In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Imagine FX

• PAINT WORLDS WITH DEPTH
  Concept designer Cheri Wang shows how a backstory can boost the realism of your work
• Rex
  Rex is an illustrator and character designer. Her work is rooted in fantasy settings inspired by the JRPs and MMORPGs she grew up with, along with fashion and graphic design.
• Ari Targownik
  Ari enjoys painting sci-fi, horror and fantasy-themed artwork. His personal work sometimes borders on the surreal, and is often not sketched out in advance. Instead, he starts by painting and sees what emerges.
• Beth Fuller
  Beth is a concept artist and illustrator. Having completed a graphic novel in 2025 and an MA in game art, she’s now exploring art direction with a new video game project. Her influences include Ian McQue and Linnea Sterte.
• Kevin Zamir Goeke
  Kevin is a freelance artist at CD Projekt Red, and one of the organisers of the event company Drink and Draw Berlin. His personal art revolves around life, death and the search for meaning in people’s actions.
• New horizons
  Think different Tanya Combrinck looks at the tools that are helping 2D artists push their work into exciting new realms and dimensions
• FREE AND OPEN SOURCE
  Kelvyn Hulsey on the importance of free tools
• Aaron Blaise
  Wild side The artist takes us on a safari around his hybrid studio that’s full of pencils, paint, tablets and cameras
• How to create an effective home studio
  WFH wonders Setting up a creative space requires time, money and consideration. Dominic Carter discovers what artists need to keep in mind when creating one
• Lake Como Comic Art 2026 reveal
  Mamma mia! Italian lakes, Alpine views and Liam Sharp’s Conan portfolio are all good reasons to visit this comic con
• THE ART OF MATTHEW SAVAGE
  The film, TV and video game concept artist discusses his career path and creative process with James Clarke
• PROJECT TITLE: LORCAN THE LITERATE
  Arne Billen believes that conceptual contrast can lead to a successful design. He demonstrates this with Lorcan, a character from his D&D campaign who combines literacy with a fighting spirit
• Petra ‘Tofusenshi’ Zemánková
  Multi-tasker Digital artist, traditional artist, convention artist and a streamer?! That calls for a big room and a whole lot of equipment
• Jae Park
  The video games concept artist has filled his sketchbook with stoic-looking characters and fun-loving critters
• THE ART OF MATT FERGUSON
  The artist discusses his career journey and shares his creative process for illustrating movie posters with James Clarke
• DRAW ON EMOTION AND SYMBOLISM
  Katja Škorjanc brings aspects of Slavic folklore into her art – not just to make it look ‘nice’, but for greater meaning
• MAKE USE OF SHAPES, COLOUR AND LIGHT
  Raymond Tan takes us through the creation of an ominous scene from his upcoming graphic novel
• CONCEPT A MOODY CYBERPUNK SCENE
  Oleg Topor uses a variety of creative techniques to portray a meeting of criminals in the depths of a futuristic city
• MAKE USE OF FILTERS
  Concept artist Brandon Liao gives insights into his visual development work on Spectre Divide
• PAINT LORE-DRIVEN CHARACTER ART
  Lucas Lacerda creates unique characters with depth, using lore and a world-building approach to guide his design choices
• SEEK OUT NEW APPROACHES
  Discover how Ivan Shavrin brings the energy of his initial sketch into the final art for a book cover
• USE 3D MODELS IN YOUR CONCEPT ART
  Misa Steinmetz explains how she incorporates 3D techniques into her 2D workflow, creating this month’s cover painting
• Sabin Petrov Boykinov
  Sabin is a video game concept artist and illustrator with more than 20 years’ experience. He is inspired by seaside stories and maritime superstitions as a way to navigate memory, mystery and the unknown.
• Best laptops for digital artists
  SCREEN TEST Each of these devices is well worth considering, if you’re looking to upgrade your creative toolkit and want a screen you can draw on with a stylus
• Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-310
  GLOSS OVER Artists and photographers who create gallery-quality prints of their work will want to make room in their studio for Canon’s latest printer
• Secretlab Magnus Evo
  REAL STEEL Does this pro sit-to-standing desk rise to the occasion?
• Geekom A9 Max
  COMPACT COMPUTING The A9 Max offers almost identical performance to its Intel-powered sibling, muddying its USP a little
• PAINTING A SCENE OF GREEK DRAMA
  Alexander Leskinen creates a stormy environment featuring harpies, the winged messengers of Zeus
• Acer Swift Edge 14 AI
  WHITE KNIGHT This beautiful laptop delivers on design, but what about the amount of computing power on offer?
• Illustrating Fantastical Animals with Procreate
  BEAST QUEST Julia Körner’s creature creation course will help you along your concept art journey
• ADD LIGHT TO YOUR CHARACTER DESIGN
  Jiunn Kuo reveals how and why he uses striking lighting, glow effects and atmosphere in his character-focused illustrations
• Wadim Kashin
  Wadim is a concept artist who likes to play with unconventional shapes when depicting buildings, machines and anything that bends the rules. “By mixing abstraction with realism, I get the clearest idea.”
• Ryan Bown
  Ryan is a professional artist with over 25 years of experience that spans two industries. With a love for fine art and video games, he decided to fuse both passions. Currently, he teaches production art at The University of Utah.
• Piotr Gajda
  Piotr is a trained civil engineer with a lifelong passion for illustration. He particularly likes modelling, and bases his work on 3D scenes in order to create atmospheric, story-driven images.
• Karim Yasser Ahmed
  Karim is a senior lighting artist with over seven years of experience in AAA games. He loves working on environment lighting: “I treat my environment as a canvas that is getting lit as a painting, and I truly enjoy this process.”
• COLOUR YOUR 3D ARTWORK
  Entei Ryu reveals how she sculpts and paints Triceratops and T-Rex, two characters from her BONEGIRL series
• LET THE STORY LEAD THE DESIGN
  Nelson Tai takes cues from his personal sci-fi project when constructing a hard-working droid
• MAKE A 3D OBJECT SEE-THROUGH
  Adjusting a model’s transparency in 3D applications is easy and complicated at the same time, reveals Mike Griggs
• ENHANCE ANY 3D MODEL BY APPLYING TEXTURES
  Ant Ward explains how UVs and texture maps are an easy way to add detail to a 3D object
• FIVE MINUTES WITH RIK SCHUTTE
  Blender Studio’s lead animator talks about the influence of video games and changing sources of inspiration
• BRING A FANTASY CRITTER TO LIFE
  Matthieu Sarazin draws on a range of creative disciplines – both traditional and digital – to create his creature concept
• FIVE MINUTES WITH PAT IMRIE
  Big-screen blockbusters and a certain 3D art magazine helped set this creative on his career path