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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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All the latest news, in-depth features, tutorials and tech reviews related to Animation & Motion Graphics
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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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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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The Best Art and Design Conferences of 2019
This year find inspiration, fun, skills and the chance to meet some like-minded people at these festivals across subjects from concept art and illustration to branding, and from graphic and UX design to animation and VFX.
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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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Lightwell interactive storybook creation app released for free as creators join Twitter
With this tool artists, designers and animators can turn work into an interactive app for iOS without having to do any coding.
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Digital Arts is now on YouTube!
The Digital Arts Youtube channel is here, bringing the best creators working with the best tools out there, leading in the fields of branding and graphic design, illustration, animation, VR and VFX.
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Nike ranges new and classic get wildly interpreted by artists and animators worldwide – here are the best
Unsung Taiwan collectives and cult stars like Julian Glander give their takes on the Air Max 97 and 270 React for one of Nike's most colourful promo pushes yet.
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Stranger Things art from Bloodbros turns our Hawkins heroes into Playmobil figurines
See Eleven, Will and crew as toys in sweet new art based on the hit Netflix show.
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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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Metronomy's new video hypnotises with indie grooves and 3D weirdness from Clara Bacou
Our favourite 3D artist adds her magic touch to one of our fave indie bands.
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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.
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Adobe CC buying guide: pricing, new features, discounts & free trials
Adobe released Creative Cloud in a move towards becoming more of a software-as-a-service provider. If you’re considering a shift to the cloud as well, here’s what you need to know.
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Watch these fantastic short animations that won the RSA Student Awards 2019
Taking on everyday sexism and 'how to be more pirate', these three 60-second animated films were created by outstanding new illustration and design talent.
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These new laptops for designers and artists from Dell, HP, Lenovo and Razer give you oodles more creative power on the move
Ignore Intel's 10th-gen chips announcements - these are the new laptops you should be checking out.
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Best drawing and painting apps for 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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Best Wacom Cintiq alternatives
Don't have £1,900/$2,200 for a Wacom Cintiq Pro 24? Here are six much less expensive pen display options for drawing, sketching and painting.
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The real inspiration behind Mr. Mime in Detective Pikachu - and why it's so hard to keep Pokémon kawaii
The Good, the Bad and the Duckly: VFX giants MPC reveal how your favourite - and not so-favourite - Pokemon made the jump from 2D to 3D in the new Detective Pikachu movie.
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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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Why Jeron Braxton mixes politics with Playstation visuals - and how he's already the 'world's best animator'
The Kingdom Hearts fan reveals how there's always a message about America behind his hyper polygon visuals - and how he already knows he's the best animator out there.
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How being bad at illustration encouraged Julian Glander to make his own AI art teacher
Find out how Julian Glander: The Movie became the Microsoft Paint of our future overlords in this interview from Pictoplasma 2019.
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Lose yourself in a good book: Intricate illustrations bring classic novels to life for Penguin
Hong Kong just became a portal to the worlds of Alice and Wonka in this lovingly detailed poster campaign from Penguin.
