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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

His work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times Magazine and has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club, and American Illustration. Originally from Bolivia, he relocated to Scotland, where he graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2004.

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How I really feel about GIMP, now the dust has settled

Creative Bloq

was released 21 years ago in 2004. Why not try a subscription? Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 Image credit: GIMP) Jump To: Anyone have Bug Spray? Camera Ready I/O Painting On… No CHOPs The Return of ReSynth! Wrapping it Up GIMP 2.0

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You don’t need loads of cash to be a great creative – and we can prove it

Its Nice That

London-based animator Lucy Ellis creates experimental films using “scrap” material from “old history books, conspiracy theory magazines, [and] obsolete educational software”. Using found footage is a fantastic way to tell animated stories with little to no budget. Other animators are turning to mixed media for its speed and affordability.

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Fantasy Island shows Ireland from 70 photographers’ alternative perspectives

Its Nice That

Deciding to pause their previous project, the stylish Rotten Magazine , to focus on something more expansive, the main focus was authenticity. But why the transition from magazine to book? Above Donovan Wylie: The Maze (Copyright © Donovan Wylie, 2004) Above Rotten Books: Fantasy Island (Copyright © Rotten Books, 2025).

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“A dusting of love”: Matt Stetson creates mini portals to an almost utopian vision of the past

Its Nice That

View more from Set Design Gay Times magazine relaunches with a still life cover shoot dedicated to d*cks 14 April 2025 Work Photography. Discover Australia’s smallest museums, and the strange treasures they hold 12 May 2025 Work Photography. Does 3D printing have stop motion potential?

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Ground Zero: Christopher Hawthorne on Architecture Criticism

Azure Magazine

In a New York Times Magazine browser tab, the prose sticks out like a baroque cartouche in a spare mid-century room. Not long after , in 2004, you become the Los Angeles Times architecture critic, in what was still very much a “post 9/11” America entering the War in Iraq. But Los Angeles is a long way from New York.

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"You can't just be like, ‘we're going to change the world,'" Kwame Taylor-Hayford on how to create projects with social impact

Creative Bloq

So if youre a blogger or youre a magazine, or if youre another airline and youre creating content around travel, you can go to this library and you can get images that represent todays travellers very authentically and use them for free in your communication. Why not try a subscription? I come more from advertising.