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With the decline in print publishing, and the rapid expansion in digital, how do smaller publishers go about getting their content onto the iPad platform? We view twelve solutions.

Karan Singh shows you a clever and ridiculously quick way of giving your flat illustrations a faux 3D finish – without leaving the confines of Illustrator.

You can easily combine isometrically drawn objects with repeat tiling to create a complex cityscape, as 2xanadu demonstrates

Ciara Phelan shows you how to hone your cut-out skills to prepare images for collaging. You’ll also learn some handy tricks to give your images a vintage look.

Abigail Daker swiftly creates a dynamic composition by digitally colouring a hand-drawn image

Following up his earlier tutorial in on creating a character in the style of a 16-bit arcade game such as Street Fighter II, here James May takes you through the steps involved in animating this character to create a ‘load screen’.

Work with layered photographs and simple effects to create a textured graphic compilatio

Mexican prints are known for their bold colours and beautiful flowery, repetitive geometric shapes. In this tutorial, Berlin-based artist Amrei Hofstätter (aka Vertico's Puppets) will show you how to create a complex, colourful pattern by using just two simple geometric objects in Illustrator.

Charles Williams shows how to create an elegant logotype with a 3D finish. You'll then learn how to integrate it successfully into a photograph to give a naturalistic result.

James May shows how to create a 16-bit arcade game character based on a photo, using Photoshop's colour palette and the Pencil tool.