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Digital A rts
welcome
This month’s cover illustration is
by Vault49, www.vault49.com
While not in the same league
as nursing or teaching, design
is considered by many to be a
vocational career. Designers choose to work
in the creative industry for the love of simply
being, well, creative, so the argument goes.
Things such as money, acclaim and career
growth are often seen as incidental when
designers start out – the dessert to design’s
main course.
Cold reality, though, is often disappointing.
Boring, bread-&-butter work of corporate
brochures, identikit Web site creation, and
endless Photoshop cutouts can quickly
become the norm. Sure, they pay the bills
and keep the wolf from your door, but is that
actually what you signed up for when you
heard your creative calling? Our Live the
Creative Dream feature on page 22 reveals
how you can cast off the crushing elements
of design and work on projects that reignite
the creative spark and passion we all feel
when working on something we love.
Of course, money is a necessary evil for
even the most carefree of designer, so this
issue we’ve also found out how you can get
creative funding for your work or newly
established creative studio. Find out how
on page 32.
If you’re still stuck for inspiration, then
check out the latest creative offerings from
our readers on page 18. You can also follow
along with our great tutorials starting on
page 44, covering some cracking Photoshop,
Illustrator and After Effects techniques.
So, rediscover your passion for design,
get your career back on track and you too
can live the creative dream.
EDITORIAL
Editor Lynn Wright lynn_wright@idg.co.uk
Deputy editor Neil Bennett neil_bennett@idg.co.uk
Production editor Alice Ross alice_ross@idg.co.uk
Art editor Johann Chan johann_chan@idg.co.uk
ADVERTISING
Advertising manager Matthew Bennett matthewb@idg.co.uk
Sales executive Ben Hakki ben_hakki@idg.co.uk
Contact Digital Arts advertising on 020 7071 3682
MARKETING
CD editor Richard Clooke richard_clooke@idg.co.uk
Group marketing manager Nikki Causer nikki_causer@idg.co.uk
Subscriptions manager Tom Drummond tom_drummond@idg.co.uk
PRODUCTION
Head of production Richard Bailey richard_bailey@idg.co.uk
Ad production assistant Matthew Lane matthew_lane@idg.co.uk
PUBLISHING
Publishing director Mustafa Mustafa mustafa@idg.co.uk
Managing director Kit Gould
CONTRIBUTORS
Sean Ashcroft, Michael Burns, Joanne Carter, Ed Ewing,
Simon Eccles, Alan Stafford, Craig Grannell, Martyn Williams
TYPEFACES
Neutraliser, Neo Tech, Palatino , Titling Gothic
PRODUCTION SERVICES /
DIGITAL STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
Printed by St Ives (Roche) / Stock photography from Getty Images,
plus additional images from Digital Vision
TECHNOLOGY
Apple G5 and Dell 670 workstations, Adobe Photoshop CS,
Adobe InDesign CS, QuarkXPress 7, Adobe Acrobat CS, iPod bed
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Call the Subscription Hotline on 01858 438 867
13 issues for £49.99 (UK) £90 Europe, £120 Rest of World
BACK ISSUES
For back issues call 01858 438 867
Back issues cost £5.99 each including p&p in the UK
£8.99 Europe, £9.99 Rest of World
ADDRESS
99 Gray‘s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8TY
Tel: 020 7071 3615, fax (ads): 020 7405 0262
Lynn Wright
editor
WORLD LEADERS IN IT PUBLISHING
Digital A rts
Digital Arts delivers authoritative creative advice that directly impacts on you as a designer. Digital Arts covers design,
visual effects, video, interactive, 3D, and animation, and our tutorials are sourced from leading creative practitioners.
Digital Arts is the leading reviews magazine, and reviews more creative products than any other UK monthly magazine.
WELCOME
03
The world’s biggest creative design & technology magazine
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contents
VISIT WWW.DIGITALARTSONLINE.CO.UK FOR ALL THE LATEST REVIEWS
in this issue
P 22 LIVING THE DREAM
Between you and your perfect job are choices that you
must get right. We put you on the path to success
P 32 SHOW ME THE MONEY
Funding is available from many sources to help expand
your business – check out our guide to what’s available
P 34 TALES OF THE RIVERBANK
Prime Focus London blended puppets with CG animation
to bring the classic kids’ TV show into the 21st century
P 40 SWEENEY TODD’S BEGINNINGS
Acclaimed title designer Richard Morrison details his work
on the gory opening sequence to Tim Burton’s musical
ON THIS MONTH’S DIGITAL ARTS CD
MASTERCLASS
Animation showcase
FLIP ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Over an hour of the best animated short
films and installation artworks from the
recent West Midlands-based festival
Photoshop video tutorials
Three sessions from Talented Pixie’s new
advanced art-&-design training DVD set
18 high-resolution photos
Digital Arts and Shutterstock have
teamed up to bring you 18 royalty-free
images that can be used up to A4
Behind the Tales Of The Riverbank
A video on how the VFX were created
RealVue3D trial
Try the new tool that enables you to see
how your print designs will really appear
P 44 PRODUCE PSYCHEDELIC ART
WITH DISTORTION IN PHOTOSHOP
How to layer and blend images to give a 60s feel
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at a glance
P 06 NEWS & PRODUCTS
The very latest creative news and products
P 15 STOCK
This month’s new stock media collections
P 18 SHOWCASE
Readers show off their stunning work
COVER FEATURE
P 22 LIVING THE DREAM
How to plot the path to your perfect job
P 32 SHOW ME THE MONEY
Get cash to help build your business
P 34 TALES OF THE RIVERBANK
The difficulties of creating CG marmalade
P 38 BACK TO BASICS
Axis goes old school for French pop promo
P 41 SWEENEY TODD TITLES
Th1ng bring the gore to hit movies titles
P 44 PSYCHEDELIC ART EFFECTS
Distort and blend images for a trippy look
P 48 CONVINCING CHARACTERS
Tips on bringing digital characters to life
REVIEWS
P 52 TRACK AND CLONE
Match CG to footage faster and better
P 56 PRODUCT REVIEWS
Our in-depth creative product testing
P 56 FFEI REALVUE3D
P 59 EPSON STYLUS
PHOTO R1900
P 60 HP XW4600
P 61 CAD2 VISION
D2X-SE
P 61 ROCK PEGASUS 670
P 63 DXO LABS DXO
OPTICS PRO 5
P 64 DATA ROBOTICS
DROBO
P 68 GROUP TEST
Five 30-inch monitors put head to-head
P 75 BUYERS GUIDE
The last six months of reviews at a glance
P 80 CD PAGES
What’s on your free creative cover CD
P 82 BLOG
Readers’ letters and design musings
P 66 TESTED: 30-
INCH LCD MONITORS
We put desktop-dominating
displays through their paces
to find the best 30-inch
monitor for designers, motion
graphics artists, illustrators
photographers and editors.
Find your next monitor here.
Digital A rts
Best Buy
P 48 CREATING CONVINCING
CHARACTERS IN ILLUSTRATOR
Design better digital characters with mass appeal
P 52 ADVANCED MOTION TRACKING
AND CLONING IN AFTER EFFECTS
Film-level techniques for matching CG to footage
CONTENTS
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