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  • Getting ahead

    Paul Wyatt ventures down the rocky road of freelancing to give you the definitive guide to getting on the right track.
  • Freelance survival guide

    A career as a designer or illustrator could mean working in a studio, as a specialist within a larger organisation or going freelance. Let's consider the practicalities of freelancing in this expert survival guide...
  • Beyond Web 2.0

    Design is changing, and Web 2.0 is already yesterday's news. Richard Wentk finds out why, in the futuristic world of web technology, new is already the new old.
  • Green sleeves

    The impact of packaging on the environment has never been more high profile. Go green, with our guide to sustainable wrappings.
  • Get ahead in advertising

    Have you got what it takes to work in the advertising industry? Can you meet the demands of a brief, manage relationships and deliver content on time, every time? Mark Ramshaw takes a look at the place where art and commerce collides.
  • Material witness

    Want to be a top packaging designer? Then you need a sound understanding of materials and how they affect what you can create.
  • Create perfect characters

    Character-based designs are in greater demand than ever, from fashion illustration to designer toys. Nick Spence highlights one trend that's here to stay, and discovers what it takes to create characters that will last a lifetime.
  • Photoshop reinvented

    celebrates another birthday soon and will then be old enough to drive a car, but how are today's creative mavericks getting to grips behind the controls of Adobe's pole-position front runner?
  • 101 ways to create better images

    It's all about the image, and there are ways of getting it right and ways of getting it wrong. We present invaluable advice from top designers on making sure the images you create, in whatever medium you work in, are bang on the money every time.
  • Digital illustration

    A revolution has taken place. The digital revolution has altered the nature of illustration beyond recognition, taking it from cottage industry to household phenomenon.
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