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  • Q&A: Niko Stumpo

    Joe Russ talks to the prolific Niko Stumpo, aka Abnormal Behavior Child, about his characters, fish-like lips, skateboarding and Hanazuki, his new hybrid studio space and shop.
  • Developing a brand

    Zip Design shows you how to create a logo and brand for an album release and associated marketing materials...
  • Design skills to pay the bills?

    Feedback from our forum suggests that many of you are dissatisfied with the way design-software skills are taught in higher education. But are the universities to blame?
  • 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.
  • Q&A: D&AD Students of the Year

    Haino Sakurako and Klaas Diersmann became D&AD Student of the Year award winners for their witty take on MTV's 25th anniversary. Joe Russ caught up with them to celebrate their success and pick up some cooking tips.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Photoshop expertise

    Using stock images to texture and enhance your photos can give standard portraits an artistic twist. Justin Maller reveals how to achieve a variety of effects in by experimenting with Adjustment Layers, modes and masks.
  • Creative common sense

    Looking for a way to protect your work? There is a way to fight the copyright war, as Jason Arber explains.
  • 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?
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