Best Wacom Cintiq alternatives
Don't have £1,900/$2,200 for a Wacom Cintiq Pro 24? Here are seven much less expensive pen display options for drawing, sketching and painting.
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Best digital painting software for PC and Mac
The best Mac and PC applications for digital painting – including full-price, low-cost and free painting apps.
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The 14 best apps for drawing and painting on your iPad
Here's our expert pick of the best iPad apps for artists including Affinity Designer, Procreate, Artstudio Pro and more.
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16 best portfolio websites for designers and artists
We feature some of the best free and paid for art and design portfolio websites out there.
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How to create a logo for the Chinese market
Jamie Sergeant of creative agency Crowd tells what he’s learned from launching successful brands in China - including their own.
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Tina Touli on livestreaming her design practice for students and brands like Adobe
The designer also tells us about the power of experimentation, and gives advice on how to be a better on camera.
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Best Tablet for Art and Design
What's better for art, design or illustration: an iPad Air 2019, an Android tablet or a tablet PC, convertible or 2-in-1 from the likes of Microsoft, Dell or HP?
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Best Laptop for Design and Art
We tested the most powerful and stylish models to find the best laptop for designers and artists.
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Branding in the AI age - a guide to machine learning marketing
Branding for the AI field doesn't need to use the same old science - learn how top studios have bucked the trend in marketing machine learning to the masses.
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How to design for value brands
Supermarket own labels don't need to be drab in look - learn from the minds at Cowan London on how they made discount chain Jack's leap out from the shelves.
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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, independent foundries and free font libraries online.
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22 Amazing Craft Beer Label Designs from Around the World
To celebrate the end of Dry January 2019 we've selected label artworks that are as wonderfully individual as the brews themselves.
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Free Old Images and Photos: 12 Best Sites for Free Vintage Photos and Artworks
From Shakespeare to the history of the US, find the perfect high-res image for your next project.
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How to brand a festival for Generation Z
Create stylish festival campaigns that'll catch young eyes using advice from promising newcomers in illustration.
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Freelance Wars' has given us a year of hilarious, oh-too-true GIFs about nightmare clients and spec work – and now it's over
Alex Griendling reflects on a year of creating a fantastically popular Twitter account that combine Stars Wars clips with instantly relatable scenes from a designer or artist's life.
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2019's Visual Trends (according to stock libraries)
We look at the predictions from Shutterstock, Adobe, Dreamstime and more on the visual trends coming your way in 2019, ranging from design to colours and typography.
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Inspiring Small Beer & Alcohol-Free Label Designs for Dry January
Look good for Dry January 2019 with soberingly good small & alcohol-free beer artwork that stands with the best craft branding has to offer.
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Booze-free branding: How to design beer brands for dry drinkers
As Dry January gains popularity in 2019, designers and brands tell us how they position small and alcohol-free beers to an uninitiated audience.
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89 Best Photoshop tutorials
Free Photoshop tutorials, PSD effects and tips and tricks across art, illustration, graphics and photography – including advanced Photoshop tutorials from the world's best illustrators, designers and photographers.
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The 12 Best Graphic Design & Branding Stories of 2018
Our rundown of the best graphic design and branding projects of this year takes in TV design, North Korean propaganda and the budding world of cannabis packaging.
