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  • Create B-movie poster art

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    Create B-movie poster art

    Everything from desktop scans to bitmap images is useful when it comes to creating authentic B-movie poster art. Derek Lea explains how unconventional methods can yield stunning results in Illustrator.

  • Interview

    Profile: D*Face

    He's been in the London news described as a renegade artist and keeps his identity hidden. We talked to D*Face, the man behind some amazing London street art.
  • Dynamic animations

    Tutorial

    Dynamic animations

    If you want to save time creating natural movement effects, JJ Johnstone will show you how. Learn how to use parenting skills and online resources to make Expressions do more work.

  • Tutorial

    Kickflips and layouts

    Designing for the underground press is a complex balance of aesthetic versus information. A-Side Studio offers advice on how to roll out a skate fanzine.
  • Urban art

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    Urban art

    Today's urban graphics scene is a diverse and bewilderingly over-populated place. Ric Blackshaw takes us into the history of the movement, introduces us to some current practitioners and offers advice to the art heroes of the future.
  • 101 ways to create better images

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    101 ways to create better images

    It's all about the image, and there are ways of getting it right and ways of getting it wrong. We present invaluable advice from top designers on making sure the images you create, in whatever medium you work in, are bang on the money every time.
  • From sketch to screen

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    From sketch to screen

    In his first tutorial, TechVector's Reggie Gilbert shows you a quick and simple way to create a stylised spray-can illustration from a simple sketch or photograph using a range of tools in Illustrator.
  • Q&A: Gary Hustwit

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    Q&A: Gary Hustwit

    Next year 'Helvitica' celebrates its 50th birthday and, as a tribute, filmmaker Gary Hustwit has created a movie that celebrates the font's integral role in graphic design in the last half century. Joe Russ finds out more.
  • Digital illustration

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    Digital illustration

    A revolution has taken place. The digital revolution has altered the nature of illustration beyond recognition, taking it from cottage industry to household phenomenon.
  • When we roll, we roll like idiots

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    When we roll, we roll like idiots

    A good design agency should always be seen and not heard, says Jason Arber, who takes a look at what happens when an agency breaks those rules and tries to make itself the centre of attention instead.
  • Repeating patterns

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    Repeating patterns

    Patterns can be used in a number of ways to create intricate repeating images that can be put to a multitude of creative uses. Hannah Gal uses photoshop to demonstrate the possibilities.
  • Yell.com: Results for real life

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    Yell.com: Results for real life

    Yell.com's new interactive multimedia campaign talks to its audiences in a way not done before, by taking its local knowledge to the street. In fact, it takes it to the very street you're standing on...
  • Profile: Tom Hingston

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    Profile: Tom Hingston

    Tom Hingston's career in music design has taken in everything from creating flyers for club nights to putting together some of the most memorable cover images of the last few years...
  • Metallic print effects

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    Metallic print effects

    There are several ways to add metallic effects and inks to your images, but, as Research Studios' Jeff Knowles demonstrates, adding an extra metallic Pantone layer to your channels makes the process quick and easy.
  • Profile: TOCA ME

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    Profile: TOCA ME

    Built on the back of a thriving online community and a successful design conference, TOCA ME was set up in 2003 by Nina Schmid and two brothers, Thorsten and Ronald Iberl. Their endeavours across print, web and events focus on bringing people together.
  • Be more creative

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    Be more creative

    As a designer, you're asked to come up with original and exciting ideas on a daily basis. But what if your winning ideas have run dry? Paul Birch and Craig Grannell reveal the real-world techniques that can really help you unlock your creativity.
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