Capturing Light In A Portrait

As he paints an ethereal portrait piece, Simon goinard reveals his techniques for using light to capture volume and shapes effectively

Rebelle 3

WATER WORKS Mesmerising digital watercolour tools heighten the appeal of this increasingly useful natural media package

Quill, Marmoset Toolbag & Photoshop - Use VR Tools To Build Up An Image

Freelance illustrator martin nebelong paints in virtual reality to create the base for a book cover illustration, before finishing it in Photoshop.

How To Avoid A Creative Crash

Block busters The stresses of a creative life can weigh artists down and choke their productivity. Dom Carter learns how you can get out of a rut.

Render A Surreal Sci-Fi Character

Illustrator Audra Auclair taps into the influence of music to inspire a cyborg femme concept with bright hues and expressive lines.

Improve Your Painting Process

THE BIG PICTURE Video games illustrator Atey Ghailan pulls back the curtain on how an empty canvas develops into a fully fledged painting.

Surface Pro 6

MULTI-TOOL We find out if Microsoft’s latest two-in-one device has kept pace with the iPad Pro and laptop rivals like the MacBook Air.

Paul Davidson

Creative clutter This veteran comic illustrator is proud to display his sources of inspiration and fresh ideas.

Artist Portfolio - Mike Hill

Gary Evans find this artist enhances his concepts using story theory, engineering and psychology

Rendering/Blending

SMOOOOTH Anthony Jones reveals the small tweaks you can make to your painting process that will make a big difference to your art.

How To Overcome Perfectionism

Nobody’s perfect Does the pursuit of high standards make artists improve, or does it weigh them down? Dom Carter investigates

Artist Portfolio Jorge Jimenez

The DC artist tells Gary evans how his career began with an epiphany during a physical education exam

Advanced Kitbashing For Environment Design

BLOCK HEAD Concept artist Stephane Wootha Richard proves that all those hours you spent making things out of LEGO weren’t wasted.

How To Find Your Art Style

Aesthetic sharers .Is crafting a style something artists can strive for, or is it a by-product of just having some fun? Dom Carter explores how to develop a look

The Artist's Guide To Using Reference

Supporting material Making use of reference is something to be celebrated, not embarrassed about, as pro artists tell Tom May.

Karl Kopinski

The British artist talks Gary Evans through a varied career, which includes video game concepts and portraits of cyclists.

Clean Up Your Sketches In Krita

In the first installment of her series on using the free art program Krita, Sara Tepes shows how she tidies up her imported pencil sketches…

Illustrate A Star-Studded PortraIt

Following her strong appreciation of portraiture, Tran Nguyen depicts the beauty of the female expression with a dash of celestial whimsy.

Create An Original Tarot Card

Discover new experimental approaches to personal projects and telling stories, as SAM GUAY paints The Emperor card for the Blood moon Tarot

Park Life!

Go faster Meet the artists utilising their concept art skills to design and build theme park attractions around the world. Beren Neale holds on tight!

A Monstrous Injustice

Costume drama A jealous male colleague denied creature designer Milicent Patrick of her place in horror-movie history. A new book sets out to right that wrong…

Armand Serrano

The Filipino artist tells Gary Evans how he went from failed civil engineer to successful Disney animator, and why it’s time to go freelance…

Self-Development Through Art

SAM GUAY creates a poem-inspired painting and tells us why self-evaluation is an important part of her process with personal projects

Aaron Blaise

The American animator tells Gary Evans about the glory days at Disney… and why he had to quit his dream job

iPad Mini

POCKET NOTES The fifth version of the iPad mini now supports Apple Pencil, making it a highly portable and slick drawing device

Artist Portfolio - Marc Simonetti

Where many artists failed, the French illustrator succeeded. Marc tells Gary Evans how he accurately drew most recognisable chair in fiction…

Add Drama To Your Book Art

Capturing the viewer with your art is no more important than when it’s on a book cover. Tommy Arnold reveals how to make potential readers linger.

Peter De Sève

The American artist tells Gary Evans why drawing well is like telling a good joke

From Rising Stars To Art Legends…

Catch up For 11 years ImagineFX has led the charge for digital art. Beren Neale talks to the artists who’ve been with us on the journey.

A Year Of Drawing

World building Even Mehl Amundsen spent 12 months sketching a new fantasy realm. Now it’s being brought together in book form…