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Tips for do-it-yourself artists

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In Move over stock photos, Poser's here , Cathy Moore looks at alternatives to stock photos, in which, she complains, the girls are always too thin, too pretty and too happy. You can get these figures to adopt whatever pose or expression you like - something that's not possible with clip art or stock photography.

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Design elements - a graphics style manual

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Create images - don't scavenge : Nothing is more banal or meaningless than a commonly-used instance of stock photography that shows up everywhere. Static equals dull : If a layout is clearly flat and fails to offer a sense of movement or spatial interaction, the viewer's brain is likely to be disinterested.

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