Miriam Harris
Articles by Miriam Harris
News: How two designers maintained a long-distance relationship through typography
Valentine's Day is here and it's time to remember the story of two designers in love and the beautiful self-made postcards they made and sent…
Features: The 17 best font websites
Whether you’re a graphic designer, typographer or someone dabbling in type, we’ve got you covered with the best paid, subscription-based,…
News: How artists, illustrators and photographers can get free cash with DACS payback royalties
If you’re an artist and your work has been published in UK books, magazines or TV – you could be entitled to thousands of pounds. What are…
Features: Best Tablet for Art and Design
What's better for art, design or illustration: an iPad Pro 2018, an Android tablet or a tablet PC, convertible or 2-in-1 from the likes of…
News: Postcards by British designers & illustrators to say 'we'll miss EU' return home in time for Brexit
Before Brexit crash lands, check out irreverent postcards by UK creatives including NB Studio, Craig Oldham and Si Scott that were sent to…
News: Automatically create thousands of unique variations from one original design with this free Illustrator plugin
HP’s SmartStream D4D software can create unique variations on any one design for brand packaging. It was announced almost a year ago, but…
Features: 'None of us need to be alone': Illustrators' raw and honest accounts of how they've coped with mental illness
Republished for World Mental Health Day, here Ben the Illustrator and eight other illustrators discuss mental illness within the community,…
News: How Framestore created the 60s-style spaceship in Black Mirror Season 4's 'USS Calister'
The VFX house created the USS Callister, the Arachnajax beast and space environments for the Emmy-winning episode.
Features: 7 best tools for painting, 3D modelling and sculpting in VR
These are the best creative VR tools for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.
News: Celebrate the end of World Cup 2018 with these Brilliant Art, Design and Animation Projects
These diverse, inspiring football-related projects range from a well-designed wallchart to animated tapestry, and from illustrated fan chants…
Features: These Super-talented Illustrators are Exploring our Obsession with Social Media
Art that shows how we have the increasingly negative attitude toward social media, but yet, how we can’t bear to be free of it.
Features: How top illustrators create stunning official movie posters for films such as Black Panther, Wonder Woman & Trainspotting
It's a good time to be an illustrator who loves creating film-related art.
News: These are the winners of the World Illustration Awards 2018
See stunning artwork that picked up awards last night in categories from editorial to experimental.
News: 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.
Features: 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,…
Features: 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…
News: These design conference ads are hilarious (and accurate)
These posters, bags, videos, website and full identity gently poke fun at how designers think.
Features: 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…
Features: Illustrator Thibaud Herem on how he draws detailed, puzzling mazes and labyrinths
Why are mazes so popular right now? And what's it like to illustrate them? Thibaud discusses his work on Laurence King's upcoming book…
News: How VFX studio Rise created Black Panther's Jabariland
Berlin's Rise has given us a VFX breakdown reel showing how they added environments, digital doubles and holograms for the superhero blockbuster.
