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    5 digital illustration techniques you should try in 2026
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    5 digital illustration techniques you should try in 2026

    Digital illustration is evolving. By 2026, certain techniques will be consolidated as essential. Incorporate these 5 trends to your portfolio. Digital illustration continues to transform at an accelerated pace. Every year new tools, styles and approaches emerge that expand the creative possibilities for artists of all levels. In 2026, visual trends point to a balanced combination of digital, analog and narrative experimentation. Mastering new techniques not only broadens your skills, but also allows you to stand out in an increasingly competitive industry. Exploring trends is a way to stay current, nurture your style and discover unexpected ways to tell visual stories. Here are 5 key techniques that will shape digital illustration in 2026, ideal to start integrating into your creative workflow today. 1. Analog textures applied digitally. The fusion between manual and digital will continue to grow. Illustrators are increasingly incorporating brushes that simulate graphite, charcoal, ink, oil or watercolor, achieving a handmade finish without giving up digital flexibility. It is also becoming common to digitize real textures rough paper, watercolor stains, handmade strokes to integrate them in layers and enrich the composition. This technique adds depth, imperfection and humanity, highly valued in editorial illustration, children, posters and personal art.

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  • 6 Design Trends You Need to Know for 2022
    Design

    6 Design Trends You Need to Know for 2022

    Maximalism, diversity, ethics, and anti-design are trends predicted to take center stage in the new year

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  • Free Guide: Color Psychology for Interior Design
    Teacher Architecture & Space

    Free Guide: Color Psychology for Interior Design

    Want to brighten up your home in the new year, but don’t know where to start? Try this free guide to color psychology

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  • The Essential Materials You Need to Crochet Socks
    Craft

    The Essential Materials You Need to Crochet Socks

    From the ideal yarn to the right kind of needles, discover everything you need to start crocheting

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  • Across the Multiverse: 20 Years of Spider-Man Movie Costumes
    Fashion

    Across the Multiverse: 20 Years of Spider-Man Movie Costumes

    To mark the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, we take an inter-universal trip through the hero’s suits

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  • Weaving Tutorial: How to Make a Coaster On a Frame Loom
    Teacher Craft

    Weaving Tutorial: How to Make a Coaster On a Frame Loom

    Learn how to weave a simple coaster following textile artist Marion Weymes free tutorial and downloadable template

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  • What Is a Foundation Stitch and How’s It Used in Embroidery?
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    What Is a Foundation Stitch and How’s It Used in Embroidery?

    Learn how you can use foundation stitches to protect your embroidery on paper projects

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  • Free Download: 5 Procreate Brushes for Children’s Illustration
    Teacher Illustration

    Free Download: 5 Procreate Brushes for Children’s Illustration

    Discover these textured digital brushes and paint your way to a magical picture book for children

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  • Challenge: Can You Write a Long Story on Twitter in Eight Tweets?
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    Challenge: Can You Write a Long Story on Twitter in Eight Tweets?

    Screenwriter, cartoonist, and editor Manuel Bartual takes on this Domestika social media challenge Manuel Bartual (@manuelbartual) has many talents, but above all, he considers himself a storyteller. He also knows that there’s more than just one way to bring a narrative to life, and so he uses a range of diverse mediums including podcasts, cinema, novels, and social media. In 2017, he wrote a fictional story through a series of Twitter threads that quickly went viral, becoming a Worldwide Twitter Trend and attracting hundreds of thousands of followers who now eagerly await each post. In this Domestika Challenge, we put his Twitter skills to the test by surprising him with groups of 7 words, picked at random, which he must use to create a story using no more than eight Tweets. Will he succeed? Find out in the video below:

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  • 7 Online Calligraphy Courses for Learning New Styles
    Typography, Calligraphy and Lettering

    7 Online Calligraphy Courses for Learning New Styles

    From English to Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, digital, and beyond, learn exciting calligraphy styles with these courses

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  • Meditative Coloring: 50 Free Mandala Designs for Coloring In
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    Meditative Coloring: 50 Free Mandala Designs for Coloring In

    Draw, design, and color in your own mandalas with this free app and website

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  • 22 Free Online Craft Classes to Say Goodbye to 2021
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    22 Free Online Craft Classes to Say Goodbye to 2021

    Learn to craft with textiles, ceramics, paper, and more with this huge range of free classes

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  • Immerse Yourself in the Poetic Hyperrealism of Luiz Escañuela
    Teacher Art

    Immerse Yourself in the Poetic Hyperrealism of Luiz Escañuela

    Domestika Creatives accompanies the Brazilian artist on a sensory journey through his work and inspirations

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  • Free Reference Images to Design Your Own Character
    Teacher Illustration

    Free Reference Images to Design Your Own Character

    Character designer Dan Kelby shares free reference images to design your own unique character

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  • Stamping Tutorial: How to Create Homemade Stamps with Potatoes
    Teacher Craft

    Stamping Tutorial: How to Create Homemade Stamps with Potatoes

    Learn how to create a printed cushion using homemade stamps made from potatoes, with María Vázquez

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  • Procreate Tutorial: How to Design a Festive Greeting Card
    Teacher Illustration

    Procreate Tutorial: How to Design a Festive Greeting Card

    Learn the steps to design a festive greeting card on Procreate with illustrator Lauren Radley

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  • Free Guide: Tips to Share Your Design Work Online
    Teacher Marketing

    Free Guide: Tips to Share Your Design Work Online

    Ready to share your projects with the world? Discover top tips to build your online portfolio

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  • 5 Websites for 100s of Free Crochet and Knitting Patterns
    Craft

    5 Websites for 100s of Free Crochet and Knitting Patterns

    From clothing to blankets and home décor, discover tons of free crochet and knitting patterns to inspire you

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  • The History of Sculpture: From the Venus of Willendorf to David
    Craft

    The History of Sculpture: From the Venus of Willendorf to David

    Discover the history of the human body in sculpture from the Venus of Willendorf to Michelangelo's David

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  • Free eBook: Color Theory, by Domestika
    Teacher Illustration

    Free eBook: Color Theory, by Domestika

    Discover the basics of color theory with the experts in this free beginner's guide

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  • What Is Food Design and What Does a Food Designer Do?
    Design

    What Is Food Design and What Does a Food Designer Do?

    Discover this broad discipline that reflects on how we create, present, and consume food

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  • These 7 Colors Will Trend in 2022 According to the Experts
    Architecture & Space

    These 7 Colors Will Trend in 2022 According to the Experts

    Seven major paint brands announce their color trend predictions for the coming year

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  • Free Pattern Guide: How to Crochet a Granny Square
    Teacher Craft

    Free Pattern Guide: How to Crochet a Granny Square

    From sweaters to blankets, you can learn to crochet your own cozy pieces using the traditional granny square style

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  • 5 Online Courses to Learn How to Draw Animals from Scratch
    Illustration

    5 Online Courses to Learn How to Draw Animals from Scratch

    Whether it’s a pen, nib, or sketchbook, discover how to draw and illustrate animals using different techniques

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  • Manga Tutorial: How to Draw Tanjiro with Markers
    Teacher Illustration

    Manga Tutorial: How to Draw Tanjiro with Markers

    Create the protagonist of the anime ‘Demon Slayer’, Tanjiro Kamado, using only markers, with Caio Yo

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  • Activist Collective’s Playful Pub Wins Turner Prize 2021
    Art

    Activist Collective’s Playful Pub Wins Turner Prize 2021

    Discover Array Collective’s winning project, and how past winners played with space to spark conversations

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  • Seeing the Same Color Everywhere? It May Be the Next Pantone
    Teacher Design

    Seeing the Same Color Everywhere? It May Be the Next Pantone

    Pantone's Color of the Year doesn't only set the trends, it's influenced by them too

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  • The Community’s 22 Favorite Free Downloads in 2021
    Teacher Domestika

    The Community’s 22 Favorite Free Downloads in 2021

    Say goodbye to 2021 with these free guides, tools, patterns, and more to take your creativity to the next level in 2022

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  • Free Illustrated Guide: How to Paint Watercolor Whales
    Teacher Illustration

    Free Illustrated Guide: How to Paint Watercolor Whales

    Learn how to use watercolors and textures to accurately paint orca, blue, and humpback whales with three visual guides

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  • Hayao Miyazaki Returns to Studio Ghibli for New Film
    3D & Animation

    Hayao Miyazaki Returns to Studio Ghibli for New Film

    The anime giant leaves retirement one last time, this time to make a film based on one of his favorite childhood novels

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  • 6 Free Professional Ceramics Tutorials for Beginners
    Craft

    6 Free Professional Ceramics Tutorials for Beginners

    From creating a simple clay vase to glazing techniques, learn how to master ceramics with some help from the experts One of the oldest manmade materials, pottery has been used for centuries for making household objects, building houses, storing food and drink, and even recording stories—the ancient Greeks used vases and ceramic pieces to keep their stories and mythology alive (this is why it is so common to find pottery in archaeological excavations to this day). There's so much you can create using simple materials and techniques that hold great cultural and emotional value.

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