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Rufus Dayglo

Treasure trove The comic artist shares the awesome collection that inspires his work on a daily basis

A day in the life of...Greg Hopwood

Early riser The costume concept artist reveals his typical day and shares advice for aspiring designers

Clip Studio Paint EXPRESSIVE CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION

Learn how Olga Andriyenko plans out and creates a challenging scene featuring a cauldron of witches

Photoshop SKETCHING WITH THE MIXER BRUSH

Daryl Mandryk shows the flexibility of Photoshop's versatile tool as he generates a character concept

JOURNEY INTO MADNESS

James Clarke explores how Framestore's visual development team placed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

DEAK FERRAND "I need somebody to tell me the story. I want to project the emotion and I believe you can do that if you put yourself in that mood for two days."

Rodeo FX's Deak Ferrand tells Trevor Hogg why being in the proper mood for conceptualising is important...

Rocketeer: The Great Race

THE JET SET LIFESTYLE Celebrate the 40th anniversary of this pulp hero with a new, thrilling adventure

Batman: Fortress

ANGRY ALIENS An intriguing yet haphazardly told narrative that needs to work on its tone to be truly engaging

Artist insight - LEVEL UP YOUR CHARACTER ART

Mauro Belfiore breaks down his key design principles and important considerations when designing unique, engaging characters

THE ART OF MATIAS BERGARA

Dominic Carter talks to the artist behind Coda and Step By Bloody Step about how he brings amazing fantasy worlds to life

Nuri Durr

Go figure This US artist tell us that dusting his studio's many shelves is actually his full-time job

First Impressions - Lucas Graciano

The multi award-winning artist talks how he got started

Anatomy quick tips - HOW TO STUDY THE BACK MUSCLES

CHARLIE PICKARD continues his ten-part series of quick tips on anatomy; this month, in the final instalment, he explores a few structural notes on the back

Oils - PAINT A LARGE-SCALE FANTASY SCENE

PATRICK J. JONES explores creating a museum-worthy painting, demonstrating step by step how he works on a beautiful fantasy scene of epic proportions

iPhone 14 Pro Max

TOP-TIER Are updates like Apple's Dynamic Island and improvements to the camera enough to make the 14 Pro Max the creative's next iPhone?

Procreate - STORYTELLING IN CHARACTER DESIGN

In this workshop, Rafael Sarmento shows you how to inject your characters with personality and underlying narrative

First Impressions - Jeremy Wilson

The award-winning illustrator talks his art background, style, and recent projects

Anatomy quick tips - SIMPLIFYING ARM BONES AND MUSCLES

CHARLIE PICKARD continues his ten-part series of quick tips to improve your figure drawing; this month, how to tackle the complexity of arm anatomy

ART NOUVEAU: FROM SKETCH TO INK

CHRIS PANATIER guides us step-by-step through the key principles of drawing beautiful characters and environments in the Art Nouveau style

FXPosé

SHOWCASING THE FINEST TRADITIONAL ARTISTS

ILLUSTRATE AN ANCIENT JUNGLE

Concept artist Rob Green explains his approach to image creation, demonstrating techniques to fast-track you to a finished scene

CREATE STUNNING LANDSCAPES

Blake Rottinger breaks down the core elements that help bring this beautiful fantasy vista to life

PAINT A STRIKING FEMALE PORTRAIT

Discover how Laura H. Rubin utilises colour, emotional contrasts and strong posing in her amazing character portraits

THE ART OF DAVE GRECO

Dom Carter interviews the Blizzard senior visual development artist, who opens up about designing characters and leaving his comfort zone

Huion Kamvas Pro 13 (2.5K)

DRAWING TOOLS The Huion Kamvas Pro 13 is the only pen display of this size that boasts QHD. But is it worth it? We test it to find out

Blender 3.0 and 3.1

NEW AND IMPROVED We take a look at the key advancements in the latest update of this free and open-source creation software

Disco Diffusion & Midjourney CREATE UNIQUE ART WITH AI TOOLS

Al-generated images have gone from being mostly abstract chaos to highly detailed art pieces, as Martin Nebelong explores...

DESIGN ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Follow illustrator Chris Ables' step-by-step process of creating an original character design from start to finish

ILLUSTRATE A FUN SCI-FI CARTOON

Guille Rancel shares his process for creating intriguing illustrations from scratch, with stylised, expressive characters in a colourful atmosphere

PAINT A SNAPPY BOT IN PROCREATE

Learn the basics of Procreate with this beginner's guide to making your own futuristic automaton by Jim Rowden