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Showcasing your work on paper
It's one thing creating outstanding work, but it's another getting it noticed by potential clients. Find out how best to show off your skills in print.
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Work smart with symbols
Computer Arts newcomer, web and graphic designer Nick La, reveals the tricks you need to recreate this striking Chinese bamboo illustration using only the power of Symbolism tools in Illustrator. -
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Profile: iLovedust
"We've been quite lucky, but there's been a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Not exactly a rags to riches tale, but it's an impressive career so far" -
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Computer Arts Gallery: March 2006
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Q&A: Danny Yount
Joe Russ chats to Danny Yount, the creative director responsible for the Emmy-award winning title sequence for US telly hit and the recent Saul Bass-styled titles for the latest Warner Bros offering, -
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Easy vector compositions
newbie Darren Firth demonstrates the advantages of mixing up software packages and uses , and to tackle the troublesome issues of picking colours and creating random shapes -
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Reeling in new clients
Produce a stunning showreel that will command the attention of potential clients. -
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Behind the scenes: Reebok's Wrapshear TV ad
Creative agency Motion Theory brought a whole city to life inside a shoe for Reebok's latest broadcast and print campaign. The agency's art director Mark Kudsi reveals how he dealt with this challenging brief. -
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Build up your business
From starting out and recruiting staff, through to client relations and building a brand, these 20 tips from design experts are unmissable. -
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What's happened to Adobe?
The long-awaited Adobe/Macromedia merger has finally been given the go ahead, but is the message being broadcast by Macromedia's redesigned website the way forward for Adobe? Jason Arber hopes not. -
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Vivid colour effects
Wizard Jort Braam combines abstract images with black and white photography, using gradients, blurs and Blending Modes to create a stunning composited image that's bursting with colour and movement. -
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Set up your own design studio
Starting a design business doesn't have to be a leap in the dark. Many have done it before you and can offer advice to light the way. -
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Create a retro logo
Get inspired by movie posters of the 70s to create an illustrative logo with a funky contemporary feel. -
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Profile: Pascal Duval
Illustration, product design, typography and brand identity all feature in the portfolio of cover artist Pascal Duval. "I want to create a language that is made to grow with its client and its surroundings," he says about his broad range of disciplines. -
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Texture 3D images; part one
Derek Lea explains how to add textured surfaces and tactile elements to 3D renderings in . The unique results will reveal a combination of the depth provided by 3D and the painterly freedom of working in 2D. -
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Raster and vector collide
Creating eye-catching imagery for print can be a balancing act between the two distinct worlds of computer-based design. Scott Hansen shows you how to get explosive results in Photoshop. -
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Get started with big clients
Designers are uniquely positioned to help big brands make sense to the masses and, as Mark Penfold has discovered, this relationship is changing the nature of design. -
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Profile: Graphic Thought Facility
A decade and a half ago, Margaret Thatcher was in power and GTF was just getting started. Graeme Aymer meets the mature design studio searching for a certain type of client. -
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Break into the art market
Illustration work a bit slow? Tired of chasing those commissions? Consider the fine-art market as another, potentially lucrative, outlet for your work. -
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Painting with light
Recreating the work of an old master, Chuck Anderson uses brushes and glow tricks to create stunning light effects that look so real people are sure to look twice. Follow these steps and find out how it's done. -
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Computer Arts Gallery: February 2006
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