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  • Board control

    Storyboarding an animation saves time and confusion later on. These tips should give you valuable pointers for planning out your first project.

  • Create complex shades

    Freelance illustrator Roya Hamburger walks you through a great shading technique that will add a stunning 3D effect to your artwork

  • Add 3D depth to 2D images

    Give 2D illustrations a sense of depth, with this technique demonstrated by Saad Moosajee

  • Build your character's back story

    Danilo Brandão reveals a simple yet effective way to breathe life into your characters by developing personality and creating their environment.

  • Create anaglyphic artwork

    Illustrator and comic artist Nathan Fox demystifies the art of anaglyphic illustration.

  • Create a waste paper bin

    Experimental designers Waste build a whacky paper wheelie bin that can be used by friends and clients as a desk tidy.

  • Work with perspective

    In part two of his masterclass, Derek Lea explains how symbol usage, feather effects and clipping masks can be used to add texture, colour and perspective to your tattoo-style illustration.

  • 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.

  • Bring 2D Images to Life

    Blur tools can really bring your photo composites to life. Use them imaginatively and it's surprisingly easy to add real depth and create a superb sense of action in no time at all.
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