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  • Be the best

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    Be the best

    Learning new skills can reap great rewards and open doors to new creative opportunities. But what does it take to keep pace with the latest technologies and stay one step ahead of the pack? Nick Spence finds out.
  • Adding interactivity

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    Adding interactivity

    In the second instalment of his three-part magazine creation tutorial, Dylan Channon takes the basic layout he created in part one and adds some interactive elements to bring the design to life.
  • Poetry in motion

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    Poetry in motion

    Motion capture can generate incredibly realistic animation; but only if you have access to cleaned data. We explore the process of cleaning raw optical mocap data for yourself, using only the tools in
  • Q&A: Carolina Melis

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    Q&A: Carolina Melis

    Sardinian-born Carolina Melis trained as a dancer and choreographer before specialising in illustration and animation. As a result, her work now reflects the grace and fluidity of dance.
  • Creative cityscapes

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    Creative cityscapes

    Illustrating city scenes can be simple, but creating an idyllic place is often tricky. Ben the Illustrator, aka Ben O'Brien, uses Illustrator to create subtle effects and creative techniques that will bring a cityscape to life.
  • Inside magazine design

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    Inside magazine design

    Despite the tremendous growth of the internet, magazines remain unassailably cool. Jason Walsh talks to a range of designers across the industry to find out what the ink-stained life is really like.
  • Design a display font

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    Design a display font

    Spacing, kerning, geometrics, ink-traps, proportions, overshoot and inspiration; we explain everything that's important when you start to create your own display font...
  • Gimme some skin!

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    Gimme some skin!

    To skin a character so that its mesh deforms correctly when its skeleton moves is one of the least-documented aspects of 3D. In this beginner's guide, we set out three of the basic techniques used to do so.
  • Profile: Hannah Stouffer

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    Profile: Hannah Stouffer

    With a stated aim of redefining 'classic' and a rich, elegant body of work, Hannah Stouffer mixes traditional opulence with modern-day influences to create a unique and heady style.
  • Animated Flash stickers

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    Animated Flash stickers

    In the real world, people put stickers on things to send out messages and to grab the attention of passers-by, so why not try doing something similar using animation? Rex Crowle shows you how.
  • Profile: Swifty

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    Profile: Swifty

    "I'm not an Erik Spiekermann type who can spend years and years and years perfecting an ampersand."Type fanatic Swifty talks to Ed Ricketts about independence, boredom, and his pioneering acid jazz style...
  • Branch out!

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    Branch out!

    A change of scenery can work wonders for anyone stuck in a creative rut, but what does it take to step out of your comfort zone and into a bigger, brighter world? Nick Spence speaks to nine established designers about settling somewhere new.
  • Profile: Joshua Davis

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    Profile: Joshua Davis

    Some call him the bad boy of web design; others say he's a pioneer. Adrian Sandiford discovers that, ultimately, Joshua Davis is an artist looking for patterns.
  • Calligraphic strokes

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    Calligraphic strokes

    Dave Curd reveals how to create custom brushes and use them to emulate calligraphic strokes and create quick flourishes, before demonstrating how to use these skills to create an image in the vein of classic Greek pottery.
  • Create a pattern font

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    Create a pattern font

    Pattern fonts are fun to create and can save you a lot of time. Once it's generated, you can modify a pattern to create a new look with just a few clicks.
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