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This free Unreal Engine 5 game looks like a haunted sketchbook come to life

Joe Foley published 23 January 26

My Paper Forest shuns the 'Unreal Engine look' with its hand-drawn textures.

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Out of Ziigaat's 14 earphones, Horizon is the cat's whiskers

Beren Neale published 23 January 26

It's a fine line between energetic and piercing, but this IEM walks it expertly (for me).

Trump’s new Board of Peace logo feels like a parody

Natalie Fear published 23 January 26

Critics claim it’s "AI slop”.

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How to use colour to create beastly character art in Photoshop

Álvaro Jiménez published 23 January 26

Álvaro Jiménez shows us how he uses complementary colours to create a fierce demon for a miniatures brand.

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3 things I love about the Dell 16 Premium (and 1 I don't)

Erlingur Einarsson published 23 January 26

I felt so strongly about it that I made a video. A VIDEO!

Silent Road video game screens showing haunted forests

Why this indie horror dev turned to Unreal Engine 5 to build believable fear

Alan Wen published 23 January 26

Using MetaHumans helped two-person indie studio bring Silent Road's J-horror to life.

Canva's new "Chronically Online" language mode

Is Canva’s cringey Gen Z mode secretly genius?

Natalie Fear published 23 January 26

At least it knows its place in the design world.

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The Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro is a new ultralight laptop contender

Ian Evenden published 23 January 26

A new challenger enters the battle for the thinnest and lightest laptop, and this one’s packing some power.

Screenshot from My Paper Forest video game that looks like a hand-drawn sketch — This free Unreal Engine 5 game looks like a haunted sketchbook come to life My Paper Forest shuns the 'Unreal Engine look' with its hand-drawn textures.

Digital art showing a demon with a sword and a staff — How to use colour to create beastly character art in Photoshop Álvaro Jiménez shows us how he uses complementary colours to create a fierce demon for a miniatures brand.

Canva's new "Chronically Online" language mode — Is Canva’s cringey Gen Z mode secretly genius? At least it knows its place in the design world.

Trump’s new Board of Peace logo feels like a parody Critics claim it’s "AI slop”.

Design

Facebook's Meta rebrand can finally be called a disaster

By Daniel John published 23 January 26

RIP the metaverse.

Why audio brands need to stop selling the product

By John Ball published 22 January 26

And how they can stand out in a challenging market.

Art

Illustration of a vampire

How childhood memories and crime photos inspired this Costa Rican vampire art

By Ian Dean published 21 January 26

New illustrated book, Vampyre: a Costa Rican Folktale, by former Pixar artist Ricardo Delgado, is a style masterclass.

Fed up of subscriptions? Here's the free software every digital artist needs

By Tom May published 19 January 26

As subscription costs spiral, these free tools are the antidote.

Digital art showing a natural landscape

This artist pushes colours and brushstrokes to the limit

By ImagineFX staff published 19 January 26

Ulysse Verhasselt depicts stylised landscapes inspired by nature and light.

3D

A 3D model of Singed from Arcane

How I made a 3D model of Singed from Arcane

By Yohan Houel published 22 January 26

Here's my process for translating Arcane's stylised shapes and painterly textures into a 3D model suitable for video game design.

A scene from a film with fantasy pirates

Epic Games VFX head hits back at accusations Unreal Engine is to blame for "the state of VFX and CGI"

By Ian Dean published 22 January 26

VFX Supervisor Pat Tubach worked on Pirates of the Caribbean and defends UE5.

Branding & Advertising

Facebook's Meta rebrand can finally be called a disaster

By Daniel John published 23 January 26

RIP the metaverse.

Why audio brands need to stop selling the product

By John Ball published 22 January 26

And how they can stand out in a challenging market.

Claudia Winkleman stands pensively between two hooded figures in a promotional shot for the reality series The Traitors.

Traitors' secrets revealed! How the hit show's atmospheric branding was created

By Tom May published 22 January 26

TQ Branding's Gareth Mapp takes us behind the scenes of creating the identity for the British reality show phenomenon.

Video Game Design & Gaming

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Secretlab just launched its best TITAN Evo collection yet with Pokémon

By Beth Nicholls published 22 January 26

These chairs might as well be thrones for gamers.

A man with blonde spiked hair draws his sword

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade plays like a dream on Switch 2, despite being bloated in more ways than one

By Alan Wen published 21 January 26

A dream handheld port with baggage.

AI

Jessica Walsh sits in a bright yellow outfit in front of a black and white "FUTURE" poster with a city skyline visible through the windows behind her.

These are the new skills creatives are learning to save their jobs from AI

By Tom May published 15 January 26

What can we do to survive this new era?

Two men are walking away from burning building with grins on their faces

The wildest AI art moments of the year

By Tom May published 1 January 26

2025 was the year AI stopped playing nice.

AI can't replicate empathy, and that's why it won't win

By Muriel Schildknecht published 28 December 25

It should push us to be more human.

Technology

Valentine’s Day collection

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By Beth Nicholls published 22 January 26

From personalised Pokémon cards to Polaroid cameras.

These are our top three picks of the best laptops for CAD work.

If you work in CAD and AutoCAD these are simply the best laptop options out there

By Paul Hatton last updated 21 January 26

What's the best laptop for CAD? Find out here.

Magic8 Pro

Honor's Magic 8 Pro might have mixed reviews, but it's also £200 off

By Beth Nicholls published 20 January 26

There's even a free tech bundle worth £450 thrown in too.

Phones & Tablets

Creative Inspiration

Alyson Hannigan's craft videos

This American Pie star has been making craft videos – and I adore them!

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Watch along for an instant boost of serotonin.

Digital Crafting

Is this ultra-satisfying rainbow optical illusion really a bit nipply?

By Georgia Coggan published 21 January 26

Or do you see something else?

Optical Illusions

An artist wears a grey hoodie and head covering while using a cardboard stencil to spray-paint an intricate, circular geometric mural onto a black brick wall.

How to beat procrastination: 6 ways to actually start that new creative hobby

By Tom May published 21 January 26

Beginning something new is often the hardest part. Here's how to avoid self-sabotage and get going.

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These chairs might as well be thrones for gamers.

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By Tom May last updated 21 January 26

Seeking fresh design portfolio ideas? Then check out these outstanding portfolio examples.

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