Welcome to…

NO. 1 FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS Imagine FX

NO. 1 FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS Imagine FX

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

Letters

YOUR FEEDBACK & OPINIONS

FXPose

THE PLACE TO SHARE YOUR DIGITAL ART

The Departure

YEAR CREATED: 2023 MEDIA: Photoshop

How creating fan art can level up your prospects

Fans united Creators tell Dominic Carter how fan art has improved their skills, attracted clients, and introduced them to new audiences

Zachary Berger

Respect yourself The creature designer on why it’s vital for concept artists to take care of themselves, and his work on the Avatar films

Greg Manchess

Cosy comfort The artist opens up his Long Island studio space packed full of inspirational goodies

ART CHALLENGE

Celebrating your art Discover our favourite entries as ImagineFX readers let their imaginations loose

THE ART OF MARCEI

UNEVENLY MATCHED Marcel shows what happens when you

Richard Anderson

From iconic fashion to futuristic mechs, the concept art director talks about his influences and stylistic sketching choices

CREATE A STYLISED FAN ART PORTRAIT

Illustrator RaidesArt pays tribute to much-loved Studio Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle with a semi-realistic portrait piece

BLOB AND DRAW UNIQUE FIGURES

Rob ‘SketchCraft’ Duenas introduces us to his fun technique for creating attention-grabbing artwork

MAKE ENGAGING SPIDER-MAN ART

Uzuri breaks down how she illustrates an attention-grabbing character portrait with colour, brushstrokes and expression

DEVELOP DETAILED VENUSAUR FAN ART

Follow along as Juan Diego León paints a beautiful Pokémon and shares his expert advice on using realistic lighting effects

LEND TECHNIQUE AND PERSONALITY

How Julian del Rey began developing his characters using stylised shapes

DID YOU MISS PARTS 1-5?

See page 40 to buy issues 235-239 and

PART 6: COLOUR YOUR SHADOWS

Charlie Pickard shares his expert tips for creating powerful shadows with colour, including perfecting your skin tones

START WITH A SIMPLE SKETCH

Brock Grossman explains how he developed a commando corgi from initial rough drawings

Traditional Artist

Inspiration and advice from the best pro artists

PAINT A STYLISH ARTBOOK COVER

Find out how MOON builds the star character to feature on the front of the latest volume in his gorgeous 365 Squares series

First Impressions

Iryna Khymych