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PH OTO SH OP
COLOUR
PALETTES
PERSPECTIVE TIPS
IN COREL PAINTER
PAINT A ROMANTIC
CELESTIAL FEMALE
STARTING OUT IN
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
REFRESH YOUR
PAINTING SKILLS
Combine pencil skills with digital tools to create
beautiful and unique portraits, with JS Rossbach
ROC KSTAR A ND MAG IC! DAR EN BADE R ON H IS ILLUST RIOUS C AREER IN FANT ASY ART
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Editor’s letter
the best of both worlds
Some loose brush strokes on a blank
Photoshop canvas, a simple pencil doodle
in your note pad, a collection of shapes
formed using charcoal… whichever way
you undertake each artistic expedition,
you’re in good hands with us. We’re now
devoting an entirely new section to the
teachings of traditional art. Yes, we’re still
flying the flag for digital art, but we’ve given over 16 pages to the skills
related to art’s more analog form. Some people would say that these
fundamentals of art – anatomy, life drawing, pencil skills – are the
most important in improving your skills and gaining entry into a
career in art. Turn to page 99 to see great artists who work in paint,
oils, watercolours and many more media besides. They’re all on hand
to help you try out a new skill – or reignite an old one.
We’ve also decided on a new way to supply you with your art
resources in each issue. We kept getting constrained by the disc size
and were compressing the workshop videos, or leaving out vital
content every month, which, after working so hard to get the assets,
became frustrating.
So, from this issue you get the same exclusive content that you got on
the disc, but it’ll be of much better quality. All the assets are available
to download or, as with the video workshops, you can choose to watch
on our private YouTube page. Turn to page 6 to see the resources we
have on offer for you this month, and how to get hold of them. And
please get in touch if you have any comments. We’d love to hear them.
Our spe cial cove r for
sub scrib ers this issu e.
Claire Howlett, Editor
claire@imaginefx.com
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Now you read the digital version of ImagineFX
on a range of devices! Find out more on page 34
Contents
FXPosé
8 Reader FXPosé
This issue’s reader art includes a
dragon, a massive sea creature
and some futuristic cityscapes.
ImagineNation
20 News
30 Forum winners
32 Letters
36 Artist Q&A
Features
20 Fantasy art
is best in show
IlluXCon is billed as the world’s
only show dedicated to fantasy
art. We talk to its co-founder on
the reasons behind its success.
44
“I plan to spend my whole life
striving to give people peeks into
something evocative and unique”
Keith Thompson has his future mapped out
See page 8 for the best new art
44 Master of art
A concept artist and visionary,
Keith Thompson’s journey to
create strange worlds is a
lifetime in the works.
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50 Sketchbook
Charles Santoso’s sketchbook
is a springboard for drawing
all things real and fantastic.
Blurring action
54 Artist portfolio
Daren Bader’s inspirations go
all the way back to childhood
and the Californian outdoors.
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96 Studio Profile
Discover how Kabam has
reaped the benefits from its
free-to-play games for Facebook
and mobiles.
Reviews
90 Software
92 Hardware
93 Training
94 Books
Regulars
3 Editor’s letter
6 Resources
34 Subscribe
76 Next month
98 Back issues
Sketchbook
Burning flesh
Scales
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42
IlluXCon
Daren Bader
Architecture
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orkshops
Advice and techniques
from pro artists…
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60 Mixing traditional
and digital media
Jean-Sébastien Rossbach
fuses trad skills to digital.
64 Make the digital
look traditional
Yuko Rabbit gives digital
art a more traditional look.
66 Be clever
with your colour
Complementary colours,
with Christopher Burdett.
71 Creating
new documents
PJ Holden reveals the new
options in Manga Studio 5.
72 Getting started
with Illustrator
Tom Mac creates a
stunning fantasy design.
78 Perspective
advice using Painter
Don Seegmiller explains
perspective in Painter X3.
82 Create a
portrait with a twist
Lauren K Cannon tries out
unique composition choices.
86 Paint a
star princess
Zezhou Chen imbues his
celestial lady with magic.
Mix traditional and digital media
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114
NEW
SECTION
Turn to page 99
for more…
Inspiration and advice from
the best traditional artists
Park Blvd. Studios
100 FXPosé Traditional
104 Creative Space
Welcome to Park Blvd. Studios.
106 Paint an Eerie cover
Jim Pavelec shows you how.
112 Anatomy advice
Get to grips with gesture.
114 First Impressions
We talk to Michael Whelan.
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112
Eerie artwork
Capturing gestures
Michael Whelan
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