ImagineFX

ImagineFX is the only magazine for fantasy and sci-fi digital artists. Each issue contains an eclectic mixture of in-depth workshops from the world's best artists, plus galleries and interviews, community news and product reviews. ***Please note: From September 2012 onwards our digital version feature links to download video tutorials and Q&A workshop resource files. Issues prior to September 2012 do not feature this additional content.***

EDITOR’S CHOICE

Welcome to…ImagineFX

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FX Pose

The Rookies

The journey to a published artbook • Hitting the shelves Tanya Combrinck speaks to four creatives about the process of turning artbook and graphic novel dreams into reality

The Concept Art Awards 2023: Winners • Acclaimed concepts Explore the prize-winning artists and their celebrated work from this year’s awards event at LightBox Expo

Rodney Fuentebella • Just keep going The Marvel Studios visual development supervisor on keeping his focus, the joy of sketching, and sticking to your craft

Cory Loftis • Family space The Disney designer shows us around the studio in his new Rancho Cucamonga home

Letters

FRESH PAINT

THE ART OF OGNJEN SPORIN • Dominic Carter talks to the rising fantasy artist about carving out a career, building a portfolio, and his love of the genre

Joey Ro

Advice from the world’s best artists

HATCH A FANTASY CHARACTER DESIGN • Cover artist Alex Jensen picks out the important details behind the concept and creation of his sword-wielding warrior bird

DELAY DETAILING

COMPOSITION: COMMANDING YOUR FOCUS • Turn composition chaos into actionable steps using placement, size, colour and texture to build visual hierarchy with advice from

CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE COLOUR

CREATE DRAMATIC LIGHTING EFFECTS

BASE FANTASY ART IN REALITY

Traditional Artist

FXPosé

EXPLORE NEW FANTASY WORLDS • DAMJAN GJORGIEVSKI shares his methods for drawing fantasy subjects, as he dives into creating new work for his artbook using graphite pencil

CREATE A BLACK AND WHITE INK SCENE • CORY LOFTIS shares the workflow he used for creating a traditional image packed with symbolic details and personal meaning for a gallery show

First Impressions