CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF 2000 AD

We’ve collected an all-star roundup of illustrators of the legendary sci-fi comic to answer our questions and provide an inside look into the world of comic art

Rebelle PAINT VIBRANT PORTRAITS

Get to know the new Rebelle 5 as Georg Ireland paints the composer Puccini in the style of Spontaneous Realism

Veronika Fedorova

Veronika is a fantasy illustrator and game artist whose clients include Thunderful Games, Hit Point Press, and Osprey Publishing. “I particularly enjoy imaginative realism painted digitally and realistic food illustrations.”

ArtRage Vitae: ADD POLISH TO ILLUSTRATIONS

Artist Chris Petrocchi (aka Draw Juice) discusses the tips and tricks professionals use in the entertainment industry

FROM ARTIST TO AUTHOR

Tom Kidd is following in the footsteps of James Gurney and Tony DeTerlizzi, and painting his own page turner…

Surface Pro 8

SCREEN SAVER The power of a laptop inside a sleek tablet – can this Surface Pro take on Apple’s iPad Pro?

THE ART OF JOHAN EGERKRANS

With a new book bursting with beautiful illustrations, Ian Dean meets an artist who loves dragons…

The art of world building

Think big To succeed, don’t just create a world, create a universe, reveals Paul Gerrard, the artist behind an ambitious multi-channel project

A day in the life of…Naomi Baker

Staying focused this concept artist advocates keeping online distractions to a minimum during work hours

Photoshop 2022

INTELLIGENT ART The industry-standard creative software now comes crammed with AI power to help you create even better artwork

Artist insight - 10 TIPS TO GET STARTED IN QUILL

Director and virtual reality creative Dan Franke shares his advice for sketching, storyboarding and painting an animation project in VR

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SHOWCASING THE FINEST TRADITIONAL ARTISTS

Infinite Painter SPEEDPAINT A MECH DESIGN

Kobe Sek shares his process of sketching mechs with negative space, creating a vibrant and colourful concept

Blender & Photoshop CONCEPT A LIMITLESS GAME ENVIRONMENT

Using simple 3D techniques, Brandt Andrist creates a procedural landscape with countless possibilities…

FXPose

THE PLACE TO SHARE YOUR DIGITAL ART

Dave Gibbons goes back to the future

Game’s afoot The acclaimed Watchmen artist returns to video game development with Beyond a Steel Sky

How To Get More From Your Brushe!

Isis Sousa reveals her favourite Painter 2022 brushes and shows how you can use them to create unique digital art

Photoshop - Reimagining A Comic Hero

David Nakayama explains his process of redesigning and drawing a modern and culturally relevant new version of Zorro

Photoshop - DEPICT THE ICONIC HARLEY QUINN

Join Joshua Swaby as he shares how he creates this month’s stylish cover art, featuring the Joker’s right-hand woman

Finding your voice

Clever art Spanish artist Fernando Dagnino Guerra reveals how his life experiences influenced his own graphic novel, Smart Girl

First Impressions

The elegance of simplicity is key to this watercolourist.

ZBrush & Photoshop HOW TO SCULPT A REAL DINOSAUR

Glen Southern breaks down his sculpting workflow and techniques when tackling a concept sculpt of an aquatic, aggressive dinosaur

Painter 2022

MARK MAKING Corel’s flagship digital art software still targets those who are serious about being painterly, but makes concessions for beginner artists, too

Maya, Mari & Photoshop FROM 2D CONCEPT TO 3D PORTRAIT

Character artist Anna Cavasos balances the themes of beauty and horror to visualise a mysterious sorceress enjoying a delicate snack

LAUREN BROWN We're out here too and there's a lot of stuff that we can do with these characters and the way we present ourselves

Inspired by nature, fashion and the desire for greater diversity, this illustrator’s reputation is sure to grow, finds Ian Dean

Erin Hunting

Cluttered fun This Australian artist says she’s used to being watched, by real and unreal eyes…

THE ART OF LOGAN PRESHAW

Ian Dean discovers a vis-dev artist and art director whose approach to life is as bright as his paintings

Why books still matter to artists

Page turners Book sales are on the rise and when it comes to art training the printed page is still important, discovers Ian Dean

ZBrush, KeyShot, Photoshop & Painter CREATE RETRO ART FROM 3D SCANS

Ken Coleman mixes scanned action figures and digital painting to create 80s-inspired fantasy production art

ILLUSTRATE AGGRETSUKO IN WATERCOLOURS

Discover how ANNA SOKOLOVA paints a kawaii character from the Netflix anime series Aggretsuko using a range of watercolour effects