Imagine FX

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

Welcome to…

Welcome to the latest issue of ImagineFX. This

Yishu Ci

THE PLACE TO SHARE YOUR DIGITAL ART

Jennifer Beam

LOCATION: Canada MEDIA: Procreate, Photoshop WEB: www.artstation.com/jenniferbeam Jennifer

Brad George-Catalin

LOCATION: Romania MEDIA: Photoshop, 3DCoat WEB: www.artstation.com/georgecata93 Brad

Skyfire

LOCATION: Taiwan MEDIA: Photoshop WEB: www.nnoo007.com Skyfire is

Sofia Scogli

LOCATION: Italy MEDIA: Photoshop, Procreate, Nomad Sculpt, ZBrush

High High Mountains

The Rookies is a platform to help digital

Letters YOUR FEEDBACK & OPINIONS

Our Sketchbook showcase is a key part

The best entertainment art schools

Top of the class Tanya Combrinck explores five courses to help build the skills for your dream job

Visual Arts Passage

INSTRUCTOR: JON NEIMEISTER At Visual Arts Passage, students

Escape Studios

STUDENT GROUP PROJECT Escape Studios is an Unreal

The Gnomon Workshop

INSTRUCTOR: DAVE DORMAN Tutorials from The Gnomon Workshop

Proko

www.proko.com/course/drawing-basics/overview For those at the start of

University Centre South Essex

On this course you’ll develop vital core skills

A day in the life of… Greg Hopwood

Early riser The costume concept artist reveals his typical day and shares advice for aspiring designers

Rufus Dayglo

Treasure trove The comic artist shares the awesome collection that inspires his work on a daily basis

DEAK FERRAND

Rodeo FX’s Deak Ferrand tells Trevor Hogg why being in the proper mood for conceptualising is important…

Célia Beauduc

Natural inspirations combine with female figures in the French artist’s series of fantasy character sketches

JOURNEY INTO MADNESS

James clorke exploreshow framestor's visual develoment team placed Doctor stange in the multiverse of madness

SKETCHING WITH THE MIXER BRUSH

Daryl Mandryk shows the flexibility of Photoshop’s versatile tool as he generates a character concept

OBSERVE AND IMPROVISE

Alariko brings in inspiration from their surroundings to build out rich artwork

EXPRESSIVE CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION

Learn how Olga Andriyenko plans out and creates a challenging scene featuring a cauldron of witches

FINDING THE RIGHT ANGLE

Toivo Huhtaniska reveals the tricks that give his 3D project a traditional art feel

CREATE A CONCEPT VEHICLE DESIGN

In depth Vehicle concepts

COMPOSITION DEVELOPMENT

Filipe Pagliuso details the stages of his process, going from initial sketches to finished client work

FXPosé

SHOWCASING THE FINEST TRADITIONAL ARTISTS

DRAW A CREATURE FROM IMAGINATION

NICOLA ASURA shares his process for translating fascinating humanoid creations from mind onto paper in his melancholic graphite artwork

ILLUMINATING A COSMIC MIND-BENDING PERSPECTIVE

ROB REY explains the hidden meaning behind the fusion of ideas in A Galaxy Within, one of the pieces from his out-of-this-world fine art series

First Impressions

The artist shares her journey from an animation obsession to the fine art world