ImagineFX Issue 27

Issue 27 of ImagineFX is on sale now in the UK… and in about three weeks’ time in the US and the rest of the world…

Fix your eyes on what’s inside:

Manga mayhem! The beautiful cover art is by Kyoung Hwan Kim – who we discovered  after he sent in his art for FXPose.

Manga Artist Q&A
Everything you need to know about creating amazing manga art

Manga workshop
Michael Chang Ting Yu shows how you can tell your fantasy story though your cover or poster art, using Painter and Photoshop

Anime studios special
GONZO, Bee Train and Studio Ghibli open their doors in this anime special


Also…

Art Class
Natascha Roeoesli gives Svetlana Lazutkin top tips on creating effective lighting

Interview:
British illustrator Dave Gibbons talks to IFX about 2000 AD, Watchmen and how his successful career took off in Hollywood

Beginner comic tips
We talk to ten artists about how they use digital tools to create great comic art

More workshops

Painting realistic leather
Create fabric textures from scratch and by using effects – Aly Fell walks you through the creation of a stylised fetish pin-up

Epic storytelling
Marek Okon uses multi-layered art to create complex character-lead images

The science of painting an impressive space scene
Gary Tonge explains how to bring all the aspects of a galaxy together to create a realistic space-based illustration

Quick Martian concepts
Andy Park creates Martians in Photoshop

The Tao of thumbnailing
Francis Tsai shows how you can translate ideas exactly the way you originally perceive them on to paper or screen


ON YOUR DVD
Demo software
Painter X (Mac and PC)
Photoshop CS3 (Mac and PC)
ArtRage 2.5 (Mac and PC)

RESOURCES AND EXTRAS
Ultimate 02 Denisa Images
Nis Staack Video
ArtTrek with Don Maitz
ImagineFX Issue 04
Free images & textures
CG Wallpapers
ImagineFX Wallpapers
ArtClass Brushes
Q&A Files