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September 2026

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September 26
- “Fan art helps me escape my habits" – Recreating Distant Lands: Obsidian allowed this artist to explore colours, lighting and subjects beyond his usual repertoire
September 25
- Quote of the Day by Es Devlin: "I’ve learned that I make my most interesting work when I don’t know the rules and I don’t know what I’m doing"
- This digital artist takes inspiration from Old Masters and orientalist paintings
September 22
- I finally learned to enjoy 3D art with this workflow using 3DCoat, Quixel Mixer, Blender and Photoshop
September 21
- Forget iPhone 18's Dark Cherry, these gorgeous cases let you play with seasonal colours in a less permanent way
September 18
- Quote of the Day by James Gurney: "Working from imagination and from observation are indispensable to each other"
September 17
- Quote of the Day by Peter Max: "The Beatles captured the music mood of the late '60s and early '70s, I captured the visual."
- This artist's dark fantasy concepts create a sense of unease and vast scale
September 16
- This artist blends traditional Chinese ink aesthetics with digital painting in Photoshop to create dynamic Three Kingdoms characters
September 15
- Final Fantasy VII inspired this artist to create her own worlds
September 11
- Quote of the Day by Mary Cassatt: "I hated conventional art – I began to live."
- This artist upcycles vintage artwork to give forgotten paintings a quirky modern twist
September 10
- This artist designed a poker deck inspired by the crisp textures and geometric shapes of Cubism and Futurism
September 6
- Animals from wildflowers? This unique illustration style shouldn't work, but it does - and here's why
September 5
- “Korean games and character art played a big part in inspiring me to become a 3D character artist"
- Quote of the Day by Tim Cook: "I'm not worried about AI giving computers the ability to think like humans. I'm more concerned about people thinking like computers without values or compassion, without concern for consequences."
September 4
- Quote of the Day by Pablo Picasso: “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense"
September 3
- This artist turns iconic characters like Spider-Man and Hulk into sculptural Marvels
September 2
- Designers, do you recognise this old-school equipment?
- This 3D artist uses Unreal Engine 5 and Blender to achieve incredible detail in heroic character designs
September 1
- “Ideas for my art come from different places. In this case, I was inspired by an iron maiden paired with a goblin who takes great zeal in his work”