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The new art of pop promos
By directly connecting artist and audience, the internet has shattered traditional constraints on musical creativity. Mark Penfold explores how pop videos have evolved in response.
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Dressing up fashion photography
Combine fashion photography with vector graphics to create a multilayered illustration in. -
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Profile: MWM Graphics
"Black-and-white is timeless, sexy and cold" believes Matt Moore. With a lifelong love of the medium, this designer is pushing the boundaries of monochrome work, as Ed Ricketts finds out. -
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Virtual murals
Creating a piece of graffiti art can be a demanding task, especially when you're working against the clock. Justin Maller shows you how to ease the pain by planning and designing a digital mural in. -
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Instant op art
Use Illustrator's transform functions to create a stunning op art piece with a real sense of movement. Mark Mayers shows you how... -
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Living in a black and white world
Black-and-white design; a case of 'less is more' or 'form follows function'? Lawrence Zeegen examines the resurgence in monochrome working methods and its graphic language... -
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Trends 2008
Top designers give us their views on 2007 and their predictions for 2008, and tell us why the industry desperately needs a shake-up. -
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Profile: Trevor Jackson
"Losing colour forces you to attract the viewer using only good concepts and powerful imagery." Multi-talented music producer and designer Trevor Jackson tells Vicki Atkinson. -
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Make a flip book
It can be hard to stand out from the crowd. Imagine how many animators send production companies their showreels every week. Peskimo outline an approach to self-promotion that really gets back to basics. -
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Black and white with bitmaps
Image conversion options can be powerful creative tools when approached differently, as Derek Lea explains. -
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Computer Arts Gallery: January 2008
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Fine art and inspiration
Design is a fast-moving, technology-fuelled industry. Yet a surprising number of designers find classical and fine art a huge source of inspiration. -
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Logotype animation
In the second part of Go Media's series on cross-media design, Christopher Wilson explains how to make a print logo into an interactive animation. Next month we'll explore designing for broadcast. -
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Create a vinyl wall decal
Multiple shows you how to create a digital illustration that can be scaled and cut out of vinyl to produce a large decorative wall decal. -
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Logo secrets
Ever-evolving media demand ever-more innovative ways of capturing attention. Tom Dennis looks at the trends taking logo design by storm and the pioneering ways designers are creating cutting-edge branding. -
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Letterhead design
Letterhead design is the bread and butter of any graphic designer's work, but it's not easy. We show you how to design a beautiful letterhead for output as conventional litho and use as a file by office staff. -
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Taming a spot UV
Travel with McFaul on a journey of self-discovery via the finer points of designing and preparing artwork for one-colour spot UV printing. -
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Illustrative design
Von Glitschka explains how you can use straightforward illustrative techniques to solve the visual problems of creating a professional-looking logo. -
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Pixels and vectors
The gap between working with pixels and vectors in Illustrator and Photoshop is closing rapidly, thanks to Smart Objects. Derek Lea explains all while creating a highly textured yet vector-sharp masterpiece. -
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Computer Arts Gallery: December 2007
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Graffiti stamp art in Photoshop
Adding urban flavour to your artwork is easy. Derek Lea defies convention with the Brush tool, and explains how pre-sets work.
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