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Sci-fi Corridor

PIPE DREAM Concept design artist Vaughan Ling creates a coollooking passageway that you can render from any angle you wish

Paul Kidby

Making false teeth, firing flaming arrows and painting magic wossname: the British artist tells Gary Evans about his long and eventful career.

Aaron Miller

Capturing the moment is the key to this American artist’s striking fantasy work, as Nick Carson discovers…

Bring A World To Life With Strong Storytelling

Anna Hollinrake guides you through creating bright environments and worlds filled with colour, story and life.

Dynamic Light In A City Scene

See how Aaron Griffin streamlines his workflow and adds life with custom brushes

The Unlikely Heroes

PC comics Indie artists lead the way as comics enter a new era of inclusivity.

Artist Portfolio Jock

The British artist tells Gary evans how an unconventional portfolio review led to Batman, Superman and Hollywood

Studio Soi

The German animation studio has built a reputation on skilled craft across multiple disciplines, as Julia Sagar discovers

Diversity In The Comics Industry

About time Change is sweeping through today’s superhero comics and artists are rising to the challenge, discovers Garrick Webster.

Anime Exhibition Goes Back To The Future

World building Traditionally painted background illustrations from classic sci-fi anime films take centre stage in this new exhibition, based in London.

Artist Portfolio - Guweiz

In just four years, Zheng Wei Gu went from bedroom hobbyist to big-budget films. Gary Evans finds out how…

Rebelle 2

KEEP IT REAL Escape Motions’ budget program is the latest evolution in digital art software, which attempts the recreation of traditional media.

First Impressions - Ira Sluyterman Van Langeweyde

Discover how this German creative fell back in love with illustration…

Eliza Ivanova

The Bulgarian illustrator tells Gary Evans how her dark, haunting fine art feeds into her day job as a 3D animator working at Pixar, and vice versa.

Jacquelin de Leon

Lights, camera, action The artist and YouTuber shows us around her studio she uses to create paintings and videos.

Taking The Initiative For Mexicanx Creatives

Support network When John Picacio was awarded the artist guest of honour at last year’s Worldcon, his response was to launch a project for Mexican-American artists

Diosdado “Dodie” Mondero

Electric dreams Imagine if Nikola Tesla was not just a brilliant inventor, but also an accomplished fantasy artist…

SW2700PT Monitor

Picture This One Of The Most Affordable 10-bit Lcd Displays On The Market Is Perfect For Colour Obsessives, But Have Compromises Been Made Elsewhere?

Trojan Horse Was A Unicorn Taps Into The Tribe Mentality

Horn of plenty We find out what attendees can expect at this year’s highly anticipated art event, and learn the story behind the stunning new poster.

Photoshop Paint Charismatic Character Art

Character designer Aleksey Baydakov reveals his colourful rendering process as he depicts a unique circus partnership.

Get Inspired By Reference

Peter Polach shows how he sculpts and lights a diorama to help fuel his creepy, but illuminating digital art illustrations.

Florian Satzinger

This Austrian artist has drawn some of the world’s most iconic animated characters. Gary evans finds out more about his ‘fusion cuisine’ art style…

Paint A Fantasy Manga Portrait

Asia Ladowska puts aside her ink pens and markers, and embraces the digital painting process of a soft and colourful manga character

More Top Talent Joins Vertex 2019

Double whammy Speakers from VFX studio DNEG and tabletop gaming powerhouse Games Workshop fill out the Vertex roster.

Compose An Anime Street Scene

Tan Hui Tian uses colouring, lighting and perspective techniques to paint an urban setting that’s full of details.

Sachin Teng

Dropping out of college, roughing it in motels, working up a mountain: the US artist tells Gary evans about the high and lows of a roller-coaster career.

Cintiq 16

STEP DOWN The Cintiq 16 drops both the Pro designation and the price. We find out if Wacom has stripped out key features to make this work.

Artist Portfolio - Anthony Francisco

The artist who’s worked on Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, and Guardians of the Galaxy tells Gary Evans why Marvel Studios is more than just a job.

Photoshop Paint An Iconic Sci-fi Character

Film lover Kevin McGivern celebrates Alien’s 40th anniversary by painting Ripley as she’s about to turn the heat up on the xenomorph…

Looking Beyond Westeros' Borders

West side Think you know Game of Thrones? Think again, as artists cast new light on unexplored corners of George RR Martin’s world.