How Letraset Transformed Graphic Design
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Zoic Studio's VFX reel for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina reveals the secrets behind the show's dark magic
Zoic's VFX Reel for the Netflix show will spook and delight on a cold winter's night.
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How to brand an Esports team
London creatives Lovegunn tell us how it rethought traditional sports branding to create the identity of British esports team Excel.
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Adobe buys Substance Painter and Designer to bring 3D tools to Creative Cloud
Creative Cloud subscribers could get their hands on the Substance line of software applications for creating 3D textures and materials soon.
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Aardman, Blue Zoo, The Mill, Jellyfish and other creatives join the Resistance against Brexit
Attempting to stop the UK going Solo are some of the country's leading animation, VFX and post-production studios – which have signed a letter calling for a people's vote alongside Terence Conran, Martha Lane-Fox and others.
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Designers respond to the new Slack logo
Reactions to the logo range from "friendly in a generic way" to "bland new nothingness." And that's before you consider the rather suggestive colouring.
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Ken Sausage's illustrations for Powerade mash-up Where's Wally with Morph
Ken Sausage's illustrations for Powerade Spain put the surreal into sports drink branding.
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Illustrators react as the AOI pulls pricing advice for members – and the AOI responds
Recent news of the Association of Illustrators dropping its pricing-assistance service has caused debate in the illustration world – we speak to the Association and highlight the decision's impact on artists.
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How artists, illustrators and photographers can get free cash with DACS payback royalties
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?
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The Pantone Colour of the Year 2020 'will be Bleached Coral'
Creative duo Jack + Huei have hijacked Pantone's Colour of the Year 2019 to draw attention to the environmental crisis killing the Great Barrier Reef.
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Lenovo's new PC for artists and designers is the oddest-looking desktop you can draw on
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.
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Editors’ intimate album artwork for Violence wins Best Art Vinyl Awards 2018
Rahi Rezvari's artwork for Editors' Violence wins best cover at Best Art Vinyl 2018 - check it and all the best nominees from this year's awards here.
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Wacom has launched a cheaper Cintiq
The new Cintiq 16 is under half the price of the same-size Cintiq Pro and uses the same pen technology – but it has a much lower-quality screen.
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HTC reveals two new VR headsets, the untethered Vive Cosmos and gaze-tracking Vive Pro Eye
Only one of them seems worth your attention, though.
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Pepsi unveils a love-fuelled rebrand for 2019
The soft drink giant has rebranded its cans for 2019 - why? 'For the love of it,' apparently.
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Don't be a snowflake - the British Army recruitment ads aren't a branding nightmare
Karmarama's ad campaign for the UK Army has been met with online derision - but there's more to the promos than meets the eye.
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Uncover rare animation artefacts at this one of a kind gallery
The Miyu Gallery showcases unseen works produced in the making of some beautiful independent and artistic animation work.
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Female pioneers are honoured with brilliant portraits for a new spin on Guess Who
Heroes like Frida Kahlo are immortalised for a board game that highlights the hidden her-story of our world.
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Send season's greetings to people you don't like with Kyle Platts's naughty New Year GIFs
Kyle Platts owned the New Year's banter stakes with his cheeky animations for Instagram and Giphy.
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The 10 most fun stories of 2018
From badly-drawn footballers and wonderfully garish royals to hilarious poster mashup – plus a whole host of cats and dogs – these are the stories that tickled us most in 2018.
