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December 2024
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- December 31
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- Avoid these mistakes to take epic photos of fireworks this New Year's Eve
- "I’m creatively greedy": a day in the life of mixed media artist Stefan Falconer
- “One of the best creative experiences of my life, working with such an amazing artistic crew” – how VFX artist Pejman Rajabi and friends created a heartfelt tribute to Super Mario
- Verbosity? Viral zooperstars? GIPHY's 2025 trend predictions are a wild ride
- Trust me, don't watch Apple TV+ for free this weekend
- People see an unfortunate resemblance in this New York county's new logo design
- BenQ RD320U programming monitor review: cracking the code
- December 30
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- The PlayStation 5 Slim is back at a record low price at Best Buy
- These were the most-played games on Steam in 2024
- Do Loop earplugs really help with creativity?
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man trailer leaves fans divided
- This artist’s meticulous render depicts an ancient figure who’s travelled from Norse mythology to PlayStation
- How to model pottery with a lathe tool on your iPad
- Lazy AI prompts are dead - we're on the threshold of the "Controls Era" says Adobe
- I asked AI to predict 2025’s AI trends and the results were surprisingly good
- Honor Magic V3 review: foldable style and power in a lightweight unit
- December 29
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- The best TV shows for VFX in 2024
- How to animate an object along a spline in Cinema 4D
- Inspired by the movie Elysium, this villainous 3D art delivers realism while staying out of the Uncanny Valley
- The illustration trends set to take shape in 2025
- This viral optical illusion broke people's minds in 2024
- AGON PRO AG346UCD review: an immersive ultrawide QD-OLED display
- December 28
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- The biggest AI art controversies of 2024
- Making GIMP 3.0 work for pro results: is it possible?
- This 3D artist’s render, inspired by videogame Dying Light, isn’t just beautiful – it shows a crossbow as it could work in real life
- My New Year's resolution is to get better at digital crafting – and here’s my plan
- How to make a realistic jelly material in Blender
- Is it wrong that I want to buy this canned air from Lake Como?
- The hottest typography trends to watch in 2025
- December 27
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- Two years on, X's blue ticks are still causing chaos
- How to master materials in KeyShot
- 'This was a real challenge,' says 3D artist of their pensive portrait of a soldier of the future
- Need a new laptop for the new year? These six deals in the Amazon January sale are the ones to consider
- New AI art magazine shows its time to take the medium seriously (even if it's hilarious)
- The Hello Kitty Rubik's Cube design has no business being this cute
- A practical guide to using AI in architecture
- Game art careers: how outsourcing studios are helping to make games from Halo to Borderlands
- The best (and worst) movie posters of 2024
- Designers are going wild for this clever logo design
- Logos in 2024: This year was both pivotal and controversial
- Framework Laptop 16 review: this modular laptop will slot right into your creative life
- How to make a laptop battery last longer
- December 26
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- Forget AirPods Max, Apple's Beats Studio Pro are less than half price in this after-Christmas deal
- 3 reasons I never got AirPods... until now
- Solve your storage needs for the new year with up to $220 off the best portable SSDs
- The best typography of the 1960s, chosen by the experts
- Inspired by Halo, this stunning sci-fi landscape is a real-time render from Unreal Engine
- People are still struggling to find the circles in this baffling optical illusion
- AI in 2024: A bold new direction for creatives, or a dangerous dead end?
- The best (and worst) rebrands of the year
- The best VR games I played in 2024, including Batman: Arkham Shadow, Vendetta Forever and a surprise PSVR 2 entry
- December 25
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- The best indie games of 2024
- The Sonic x DC collab shouldn't work... but it's surprisingly brilliant
- How this playful 3D tribute to Nintendo’s Super Mario was made
- NASA brings a cosmic Christmas with stunning space photography
- Weird "biblically accurate" angels are the viral Christmas design trend of 2024
- HP Envy x360 15 review: affordable 2-in-1 laptop covers (most of) the creative basics
- December 24
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- The 5 best movies of 2024 for VFX
- Tesla's levitating Cybertruck flies ahead of Christmas
- This 2024 film illustration is the ultimate test for movie buffs
- "I was able to create this portrait much faster than I usually do," says character artist of his piece 'Stop right there, criminal scum!’
- Never forget when Sega released the best Christmas art of all time
- This Venn diagram-inspired AI image generator is strangely satisfying
- Asus ProArt Display PA27JCV review: a studio display without the Apple
- December 23
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- 3 reasons why you should opt for a controller over a Joy-Con this Christmas
- Print and broadcast have died. What's a creative to do?
- The best (and worst) logos of 2024
- The best Christmas logos: What happened when brands got festive
- The 8 best uses of Unreal Engine in 2024
- We spent a week streamlining creative tasks with AI – here’s how it went
- See an exclusive glimpse of digital artist Vinne's first book
- How to keep laptops cool: don't let your portable PC overheat
- Surprising early sketches show Shrek could have been more of an ogre
- Hiroshi Nagai's Art Pop style inspired these sunny nostalgic visions of Singapore
- December 22
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- Could Behr's bizarre Climate Change paint be the real colour of the year?
- The psychology of fonts: how fonts make you feel
- How arthouse studio THE LINE drew on Warframe: 1999's "unapologetic stylishness" for its anime short
- XTool F1 Ultra review: a high-end laser cutter and engraver for production use
- December 21
- December 20
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- One of our favourite drawing tablets for digital artists has an amazing Christmas offer
- Get limited-time free content for Unreal Engine
- “They owe us an anthro-apology”: Anthropologie hit with AI allegations over 'uncanny' artwork
- Modretro Chromatic review: a mostly pixel-perfect Game Boy console, ideal for the modern era
- The Sims designer's new AI game is giving me the creeps
- This mischievous website is the perfect clapback to Coca-Cola’s controversial AI ad
- December 19
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- Fans are euphoric about the "comic-book accuracy" of James Gunn's Superman trailer
- Need a new game to play over Christmas? PlayStation's Holiday Sale has arrived at the perfect time
- When two advertising giants merge, how are creatives affected?
- Is Apple Intelligence already doomed to irrelevance?
- Kellogg's reimagines the perfect brand mascot as a giant 3D kaiju in a surprising new ad
- "The design community has turned a corner”: Monotype on the rise of AI in the creative industries
- Minisforum UM760 Slim review: cutting out the cruft
- Secret Level's controversial dark Pac-Man is now a game
- December 18
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- I bought this retro typewriter for my tablet – and now it's on sale!
- Honor's Christmas sale has some exceptional deals including £400 off the Magic V3 foldable
- Alien: Rogue Incursion review - these monsters are real
- Tesla lost its legal battle against Top Gear, but did it win the war?
- The Grinch comes for Beyoncé in ridiculous album art recreations
- The biggest 3D art trends we'll see in 2025
- "Why would Vogue allow this?”: Skechers faces AI allegations over controversial ad
- The new Eurovision logo has triggered a deep design debate
- Traditional art of the week: Darko Stojanovic
- December 17
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- We might finally have the name and logo confirmed for the Nintendo Switch 2
- Want to make games in Unreal Engine 5? Sign up for the next Unreal Fellowship
- Uh oh, up to 87% of smartphone users don't like AI features
- Revenge of the Savage Planet: beautifully animated nonsense
- I take it back, the new WWE RAW logo isn't as bad as I thought
- The new Sandisk logo follows a controversial recent design trend
- Creatives are more optimistic about AI, Monotype research shows
- How I use 3 must-have tools to animate AI-generated models
- I saw the magical Reflection Removal tool teased at Adobe Max – and it's now reached Photoshop
- Download resources for ImagineFX 248
- Best drawing tablets with a screen: find the right device for you
- Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M4 Pro, 2024) review: is it any good for VFX artists?
- December 16
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- The biggest winner of The Game Awards? Unreal Engine 5
- Meet Catly: the bizarre "AI slop" cat game that snuck into The Game Awards
- How to check your laptop's battery health
- Intergalactic's retro logo filled trailer is like diving into the '80s
- "I’d love to see fewer boundaries in the design industry”: a day in the life of Amy Globus
- Create AI video content quickly with Wondershare Virbo
- The best animation software: reviewed and tested by professional 3D artists
- The new Nokia Design Archive will have more than just nostalgia value
- Flint: Treasure of Oblivion review - expressive comic art styling saves this game from drowning
- Create accurate stylised character designs using Photoshop
- GIMP 3.0 review: 20 years on from 2.0, has GIMP kept up with the times?
- December 15
- December 14
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- 'I've never seen anything like this before': Paula Scher on the backlash to Pentagram's AI government website design
- Gemini AI glasses could finally justify Google's obsession with eyewear
- 5 essential bits of kit for a digital artist this Christmas
- A design agency made its own wine – and it's as beautiful as you'd expect
- I didn't think these incredible optical illusion sculptures were real at first
- 2D art of the week: Sophia Du
- Samsung Frame TV review: the original art TV is stunning as ever
- December 13
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- Samsung teases first look at new mixed reality headset in partnership with Google
- Leaked iPhone 17 Pro design raises eyebrows
- The Cabin Factory review: one frightfully good idea, masterfully done
- I've never wanted to upgrade my Apple Watch SE 2 but this record-low on the 10 has convinced me to just do it
- These Sonic 3 parody Christmas movie posters are wonderfully silly
- How to make magical illustrations using Procreate
- Rolls-Royce has just dropped the most beautiful (and pretentious) toy car ever
- How Spine’s John Wick-style mocap was made – and why it pushed Unreal Engine 5 to the limits
- December 12
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- Anycubic's new 3D printer is mammoth-sized and sets a new industry standard
- Bring Me the Horizon face scathing AI art backlash
- An indie dev scraped Steam to research the perfect game
- I’m obsessed with Pinterest's weird and wonderful trend predictions for 2025
- 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons: art and insights from Tony DiTerlizzi, Ralph Horsely, Anne Stokes and other leading illustrators
- Xiaomi G Pro 27i review: it costs how much?
- December 11
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- I've never been more tempted to buy a Cricut Explore Air 2 – now only £199
- Looking for stocking fillers? These Nintendo Switch games are under $25
- Elon Musk defends missing Tesla logo on new Cybercab and Cybertruck
- 'Anti-human' pro-AI billboards spark public outrage (but that's the point)
- From Art Deco to psychedelia: 5 packaging design trends to watch in 2025
- I'm fascinated by the original sketches for Netflix's Arcane posters
- Traditional art of the week: COTOH
- Alien: Rogue Incursion's art director shares the "rookie mistake" he never made again
- Gun-fu game Spine's boss character designs are "visually striking" – here's how they're made
- Actually, that $1.4M 'blank' painting isn't a waste of time
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ review: the best of both worlds
- December 10
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- My favourite portable 1TB external hard drive is now down to just $85
- Wecreat Vista review: Laser engraving with some clever new tricks up its sleeves
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is testing gamers' tolerance of AI slop
- How we rebranded our design agency
- Stalker 2 art demonstrates the incredible variety in the Unreal Engine-based game
- How AI was used to create 'melty' VFX transitions in Here, the millennium spanning movie starring Tom Hanks
- "Communicating flavour is a delicate art": how to succeed in food and drink branding
- Rejected Mario & Luigi: Brothership character designs would have divided Nintendo Switch fans
- Christmas competition: Win an Explorer 100 Plus power station, worth £139.99
- Pentagram's controversial new website could change the AI art debate
- December 9
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- Back to grunge: Why '90s aesthetics are making a comeback in 2025
- First Impressions: freelance illustrator Marie-Alice Harel loves "the freedom" her work offers
- PUBG creator's new game engine lets you create 'an Earth-scale world generated in real time' - and its free to try on Steam
- "It still blows my mind just how small the sculptures were": How we Made Samsung's Micro Miracles
- Did Lego drop a brick with its weird Marvel logo set?
- December 8
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- A designer has 'fixed' the controversial new Jaguar logo
- How to download and install fonts on Mac
- How to paint epic Warhammer battles in traditional pen and ink
- It's the last day to get 50% off Adobe Creative Cloud
- New York was recreated on a virtual set for the Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn movie Daddio, and nobody knew
- December 7
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- How to download and install fonts on Windows
- Artists are making Spotify Wrapped interesting again with a new viral trend
- All these iconic artworks and characters lose copyright in 2025
- A24's new website is giving me major Y2K nostalgia
- Famous logos are even more iconic when drawn with a single line
- 2D art of the week: Deborah Saez
- Has Unreal Engine 5 just been beaten for realism?
- December 6
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- Samsung's latest AI smartwatch is 20% off in time for Christmas
- The best movie fonts of all time
- Download Epic Games' free Unreal Engine sample game
- These new smart glasses are set to bring spatial displays to the mainstream
- Inside the artist's studio: why the digital artist Erik Ly enjoys a maximalist aesthetic
- I went to an AI art awards show and it was an eye-opening experience
- Christmas competition: Win a free lifetime licence of VideoProc Converter AI
- Creating SPINE's cinematic gameplay is like making an "action movie within a game"
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: most cinematic game ever made
- December 5
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- Pantone's Colour of the Year is giving me the ick
- As a woman who's learning to 3D print, I think the new ELEGOO With Her program couldn't come at a better time
- Critics are wrong about the Disney Snow White remake's "nightmarish" CGI
- Creating the subtle VFX behind Here, the new movie from Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks
- Christmas has come early as Maxon releases updates in Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Red Giant and Redshift
- 10 graphic design trends to watch in 2025 (plus 4 to avoid)
- 'Distressing’ Wicked design blunder gives Mattel a legal headache
- The 10 gaming trends for 2025 that will transform how we play and create
- Apple's radical new home device is starting to take shape
- December 4
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- In case you missed it - bag the PSVR2 headset with Horizon Call of The Mountain for over 40% off
- Spotify Wrapped finally enters its flop era
- Apple MacBook Pro (M4, 2024) review: great creative laptop (if your images don't move)
- Emmy-winning design studio goes big with immersive Las Vegas space experience Interstellar Arc
- Don't miss out on Epic Games' Free Unreal Engine 5 course
- The cute new logo animation is the best thing about the Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami rehash
- Making Moons of Darsalon "was a gamble" reveals solo indie game developer Dr Kucho
- Why Jaguar's risky rebrand should be applauded
- “We knew it would be special”: how design team Fluid created art and ad campaigns for two decades of Final Fantasy
- Incredible weather visualisation in Unreal Engine 5 can show real-time conditions in any city
- The controversial new Six Nations logo is already burned into my iris
- The resource that taught a generation of animators is being updated for streaming
- December 3
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- I'm expecting record-low prices on MacBooks this Black Friday
- I think Black Friday iPad deals are the ones to look out for this month
- Adobe claims surrealism isn't just for AI in its 2025 creative trends
- Oh my days! The Sony PS1 boot screen is back for PlayStation's 30th anniversary
- 2D art of the week: Vanessa Morales
- Some of the leaked Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra specs sound downright wacky
- Apple's rumoured iPhone 17 Pro design makes no sense
- The cancelled Lego James Bond video game looked just like I hoped
- Elon Musk will have been crying during the reveal of Jaguar's bold EV car concept
- December 2
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- I'm a tech journalist, and these are the Cyber Monday deals that I actually bought this year (and some of them are still live)
- 13 Apple Cyber Monday deals you don't want to miss – and stocks are low! Live
- Get yourself Disney Plus and Hulu on Cyber Monday for $2.99 or so help me
- The best Cyber Monday deals for 3D artists - get 40% off Autodesk, Adobe and Reallusion
- Up to 30% off our highest-rated drawing tablets – all reduced for Cyber Monday!
- Cyberpunk 2077 dev reveals why it really moved to Unreal Engine 5
- The leaked new Jaguar concept car looks like it was a Barbie x Action Man collab
- We've tested every iPad, and there are only 4 deals worth buying at this point on Cyber Monday
- With PS5 deals like this, it's no wonder it's outselling the Switch 3 to 1 this Cyber Monday (apparently)
- The 10 best Christmas animations everyone needs to watch: from Aardman, Netflix, Disney and more
- This Cricut Joy bundle with $50 off would make a fantastic Christmas present
- A 50-inch, 4K TV under £380/$390 for Cyber Monday? I can't see this lasting the day
- The best magazine fonts
- I've done it! I've found the best PS5 game deal for Spider-Man fans this Cyber Monday – save $80
- Canva thinks these will be the hottest design trends of 2025
- The stunning new WWF video used a really wild animation technique
- Phew, I almost missed Adobe's huge half-price deal on Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator and more
- OFFF's bold rebrand signals its role at the centre of creative culture
- Creatives, don't miss these epic Cyber Monday software deals
- December 1
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- Forget video game deals, I'm buying Shadow the Hedgehog LEGO with 30% off this Cyber Monday
- The Samsung S24 Ultra Cyber Monday discount isn't as good as it was, but you can still save $800 when you trade in
- The AirPods Pro 2 are my favourite earbuds – and there's 38.15% off as we head into Cyber Monday
- Just hours left to grab the last Nintendo Switch Cyber Monday deals
- Here's how Aardman shot Apple HQ's towering Wallace and Gromit animation on an iPhone
