Workshops

Painting emotive fantasy art

  Simon Dominic Brewer
Simon Dominic Brewer takes you through a no-frills approach to creating an evocative and original design...

The 20 Rules of Game Concept Art

  Francis Tsai
The games industry’s concept designers come from many different professional and educational backgrounds, but certain required traits and skills are universal, says Francis Tsai…

The Custom Brush Guide: Skin & hair

  Marta Dahlig
In the first of a new series, Marta Dahlig shows how to make best use of custom brushes, focusing here on characters...

Paint a realistic nose

  Katarina Sokalova
The nose is one of the most difficult elements of portrait painting, but Katarina Sokalova has some advice to make life easier...

Some Assembly Required

  Thomas Scholes
Learn construction techniques, photographic montage methods and other Photoshop tricks with Thomas Scholes...

Journey into dark fantasy painting

  JP Targete
JP Targete shows you how to create a dark fantasy painting by taking you step-by-step through his piece The Purifier...

Video game concept art

  Christian Bravery
Black & White 2 Art Director Christian Bravery reveals his image creation secrets…

Become a better artist

  ImagineFX
Get to grips with fundamental skills you need to improve your art. 40 unmissable tips on colour, tone, anatomy and lighting…

Paint Creepy Portraits

  Mike Mitchell
Mike Mitchell shows you how to create a portrait that will catch anyone's eye – not to mention their imagination...

Painting fantasy eyes

  Katarina Sokolova
Eyes are so expressive, showing character, mood and beauty. Katarina Sokolova explains how to make them look natural...