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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.
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…