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Editorial Editor Rob Redman rob.redman@futurenet.com Art Editor Daniel Vincent

THE ROOKIES

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YOUR FEEDBACK & OPINIONS

FRESH PAINT

New works that have grabbed our attention

FXPosé

THE PLACE TO SHARE YOUR DIGITAL ART 

Transhumanism

Humans 2.0 Tanya Combrinck meets artists creating characters who, for better or worse, are augmented with machine parts

The Concept Art Awards 2022: Winners

Honour roll Check out the triumphant artists and their prize-winning work from this year’s awards show as the community came together at LightBox Expo

A day in the life of… Alfred Achiampong

Hunger makes the difference We learn about the daily schedule of the Ghanaian character designer and visual development artist for film, games and comics

Why artists choose Painter 2023

Free Trial! Get your hands on the new and improved Painter to unleash your creativity and burst through artistic barriers this holiday season

Eva Toorenent

Weird but wonderful Explore the kooky collection of organised madness that fills this Dutch artist’s studio

"You have this context which can be established from Tolkien’s sources which are more or less Dark Ages and earlier in Europe. Then building on that you have the emotions of the characters, what they feel, what their sentiments are, and that’s liberating"

Trevor Hogg takes a guided tour of Middle-earth and learns what it takes to become a visual storyteller from John Howe…

Sketchbook Alex Vede

The storytelling illustrator and comic book artist travels the world and beyond through the characters in his sketchbook

THE ART OF TONI INFANTE

Dominic Carter talks to the Marvel and DC artist about illustrating beloved characters and how fan art breeds opportunities

CREATE A STRIKING FAN ART TRIBUTE

Toni Infante guides us through his process for making action-packed images from your favourite franchises

FIREFLIES IN THE FOG

Discover how Fan Liu used environmental effects to add an extra layer of mystery to their storytelling artwork in Photoshop

INTRODUCTION TO SHADING THEORY

Charlie Pickard teaches you how to apply the fundamental skills for simple shapes onto more complex references in your art

POPULAR DEMAND

Sora Kim on putting the colours in her artwork to a public vote

SIMPLIFY YOUR COLOUR RENDERS

Nurzhan Bekkaliyev explains how organising your workflow like a 3D artist can smooth the process for multi-stage images

AN UNREAL PERSPECTIVE

Pierre Broissand reveals the advantages of using 3D software in his colourful art

FXPosé

SHOWCASING THE FINEST TR ADITIONAL ARTISTS

PAINT EPIC D&D SPELLJAMMER VINYL ALBUM ART

MILIVOJ CERAN details the making of his interior art for the Dungeons & Dragons Spelljams vinyl album using acrylic and airbrush

EQUIPMENT SELECTION

STEPHANIE LAW takes us through the toolkit used for the ink drawings from her Undying Tales series

First Impressions

Stan Prokopenko