In this issue

Artist in Residence:
Colleen Doran
The award-winning US artist-writer often
gets visited by wildlife in her rural studio, Sketchbook: Thomas
Chamberlain-Keen
This artist embraces community design
challenges as a way to hone his skills and
unfurl his imagination...

The best online concept art schools

Class acts Lockdown needn’t stop you learning concept art or extending your skill-set. Tom May presents eight great places to study online

7 mins

A day in the life of a concept artist

Creative talk Carolina Tello Zeleski, an art director at California-based studio Sanzaru Games, takes us through her typical day…

2 mins

Colleen Doran

Collector’s items The award-winning US artist-writer wants her studio to be as comfortable as possible. She tells us that it’s not work to her, it’s oxygen!

2 mins

ARTIST PORTFOLIO: PETER POPKEN

The concept artists tells Gary Evans how a long and varied apprenticeship led to success in the film business

10+ mins

Photoshop: USE CONTRAST IN YOUR CONCEPT ART

Lane Brown shares his process for composing two characters with an interesting balance of contrast and harmony to achieve greater impact

2 mins

Blender: SKETCH WITH THE GREASE PENCIL

James Lewis-Vines uses Blender’s acclaimed Grease Pencil tool to help him quickly visualise an immersive underwater environment

6 mins

MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020)

NEW LEAF Discover why designers and video editors should be glad that Apple’s latest MacBook has given Intel’s chip tech the cold shoulder

4 mins

The Art of Pernille Ørum

CHARACTER BUILDING After being kickstarted into life in less than a day, expectations are high for Pernille Ørum’s latest book…

1 min

Sketching from the Imagination: Anime & Manga

CREATIVE COLLECTION Illustrators from around the world provide loose sketches, tight line-art and colour studies of manga art

1 min

First Impressions

Exploring art on his own terms is important to this English illustrator

3 mins

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