 | Jared Nickerson Ed Ricketts chats to the Canadian-born character illustrator about vector mash-ups, dark humour and deluded designers with a God complex |
 | Erik Natzke One of the pioneers of generative art, Erik Natzke is a hero within the Flash community and beyond. Garrick Webster asks him about his career, coding, interactivity, bird nests – and his latest projects |
 | How to buy a graphics tablet A graphics tablet can bring a huge amount of creative freedom to your workflow and prove more intuitive and ergonomic than a mouse. Whatever your budget, there are a host of options to suit |
 | James Jarvis He’s imagined a whole universe for his bulbous-headed creations, but, Jarvis tells Garrick Webster, he never set out to be a character artist |