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  • Build a post box

    Use and some practical know-how to produce a bespoke piece of packaging for sending out your portfolio.

  • Expert colour

    In the final part of his three-part masterclass on creating Japanese-style digital skin art, Derek Lea explains how you can use the application's features to add stunning colour to your artwork.

  • Photocopier effects

    Talented illustrator Susan Burghart reveals the techniques she uses to add gritty texture to her clean vector illustrations.

  • Create a retro logo

    Get inspired by movie posters of the 70s to create an illustrative logo with a funky contemporary feel.

  • Find freedom with FreeHand

    As well as being a great vector drawing package, Flash is an excellent layout application; offering great freedom and flexibility with imported images and icons.

  • Distress your fonts

    Looking to give your fonts a grungy, distressed effect? Then look no further. Thomas Schostok explains how to vectorize your bitmaps using Illustrator CS2’s new LiveTrace function to modify a typeface in FontLab 4

  • Book Cover Design

    Kai and Sunny, the impressive design duo whose work recently appeared on the cover of the Booker Prize shortlisted , reveal the Illustrator techniques they used to create this stylish and eye-catching image.

  • Design a Stencil

    If you're looking for a new, original and hands-on approach to illustration, then look no further. I Love Dust comes over all practical to produce this stunning image with stencils and spray paint, and a little help from Photoshop.

  • Abstract Glow

    Play around with creating abstract lighting techniques on your illustrations with Photoshop.
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