Affinity Designer 1.7 update is here and optimised for Apple's latest Macs - plus the Pro Display XDR
Affinity Designer is here with a big 2019 update that comes optimised for the iPad, Mac and Windows.
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New Grads 2019: The Digital Arts Guide for Graduating Designers, Illustrators and Animators
Everything a new creative graduate needs to know from how to set up freelance to nail that first job - plus our pick of 2019's best new grads.
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D&AD Awards 2019: Check out the Pencil winners from the year's biggest creative awards
Celebrate the best design and advertising projects of the last year as chosen by the D&AD.
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Apple has upgraded the MacBook Pro
Apple has launched a new MacBook Pro, offering 8-core chips for the first time.
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Best Tattoo Fonts
Most 'tattoo' fonts are crap. Check out these 10 that you might actually use.
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Chip sauce inks and the world's largest letterpress made for new book on northern identity
Design studio Split explore what it means to be from the North with massively ambitious project These Northern Types.
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Hold your horses, logo police - the BT rebrand hasn't rolled out yet
BT's new EE-esque logo is getting a bashing - even though it's just a trademark. Either way, the new look is a unique case of like son, like father instead of like father, like son...
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IKEA just changed its logo - but shh, it's a secret
IKEA adapts their classic look for the digital age - and name it something that's Peak IKEA.
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The insane work in making THAT Spider-Verse end credits scene - and other things we learnt at Pictoplasma 2019
Revealed: how Spider-Verse's funniest scene was made in one night, plus details on Jeron Braxton's forthcoming dating show parody.
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Lettering and photography combine to bring out the power of music
Artist Ben Tallon and photographer Andrew Cotterill have collaborated on a five-year project featuring Ian Brown, Damon Albarn, FKA Twigs, Skepta, Kanye and more.
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There’s now a small Wacom Intuos Pro again for designers and artists on the move
Wacom has reintroduced a smaller version of its Intuos Pro graphics tablet for designers and artists on smaller budgets - or who want something more portable.
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Intel's 9th-gen mobile Core chips aim for the high end – offering 8 cores at up to 5GHz speeds
These chips should be found in the next MacBook Pro, Dell XPS and other powerful laptops for design and art.
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Microsoft Paint's not dead
Microsoft's plans to remove Paint are apparently on hold.
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Moleskine launches limited edition Lord of the Rings notebook collection
Moleskine just released four limited edition Lord of the Rings inspired notebooks, along with a Collector's Edition version that comes in its own box.
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Procreate's 2019 update lets you add text to your work - and animate layers instantly
Procreate 4.3 is here with a new text and typography arsenal - plus the option to export your layers to GIF.
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Game of Thrones GIFs: how Eran Mendel is creating hilarious weekly GIFs based on each episode's most shocking moment
Eran Mendel tells about his hugely popular weekly project turning Game of Thrones iconic moments into funny vector-based animated GIF – plus see all the GIFs.
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Street art and 21st century London: How the 101 Dalmatians reboot adds edge to a Disney classic
A new reworking of the 1960s cartoon classic is more Banksy than Buckingham Palace.
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The AOI reminds illustrators their business is Not a Hobby
The AOI launches its empowerment campaign for illustrators with new visuals from Ben the Illustrator and more.
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The 'world’s most boring typeface’ just got an update for 2019
The days of manually readjusting the font are over as Helvetica gets one hell of a reboot.
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On its 5th birthday, look back at how ustwo created Monument Valley
Five years ago today, we interviewed Ustwo Games about the visual and game design of the gracefully artful and beautifully engaging Monument Valley - on its day of release and before anyone was aware it would become a worldwide hit.
