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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
Alex Konstad
The American illustrator and concept artist reveals to Gary Evans how hard times got him where he is today…
How To Succeed As A Concept Artist
Bright ideas top concept artists tell Gary Evans how to get educated, get employed, and get better in art’s most misunderstood field
Everything You Need For The Creation And Automatic Optimisation Of 3D Content
Easily achieve more than 10x in cost-savings when creating new assets or optimising existing data with revolutionary workflows
Happy 10th Birthday Inktober!
Visible ink As the art challenge celebrates a milestone year in 2019, we get the low-down from the founder and contributors on just how Inktober has become so popular
Tor Frick: Design Without Limits
Modo’s Flexible Modelling Tools And Amd’s Powerful Hardware Help The Leading Games Artist Meet The Punishing Production Schedule At His Start-up Studio, Neon Giant
Learn Your Way Around Krita
Sara Tepes Continues Her Series On The Free Painting Program By Taking A Tour Of Krita’s Tools And Its Pared-back Workspace
Ian McQue
Garrick Webster Learns How The Boyhood Fan Of Ralph Mcquarrie Made His Name In Video Games And Is Now Living His Dream As A Hollywood Concept Artist
Get To Grips With Pencil Shading
Timothy Von Rueden Continues His Series On Drawing Techniques By Covering A Range Of Shading Methods And How To Execute Them
First Impressions
Creating the “eternal moment” is key to this artist’s approach to her work
Donglu Yu
Garrick Webster Talks To The Concept Artist About Her Work On Games Such As Assassin’s Creed, Her Creative Heritage, And Helping The Next Generation Of Artists
A Beloved Children's Show Hits The Big Screen
Aixsponza On Creating Animations For Checker Tobi And The Secret Of Our Planet
Intuos 3D
Double aCt Get started in 3D with this tag-team of a Wacom drawing tablet and ZBrushCore, a stripped-back version of the sculpting software
Enhance your finished image
Tan hui Tian demonstrates simple post-processing techniques in Clip Studio Paint that will bring out the best in your artwork
Kiri Ostergaard Leonard
Sun trap From Denmark to Texas by way of New York, this Danish artist invites us into her cat-friendly studio
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.