A day in the life of… Ashley Stegon

NO.1 FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS ImagineFX

2022 is a big year for Rebellion, who

EDITOR’S CHOICE

Three of my top picks this month…

Resources

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Letters

YOUR FEEDBACK & OPINIONS

FX Po se

THE PLACE TO SHARE YOUR DIGI TAL ART

ARTIST NEWS, SOFT WARE EVENTS Imagine Nation AT THE CORE OF THE DIGITAL ART COMMUNITY

CREATURE CONCEPTS Character artist at Cloud Imperium Games,

Discover top NFT marketplaces

Digital trading Ian Dean helps you choose the NFT marketplace to suit your art with this handy round-up

Emma Black

Personal space The visual artist gives us a peek into where she creates her surreal nature mash-ups

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF 2000 AD

We’ve collected an all-star roundup of illustrators of the legendary sci-fi comic to answer our questions and provide an inside look into the world of comic art

Nabetse Zitro

The self-taught ar tist showcases his stunning illustrations, with storytelling being at the core of each character design

MASTER DETAIL AND TONE

As he paints a portrait, Lixin Yin shows his process and explains how to solve different problems at each step

TOP COLOUR BLENDING TIPS

Daniel Ibanez details how to use ArtRage Vitae’s Real Color Blending features to simulate wet-on-wet oil painting

PAINT VIBRANT PORTRAITS

Get to know the new Rebelle 5 as Georg Ireland paints the composer Puccini in the style of Spontaneous Realism

CREATE A CALM CYBERPUNK ILLUSTRATION

A walkthrough of aurahack’s art process, sketching, blocking out and polishing this beautiful illustration of a cyberpunk future

Affinity Designer 1.10

AN ARTIST’S SUITE How does Serif’s affordable vector drawing app, Affinity Designer, currently fare for your print and digital design needs?

Batman ’89

INTO THE BURTONVERSE Discover an action-packed story set in Tim Burton’s version of the Batman universe

Out

The story adds a supernatural twist to the

Echolands

WIDESCREEN Feast your eyes on the dazzling, immersive visuals as you delve into the full-throttle adventures of Hope Redhood

X-Men

TEAMING UP A refreshing new roster of mutants assemble to save Earth from intergalactic threats

M.O.M: Mother of Madness

Juggling superhero responsibilities with single motherhood is guaranteed

UFO Comic Anthology Volume One

Writers Dennis Hooper, Alan Fennell Artists Various Publisher

Moon Knight

NIGHT PROTECTOR Without the god Khonshu as his guiding force, Marc Spector takes on a new mission as defender of night travellers

FXPose

SHOWCASING THE FINEST TR ADITIONAL ARTISTS

GRADIENTS AND HOW TO USE THEM

JAMES GURNEY shares his top tips and demonstrates some handy methods for painting smooth gradients and applying them to practical uses

DRAW MALE AND FEMALE FIGURES

CHARLIE PICKARD begins a new 10-part series of quick tips on anatomy. This issue, a fast and simple way to differentiate female and male figures

First Impressions

Faeries and fantasy have inspired this artist since childhood