Giacomo Lee
Giacomo Lee is Staff Writer for Digital Arts. He comes from an arts & music journalism background with experience in editorial and literature, including a novel by the name of Funereal. Feel free to contact me via my website below; I am interested in all things design, illustration, East Asia and branding.
Articles by Giacomo Lee
Features: Chiara Luber brings vintage postcards to life in her summery ode to Hepburn and romance
Swoon and fall in love with a gorgeous cartoon tribute to Roman Holiday and the Italian singer Mina.
News: Corel's Painter 2020 arrives with GPU-based brushes for real time performance
One of the best digital painting apps for Windows and Mac has been updated for 2019.
Features: How to Brand a Film Festival, Saul Bass style
A new movie festival pays homage to the master of film posters and title sequences.
Features: Grad Shows 2019: The Best New Illustration and Graphic Design Talent from Central Saint Martins
From grass that bulges with every breath you take to a Byzantine exploration of citizenship in Brexit Britain, CSM's graduate talent never…
Features: Amazing illustrators on the body-positive art breaking female taboos
Taboo no more: Oliwia Bober, Ana Curbelo and Hazel Mead talk about their inspiring illustrations devoted to the female body.
News: Serif just launched its InDesign killer Affinity Publisher
Affinity desktop platform Publisher is finally out - and already comes integrated for use with Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo.
Features: Here are the best category winners for the World Illustration Awards 2019
See who's already won big at the AOI World Illustration Awards 2019 in our illustration round-up.
Features: Grad Shows 2019: The Best New Illustration and Graphic Design Talent from Brighton and Middlesex
Best of the Grad Shows 2019: The most exciting new talent from Brighton and Middlesex unis.
Features: Project Gemini is now Adobe Fresco: Hands-on and release date
Formerly known as Project Gemini, here's what we know about Adobe's Procreate rival and when it's coming out.
Features: Gérard DuBois on his darkly beautiful fairytale art for the Folio Society
Interview with the artist behind the amazing illustrations in a new edition of Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales.
Features: Out of Office GIFs by Dan Woodger, Alva Skog and Biff will brighten up your emails
Jelly London's best and brightest animators and illustrators have made some fun and free OOO gifs, up now on Giphy.
Features: Celebrate Women's World Cup 2019 with these Brilliant Art, Design and Animation Projects
The best personal and commercial projects inspired by WWC 2019, featuring Google Doodles from Priya Mistry and Claudine O'Sullivan's giant…
Features: Logo Landfill: These retro shopping bags help to shame customers into saving the planet
A canny use of logo and design helps to shame customers into ditching plastic.
Features: Bitmap Beauty: Exploring classic video game box art from the 80s and 90s
Bitmap Books lead us on a deep dive into classic VGM branding and packaging. Who needs Striking Vipers when you've got Striking Designers?
Features: The Best Coloured Pencils for Artists
From manga makers to watercolour creators, we've got a pencil for everyone.
News: Affinity Designer 1.7 update is here and optimised for Apple's latest Macs - plus the Pro Display XDR
Affinity Designer is here with a big 2019 update that comes optimised for the iPad, Mac and Windows.
Features: The best new design books
We check out what newly released books about branding, graphic design and more you should be getting your hands on.
Features: How to design for K-pop: the design queen for BTS on branding idol chart-killers
BTS are bringing their live show to London - and CDs for their Army of fans to buy on the night. But why are physical albums so popular and…
Features: Webcomic Name's Alex Norris and loop king Laurie Rowan on finding success and laughter with their characters
Oh no - two great talents whose characters you can recognise from anywhere talk to us from Pictoplasma and D&AD Festival 2019.
News: The Best Art and Design Conferences of 2019
This year find inspiration, fun, skills and the chance to meet some like-minded people at these festivals across subjects from concept art…
