Best Wacom Cintiq alternatives
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16 best portfolio websites for designers and artists
We feature some of the best free and paid for art and design portfolio websites out there.
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The Pantone Colour of the Year 2019 is 'Living Coral'
As predicted in the autumn, the new Pantone Colour of the Year is a 'life-affirming shade of orange with a golden undertone'. But not THAT shade of orange.
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Best free storyboard software (and paid-for ones too)
Make roughing and planning your animations a whole lot easier by using these storyboarding apps.
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Image Engine VFX supervisor Robin Hackl on how big-budget television is changing the industry
Image Engine VFX supervisor Robin Hackl, who's worked on Deadpool and The X-Files, discusses what the influx of new television work means for VFX.
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These animations helped explain the complexity of Russia's Olympic doping for 2018 Oscar-winning documentary Icarus
NY-based design studio ODD NY explains how it created animations to help make Russia's sophisticated plot easy to understand.
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Adobe CC buying guide: pricing, new features, discounts & free trials
Adobe released Creative Cloud (CC) in October 2011, in a move towards becoming more of a software-as-a-service provider (though you can use CC products offline as well). If you’re considering a shift to the cloud as well, but aren’t totally sure where (or how) to start, or if it’s worth it, here’s what you need to know.
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Design Trends 2018: 28 leading designers, creative directors & illustrators tell us what’s inspiring them for the year ahead
Find out 2018’s biggest trends across graphic, data, digital and UX design, creative direction, branding, illustration, VFX and VR.
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See inside the motion design studio behind Blade Runner 2049, Ghost In The Shell and Prometheus' graphics
Territory Studio designs graphics and UIs for Hollywood's biggest sci-fi films. Here its key creatives give us an exclusive an insight into its working processes and the secrets behind its stunning work on Blade Runner 2049 and more.
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5 tips on creating stand-out social media advertising
How to make quality videos that can be used across multiple platforms, with a tight turnaround.
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Idil Sukan on painting and photographing Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson and more for Agatha Christie's Crooked House
The artist and photographer tells us about painting portraits in the back of a car, and what its like to see your work smashed during a movie. [Note: no spoilers]
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IBC 2017: The future of animation, video, AR and VR
We look back over the IBC 2017 show in Amsterdam – where groundbreaking new tech for producing motion media will brings us more realistic VR and AR, purposefully less realistic animation and a (thankfully virtual) exploding chicken.
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Patrick Clair on creating American Gods' iconic title sequence
The director – who also created titles for Westworld, The Night Manager and True Detective – discusses what makes a truly great TV title sequence.
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What I learned from my mentor, Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Phil Tippett
Game of Thrones' VFX supervisor Thomas Schelesny from Image Engine discusses working under legendary creature creator Phil Tippett on films like Starship Troopers – and where we're at with VFX in 2017.
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In-depth: Territory on creating the futuristic 3D cityscape for Ghost in the Shell
Territory explains how it created hundreds of 3D floating elements in the Japanese city of Niihama for the film, including hologlobes, 3D advertising and hologram conferences.
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How the Best Design Studios are Improving Diversity in the Creative Industries
Eight creative agencies discuss the practical steps they are taking to improve gender, ethnic and socio-economic diversity to find out what methods are having an impact, and what needs changing.
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Interview: The man who shot Logan and Gladiator on making heroic films look gritty and real
John Mathieson, DoP on the new, very different X-Men film Logan also discusses how the film's look was partially inspired by painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
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The Armari V25 is the coolest, smallest and most powerful PC for artists and designers
Whether you want to create high-end graphics and art, edit 4K video or motion graphics, or create VR experiences – this is the compact PC you want on your desk.
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Best laptop for design and art 2017: we test Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft's most powerful and stylish models to find the best laptop for designers and artists
We've tested the 6 most powerful and stylish laptops (and laptop/tablet hybrids) for artists and designers to find the perfect one for you.
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Here's what the Microsoft HoloLens can do for designers and artists
We spent some more time trying out the HoloLens to find out what you could create for it – and what you could create using it.
