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CAMILLA D'ERRICO

Garrick Webster talks to the Canadian artist who’s turned her skill with oil paints into a successful creative brand

CREATE AMAZING MANGA FIGURE ART

Manga and anime character artist Ilya Kuvshinov brings to life a girl and her toy Totoro, using a range of Photoshop blending layer modes Procreate & Photoshop

Core Skills: Part 4 - SPICE UP YOUR ART IN FLAME PAINTER

In this fourth instalment of his Flame Painter series, Harvey Bunda shows you how to make your artworks pop with its particle brushes

Clip Studio Paint - NEW RENDERING TECHNIQUES

kiDChan uses a range of Clip Studio Paint’s layer modes and her favourite Rainbow brush to give her illustration a melancholy feel

ATOMHAWK CANADA

Tom May reveals how Atomhawk’s Vancouver studio is making a name for itself creating video games concepts – and wants to expand its team!

How Artists Deal With Illness

Ill will Poor physical or mental health can affect people in a number of ways. But how do artists maintain their creativity under adverse conditions

TY CARTER

Gary Evans talks to the US visual development artist about the making of Spies in Disguise, and the time he received an April Fools’ phone call from Pixar…

MAKE A SPLASH IN ANIMATION ART

Character designer Amanda MacFarlane reveals her process for painting a mermaid, including how she course-corrects her colour choices

Why Vertex 2020 rocked!

Better together Networking and learning opportunities were endless as Vertex, our 2D and 3D art event, returned for a third triumphant year at London’s Olympia

Pernille Ørum

Visual boost The Danish artist on why she needs to be surrounded by items that inspire her in her new workspace

First Impressions

This US artist reveals she has a strong affinity with nature…

CÉCILE CARRE

From being headhunted out of school to moving to New York to work on new animation titles, this artist’s career is on the up

Artists pay tribute to Qinni

Mourning star The art community is left reeling as a bright, young talent is lost to the world. Here, illustrators acknowledge the impact Qinni had on their lives

What Traits Do Successful Artists Have In Common?

Bigger picture Besides skill and talent, Tom May asks what other qualities you need to make it as an artist

Harryhausen: The Lost Movies

STOP PRESS Explore the archive of the stop-motion pioneer and discover his feature films that didn’t make it to the big screen

Painter 2020

FRESH COAT With its version number also being shorthand for perfect vision, does this mean Corel has delivered its best-ever version of Painter?

Artist Portfolio: John Burton

Garrick Webster meets the traditional painter who’s now creating sci-fi concept art

Fresco

KEEPING IT REAL This is Adobe’s attempt at blurring analogue and digital mediums, but does it do enough to challenge similar art tools?

Ciaran Lucas

Iterating imperfection This Irish artist shows the evolving successes and mistakes in his nexus of inspiration, experimentation and procrastination

Artist Portfolio: Djamila Knopf

The artist tells Gary Evans about practising in secret, losing her artistic voice and being told to try “proper art”

Use Reference To Design A Boss Character

Tancred Dyke-Wells walks through the process of concepting and painting an endgame character for his new video game, Skeleton Crew

Paint Video Game Character Art

Oliver Ödmark reveals his process for tackling a character-focused illustration, as he paints Jesse Faden from acclaimed video game Control

The Camera Always Lies

Artist and painter Patrick J Jones shows why working from photographs is so risky – and explains to how make photos work for you

Paint A Chinese Fantasy Figure

Yangtian Li explains her research and design process as she illustrates a fantasy character with armour based on authentic Chinese costume.

Dawn Carlos

Sound & vision This San Francisco concept artist’s compact workspace enables her to sketch, synthesise and create in her small downtown apartment.

Cintiq 22

CREATIVE SPACE With the lowest price we’ve seen for a Cintiq of this size, Wacom’s drawing display could change the way you create art

Photoshop Paint Vibrant Portrait Art

Daniel bolling Walsh reveals how he makes use of custom brushes and a range of Photoshop layer modes to create a painterly portrait piece

First Impressions

Game of Thrones first drew a blank with this artist and educator…

Andrew Hem

Gang signs and agriculture: the Cambodian-American artist tells Gary Evans how his art was shaped by growing up between two very different cultures…

Photoshop Create A Card Art Portfolio

Illustrator Noah Bradley shares the fundamental principles for creating strong, dynamic and impactful artwork for card games