Latest articles by Ian Dean
The best drawing app for Android: draw like a pro on your Android phone or tablet
Create great digital art, with the best drawing app for Android.
XPPen Artist Pro 19 (Gen 2) review: a fantastic drawing display for hobbyists and pros alike
Beautiful colour and super accurate.
Adobe Firefly: everything you need to know about the AI image and video generator
Adobe's Firefly AI models can generate images, video and more.
This impressive AI art tool gives control back to artists and "rethinks how AI art should work"
Blendbox is a next-generation photo-bashing tool.
Rick Catizone interviewed: from Night of the Living Dead to Evil Dead 2 to Shudder's Creepshow, reflecting on 50 years in animation
We pick the brains of a horror animation legend.
"Originality and taking risks pay off" - the secrets behind Nothing's Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition
It's a Halloween design treat.
Procreate Dreams: everything you need to know
Animation is more accessible with Procreate Dreams, our expert core details the features of this new iPad app.
Aardman's Clara Cornish says some aspects of her job are "beyond the scope of AI"
The animator reflects on new technology and offers advice to creatives.
'If you don't use AI you can't compete', Adobe VP tells me
But is it really a new message?
"Unity and Unreal have enabled a far greater variety of art styles to emerge": how game art and design is in good place
Lighthouse Games' Christopher Payton discusses state of game art, the industry, and how you can make your big break.
The essential digital art and design skills every creature designer needs
Sojin Hwang, associate art director on New World: Aeternum, reveals what you need to make it in the games industry.
Epic Games' Fab is a one-stop content marketplace for everyone, and it's just launched
Real-time assets for Unreal Engine 5, Unity, Unreal Editor for Fortnite and more, all in one marketplace.
Cricut Explore 3 vs Cricut Maker 3: which digital craft cutter is for you?
We pit Cricut Explore 3 vs Cricut Maker 3 to see which is the best value digital craft cutting machine.
Adobe's GenStudio is the AI app I never knew I needed
Artists, say goodbye to menial marketing work.
Adobe's Project Concept AI is a secret game-changer, and here's why
Alexandru Costin reveals why it's more impressive than you'd imagine.
Every Adobe Sneak I saw at Adobe MAX 2024
New tools teased to transform design, 3D, photography, video and more.
I tried Photoshop's new Distraction Removal AI tool, with mixed results
Designed for photo editing, definitely not for art (yet).
I just saw an Adobe MAX demo of Illustrator's new AI tool, and now I want to get back into vector art
You can now easily convert images to vectors, including 3D models.
Crafting the complex creature art of New World: Aeternum
Associate art director Sojin Hwang takes us on a design deep dive into Amazon Games' new launch.
5 tips for getting started in indie game development - GameMaker's winning dev shares his advice
Stepford reveals his crucial game design starter points.
Designing the creative, cultural mix of New World: Aeternum's environments has meant its "developers have to be magicians"
Art director Charles Bradbury and associate art director Rosie Strzalkowski reveal how the game's unique world is made.
The challenges of being an indie dev, "About a third of the way through the game's development, I hated the damn thing"
Stepford has won Best Game at the GameMaker Awards 2024.
