Latest articles by Ian Dean
I’ve been testing drawing tablets for years – these are the only Prime Day deals I'd consider
There are already price drops on Wacom, Xencelabs, XPPen and more.
The best digital art software
Discover the best free and paid-for digital art tools around.
Why Ready or Not feels so real – how Unreal Engine 5 is delivering next-level immersion
Void's art director and lead designer reveal what it takes to improve on PC perfection.
How Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Delves is breaking all fantasy art rules
Artist Andre Kolb and writer Justice Arman share how they brought a new style to D&D.
The best vinyl cutter machines for home crafting
The best vinyl cutter machines enable you to make stickers, banners and more.
What is impasto and how can you do it in digital art?
Adding texture and emotion to your digital art.
Plein air painting goes digital: how artists are using portable tech to paint in the great outdoors
Top tips from five pro concept artists.
I challenged AI to create an ASMR video – here's how close it came to nailing that satisfying vibe
Can AI really make decent ASMR? I put it to the test.
Wacom Intuos Pro (2025) review: after three weeks of testing, here's why Wacom's new tablet won me over
Big features hidden in a small drawing tablet.
Why Wacom’s Pro Pen 3 is the most significant stylus design shift in years
Perfect for fussy digital artists.
You can hate iOS 26 and Liquid Glass but the Steve Jobs nostalgia needs to stop
He would have done things you now dislike.
The best games console for every type of gamer: performance, value, retro and more
Our video games specialist helps you choose the best games console for you, whether that's for performance or value.
Fortnite's creative future involves AI tools, big ideas and "plumbing", Epic Games' Saxs Persson tells me
How Fortnite is becoming a "catalyst for creativity".
Nex Playground review: an Apple-like active games console for the family
Accessible, controller-free gaming that's ideal for children.
How The Witcher 4's "infinite forest" is being built one branch at a time using Unreal Engine 5.6
I speak to Epic Games and CD Projekt Red to discover if this is more than a demo.
MetaHuman just broke free from Unreal Engine 5 – why everyone can now create lifelike characters
Epic Games' cutting edge creation and animation toolkit is now available to all.
24 Procreate tutorials to improve your digital art and design
The best Procreate tutorials, from the basics to advanced tools, including using new brushes, layers and 3D models.
Everything I saw at State of Unreal 2025: why the The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 tech demo matters so much
The Witcher 4 teases what's next for Unreal Engine and AI tools offer a new way to create.
Unreal Engine 5.6 is out – here's what impressed me
The seven new features and upgrades you need to know.
How to use an iPad as a drawing tablet with a PC
Want to use an iPad as a drawing tablet with a PC? There are a number of ways to do it
The best iPad Pro apps for Apple Pencil
The best iPad Pro apps to get the most from your Apple Pencil.
This node-based creative AI app is changing how artists work
FLORA brings together every AI art and video model into into one infinite space.
You're not supposed to notice it – inside the hidden art of animation and VFX in Guild Wars 2
Artists Geoffrey Milligan and Konstantin Skripalsh explain how VFX and animation work in harmony.
