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Best drawing and painting apps for iPad
Here's our expert pick of the best iPad apps for artists including Affinity Designer, Procreate, Adobe Fresco and more.
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The new World Cup logo: designers on how it scores against WC logos of old
What are designers thinking about the new World Cup 2022 logo?
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Fred Deakin on creating the artwork for his sci-fi rock opera The Lasters
The musician, designer and educator tells us how he's brought to life an album that's somewhere between his previous band Lemon Jelly and War of the Worlds.
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Designers and illustrators create ready-to-hold placards for the Global Climate Strike
Two initiatives are giving the public a choice of ready-made placards, posters and materials they can share on social media for the strikes from September 20-27.
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Animation tutorial: Create live VFX
A step-by-step guide to adding visual effects to video in a live environment, using software you can try for free.
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Pantone has invented 294 new colours
The ink system has gained more neutral and tan shades, as well as new tools for InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator to let more easily work with them.
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Lena Vargas on bringing life, fun and adventure to her art
The illustrator's work juxtaposes shapes and concepts in always delightful ways, inspired by her home in the Dominican Republic.
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The 7 branding mistakes made by start-ups
Elizabeth Finn, managing director at Cowan London, details seven things that many new companies do with their branding that could kill them.
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The Best Game of Thrones creative projects inspired by the hit show
The show may be over but these creative projects Game of Thrones inspired over the years will forever live on in our dragon-hearts.
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IBC 2019: new video tools from Adobe, Blackmagic, Lenovo and more
Adobe Premiere is gaining a machine-learning-driven way to automatically reframe video content to different aspect ratios from vertical to widescreen while focussing on interesting bits.
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InDesign at 20: how Adobe beat Quark to become the graphic design tool of choice
We look back at the early years of InDesign with Adobe's Maria Yap, who worked on version 2.0.
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InDesign 2.0 review
On InDesign's 20th anniversary, we look back at version 2.0 – the release that changed everything. Here's our review first published on March 4, 2002.
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50 screen-printed artworks inspired by the past 50 years
Print Club London’s new show features Anthony Burrill, Pure Evil and more.
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The Artist’s and Designer’s Guide to iPadOS
Apple has just announced that iPadOS is coming on September 30 - but one key feature won't ship until later.
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2019's Designs of the Year celebrate protest signs, football scarf design and people that don't exist
The nominees of the Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2019 have been announced. Here's our pick of the best graphics, art, illustration and digital work.
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The Best Art and Design Conferences of 2019
This year find inspiration, fun, skills and the chance to meet some like-minded people at these festivals across subjects from concept art and illustration to branding, and from graphic and UX design to animation and VFX.
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Björk: her best videos at the apex of digital art
The 12 greatest Björk promos of all time, taking us all the way from the Moon to the Moomins via VFX and animation mastery.
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Procreate 5 is a monster update for iPad's best drawing app
Procreate's new version gets unveiled at Lightbox Expo – but watch out, for the beast isn't out just yet.
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Björk's new VR album shows emotion and audio are the future of the medium
First look: We got to experience Vulnicura VR in one of London's best kept secrets, going deep into the project's history with co-creative director and long-time Björk collaborator James Merry.
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How to land your first job as a live motion graphics artist
Fancy making real-time graphics for Beyoncé and Stormzy? Here's all you need to know on how to crack the live content industry.
