Neil Bennett
Neil is editor of Digital Arts – overseeing the site’s stories, interviews, features and tutorials that inspire, educate, influence and inform those in the creative industries.
Digital Arts is dedicated to enhancing the professional and personal lives of creative people across advertising, animation, branding, digital design, illustration, user experience and visual effects.
Articles by Neil Bennett
Features: The secrets of creating gory VFX
VFX Legion tells us how it brings the blood and guts to Hollywood films and TV shows.
Features: This is what design agencies will be like in 2032
On its 15th birthday, creative brand agency Studio Output gives us both serious and whimsical imaginings of what it will be like 15 years from now.
News: Adobe reveals details of next versions of After Effects and Premiere Pro
Ahead of the IBC trade show in Amsterdam, Adobe has detailed the new features coming to Premiere Pro and After Effects 2018.
News: Tado has given Hello Kitty real depth in this wooden stop-motion animation
Sheffield-based creative duo Tado has created a stop-motion film for everyone's favourite expressionless Japanese cat character-fronted…
News: Be inspired by powerful National Theatre posters from the past 50 years
See graphic design excellence in posters for plays from A Taste of Honey to Glengarry Glen Ross.
Features: How artist Alex Yanes worked with his daughter on this bright 3D mural for Monument Valley 2
Alex Yanes has created a unique 3D piece on the walls of New York's Coney Island, to promote the launch of ustwo’s puzzle game Monument Valley 2.
News: There's a limited edition version of Dell's super-powerful laptop for pro designers – and redesigned desktop workstations too
The Dell Precision 5520 20th Anniversary Edition has an anodised aluminium shell and some very impressive specs.
News: The British Library offers over a million free vintage images for download
These centuries-old copyright-free images include everything from from book illustrations to photos – and cover subjects from flowers to…
Features: The pulp art of 80s computer game magazine covers
We look back over the work of Oliver Frey, whose painted covers of magazines like Crash and Zzap 64 in the 1980s and 90s made games look much…
News: Stik's 7-storey mural celebrates generations of migrants
British street artist Stik has painted a giant version of one of his iconic stick figures onto the side of a New York building for a museum…
Features: The new horror aesthetic: how Oats Studios is reimagining the look of monsters
Oats Studios is creating short horror films with an experimental approach to filmmaking, visual effects and creature design. We speak to VFX…
Reviews: iPad Pro 2017 review: Apple's new tablets are amazing for artists, less so for designers and others
We've worked with artist Sam Gilbey to give you the definitive review of the new 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models whether you want to…
News: Wacom's next Cintiq will have a huge 32-inch screen
Coming in January, the new Cintiq Pro will offer the largest screen-you-can-draw-on we've ever seen.
Reviews: Apple MacBook Pro 2017 with Touch Bar review
Apple's brand-new 2017 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar makes it a serious contender for designers and artists – though it's not without its flaws.
Features: Patrick Clair on creating American Gods' iconic title sequence
The director – who also created titles for Westworld, The Night Manager and True Detective – discusses what makes a truly great TV title sequence.
News: Adobe Stock gains over 12 million new images – and filters
Adobe's online stock service has gained some new tools – and more images from the likes of Reuters, USA Today Sports and Stocksy.
Features: Illustrator Richard Wilkinson on turning pop culture icons into insects
Plus how Richard brings so much emotion to his portraits of people, how much detail is too much and what he still finds challenging to draw.
News: This art's on A Journey Through Science Fiction
To coincide with its wonderful new sci-fi exhibition, the Barbican has commissioned and curated a selection of sublime artworks. See them here.
Features: How Apple has made creative pros happy again
The new iMacs, MacBook Pro – and forthcoming iMac Pro and Mac Pro – make Apple a serious contender for desktops and laptops for designers,…
News: Ori Toor's bizarre interface designs and print layouts for gibberish
These wonderfully eccentric digital and print designs show that the content doesn't have to make sense to produce great work.