Design Beep

APRIL 14, 2025

Cartoon Actions specifically are designed to give your photo a stylized, illustrated, or comic book look. This can include bold outlines, enhanced colors, smooth shading, and sometimes even halftone patterns or sketchy effects the kind of features youd typically see in animated illustrations or graphic novels. Why Use Cartoon Effects?

Photoshop

Inkbot Design

JULY 31, 2025

For digital illustrators, especially those who built their careers on it, Procreate is a genuine masterpiece of software design. Adobe will tell you Photoshop and Illustrator for iPad are “pro-grade.” They lack certain key features, advanced plugins, and the deep, muscle-memory-driven workflows professionals rely on.

Adobe

Design Beep

MAY 15, 2025

Whether you’re a professional illustrator, a budding digital artist, or somewhere in between, finding the right Procreate alternative can significantly enhance your creative process. Clip Studio Paint Formerly known as Manga Studio, Clip Studio Paint has become the industry standard for comic artists and illustrators worldwide.

Artist

Creative Bloq

JUNE 20, 2025

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Art

Communication Arts

JULY 13, 2025

For animations, we used GSAP ’s suite, specifically leveraging the Flip and SplitText plugins. Special technical features: One of the key technical features is the modular block system, fully configurable and repeatable, that clients can mix and match to build their pages, so they get creative control without losing a consistent look.

Advertising

Creative Bloq

AUGUST 1, 2025

Image credit: Georg Ireland) A new digital studio for professionals From established illustrators to art students exploring visual storytelling, Escape Motions believes Rebelle 8’s expanded toolkit is built for professional workflows without the complexity tax that can come with other digital art software.

Artist

Design Beep

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Krita Krita is an open-source painting and illustration software, often compared to Photoshop for its drawing and digital painting capabilities. Its particularly popular among digital artists, illustrators, and animators. Inkscape Inkscape is primarily a vector graphics editor, often compared to Adobe Illustrator.

Photoshop

Creative Bloq

JUNE 15, 2025

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Digital

Creative Bloq

JUNE 8, 2025

The idea is that turning the photo or illustration upside down forces you to observe the forms more closely. Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 var r=n(9993);function o(e,t){e.prototype=Object.create(t.prototype),e.prototype.constructor=e,(0,r.A)(e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use

Internet and Software Development

UX Collective

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Many plugins also emerged in the Sketch and Figma marketplaces, like Anima, Locofy, and other ‘Figma-to-HTML’ tools. started building ‘bridges’ as an import ability from canvas tools like Figma, using their own plugins. Then, design tools added inspection features (like Dev Mode in Figma, Sketch, XD, and InVision).

Coding

Creative Bloq

JULY 12, 2025

“I usually like to work on my own manga projects and illustrations once I come home from work. Image credit: Linnea Kataja) An illustration by Bellamy for her self-published doujinshi Petals. Her second monitor has a wallpaper by the illustrator Yuyuco. This is one of the character sheets. __proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]);

Animation

Creative Bloq

JUNE 12, 2025

Image credit: Mr Bingo) Mr Bingo is a London-based illustrator with an unbridled creative passion to do whatever he wants. After leaving a 15-year career as a commercial illustrator, he launched a Kickstarter to fund a book about his Hate Mail project – a series of rude hand-illustrated postcards sent to (consenting) strangers.

Artist

Creative Bloq

JULY 20, 2025

Publisher Doubleday hired the New York illustrator Roger Kastel to recreate the artwork and make the shark look less like "a penis with teeth" for the subsequent paperback release. Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 Visit our corporate site.

Arts and Crafts

Creative Bloq

JUNE 26, 2025

Andrew Kolbs neat and bold illustration style reimagines what a Gold Dragon Wyrmling should look like. Artists as diverse as Ed Kwong, Dominik Mayer, Justine Jones, and the black and white charcoal illustrations of Luke Eidenschink. var r=n(9993);function o(e,t){e.prototype=Object.create(t.prototype),e.prototype.constructor=e,(0,r.A)(e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use

Art

Creative Bloq

JUNE 19, 2025

Image credit: Future) For more creative inspiration, take a look at Malika Favre’s stunning collaboration with Oé wine or check out our interview with illustrator Mr Bingo to learn how he built his unique online presence. var r=n(9993);function o(e,t){e.prototype=Object.create(t.prototype),e.prototype.constructor=e,(0,r.A)(e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use

Media

Abduzeedo

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The Art of Movement: An Exploration of Animated Illustration abduzeedo 02/25 2025 Discover the captivating world of animated illustration with a showcase of Calvin Sprague's work, exploring the intersection of art and technology. Illustration artifacts

Animation

Creative Bloq

JULY 1, 2025

The fusion of these techniques in a single illustration provides the tones and textures I find attractive for telling the stories I want in an image. I also use digital retouching tools in my work as a cover illustrator. They offer a final step that’s essential for the narrative of each illustration.

Art

Creative Bloq

JULY 1, 2025

There were students of graphic design, advertising and illustration from the University of Falmouth, Nottingham Trent, Ravensbourne, Arts University Plymouth and plenty more. var r=n(9993);function o(e,t){e.prototype=Object.create(t.prototype),e.prototype.constructor=e,(0,r.A)(e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use strict";n.d(t,{si:()=>v});var

Art

Creative Bloq

JULY 6, 2025

Some programs, such as Rebelle , specialise in replicating the look of traditional media, while programs like Adobe Illustrator allow artists to create vector art, which has the flexibility to be easily resized. Some sources of work like stock illustration are being automated. There are also unresolved issues around copyright.

Digital

Creative Bloq

JUNE 19, 2025

I mean, all the character illustrations of the animals, how we partnered and collaborated with the whole of the organisation through that change… Its very special. Its not small even if youre just going through some of the things that feel evolutionary. Obviously, Walmart was a blue brand. Weve changed that blue. But everything else.

Brand

Creative Bloq

JUNE 25, 2025

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Digital

Creative Bloq

JUNE 28, 2025

Image credit: The University of Warwick) The rebrand was created in collaboration with branding agency Mammoth , Illustrator Tobias Hall who modernised the Warwick crest, and Photographer Megan Eagles. Like many of the best rebrands , its one that, thanks to its focus on heritage, feels both contemporary, and like its always been there.

Brand

Creative Bloq

JUNE 15, 2025

You must have seen that illustrated illusion that combines two animals – the duck and the rabbit in black and white, the most lo-fi presentation of an illusion its possible to get. And it turns out that what you see first will tell you what kind of brain you have – a creative brain, or a logical one. =n.j)var

Color

Creative Bloq

JULY 15, 2025

Its protagonist’s reflective daydreams about the past gently unfold into revelations about the present, illustrating how personal history shapes our sense of connection and belonging. var r=n(9993);function o(e,t){e.prototype=Object.create(t.prototype),e.prototype.constructor=e,(0,r.A)(e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use

Animation

Creative Bloq

JUNE 11, 2025

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Artist

Creative Bloq

JUNE 9, 2025

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Digital

Creative Bloq

JULY 14, 2025

Adobe Illustrator helps me make these into something more tangible. The next generation has so much promise, and it’s on our shoulders to help them flourish. Image credit: FutureBrand) What are your favourite tools? A Muji plain sketchbook is my canvas of choice and where the blueprints of all my best work live.

Arts and Crafts

Creative Bloq

JULY 7, 2025

Freya Snelling (Image credit: Future) Freya Snelling of London Metropolitan University s Illustration and Animation course caught my eye with her carefully crafted characters. Amika Hongo Rodger (Image credit: Future) Last but by no means least is a project by Amika Hongo Rodger of Sheffield Hallam University s Illustration course.

Arts and Crafts

Creative Bloq

JUNE 21, 2025

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Animation

Creative Bloq

JUNE 22, 2025

To fill that gap, I became interested in books, particularly old illustrated fairy tales. But honestly, I didnt know what it was like to be an illustrator, let alone a concept artist." Image credit: Alida Pintus) "Then I got into childrens illustrations. And eventually I aim to draw and illustrate my own stories.

Artist

Creative Bloq

JUNE 21, 2025

Beanie Babies To illustrate how far this went, Ive included a video of a man who went bankrupt buying huge amounts of Beanie Babies. Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 So if you have one lurking around its probably worth getting it valued.

Print

Creative Bloq

JUNE 10, 2025

And over here at Frontify, Frontify is in the centre of a huge brand universe of brand ingredients, whether that is type or colour or illustration or sound. whether youre in marketing teams or creative teams or agencies or even like C-suite level, and its this place that all of that exists. e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use strict";n.d(t,{si:()=>v});var

Brand

UX Collective

JULY 28, 2025

I hope this article shows that his thoughts can illustrate it’s worth looking at his philosophies (yes, plural). In the ’90s, wizzkids created unique websites and other products (browsers, plugins, stand-alone chat, or peer-to-peer software).

Internet and Software Development

Creative Bloq

JUNE 18, 2025

Image credit: Yuka Sakuma) Yuka Sakuma is a painter and illustrator based in Nagoya, Japan. t,{A:()=>r})}}]); //# sourceMappingURL=bundle-kiosq-node-modules.js.map TOPICS Art Illustration ImagineFX staff Social Links Navigation All things ImagineFX ImagineFX is the No.1 Here’s how it works. e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use strict";n.d(t,{si:()=>v});var

Artist

Creative Bloq

JULY 13, 2025

The book sees Ian explore graphic design in Japan from its very beginnings in 1875 to the pre-digital design era of 1975 through a series of illustrations and easy to read essays. There is also an exhibition of the same name, which is on 11-26 July in Tokyo. e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use strict";n.d(t,{si:()=>v});var

Graphic Design

Creative Bloq

JUNE 7, 2025

Image credit: Yuko Shimizu) For award-winning illustrator Yuko Shimizu, building an artistic career hasnt always been a consistent journey. Since graduating, Yuko has built an impressive career in the art world, from editorial illustration work for The New Yorker to stunning book cover design. Here’s how it works.

Artist

Creative Bloq

JUNE 20, 2025

(Image credit: Wonderhood Studios) The campaign was also created in collaboration with a dermatologist and the technical team at The Gardening Club, who used AI to turn images of healthy undamaged skin into keyframes illustrating each stage of sun damage. e,t)}},7307:(e,t,n)=>{"use strict";n.d(t,{si:()=>v});var

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