Paukova, Jimmy Turrell and Murugiah.
