Latest Features from Digital Arts

Sell your work: the ultimate guide to selling artworks as prints, iPhone & iPad cases, collectables and more!

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Laura Snoad — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Deciding on how best to sell your work as art can be a real challenge. Laura Snoad explores your different options

Plan professional and personal projects better

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Pat Brans — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:03:00 GMT

Whether you are planning professional projects or personal projects, many of the same dynamics come into play. It follows that developing skills in one area will help you succeed in the other.

26 must-know typography tricks for print & online

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Alice Ross — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Buff up your body copy and sculpt your letterforms. Seven leading designers share their tips for truly honed use of type

What Made Me: 5 things that keep illustrator Adrian Johnson's creativity in top form

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Adrian Johnson — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:45:00 GMT

The master of bold, ‘economical’ illustration has found favour across editorial, advertising and apparel. Here he picks his five biggest influences.

How to predict future design trends

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Bill Gardner — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Bill Gardner reveals what he thinks the next set of trends will be in logo design

What Made Me - SomeOne's Simon Manchipp on the 5 best ways to creative success

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Simon Manchipp — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Five guiding principles for success from the creative director and co-founder of SomeOne, whose recent projects include the London 2012 Olympic pictograms

Interview: Secret Cinema's experience designers

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Neil Bennett — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:26:00 GMT

Death to the Flippers and Framestore reveal how they spooked Neil Bennett at this year’s hottest cinema experience

The Graduate Designer/Illustrator's Guide to Success

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Anna Richardson Taylor — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:49:00 GMT

Anna Richardson-Taylor asks some of the questions graduates will be facing along their initial career steps, and gets expert advice from creative industry veterans to help them answer them – and hopefully secure a glittering career.

Master retro collage illustration

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Alice Ross — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:21:00 GMT

Collage is making a comeback and as Alice Ross discovers, today’s artists are taking it in exciting new directions

Master this year's top type techniques

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Anna Richardson Taylor — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:00:00 GMT

The days of uninspiring typefaces are long gone, with the latest offerings going in bold new directions, says Anna Richardson Taylor

How to get into creative hacking and making

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Jonathan Cresswell — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:30:00 GMT

If you don't know coding or engineering, just pick it up as you go along.

Coding for creatives: How to get started with CSS

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (David Daw — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:16:00 GMT

Our getting-started guide tells you everything you need to know to understand CSS.

Ex-Airside creative director Alex Maclean draws his heroes, reveals what they can teach us

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Digital Arts Staff — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:48:00 GMT

The co-founder of Rupert Ray and the former creative director of Airside reveals the five driving forces that get him out of bed in the morning – and has drawn portraits of the people who awoke these passions in him

How to get an illustration agent

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Laura Snoad — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:00:00 GMT

As Laura Snoad discovers, signing up with an agency can help take your career to the next level

Create innovative interactive paper apps by mixing graphic design and printed electronics

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Neil Bennett — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:01:00 GMT

Conductive inks you can screenprint or litho print offer a whole new world of creative possibilities.

Animation Trends 2012: Discover the hottest new forms and styles

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Michael Burns — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:38:00 GMT

Your work can be massively enhanced by the latest trends in CG and 2D animation and motion graphics, says Michael Burns

Animation Trends 2012: Firms positive about George Osbourne's tax breaks, but have reservations

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Michael Burns — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:12:00 GMT

We could see an upsurge in UK-based animation next year when the Corporation Tax Credits scheme is extended to cover animation production.

Animation Trends 2012: Photorealistic CG meets traditional animation

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Michael Burns — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:09:00 GMT

You don’t have to look much further than Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin to see the impact that advances in photorealistic rendering and lighting have had on mainstream animation.

Animation Trends 2012: Children's TV animation rediscovers its craft roots

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Michael Burns — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:06:00 GMT

Children's TV rediscovers 2D animation

Animation Trends 2012: Animation meets programming

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Michael Burns — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:04:00 GMT

Mathematically generated imagery is becoming ever easier for animators to exploit, thanks to open-source programming languages like Processing.

Animation Trends 2012: Interest in hand-crafted animation grows

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Michael Burns — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:03:00 GMT

Now is a great time to be working in 2D

Animation Trends 2012: Stop motion animation is hip again

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Michael Burns — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:59:00 GMT

Aardman’s The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists proves there is still a place in people’s hearts for stop-motion – and not just footage produced with the most elaborate gear.

How to make a good first impression with clients

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Laura Snoad — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:00:00 GMT

You might think you know how to wow clients and employers, but the nature of the game is more involved than meets the eye, says Laura Snoad

How to use Facebook's Promote button to make your business Page a success

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Neil Bennett — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:58:00 GMT

We cut through the myths around Facebook's Promote button and tell you how to use it to your advantage.

Advertisement: Make the most of your photos with new Kodak apps

digitalarts@idg.co.uk (Mark Hattersley — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:20:00 GMT

Here's how to enjoy printing from your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad using Kodak's range of printers and apps.