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  • The language of fonts

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    The language of fonts

    The choice of font can do as much to convey the message of a logo or title as the words themselves. Ed Ricketts spoke to Andrew Altmann about the thinking behind some recent type creations.
  • A fairytale portrait

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    A fairytale portrait

    By paying attention to the details at each stage of your modelling, texture-building and rendering process, you can really bring your character-based illustrations to life.
  • Anatomical perfection

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    Anatomical perfection

    3D World demonstrates how getting under the skin of an animal will help you to better express form and posture, and enable you to realise more accurate renders.
  • Add depth to charts

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    Add depth to charts

    Infographics needn't be boring, so why not try taking them to another level by importing a mundane Illustrator chart into and making it inspiring. Mark Mayers is on hand to explain how it's done.
  • Poetry in motion

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    Poetry in motion

    Motion capture can generate incredibly realistic animation; but only if you have access to cleaned data. We explore the process of cleaning raw optical mocap data for yourself, using only the tools in
  • Create a pattern font

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    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.
  • Perfect your portfolio

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    Perfect your portfolio

    In the final instalment of this three-part guide to creating an online portfolio, Richard Guest reveals the techniques he uses to add those all-important finishing touches to best show off his design work.
  • Dynamic animations

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    Dynamic animations

    If you want to save time creating natural movement effects, JJ Johnstone will show you how. Learn how to use parenting skills and online resources to make Expressions do more work.
  • Pattern-based images

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    Pattern-based images

    It's easy to speed up your workflow using simple images and motifs created in Illustrator. McFaul uses to create swatches and patterns to fill a desired space and demonstrates what can be done with a little imagination.
  • Build a simple HTML page

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    Build a simple HTML page

    In part two of his e-commerce site series, Jason Arber recreates the design created in part one using HTML, which, thanks to stylesheets and a modern approach to code, is much less complicated than it looks.
  • Multimedia portfolios

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    Multimedia portfolios

    If you're looking to pep up your portfolio with interactive elements, but haven't quite grasped the complexities of Flash don't panic, says Chris Schmidt. DreamWeaver's components could be just what you're looking for.
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