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.***

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Celebrating 20 years of ImagineFX • Happy birthday 2026 marks 20 years since ImagineFX burst onto newsstands, making it the perfect time to look back at two decades of serving the art community

Aviad Sajevitch • Safe haven How this digital artist fuses technology with spiritualism to create his perfect working space

The path of… Thomas Brissot • Fine fantasy Thomas shares his journey and evolution as an artist

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Letters • YOUR FEEDBACK & OPINIONS

PICTURING POSSIBILITIES • Jason Horley, supervising art director at Industrial Light & Magic’s London studio, reveals all about the company’s concept art culture with James Clarke

STUDY THE VISUAL LANGUAGE TO BUILD ON EXISTING WORLDS • Creating with a universe’s established physical cues is vital, as Jason tells us

SKETCHING AND SELECTING • Jason reflects on how he approaches the iterative design process

Cole Eastburn • The artist introduces an army of twisted creatures from his video game work and personal sketches. Tootsie Pops beware!

PROJECT TITLE: OUTER RIM RASCALS • Nick Bray talks us through the process of creating two characters he designed to fit a Star Wars setting – Nautolan outlaw and smuggler Akomi and her droid companion Rudy

Workshops • Advice from the world’s best artists

USE SHAPE TO AID COMPOSITION • Eran Alboher shares his use of shape language to build engaging characters that tell their own story

START WITH VALUES • Murat Gül guides us through the process of creating a dark and mysterious fantasy environment

MAKE BEAUTIFUL ART PRINTS, EASILY • Heather Sterland shares tips for fine art printing, from colour profiles to natural fibre rag and alpha cellulose paper.

DRAW HEROES WITH ATTITUDE • Léo Chiola reveals how he uses a hybrid traditional and digital process to create his Marvel Snap card illustration of Spider-Punk

PRE-PREPARE MATERIALS • Environment artist Marco Gorlei gives his insight on creating a moody, gloomy scene

BUILD WORLDS THAT FEEL REAL • Cheri Wang takes you through her fascinating process for building a fantastical yet believable world, filled with detail and beauty

Technique focus ADD VISUAL TENSION • Dawn Pu takes inspiration from a real-life bridge to depict a structure that defies the power of nature

The Gallery • SHOWCASING THE FINEST TRADITIONAL ARTISTS

Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14 • HIGH-END PORTABILITY OLED and the excellent Pro Pen set a new benchmark for artists who are looking for a mobile pen display with built-in computing power

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Gen 10 Aura Edition • CREATIVE CONTROL The Gen 10 Aura Edition has enough RAM, power and display clarity to handle creative work without a fuss

Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 • PRINT POWER The V2 prints flawlessly in single colour

ASUS ProArt Display PA32KCX • DESKTOP DELIGHT The hugely...