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The 12 best apps for drawing and painting on your iPad
Here's our expert pick of the best iPad apps for artists including Affinity Designer, the latest version of Procreate, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Comic Draw and more.
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34 tips for turning your art and graphics into amazing animated GIFs
6 illustrators reveal how to turn artworks into fun, charming, powerful or hilarious animated GIFs in Illustrator, Photoshop or After Effects.
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Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Design a vector map packed with creatures and landmarks
Use Adobe Illustrator to create a charming vector map that's stuffed with famous features and animals.
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How to draw groups of people and crowds
Leading illustrators tell you their techniques for making crowds of people look interesting, eye-catching and easy to 'read'.
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42 Tips for How to Make Digital Artworks That Look Hand-made
Illustrators from around the world who work digitally or with mixed media reveal to us how they create their best work - including where they find their brushes and textures.
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38 tips for creating stunning black-&-white art
Super-useful advice and techniques from 10 illustrators for creating black-and-white artworks – using pens, paints or digital tools.
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11 companies who are trying to exploit designers, artists and photographers
These brands and companies are attempting to get creatives to work for free. Here we name and shame – plus give you advice on what you can learn from them to avoid being exploited.
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14 Character Art Tips
How the likes of Dan Woodger, Anima Boutique, Docvek, Jam Factory, Joanne Harker and Showchicken bring personality to portraits of people, animals and other characters.
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32 Portrait Painting and Drawing Tips
Techniques for drawing and painting portraits – whether digital or with pens, pencils or paints – from leading illustrators and artists.
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Anish Kapoor, Paul Smith, the Chapman Brothers and Morag Myerscough are creating 7-inch Vinyl Single Covers for Secret 7"
Secret 7" has returned for 2018 – and the first set of artists taking part has been announced, including some household names. Their 7-inch single sleeves will be among 700 created by artists, illustrators and designers to raise money for the MIND charity.
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28 creative lettering and type tips for artists
Leading illustrators including Inkymole, Supermundane, Melita Berg, Daisy Emerson and Alex Fowkes reveal their techniques for creating lettering in your illustrations and designs.
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Incredible illustrations dealing with the most important of subjects
These artworks bring an quietly forceful tone to important subjects like the Holocaust, gun control and the death penalty.
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Simon Stålenhag's Incredible Paintings Show an Alien Invasion That has Gone Wrong
The artist's near-photorealistic style provides a wonderful contrast to its otherworldly subjects
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Free Old Images and Photos: 12 Best Sites for Free Vintage Photos and Artworks
From Shakespeare to the history of the US, find the perfect high-res image for you next project.
