Be inspired by the best character artists you'll find speaking at this year's Pictoplasma festival in Berlin.

Sandra Dieckmann shows you the best ways to create individual elements using pencil, pen and brush – and then combine them into a perfectly composed artwork in Photoshop.

Classic 20th century artists such as Escher, Mondrian and de Chirico have influenced a surreal new platformer from studio Altered Matter.

Illustrator Tim McDonagh shows how Photoshop can be used to add colour and depth to your inked artworks

A wealth of historical watercolours from across the globe are available for you to use in your own projects, through a digital library made possible with some royal backing and nifty scanning technology.

Sachin Teng details the techniques he uses to blend contrasting components that are slick and clean with those that are grainy and organic – with visually striking results.

Illustrator Marylou Faure discusses her first solo exhibition Nobody's Baby in this interview and gallery of her colourful, intimate portraits from the show.

Tips on how to create letters using discovered type and how to add depth to your letters using the iPad.

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 you waiting for?

This asymmetrical all-in-one looks like Dieter Rams' take on Microsoft's Surface Studio – which some will love for its retro charm and others despise.

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 Microsoft, Dell or HP? We compare your options here, including a look at the big three's various competitors.