August 2009 (#164)

What's your favourite colour? And how does it make you feel? That's the question we asked all of our illustrators this month. Find their answers dotted through the mag. The question was, of course a nod towards our huge feature on colour.

In this in-depth look at how contemporary designers and illustrators are refreshing their colour palettes, we talk to such artists as Chrissie Abbott, Jen Stark, Slawek Michalt and Eli Carrico, who discuss exactly what colour means to them and their work.

Elsewhere this issue we take a trip to Brooklyn to visit the home studio of the incredible Autumn Whitehurst. In this intimate portrait of one of the world's most successful illustrators, Whitehurst discusses her life and career, and how she 'renovated' her style. The artist is, as you've probably guessed, responsible for this issue's cover. If you've picked the magazine up from the shelves, you have a choice of three spot colours; if you're a subscriber, you'll have a limited edition metallic cover in your hands.

Tutorials of particular note this month come from the brilliant Nigel Evan Dennis - the well-known commercial illustrator shows you his new style - James Wignall who shows you how to roughen-up vectors; and Rob Chiu who reveals a great technique for single-shot HDR imagery.

Next issue we bring you our annual Graduate Showcase. Look out for it on sale in the UK from Thursday 30 July. See you then.

Rob Carney
Editor

IN THE MAG

Output

D&AD Awards
Find out the winners of this year's industry Oscars

Kojiko
Meet the Japanese designer taking the industry by storm

Studio of the Month
Gummo opens its doors

In Depth

Autumn Whitehurst
Catch up with the in-demand design icon

New adventures in colour
Meet the designers taking colour to new levels

Homework profiled
Meet the man behind Homework and learn what makes a successful studio

Create for the high street
Find out what it takes to see your work in Topshop, Uniqlo or H&M

Round table
Is New Puritanism killing design? Our panel of industry experts debate

Technique

Sharpen your artwork
Nigel Evan Dennis shows you how to refine your artwork with style

Create retro vector art
Add retro effects to Illustrator art

iPhone-style navigation
Add iPhone-style drag-and-throw navigation to your Flash portfolio

Inspiration Workshop
Ari Weinkle shares his illustrative secrets

CSS effects in Dreamweaver
Impress your visitors with stunning CSS interactivity

Bring texture to Illustrator
Pokedstudio reveals how to add life to vector art

Brief Encounter
We lift the lid on Levi's celebratory motion short

Single-shot HDR effects
HDR-style effects without the hassle in Photoshop

Need to Know

Design essentials: paper stock
Stock choices explained

Agent vs client
An insiders guide to working for each

BrowserLab
We check out Adobe's newest hosted app