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- August 31
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- This tiny "life-saving" charger takes the guesswork out of juicing up – and right now it's 26% off
- Is Nvidia’s DLSS 5 an AI slop machine or a game-changing technology that will take us closer to artists' original vision?
- Beat the memory crisis with 24% off one of the best portable SSDs
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (PS5) review – Capcom’s samurai comeback gets the swordplay right
- The best budget laptops for graphic design students
- There's £500 off the new Honor Magic V6 foldable phone, and I have no idea why
- These crystal clear earphones only went on sale in July and there's already 5% off
- Traditional Korean folklore, attire and weaponry inspire this artist's striking fantasy character designs
- Graphic designers are trying to fix people's terrible AI flyers
- I’m sorry, is this Bluetooth headphone – with full parametric EQ – seriously only $49?!
- August 30
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- The best budget laptops for 3D printing
- If Apple and Spotify are cracking down on AI slop, why can't YouTube? I think I know the answer
- “I wanted to create something poetic and elegant, with a sense of movement, as if a wave were breaking in the middle of the forest"
- Ikea's latest clever billboard adverts work because they reveal a common truth about every home
- This clone of our favourite gaming chair adds massaging balls to a winning formula
- I threw every creative AI tool that I could think of at the Acer Nitro V 16 AI, and this is what happened
- August 29
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- The $3.4m Disney auction is a reminder of what AI concept art takes from us
- This artist reimagined Star Wars with a League of Legends splash art style
- This is the most beautiful logo I've seen in years, but there's just one problem
- The new CD Projekt Red logo just sparked the weirdest backlash graphic design has ever seen
- The massive Amazon Tech Week sale has up to 49% off these essential tools for creatives
- Catch yourself a budget mouse from as little as $11
- The Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is the Chromebook I've spent the last 5 years waiting for
- August 28
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- "Unsettling" – Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 AI filter has leaked, and gamers are horrified
- How Origame Digital built a “souped-up PS2” Lovecraftian horror game about penguins
- These delightfully cheap retro pens are the art world's best-kept secret
- This PC mouse has 31,400 five-star reviews on Amazon, and it's down to $30
- How those epic Hearthstone cards are made
- The return of Twitter could be a happy ending after the worst rebrand of all time
- August 27
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- GTA 6 will “raise the bar” by ignoring game industry trends, says Helldivers 2 dev
- This indie dev found a use for AI but says the project was still firmly human led
- Joe & Mac Retro Collection is bringing back the gloriously weird art of 16-bit gaming
- The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is a five-star phone, but has one key disappointment for digital artists
- Adobe just added a brand new AI-assisted editor to Photoshop
- If I were a creative student today, this is the complete home desktop setup I'd get
- Quote of the Day by Yayoi Kusama: "I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art"
- Buy Nintendo Switch 2 now and save up to $80 before next week's price rise
- The MSI Crosshair 16 HX proves an old CPU can learn new tricks
- Apple's surprise new Mac mini and Studio bring masses more power for creatives, and there's a way to save over $500
- The FREE Witcher 3 Remaster just won CD Projekt Red massive respect from gamers
- August 26
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- Guns of Eschaton turns Viktor Antonov's final game into a nightmare Western shooter
- People are already falling in love with Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons' main character
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – Asobo takes a risk and delivers the best game in the series
- The Humankind 2 trailer looks so much like AI the developer had to explain it's not
- No Law's new trailer shows why its Unreal Engine 5 city is the real star
- Elden Ring Tarnished Edition review: FromSoftware's open world masterpiece is still full of grace on Switch 2
- Marvel's dramatic Avengers: Endgame Encore colour change is dividing opinion
- Nope, the new Apple Mac mini ad isn't AI – and there's a delightful BTS video to prove it
- Mega Man: Dual Override is everything I love about the retro series, and everything I fear
- How Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen turns every beautiful vista into a potential disaster
- The new Manic Miner remake has already got ZX Spectrum fans asking: “What happened?!”
- How to create a video game world using Blender and Photoshop
- I've found the brand with the most beautiful everyday essentials – and I'm obsessed with the sea of print and colour
- Calendly's finally fixed its toilet bowl of a logo design
- Someone spent 45 days recreating Super Mario Bros level 1 pixel-by-pixel in free Godot Engine – and you can play it now
- August 25
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- How did the violent Obsession-inspired golf ad ever get approved?
- XPPen’s 21st anniversary "DOODLE THE WORLD" event is a celebration of creative freedom
- How Screenbound's impossible '5D' platformer concept became a real game
- Apple's folding iPhone Ultra could have one fatal flaw for creatives
- The Duskbloods is FromSoftware at its weirdest – 5 things I learned from playing the Switch 2 exclusive
- The glaring design fail in the new iPhone Safari logo is proof that Apple's lost its direction
- AI is killing folk graphic design, and the resulting "Lovecraftian horrors" are making people want to never eat out again
- While everyone's laughing at John Lewis's ridiculous university packing list, these dupes will save you hundreds of pounds
- The Masters of the Universe AI art controversy shows Spider-Man: Brand New Day was just the tip of the iceberg
- Animation is having a punk rock moment – and it says a lot about how people view AI
- For proof AI accusations are getting out of hand, look no further than the Hamnet Netflix 'controversy'
- August 24
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- Master the monochrome with issue 270 of ImagineFX
- Download resources for ImagineFX 270
- Nintendo's Game Boy ads were outrageous in the nineties – here are three examples that would never get made today
- Razer Blade 18 (2026) review: Oh boy, this is the biggest and baddest of them all
- PBS getting ghosted by a cloud storage provider makes me terrified I'll lose all my creative work too
- The Monster Munch rebrand shows a great brand mascot can last a lifetime
- August 23
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- XPPen slashes 50% off drawing tablets for its 21st Anniversary sale
- This is the only budget ergonomic office chair to get a 10/10 review from Creative Bloq, and it's now reduced by 22%
- These striking futuristic-looking earphones come with 2 sound profiles and cost only $35
- A single artist spent 14 years making this hand-drawn animated movie, and every frame of the trailer looks stunning
- What to expect from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 – and how to watch it
- Yes, there are reasons why Disney uses one-word movie titles
- The Archery World Cup's dramatic rebrand has me quivering in anticipation
- August 22
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- Reduce eye strain and eliminate screen glare with 31% off this monitor light bar
- These '90s classics are brutally hard – but that's exactly why you should play them again
- The Spider-Man AI scandal shouldn’t be a surprise
- The best portable CAD laptops for on-site work
- I'd still buy the Pokémon X Polaroid cameras, but I think the designs had potential to be so much better
- Is AI destroying the art and magic of children's books?
- Meta's new social media app swaps photos and reels for your own AI-generated video games
- August 21
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- Elevate your workspace with up to 30% off floating shelves
- KPop Demon Hunters might have to change its name
- Swifties calm down, not everything is a Taylor Swift Easter egg
- I tested the new Galaxy Z Fold8 in a camera phone shootout against the Z Fold8 Ultra
- XPPen Artist Ultra 14 review: an OLED drawing tablet that's surprisingly portable and fun
- I rate both Sennheiser Momentum 4 and 5 Bluetooth headphones – but in 2026 there's only one I'd buy
- McDonald's SpongeBob x One Piece collab is as bonkers as it sounds
- Quote of the Day by Salvador Dalí: "Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it"
- Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 review – 18 years later, MGS4 still feels like an event
- Paramount's Golden Axe animation is an affront to the best sword and sorcery game of 1989
- There's nothing fishy about these protein bars, honestly
- August 20
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- What RAM crisis? B&H Photo has up to $400 off Apple's most powerful MacBook Pros
- 4 of my top-rated budget earphones are on sale right now!
- Move over Duolingo, there’s a new brand mascot in town
- A 16-year-old girl's iPhone theme is breaking UI designers' brains
- Studio Ghibli has no plan, isn't anti-AI after all, and doesn't know what Miyazaki is up to other than that he turns up for work every day
- Help! I'm instantly addicted to my new under desk treadmill
- August 19
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- The new ACOTAR book covers are giving 2016
- Amazon's destruction of rare books is a betrayal of the brand's origins
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer's podracing meets Burnout had me on the edge of my seat
- The 5 best Android drawing tablets that we've tried and tested
- I decoded the Camp Flog Gnaw lineup so you don’t have to
- Some of my favourite earphones are now as low as $20 in this Back to School sale
- GTA 6's leak exposes the uncomfortable truth about digital-only games
- These clever Coyote Vs Acme ads are stopping traffic
- Match your backpack to your personality with 42% off top brands
- How AI is reshaping the 3D creative pipeline
- The surprising reason why Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy’s ancient Greece is historically wrong
- Replacing creative jobs with AI could have a hidden cost, a new report warns
- The easy way to make epic fantasy art using Blender and Photoshop
- August 18
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- This beautiful fountain pen is 40% off right now
- Build your own t-shirt printing empire with £1,130 off this starter kit
- Has Apple dropped the ball with its Gen Z marketing?
- My favourite iPhone accessories I've tested this year – cases, power banks, ring holders and stands
- The story of China's viral "worst animation ever" just keeps getting weirder
- Our favourite 5* gaming chair just got a comfort upgrade
- Apple's leaked new AirPods Pro look like a privacy nightmare
- Tell us what you think about the new Instagram wordmark
- Clay looks like Disney's most unusual and creative movie in years
- Forget dumbphones, this viral app lets you send messages by virtual pigeon
- These suggestive billboard posters are making people do a double take
- Apple's iPhone Ultra design keeps getting more and more unconventional
- August 17
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- Why are we still treating Canva like a dirty little secret?
- Dear Disney, please keep Bluey's animation the way it is
- Instagram's new brand identity is more than just a wordmark
- While you were angry at Instagram, Jif quietly debuted a perfect new logo
- Is there a world where a £4,500 vibrating chair makes sense?
- How Planet Coaster 2’s artists made Hollywood work as a theme park
- Sony's answer to Hello Kitty is a kawaii character design for our times
- If you're making the transition from 2D to 3D art, you need to understand pivots and centre points to prevent total chaos
- XPPen's new Artist Ultra 14 drawing display gets the important specs right
- August 16
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- AI art is making digital artists embrace imperfections – here's how
- This ridiculous film poster makes me wish movies would get silly again
- Disney's Hexed controversy isn't going anywhere after its big D23 character reveal
- From robot pets to Lego sets, level up your desk with these quirky accessories
- Other brands are throwing shade at the new Instagram logo
- People are freaking out that the iPhone 18 Pro will be super expensive - but will it?
- 5 laptops and Chromebooks on sale and worth buying if you're going back to school
- August 15
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- Disney's finally returning to 2D animation as it revives its oldest character
- Ghost Market will be Pixar's first ghost story, buy people think they've seen its main character before
- How to make sci-fi concept art using VR and Blender
- No, Gen Z isn’t to blame for Instagram’s controversial new logo
- You can now plug Adobe straight into ChatGPT - but should you?
- Spotify's AI debacle is a mess of its own making
- This smartphone's solar eclipse fail shows the problem with AI-enhanced photography
- Coyote Vs Acme's rave reviews are about more than Looney Tunes nostalgia
- August 14
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- Stunning demo shows Unreal Engine 6 should be a game changer for rendering cinematics
- Audeze want to make the only headphones you'll ever need
- Studio-grade sound, desk-grade design: the amaran Mic
- 8BitDo just turned your iPhone into a perfect retro handheld with this clever controller
- Nothing’s CMF Clip Pro is the perfect cure to my individuality complex
- To target Gen Z, premium brands must learn the new codes of luxury
- This concept artist uses ZBrush and Blender to create detailed depictions of mysterious powers, forgotten species and malevolent demons
- Marvel fans apologise to your wallets, the PlayStation x Wolverine collab is here
- Quote of the Day by Hayao Miyazaki: "It’s a dangerous way to make an animated film, and I wish it could be different… we never know where the story will go, but we just keep working on the film as it develops"
- Instagram just redesigned its logo
- The new Monoprix rebrand awakens a French icon
- From KPop Demon Hunters to Charlie Vs The Chocolate Factory, Netflix has finally reversed its big-screen strategy
- August 13
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- This dark Slavic fairy-tale game is like Devil May Cry with ballet combat
- Duskfade (Switch 2) review: the Unreal Engine 5 platformer feels like a lost PS2 classic – for better and worse
- Raleigh's collapse proves that even iconic brands can't rely on nostalgia alone
- Apple's iPhone 18 line up is looking like a radical departure in more ways than one
- I just found a daily doodle website that's the most joyful middle finger to AI art
- This 3D artist depicts characters like Super Mario and Sonic as you've never seen them before using Unreal Engine and 3ds Max
- The viral cursed milk cat has been turned into a hilarious animation using Blender
- Jaguar doubles down on its controversial rebrand with a (literally) divisive interior design
- Viral hand-drawn Spider-Man poster shows people are craving more originality in movie art
- YouTube's new policy is bad news for animators
- August 12
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- Sinclair GamerCard review: the novel Raspberry Pi handheld is much more than a ZX Spectrum nostalgia trip
- This artist creates stylised but detailed 3D art inspired by nature
- The 3D software created for Lord of the Rings is being discontinued – for a strange reason
- Has the world been too harsh on Disney's Hexed?
- AI will have the biggest impact on the future of gaming, developers say
- Sir Brian May gives Queen fans a fright with bizarre AI tribute band
- August 11
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- Are Chromebooks finally good enough for university students?
- This $240 office chair is supremely light and packs a boing
- A drawing tablet I use every day just got a $60 discount
- The new 7UP rebrand is bound to be contentious
- How to make a pinhole projector to view the solar eclipse
- What does the sale of ArtStation and Sketchfab mean for digital artists?
- People can't decide whether Newcastle United's logo design poll is a joke
- See how this 3D artist experiments with colour in renders
- Taylor Swift's Trump TikTok takedowns show the White House isn't above copyright law
- August 10
- August 9
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- Viture's new Pro XR glasses have the most useful party trick ever
- Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14 vs iPad Air: which is the better tablet for digital artists?
- From Zootopia and Toy Story to X-Men's Storm, the Disney D23 poster design is raising big expectations
- Robert Pattinson’s Primetime performance is making me nauseous, and that’s great filmmaking
- The Simpsons might be ending, and millennials think they know why
- Netflix, get that man out of your billboard
- OLED vs IPS: which laptop screen should students actually buy?
- BMW's controversial Spider-Man advert could be even more damaging than the Jaguar rebrand
- The Square Enix AI fiasco convinces me we all need to start documenting our creative process
- August 8
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- So, it seems Disney music is our only protection against Meta's pervert glasses
- Ikea goes viral with racy wicker bench photo because Alexander Skarsgård
- These sold out 'Normal F****** Sunglasses’ are a huge middle finger to Meta
- MacBook Neo vs budget Windows laptops: which is worth your money?
- Get the luxury look with stationery starting from $10
- Vermont's logo looks like it was made in five seconds... so why do I love it?
- August 7
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- High-end audio take note: These $35 earphones have 2 sound profiles and they're both great
- Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats proves animation is the perfect home for weird ideas
- Nothing’s Clip Pro earbuds made me paranoid – so I put them to the test
- Japan asks Trump to quit it with the weird Super Mario videos already
- Alexander Skarsgård's wood in Wicker is almost entirely real
- How to use Notch to create live concert effects
- Laika spotlights “hands” behind the craft in stunning Wildwood poster
- These editing consoles are time-saving and ergonomic
- Quote of the Day by Paul Klee: "Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible."
- Pixar co-founder's new AI role is reigniting animation's biggest debate
- August 6
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- Want to know which laptop you actually need for your major? We got you
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (PS5) hands-on – Capcom’s samurai comeback is far stranger and more ambitious than I expected
- GTA VI is so big Netflix is treating its trailer like a Hollywood premiere
- Secretlab expands luxury Pokémon chair Collection with 3 new arrivals
- 11 drawing tablet specs explained: what every artist needs to know
- Inspired by watchmaking, we look at the unique design of Focal headphones
- ASAP Rocky just dumped this designer over leaked DMs
- Forget 3D printers, CNC machines could be the next big craze of 2027
- This indie game is turning dressmaking into the ultimate creative fantasy
- "That’s not horror, that’s just giving up": critics slam Ice Cream Man after Eli Roth's AI confession
- The TikTokification of Disney+ makes me worry about the future of animation
- How I create sprawling cyberpunk vistas using Cinema4D and Photoshop
- August 5
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- The creator of Halloween and The Thing is releasing a 132-page dystopian horror comic paired with a 14-track synth metal album that rocks like it's 1986
- This Blender Deep Paint artist makes 3D look like a children's book brought to life
- 9 beautiful air purifiers that won’t ruin your home aesthetic
- No Trump, your Newsweek magazine cover isn’t a compliment
- Hifiman Edition XV vs Thieaudio Cypher: Which $400 audiophile headphone should you buy?
- Why your 3D renders look wrong, and how the camera object fixes it
- No beaver logo is safe from Buc-ee’s legal wrath
- A viral $200 joke game highlights a serious problem for indie creators on Steam
- Berlin Museum breaks the rules of branding with EIGHTY-ONE different logos
- These are the 3 laptops you should shortlist for your studies
- August 4
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- Did Coca-Cola need a redesign? Design experts weigh in on the new look
- Why Sennheiser's brand chief is bringing London's underground club scene to the top of the Shard
- Autodesk tackles AI filmmaking's biggest problem by offering 3D control
- This MacBook charger has a tiny pixel display and is 15% off – Apple fans are going to love it
- I’m obsessed with Boox e-ink tablets right now – here's how to get one on sale
- This AI smartphone can pull off Hitchcock's hardest camera trick in Vertigo without a film crew
- This new 3D and UV printer hybrid from HeyGears just passed $10 million on Kickstarter and looks sensational
- Apple seems to be rebranding itself as a subscription service. I wish it wouldn't
- MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ review: the handheld PC that finally makes sense to a console gamer
- No, Vermont's new logo design isn't Comic Sans
- If you remember Nintendo's Game & Watch, this bizarre retro game will bring a tear to your eye
- This old-school game design optical illusion is still blowing people's minds
- August 3
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- Pepsi shades Coca-Cola in parody rebrand
- Those biceps on The Odyssey poster aren't Matt Damon's – and they aren't even a man's
- Want the same phone as Spider-Man? Just 3 days remain to preorder the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8
- The Boox Go 6 Gen 2 is a super cute, ultra-portable Kindle alternative – and you can write on it!
- Why Spider-Man: Brand New Day's subway scene feels so real
- How Stupid Never Dies built one of gaming's freshest art styles by redefining punk from scratch
- The MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ reaffirms both my likes and dislikes for 2-in-1s
- Everyone in this AI art row has a point, and that's what worries me
- August 2
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- How Toy Story and Monsters Inc. inspired a career in 3D art
- Designer's attempt to fix Disney+ logo fires up fans
- What does the biggest AI copyright payout in history actually change for creatives?
- People can't believe this image of an iPhone Pro isn't real
- This portable paper tablet might be my favourite gadget of the decade
- From tobacco to Tesla, how the subvertising has held up a mirror to some of the biggest brands
- August 1
