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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.***

Editor’s letter • Welcome to… NO.1 FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS ImagineFX

EDITOR’S CHOICE • Three of my top picks this month…

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MARVEL-OUS MISCHIEF! • Paint with personality, using expert advice from Marvel Snap artist Léo Chiola

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Ilker Serdar Yildiz • Ilker’s favourite illustration subjects revolve around fantasy and medieval themes. Inspired by the likes of Leyendecker and Sergio Toppi, he’s worked on projects for Magic: The Gathering, Gwent, and Mount & Blade: Bannerlord.

Feng Wei • Feng Wei is a concept artist and external lecturer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He’s inspired by classical literature and combines this with current art trends to create strong contrast in his work.

Ulysse Verhasselt • Ulysse’s biggest artistic inspirations have always been nature and light. He aims to create environments where he can imagine himself living in them. “I’m obsessed with stylisation and brushstroke efficiency,” Ulysse reveals.

Patrycja Wójcik • Patrycja is an illustrator and concept artist whose greatest inspirations have always been fantasy worlds, fairy tales and recently the Slavic atmosphere. She focuses primarily on colour and the depiction of female characters.

The Rookies

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

CHUCK GRIEB • Chuck reveals how he carefully constructed his own home studio

Enter the world of CROW • Passion project After eight years spent drawing, world-building and storytelling, Liang Mark’s art book CROW is ready to take flight

State of the Art • Get art inspiration and advice direct to your inbox every week

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

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Letters • YOUR FEEDBACK & OPINIONS

THE ART OF MATT FERGUSON • The artist discusses his career journey and shares his creative process for illustrating movie posters with James Clarke

OF SITH AND A STRIKING DESIGN • Matt Ferguson recalls his initial difficulties in coming up with a poster to celebrate The Empire Strikes Back’s 40th anniversary

PICTURING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE • Matt discusses his creative choices for the Predator: Badlands poster, which included giving the angry alien a heroic stance

PROJECT TITLE: FANATICAL CYBORG • Character artist Zhang Huang takes us through the creative process behind Zod, an unpleasant mix of man and machine working in perfect harmony to try and ruin your day

Wynton Redmond • Mecha racing art jostles for room with character and composition explorations in this US artist’s sketchbook

Workshops • Advice from the world’s best artists

USE 3D MODELS IN YOUR CONCEPT ART • Misa Steinmetz explains how she incorporates 3D techniques into her 2D...