Tanya Combrinck
Tanya is a writer covering art, design, and visual effects. She has 16 years of experience as a magazine journalist and has written for numerous publications including 3D World, 3D Artist, ImagineFX, Computer Arts, net magazine, and Creative Bloq. For Creative Bloq, she mostly writes about web design, including the hottest new tools, as well as 3D artwork and VFX.
Latest articles by Tanya Combrinck
How can we fix online news?
By Tanya Combrinck published
Online news is failing us. Here, seven leading web pros explain how we can start to solve the problem.
Dynamic Auto Painter 5
By Tanya Combrinck published
REVIEW: Transform your photos into art in the style of an Old Master with this powerful software.
Introducing Winsor & Newton's pigment markers
By Tanya Combrinck published
Marker pens with intense, beautiful, vibrant colours that you can blend like paint.
How to conduct a successful project debrief
By Tanya Combrinck published
A thorough debrief can help you establish what worked well – and what didn't. Here's how to get deep insights from your post-mortems.
The story behind The Fox and the Star
By Tanya Combrinck published
Discover the secrets of the award-winning children's book at the William Morris Gallery in London.
Christmas gift guide for web designers under £20/$25
By Tanya Combrinck published
Stuck for gift ideas for the web designer in your life? We've got you covered.
Christmas gift guide for web designers under £50/$75
By Tanya Combrinck published
Is your special someone a web designer? Here are some suitable Christmas gift ideas.
10 best new web design tools for November
By Tanya Combrinck published
Get to grips with new JavaScript syntax, code faster and better, and try out a web browser for power users
3 simple ways to speed up your website
By Tanya Combrinck published
Discover some of the best practices needed for awesome website performance.
10 best new web design tools in July
By Tanya Combrinck published
Version 5.0 of Ruby on Rails, two new tools for making pattern libraries, a cross-platform vector art app and much more.
10 great new web design tools for June
By Tanya Combrinck published
Ground-breaking file compression, jQuery 3.0, and a tool that makes a website from your Dropbox folder – just some of June's highlights.
May's 10 best new web design tools
By Tanya Combrinck published
Galleries of UI interactions and prototypes, a great JavaScript library for charting and loads of learning resources
The physical switch to turn off your emails
By Tanya Combrinck published
Ever felt like you're drowning in emails? Brendan Dawes presents a way to turn them off.
What's your favourite social tech project?
By Tanya Combrinck published
The Nominet Trust is looking for nominations for its annual NT100 - a list of the 100 most inspiring social tech ventures from around the world.
Anna Debenham on wearable devices and browsing on game consoles
By Tanya Combrinck published
Anna Debenham gives us a preview of the talk she will deliver at Generate London, which is taking place on 26 September.
Zoe Mickley Gillenwater on being fearless with CSS
By Tanya Combrinck published
Zoe Mickley Gillenwater on bold experimentation and why Dreamweaver isn't so bad.
A standard spec for Markdown
By Tanya Combrinck published
Finally, a solution for Markdown ambiguity is on the horizon.
Create interactive UI elements, no coding experience required
By Tanya Combrinck published
'De-dramatise' getting into programming with this minimal language made specially for UI designers.
New app puts awkwardness back into instant messaging
By Tanya Combrinck published
New app from filmmaker Miranda July enables you to send a message through an intermediary who delivers your words verbally.
Christopher Murphy on making ideas happen
By Tanya Combrinck published
The designer speaks about his upcoming talk at Generate London on 26 September and why there's never been a more exciting time to be working on the web.
Creative berk Gavin Strange on the power of extreme enthusiasm
By Tanya Combrinck published
Senior designer at Aardman Animations Gavin Strange explains what he'll be speaking about at Generate London.
Alastair Campbell on why responsive design is great for accessibility
By Tanya Combrinck published
Accessibility expert Alastair Campbell is speaking at Generate London on 26 September.
Remy Sharp on the web community and life after jQuery
By Tanya Combrinck published
Remy Sharp gives us a sneak peek at his upcoming talk at Generate in September
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