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    Create perfect characters

    Character-based designs are in greater demand than ever, from fashion illustration to designer toys. Nick Spence highlights one trend that's here to stay, and discovers what it takes to create characters that will last a lifetime.
  • Anatomy illustrated

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    Anatomy illustrated

    Freelance medical illustrator Mike de la Flor guides you step-by-step through the essential concepts of medical illustration. Here he reveals the fundamentals of digital pen and ink techniques in Illustrator.
  • In-store graphics

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    In-store graphics

    Design for retail may seem like an exercise in branding or beautification, but it's one of the most exacting sectors around, as Graeme Aymer found out.
  • Q&A: Ice Cream For Free

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    Q&A: Ice Cream For Free

    Computer Arts catches up with Oliver Wiegner of Berlin-based collective Ice Cream For Free, to talk about flea markets, designing for the music industry and What Makes Berlin Addictive.
  • Photoshop reinvented

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    Photoshop reinvented

    celebrates another birthday soon and will then be old enough to drive a car, but how are today's creative mavericks getting to grips behind the controls of Adobe's pole-position front runner?
  • Photoshop expertise

    Tutorial

    Photoshop expertise

    Using stock images to texture and enhance your photos can give standard portraits an artistic twist. Justin Maller reveals how to achieve a variety of effects in by experimenting with Adjustment Layers, modes and masks.
  • 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

    Tutorial

    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.
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