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May 31
- Alien: Rogue Incursion reveals Unreal Engine 5 has a terrifying new use
- New Astro Bot game shows that Sony has learned a trick from Nintendo
- The best CGI creature design, chosen by experts
- NFL logos drawn by players are so funny they just had to be put on T-shirts
- Confusing staircase optical illusion trips up the internet
- Monster Hunter Wilds will have a "living world" - and it could shape open world game design
- Users are already poking fun at the Discord rebrand
May 30
- New footage reveals we could have had a Batman stealth game
- Evercade reveals its first cartridge-compatible Bartop Arcades
- Making the VFX for Halo Season 2
- The best CGI character design, as picked by pros
- I’m hypnotised by this beauty brand's ethereal new identity
- The best Macbook Pro M3 prices
- A little-known Google hack lets you remove all that AI garbage
- Hinomi X1 ergonomic chair review: is it too feature-filled for its own good?
- Blackmagic Fusion Studio 19 review: VFX software goes from strength to strength
- Apparently Instagram can't tell the difference between Photoshop and AI
- The Euro 2024 logo is packed with clever Easter eggs
May 29
- HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) review: OLED convertible promises much, and delivers
- It's about time we saw a price cut on the Sony PSVR 2 – now with $100 off
- How to use Blender to create atmospheric concept art
- How to make an indie film on a budget
- Ingenious optical illusion billboard takes the terror out of the prostate check
- New WWDC keynote logo suggests Apple has a need for speed
- Why laser engraving is the perfect solution for custom gifts
- The response to Disney's Moana 2 poster proves that fans are sick of sequels
- The Nothing Phone (2a) Special Edition expands its colour palette and we love it
- This DJ's logo makes ingenious use of negative space
- The Red Sox once had the most disturbing sports logo in history
- Making The Fall Guy meant 'honouring' the practical stunts of the 80's show, says Cinesite's Jennifer Meire
May 28
- Apparent Nothing Phone 3 design leak has fans intrigued
- This is why McDonald's wiped the smile from its Happy Meals
- How to create a stylised toon character with Cinema 4D
- Why brands "obsessed with their customers" are winning
- XPPEN Artist Pro 14 (Gen 2) review: fantastic tablet for most artists
- This is one of the simplest but most dazzling optical illusions I've seen
May 27
- Apple Watch Series 9 price slashed by $70
- Our favourite budget art printer is nearly half price for Memorial Day!
- This Memorial Day AirPods Pro 2 deal is a no-brainer
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra review: big Android tablet really can do it all
- These are the best Memorial Day iPad deals around
- Hurry, this Wacom Intuos drawing tablet is only $39.99
- This $264 Switch OLED deal is still live - but there’s a small catch
- The definitive best adverts of all time list, as chosen by experts
- Loewe and On’s weird logo mashup could be the start of a new design trend
- Never forget these terrible X-Men posters existed
May 26
- This discounted Cricut Maker 3 bundle has all you need to get started
- Not to brag, but I've found the 3 best office chair deals this Memorial Day
- Get free Google Pixel Buds A series earphones with the Google Pixel Tablet
- Memorial Day iPad deals: You can still save on the new iPad Pro and Air
- ASUS ProArt RTX 4060 GPU review: the new sweet spot for creatives?
- 4 mind-blowing Disney animation secrets
May 25
- Amazon has $300 off the fantastic Asus VivoBook Pro 16
- Two of our favourite Apple products are at record low prices for Memorial Day
- I can't get enough of this Lego Star Wars photography
- Microsoft Paint can now transform your scribbles into AI art
May 24
- MSI Vector 16 HX review: a powerful gaming laptop with sub-standard construction
- Save a whopping $1,000 on the 75-inch Samsung Frame TV
- How to create stylish hand-painted character art in 3D
- 5 new rules for creating effective product names
- How to create a character illustration in Clip Studio Paint
- New leaks show the iPhone 16 Pro Max is the one to get excited about
- Google search results will soon look very different, thanks to AI
May 23
- Get $450 off the Samsung Z Fold5, today only
- Punkt MC02 review: this phone is great with privacy, less so with photos
- Car owners are venting about their least favourite design details
- Unreal Engine and Unity are "the best training tools that I could possibly imagine," says Dune's cinematographer
- Microsoft's 'AI PCs' sound like a potential privacy disaster
- Spotify's new font means a new logo too
May 22
- 40 of the very best print ads of all time
- AOC AGON PRO AG456UCZD review: ultrawide curved monitor is a 240Hz beast
- Pro ZBrush modelling tips: step out of your comfort zone
- Graphic design gets a sense of humour in new Netflix campaign
- The best camera phone (at least in my opinion) has $250 off right now
- Microsoft really wants us to know it's ready to take on the MacBook Air
- Apple owes users answers over that controversial Photos bug
- I can't get enough of these hilarious Photoshop retouching jobs
- New tri-fold smartphone puts an 8-inch tablet in your pocket
May 21
- Video AI 5 review: Unbelievable upscaler and denoiser for rescuing footage
- D&AD Awards 2024 shortlist revealed
- A day in the life of Apple TV+ graphic designer Gina Alessi: "We're surrounded by flurries of paper, set drawings and research photos"
- Incoming! Pre-order the Galaxy Book4 Edge and get a free 50-inch TV
- An iPhone rebrand might not be as radical as it sounds
- I hope the iPhone 16 Pro Max battery design rumours are true
- AI art stall generates furious response
May 20
- The new Surface Pro 11 has the game-changing feature I was hoping for
- Adobe just dropped a massive Substance 3D Painter update
- Callipeg review: a Procreate Dreams competitor?
- How to animate a moving vehicle in 3ds Max
- Adobe forces video game emulator to immediately change its logo
- Everyone's still talking about that outrageous Pepsi logo design document
- How to make a laptop faster
- Clever 'broken slogan' billboards make an important point about branding
May 19
- The best Samsung Serif TV prices
- "Eat rejection for breakfast": Illustrator Hazel Mead on how to kickstart your art career
- The best romance film posters of all time
- Why I won't be using Google's AI to help me find my spectacles
- New 2025 World Games logo features an adorable hidden optical illusion
May 18
- 3D art advice: a pro's time-saving tip for easier subdivision surface modelling
- Obviously, Samsung's mocking Apple's controversial iPad Pro ad
- "Get used to it": 3 Korean artists on the importance of social media for creatives
- The new Asda logo looks surprisingly sophisticated
May 17
- My all-time favourite office chair has 20% off for Memorial Day
- 3D artist Cornelius Dämmrich says he "loses his mind" and "constantly burns out during projects"
- "We have a lot of stories to tell," says SPINE director Dmitry Pimenov as he talks about the game is being spun into comics, web series and more
- Apple Pencil Pro: Everything you need to know
- The new Quiet Place movie posters are a huge improvement
- Corona beer turns stock photos into clever optical illusion ads
- The WNBA's Valkyries logo is full of clever design details
May 16
- ImagineFX Art Challenge has an exciting new theme
- Apple's new iOS eye controls look wildly impressive
- Artist in Residence: inside the bustling studio of Marvel, Netflix and Disney artist Charles Ratteray
- Google's new AI model is lighter, more efficient and even more intelligent
- “Insane but not surprising”: banned breastfeeding billboard sparks heated debate
- Starbucks sues Siren-themed coffee brand... again
- "Less is always more in animation": a day in the life of senior animator Jonathan Pui
- The future looks bright for Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro display
- The best adverts of the 2020s (so far)
- DaVinci Resolve 19 review: leading video-editing software gets even better, somehow
May 15
- Everyone and their mother fell for those AI Katy Perry pics
- How to check your laptop specs: What make and model do you have?
- "Unreal Engine 5 offers unprecedented creative freedom" - the art director behind gun fu game SPINE loves Epic's tech
- This 4K laser projector comes with Google TV and Netflix built-in
- Inside Lux Aeterna: how AI tech and USD is helping to build CG wonders
- “Incredibly disturbing”: the internet is terrified by King Charles’ new portrait
- Epic viral video reveals the clever colour theory of Disney's Aladdin
- Apparently Apple's new iPad Pro display has a weird colour quirk
- How to reset a laptop: Simple steps to fix multiple issues
- Fans can't decide if Marvel's new Agatha logo is a joke
May 14
- "A weird, wonderful and demanding job": How Gina Alessi made the graphic design in Apple TV's Manhunt
- The Dublin-Manhattan art portal proves why we can’t have nice things
- The best iPad Air M2 prices
- 'AI from the movies' is becoming a reality (and I'm not sure how to feel about it)
- Bumble admits it "made a mistake" with controversial billboard ads
- "Make something people want to steal," 7 tips for better menu design
- “There are no rules and no planning: just organic, true doodling,” says Mr Doodle as he launches major exhibition
- Acer Predator X27U review: a gaming OLED monitor that has speed on its side
- Residents criticise Californian city's minimalist new logo
May 13
- BenQ PD3225U review: Thunderbolt 3 designer monitor is big but not the brightest
- The best CGI movies of the 90s
- The sentimental reason it's always 9:41 in Apple ads
- The most annoying design trends according to graphic designers
- Discover HUAWEI's new devices designed to inspire the Creation of Beauty
- Whatsapp's UI redesign looks clean and fresh
- Lumion 2024: beautiful ray-trace renders at speed
- 4 tools for getting started with Lottie animation
- So long Apple logo stickers
May 12
- Apple’s new iPad Pro is a fascinating fusion of processor and design
- Acer Vero 16 review: green laptop offers some creative potential
- Game environment design is a growing art form, reveals new book
- One of art's biggest mysteries may have been solved
- KFC finds a positive side to AI art fails
May 11
- Boulies Ninja Pro review: gaming chair springs ergonomic surprises
- My two favourite budget office chairs currently have massive discounts
- Creatives 'fix' that problematic Apple ad, with brilliant results
- I'm obsessed with the new Apple Pencil Pro packaging
- This clever optical illusion Lion King poster is a roaring success
May 10
- How to Bookmark on iPad
- Birmingham Design Festival 2024 announces packed lineup of free events
- MotionBuilder 2025 review: the addition of Pixar's USD is a game-changer
- Sit comfortably with the best office chair pads
- The new Twisters movie poster isn't as stupid as it looks
- 3 Apple Pencil Pro features that could change everything for digital artists
- Adidas just committed a massive social media fail
- The surprising history of the Abba logo
May 9
- I don't often rate all budget office chairs – but this one punches above its weight
- The best 3D pens: model and design in 3D
- 'AI is the elephant in the room': A day in the life of the creative director of a VFX Studio
- Herman Miller Embody review: There is no perfect chair... but this comes close
- 3D artists are furious with Autodesk over its new generative AI model
- Mudbox 2025 review: can this niche ZBrush alt still compete?
- Apple's new iPad Pro is hiding a delightful optical illusion
- US Space Force insignia designs have sci-fi fans in hysterics
- Dystopian Apple iPad Pro ad appalls creatives (and even celebrities)
May 8
- The best iPad Pro M4 prices
- How to check your iPad's battery health
- McDonald's will "Deal With The Trash" in unprecedented new campaign
- MSI Raider GE78 HX review: gaming laptop that delivers the good stuff
- Hands-on with Xencelabs Pen Display 16: a 4K OLED drawing tablet for everyone
- Adobe slashes Creative Cloud by 40% for an ENTIRE YEAR
- Artist Jules Wittock reveals the hidden secret to his mesmerising maze paintings
- The best (and worst) Eurovision logo designs from the past 67 years
- Hidden secret in Grand Theft Auto logos discovered by fans
May 7
- I just got hands-on with the new iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro and iPad Air
- Apple Event LIVE: iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, iPad Air, M4 and everything Apple announced
- Iiyama G-Master GCB4580DQSN-B1 review: an enormous ultrawide monitor with appealing features
- Switch 2 is coming soon, Nintendo casually announces
- How to use Blender to build a tranquil ocean setting
- How to delete apps on iPad
- People can't stop laughing at the Canadian Army's new logo design
- Puig's radical new logo bucks the trend in fashion branding
May 6
- The best rebrands of the 2000s, picked by pros
- MoonRay review: DreamWorks Animations' superb rendering software is free for all
- How generative AI is influencing the creator economy
- Confusing Super Mario optical illusion just keeps giving
- YouTube appears to reverse controversial UI redesign after backlash
- It sounds like Apple's Safari 18 will all be about AI
May 5
- First Impressions: Ukrainian artist Iryna Khymych on combining art and literature
- Photo AI 3 review: denoising and upscaling that delivers unbelievable results
- "There's no substitute for hard work”: Warhammer’s Thomas Elliott on how to kickstart your art career
- Absolut vodka's attempt to fix AI is kind of weird
May 4
- These stunning artworks are made with recycled phone cases
- Here are the 5 best Lego Star Wars deals this May the 4th
- Star Wars superfans can now design their own droid
- The best Star Wars posters are design classics
- How to screen record on an iPad
- Uncovering the secrets behind Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
- This 7-Eleven logo design detail has got people in a spin
May 3
- Last chance to submit entries for the Creativepool Annual 2024
- Somehow, I don't hate Nike's new jacket-tent hybrid
- Tiger Woods is ready to ruin his new logo design
- Don't hate me, but I think this new AI art tool could have a use
- Artists are collaborating with a new 'ethical' AI image generator
- Maya 2025 review: lacks innovation but a solid update
- How to clear cache on iPad
- "I was outrageously lucky," Jessica Hische on crafting the titles for Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
- Artists accuse Google of “massive copyright infringement” with Imagen AI
May 2
- "Covid was really the making of us": A day in the life of syn co-founder Chris Newell
- How to split screen on an iPad
- Volkswagen attacks “bastardised” logo ripoff
- Skittles gets nonsensical in Gen Z flavoured brand refresh
- Come on Elon, your new X TV logo could have been great
- 3ds Max 2025 review: a solid update but don't expect new tools
- Minecraft surprises fans with exciting anniversary pixel art
- Wildly impressive new AI tool appears – then disappears
- Switzerland Tourism gets logo design down to a tee
May 1
- Finally, some big savings on Galaxy Watch 6
- How to screenshot on an iPad
- How to use Blender (and ChatGPT) to level up your video game assets
- Ingenious national park rebrand is packed with natural symbolism
- Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King causes a live-action design dispute
- The rise of sonic design: how sound is key to brand success
- Marvelous Designer 2024 review: now with improved Unreal Engine 5 support
- How to turn off an iPad
- Creatives need to be vigilant about AI washing
- The new Umbro logo is a powerful tribute to a 100-year legacy in sport