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Chatting creativity: our most inspiring interviews of 2019
Insightful, enlightening interviews with big names ranging across illustration, animation, design, art and more.
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Creative Stories and Projects you may have missed in 2019
Brexit, bots and Berlin Wall fonts - this year had it all.
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The Simpsons big screen story that time forgot
A 20-year-old movie was the one chance to see The Simpsons like never before - or since.
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Gorillaz: Reject False Icons review – plenty of music, but where's the art?
A first look at the cartoon band's new feature length excursion.
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Takashi Murakami reveals his secret to 25 years of success
The art legend tells us which Kanye cover he made in a day, and why he's becoming a folk singer.
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Studio Ghibli meets Finnish folklore in this year's best student animation
The making of Fox Fires, a British short film that's lit up Youtube.
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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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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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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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Prince and his lost comic book past get animated for a posthumous promo
How Prince's handwriting, cult rap cinema and DC Comics came together for one funky new video.
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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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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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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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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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Animator Leanne Rule on the joys of art and farting
We speak with the irreverent up-and-comer about her love for farts and Monty Python, and the pressures of Instagram on her work.
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Lose Yourself to Dance: Tips on making animated characters boogie realistically
Tips on how to animate your characters' movements like they're in a real life club.
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Nexus Studios on how to make the perfect animation showreel and portfolio
Showreel? Website? Get on your bike to animation success with tips from talent and headhunters from one of our favourite studios.
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Stranger Things VFX breakdowns from Season 3 and beyond
Find out how all those gross zombies were made in the latest season of the paranormal drama – plus a round-up for VFX work from previous seasons.
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Why (and how) illustrators should get into animation
Jelly London on why illustrators need to start thinking about all things GIF, motion and animation-related.