Create striking imagery in the spirit of past and present propaganda art. Command attention with sharp edges, minimal detail, bold colours, and the misappropriation of familiar iconic details.
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..
When you want to create a tactile and fluid effect in your digital art, your best bet is to reach for the real thing. Derek Lea gets out his watercolour paints and reveals how original old-style becomes digitally colour-perfect.
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.
Spacing, kerning, geometrics, ink-traps, proportions, overshoot and inspiration; we explain everything that's important when you start to create your own display font...
Dave Curd reveals how to create custom brushes and use them to emulate calligraphic strokes and create quick flourishes, before demonstrating how to use these skills to create an image in the vein of classic Greek pottery.
Possibly the essential creative tool for any graphic designer, Photoshop's tenth release adds plenty of new tools and features, as well as finally delivering a Universal Binary.
Combining traditional media with digital techniques is a fail-safe way to add an interesting new dimension to your artwork, but you must be prepared to get your hands dirty, as Mark Mayers explains.