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Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner

Creative Boom

She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Her work on the illustration and lettering of book covers began with novels by Virginia Woolf, some of which were published in 2016 as a paperback series.

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Ladybird rebrand is the publisher's biggest change in over 100 years

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Publishing giant Ladybird Books has today unveiled a fresh new look that captures the playful spirit of the iconic brand. These new guidelines include a suite of fun, flexible contemporary colours, patterns, shapes and stickers, allowing Ladybird to get its message across to existing audiences.

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When I Say Rosey Lea, You Say Tea: bringing cockney rhyming slang to a new generation

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The goal is to make children actively engage with the rhyming patterns, turning language into a kind of game. I found myself referring to a lot of vintage illustrations and repeat pattern making, especially from packaging design and clothing," she says.

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Rebrand of Riot Games by Stink Studios prioritises the player experience

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Founded in 2006 and based in Los Angeles, Riot Games is a major video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organiser, best known for its battle arena game League of Legends. The new visual identity unites Riot's diverse gaming worlds with a cohesive system prioritising player experience.

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How To Create a Seamless Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

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Ever since the addition of the Object > Pattern > Make workflow to Adobe Illustrator in CS6, creating seamlessly repeating patterns has never been easier! Beforehand, it was necessary to manually place graphics so they repeated from edge to edge, but now it can all be done visually using Illustrator’s Pattern interface.

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Xinyue Song escapes the patterns of everyday life with her happy and ironic illustrations

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There is nothing more rewarding than seeing your work being published.". I wanted to escape this life pattern and eliminate the confusion and frustration growing with each passing day.". "I still remember how excited I was when I got a job late last year to draw athletes for the Winter Olympics for Adidas. © Xinyue Song. © Xinyue Song.

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Lesley Barnes' joyful new picture book encourages you to unleash your inner fashionista

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Published by Counter-Print, Fashion Play is described as an "endless fashion playground" where creativity knows no bounds. I have always loved fashion in terms of silhouette, pattern and colour and thought readers could have a lot of fun mixing and matching unusual outfits," Lesley tells Creative Boom. "I

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