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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THE ART OF MARVEL RIVALS • Find out how legendary characters made the leap from comics to the video game

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How to publish your first manga • Make your breakthrough Tanya Combrinck meets six top manga artists to uncover the secrets behind their success

JUST GETTING STARTED • Chihiro Howe’s tips for taking the leap into an original comic

Linnea Kataja and Bellamy Luna Brooks • Tokyo for two The Japanese-based duo take us inside their shared home studio and explain how it all came together

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Letters YOUR FEEDBACK & OPINIONS

THE ART OF DAN DA DAN • Trevor Hogg dodges aliens and ghosts to uncover the calculated and colourful madness of a bizarre anime adaptation

TRIPPY OPENING CREDITS • Every good show needs a unique title sequence to really hook the audience

THE MANY FACES OF A MORPHING PROTAGONIST • Okarun’s various states of transformation during the series presented a challenge

SETTING THE TONE FOR DRAMA • Each action sequence has its own colour theme, from alien cool to yokai warm

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Florent Desailly • Fierce beasts from French folklore are among the mythical creatures reimagined in the artist’s personal project

Workshops

Clip Studio Paint DRAW AN EXCITING MEGA MAN COVER • Follow along as Kenny Ruiz and Noiry guide us through the process of crafting a cover for Mega Man Timelines

Technique focus FIND STRENGTH IN ABSTRACTION • Clément Blum explains the development of an illustration that became increasingly eccentric

Procreate DESIGN A DYNAMIC SCI-FI COMPOSITION • Concept artist and illustrator Tano Bonfanti details how he melds anime style with cyberpunk aesthetics for an exhilarating image

How I create… A FUTURISTIC SCENE

Technique focus COMBINE YOUR INSPIRATIONS • Adolf Lachman uses a centuries-old painting to create a spectacular new fantasy design

Photoshop & Blender PAINT BELIEVABLE ENVIRONMENTS • Concept artist Edward Barons breaks down his thought process when building convincing details into a scene

Technique focus EMBRACE THE WEIRD IDEAS • Arne Billen crafts a crooked character from his Dungeons & Dragons vision

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