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  • Profile: Catalina Estrada

    Her illustrations have charmed people across the globe. Catalina Estrada tells Adrian Sandiford how a wide-eyed country girl became a worldwide success story.

  • Distorted type effects

    Organic digital effects are hugely popular at the moment, so it's a good time to dig out Illustrator's Distort tools and use them to add an unusual dimension to your work. Martin Fewell reveals how..

  • Real-world effects

    Peskimo reveals how to put your vector creations out into the real world, using and to combine the illustrations in your head with the realism of the world outside your front door.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Q&A: Alberto Cerriteño

    Computer Arts talks to Alberto Cerriteño a Mexican illustrator and designer based in Portland, Oregon, who has a distinctive character illustration style that draws on the influences of his native land.

  • Going round in circles

    Intricate circle patterns look great and are simple to achieve, once you've learnt a few radial techniques in Photoshop and Illustrator..

  • Behind the scenes: The Mouse vs. The Brush

    The Mouse vs. The Brush pitches a digital designer against a brush-wielding painter in a friendly head-to-head battle. But which piece would you prefer - digital or traditional? Tom Dennis finds out more about the results.

  • The art of ornament

    Recent Computer Arts cover illustrator Tom Lane reveals how he uses Illustrator and Fontographer to create impressive decorative typefaces that can be used to inject something special into your work.
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