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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.***

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Artist PROFILE

Worldbuilders • The art of storytelling Tanya Combrinck meets three artists whose passion projects see them building new worlds filled with their own cast of characters

A day in the life of… Darrell Warner

Olga ‘AsuRocks’ Andriyenko

Letters • Contact the editor, Rob Redman, on mail@imaginefx.com or write to ImagineFX, Future Publishing, Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA1 1UA, England

UNITED WE STAND • Artists behind the fantastical worlds and characters of Magic: The Gathering explore their passion for the genre, creative inspirations, and excitement for the new Dominaria United expansion

Martina Facková

Carly Janine Mazur

Jehan Choo • Principal concept artist Jehan is also a loyal follower of the game

Mark Poole

Somnath Pal • Explore the thoughts and th emes behind the pages of this arti st, writer and director’s otherworldly sketchb ook

Advice from the world’s best artists

BUILD A DYNAMIC COMPOSITION • Toby Willsmer explains how to capture dynamic energy and movement in an action-packed illustration

DEVELOP A CHARACTER • Check out this unique, detailed character design by concept artist Yi Jin

SCALE NEW HEIGHTS • Longque Chen on the research process behind this epic machine

COLLABORATIVE PAINTING WITH AI • Digital artist Rachel Bradley shows you how to use AI in your art, overcoming common pitfalls for a professional result

MOVIE MECHS • Michal Kus talks designing concepts for Doctor Robotnik’s giant mecha in the Sonic 2 movie

The latest art resources are put to the test by the ImagineFX team…

Unreal Engine 5 • GAME-CHANGER We take a look at some of the real-time engine’s key new features that enable creators to work with unbelievable levels of realism

The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country • The latest addition to DC’s Sandman line puts a new spin on one of the original comic’s most memorable villains: the nightmare Corinthian.

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest • SUPER TEAM The world’s greatest heroes are back together in this fun, energetic throwback to traditional comic-book action

The Legend of Luther Arkwright • Ahead of its time when it first appeared in 1978 but now bang on trend, Bryan Talbot’s multiverse-spanning epic about an enigmatic agent with the ability to move between different dimensions owes more to Michael Moorcock than the Marvel Universe.

Immortal X-Men • POWER STRUGGLE An intriguing political plot meets intense, gorgeously illustrated action in this ambitious new series wildly inventive ride.

Traditional Ar tist

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Roger Olmos Pastor • Roger’s career has been focused on children’s illustration, with a vision to evolve in other fields before reaching conceptual art. “I believe more and more in improvisation, and to let the material guide you on paper.”

PAINT A MAGICAL FANTASY BATTLE • LUCAS GRACIANO shares his process for developing an oil-painted illustration for the tabletop card game Magic: The Gathering

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