Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and leading video game title Official PlayStation Magazine. In his early career he wrote for music and film magazines including Uncut and SFX. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on AI, digital art and video game art and tech, and more to Creative Bloq, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5. He's also a keen Cricut user and laser cutter fan, and is currently crafting on Glowforge and xTools M1.
Latest articles by Ian Dean

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Why Flow Studio's Nikola Todorovic thinks AI will trigger Hollywood's next great disruption.

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How to look at the world differently.

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Diana Colella, EVP, Media & Entertainment at Autodesk, believes AI should free up time to be creative, not just produce more content.

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The best retro game consoles enable you to play the greatest games. But which is the best for you?

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Beer in hand, gaming like it's 1998 all over again.

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But there's still a question left hanging – what about jobs?

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Andrew Anagnost says AI needs guardrails, but the more immediate disruption for creatives is already happening in animation and VFX.

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Did you finish it on one credit?

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Warrior Cats behind-the-scenes art reveals a surprisingly expressive CGI style.

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Finding the freedom to make art on your own terms.

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All you need to make a retro game memorable is a robotic wasp, some angry insects and a dead rat.

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It looks very different, and Zelda fans feel strongly about it.

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Forget space marines, Rebellion's horror shooter gives you an engineer.

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More ambitious than we expected.

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Jim Musil's colourful landscapes look complicated, but they're based on a much simpler idea that digital artists can use to replicate them.

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Deals on organisers, monitor stands, mechanical keyboards, desk lamps and charging docks.

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As keen crafters, we've picked out the best laptops for Cricut makers – all tested to handle the brand's software.

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The new Android drawing tablet promises desktop drawing accuracy.

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Expression Games' senior art director Ryan Playle-Howard reveals the challenges involved in bringing the first-person shooter's vast scale to life.

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Why this advice is more relevant than ever in an age of algorithms, AI and art made for likes.

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The time mechanic gives me fun FOMO, but I just wanted more bloodsucking.

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I've been waiting 20 years; while it occasionally drags, Onimusha delivers where it matters.

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Final Fantasy 7's Cloud looks like Scarlett Johansson in a Mötley Crüe wig.
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