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Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner

Creative Boom

She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Her work on the illustration and lettering of book covers began with novels by Virginia Woolf, some of which were published in 2016 as a paperback series.

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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

He has worked with hundreds of clients, including The New York Times, RCA Records, and Geographic, and has published numerous books with publishers such as teNeues, Walker Books, Comme des Géants, and Hato Press. In 2022, he published a monograph with Phaidon. © Ana Matsusaki © Ana Matsusaki © Ana Matsusaki 8.

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How to paint fabric and metal textures that bring clothing to life in digital art

Creative Bloq

We’ll explore how texture, colour, and shading help distinguish materials, and how patterns interact with form and light. 05: Plaid This woven cloth has a tartan pattern, consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical thick lines in a myriad of colours. Connect the design pattern with tiny lines resembling treads.

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Rebrand of Riot Games by Stink Studios prioritises the player experience

Creative Boom

Founded in 2006 and based in Los Angeles, Riot Games is a major video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organiser, best known for its battle arena game League of Legends. The new visual identity unites Riot's diverse gaming worlds with a cohesive system prioritising player experience.

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The new Game Awards logo shows less can be a lot more

Creative Bloq

Logos & Icons The new Google logo is already proving popular Gaming Tango Gameworks is back, and the new logo design is all kinds of right Design Graphic Design Branding Logos & Icons The new Game Awards logo shows less can be a lot more News By Joe Foley published 25 July 2025 The dynamic design blends gravitas with edginess.

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Simz reveals his 12 top tips for great comic art

Creative Bloq

When I’m faced with trying to describe my ideas to publishers or peers, I like to use a simple approach. This often leads to an alienating pattern that makes me unaware of what’s happening around me. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. All rights reserved.

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Reimagining prototyping with AI

UX Collective

We default to conventional patterns not because they’re better, but because they’re easier to validate. Imagine you’ve already designed a stock market dashboard in Figma, carefully considering the visual hierarchy, component structure, and interaction patterns. Generative AI tools like Claude and Vercel v0 are changing the game.

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