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Editor Rob Redman rob.redman@futurenet.com Art Editor Daniel Vincent Production Editor Henry Burridge Dominic Carter, Tanya Combrinck, Ian Dean, Edwin Huang, Charles Lister, Hicham Habchi, Brooks Kim, Songmutougada, Jeremy Fenske, Andrés Aponte, Erk

LOCATION: Germany MEDIA: Photoshop WEB: www.artstation.com/oxiten Xenia is a freelance illustrator and concept artist. Her greatest sources of inspiration are traditional cultures and folklore. She loves taking popular themes and sprinkling them wit

Working at a big studio certainly has its perks. Larger studios have luxurious facilities, and the projects you’ll work on often have bigger, better budgets. But sometimes less really is more; a stint at a smaller company where you have to work with

The second chapter in the ImagineFX Art Challenge story has been written with this super selection of entries for our Fantasy Book Illustration theme. Once again there was no shortage of choice for our judges, who picked out eight stunning pieces to

We had a blast at Vertex 2024, our live digital art event held at London’s Business Design Centre, organised alongside our friends from 3D World and Creative Bloq. It was wonderful to absorb the artistic goodness, speaking to a roster of talented sp

I finally gave up the hustle and bustle of the New York City studio lifestyle. I made the move to lazy California about five years ago and have never looked back. My primary workstation is in a small bedroom. Most of my work is digital these days, s

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Charles Lister LOCATION: US Concept artist Charles works in traditional media and specialises in making macabre and fantastical creatures, and streams their creation to art lovers on Twitch. The characters here are part of his growing personal world

Nathan Fowkes During the course of his stellar career, concept artist and teacher Nathan Fowkes has already witnessed huge changes in terms of how artists work. And while the industry is on the threshold of even bigger innovations, he explains to us

“This character is based on a series of sketches I’ve created to explore the world of Dragon Ball Z and the story of Trunks, from the future to the past, with a different stylistic and narrative lens.” “In a clash of vigilantes, Batman and Robin, fat

Brooks Kim LOCATION: South Korea Brooks Kim is as a game artist and illustrator, and also personally works as a portrait artist. https://bit.ly/4dry5mD When I was teaching myself how to draw, two artists whose methods had a huge influence on me wer

Artist PROFILE Songmutougada LOCATION: China Songmutougada is an artist from Luoyang. He has made art for League of Legends, and his work has also been used as part of the game’s charitable activities. https://bit.ly/4a6ZJ5k “When drawing this pi

I avoid being too safe or consistent with my concepts, adding odd elements like the plane to create a sense of the unexpected. The girl’s almost telekinetic connection to the giant beetle suggests intriguing stories, making the image more than just a

Artist PROFILE, Jeremy Fenske LOCATION: US Art director and concept artist Jeremy worked on The Elder Scrolls Online and Destiny 2, and led Palia’s art team at a start-up studio. He shares his process in live streams, YouTube and by holding workshop

Artist PROFILE Andrés Aponte LOCATION: Colombia Andrés is a freelance visual development and background artist for the game and animation industries. He is mostly self-taught and enjoys learning challenging new tools to expand his artistic talents

Workshops “In this piece I wanted to create a dramatic moment with a story behind it. Will the hero escape or fall prey to the creatures? My intention was to communicate this through exaggeration and movement. The combination of the characters’ poses

Artist PROFILE Lina Sidorova LOCATION: Montenegro Lina is a concept artist, matte painter and art teacher who has worked on a number of video game titles. https://bit.ly/3JO4dmV Photobashing is a technique used to create images from photographs,

“For this artwork, I experimented with using a workflow that incorporates both Photoshop and Krita. I started off the process by sketching the composition in Krita using the Sketching Chrome Thin Brush. I love this brush, as it feels like I’m drawing

LOCATION: US MEDIA: Watercolour WEB: www.liquidfae.com Erin is an illustrator whose creations sit at the border of fantasy and the natural world. Infused with nature, mythology and spiritualism, her art explores the grey spaces where reality and im

My painting, which I titled Fleeting, was originally made for the Ephemeral art exhibit at Jiro Miura Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. Coming from the word ‘ephemeral’ itself – meaning something that doesn’t last a long time – I pictured a story of a mysteri

Where did you grow up and how has this inf luenced your art? I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. There are many parts of the Bay where art is celebrated. This included not only illustration but also music, theatre and more. I was l