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  • Anatomical perfection

    3D World demonstrates how getting under the skin of an animal will help you to better express form and posture, and enable you to realise more accurate renders.

  • A fairytale portrait

    By paying attention to the details at each stage of your modelling, texture-building and rendering process, you can really bring your character-based illustrations to life.

  • Profile: Jo Ratcliffe

    "I have eureka moments in the middle of the night." admits Jo Ratcliffe. From illustrating Sindy for Marvel Comics to drawing real-life supermodels and designing for leading fashion labels, this artist's career isn't short of breakthroughs!

  • Create an interactive web toy

    Web toys are fantastic applications for generating buzz around a website. Peskimo show you how to create an interactive plaything with unique looks and bags of character that will make your site stand out from the crowd.

  • Get into character

    For a generation of artists brought up on a diet of comics, cartoons and sci-fi, the urge to create characters and their universes has proved irresistible, as Ric Blackshaw reports.

  • Profile: Pete Fowler

    "Jumping back to the world of humans gives me distance to think about the other things I do." Pete Fowler talks about life on and off Monsterism Island.

  • Animate a character in After Effects

    You've designed a character but it's looking a bit static? This tutorial will show you how to turn your creation into a stomping, biting, bundle of joy.

  • Emily the Strange

    She's definitely not boring, she's Strange. Rob Reger, the designer behind Emily the Strange, talks about the evolution of an underground icon.
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