Favourite artists

Donato Giancola

rorke — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:38:21 GMT

http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=3444

I thought that this perticulare painting was outstanding.

http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=32688

Just wonderful really.

Maryam Tabatabei

jonnymarvel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:39:13 GMT

Found her on Deviantart compleatly by chance, but her stuff is lovly, all warm and inviting, great stuff have a nosiey if you havn't already

http://saintmaria666.deviantart.com/

Derren Brown

Conscious Bob — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:28:11 GMT

This guy's in the public eye at the moment as he's started a run of tricks for Channel Four in the UK.

He's pretty good at caricature as well.

http://derrenbrownart.com/

Seeing as some forumites here are into caricature I thought it would be worthwhile adding a link.

Vertigo Comic book artist - Amy Reeder Hadley

kenmo — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:48:05 GMT

Best known for her pencil work on Vertigo Comics Madame Xanadu... A graphic novel I am presently reading....

http://www.tentopet.com/

She has some good tutorials at this link...

http://www.tentopet.com/resources/tutorials/tutorials.html

Cheers

Ken

Favorite Artist - Brom

DarkWrath — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:43:46 GMT

Brom Art

My Favorite artist has to be Brom, beautiful colours, a fantastic grasp of anatomy and a superbly twisted imagination.

Anyone that hasn't heard of him, check out the link above.

Fave artist Joe Pekar!

varible76 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:34:12 GMT

My favorite Pin-up artist is Joe Pekar, why? Because he does pin-up toons and he inspired me to do the same. I love his style of work, it's not too cartoony nor realistic. He paints using a variety of colors, especial in the shadows- doesn't use blacks, use more blues or purples which goes hand in hand when using flesh tones or complements with warm colors.

Pekar site includes a great body of work of different genres inspired from familiar pop-culture characters, too sexualizing mythical women, and other diverse types of women. All the classic arch-types of you would expect from pin-ups. You can check out some of Joe's earlier works to developing one of his pin-up character's in 3D. You can see his work from sketchbooks, earlier works in oil paint, to now digital painting using Painter.

Get a glimpse of his mini-tutorial, giving the viewer or inspired artist to create your own pin-ups. He has a blog set-up to let his fans know what he's working on. If you really like his work a couple of his art books are for sale on his his site.

Check him out at http://www.joepekar.com/

His pin-ups are soo cool and amazing!

My uncle Thomas Blackshear

TrellH — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:50:37 GMT

MARTIN BLAND!

mitchellnelson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:31:14 GMT

well my art hero who get me into digi art is martin bland. (back in issue No.2 IFX) I found out he was related to my Godmother which was really cool too! so he has given me a lot of tips of the last couple of years. take a look at his stuff plz! you will then understand what an amazing artist he is!

http://spyroteknik.deviantart.com/

http://www.spyroteknik.com/

these are his websites.

Outlaw Star

Senra — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:59:58 GMT

I have absolutely no idea of the name of the artist who did these drawings but I want to reach that sort of level some day for definite, if anyone could find out for me that'd be great but I haven't seen any mention of who did these pics. but they're the main inspiration I've gotten for drawing manga, I intend to do the stuff this detailed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1spkUEzOSw&feature=related

Benjamin Zhang Bin

em... — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:03:26 GMT

I was flicking through the graphic novels in my local Waterstones the other day, and came across one called Orange by the writer/artist is called Benjamin Zhang Bin

Any artist who paints cute Asian girls, in vibrant non-literal colour palettes, with a loose painterly style is going to have me as a fan.

Child prodigy artist!

EmiliaPaw — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:14:59 GMT

Check this site out:

http://www.akiane.com/akiane_life.htm

This girl is absoultely amazing! My jaw dropped when I saw that

Todd Lockwood

martinmckeown — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:47:39 GMT

Simply the best at the moment, the reason I got into digital!!!!!!!!

Navante

aceoni — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:13:54 GMT

Out of all honesty Lauren K. Cannon is my absolute favorite artist. When ever I see her art work I get the shivers.

http://navate.com/index.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2206TEZj-Y

Kekai Kotaki

GregTaylor — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:52:08 GMT

http://www.kekaiart.com/

I found his art some time back along with the other guild wars artists and was blown away, I was really happy to see next issue has him in it!

Anyway, check his stuff out

If you want a good laugh!

AlexTooth — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:21:35 GMT

Much the Miller's Son

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114370

very funny I read it through for like 1hr30mins - love it!!

"razer"

Majora — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:50:22 GMT

Hes a concept artist from Moscow but I sadly found no other info on him other than his jaw-dropping post on Conceptart.org

IF someone has info on him please tell me

my fav ones :D

the entire thread http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=141787

Matthew Stawicki

martinmckeown — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:48:04 GMT

I was quite amazed to find Matt's work in the reader's expose, his work has been quality for years and should surely have been in the masters section of the mag.

Someone of his quality shouldbe writing tutorials or painting the mag covers never mind lurking around with us plebs.

See his work here.

Douglas Klauba One of the greatest Fantasy, Sci Fi Illustrators;Why you should know who he is.

urban rockwell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:41:23 GMT

Douglas Klauba is a graduate of the American Acacdemy of Art in Chicago IL. in alumnist alongside Alex Ross, John Tobias(maker of mortal combat) Thomas Blackshere(Ebony Visions), (Myself included!lol! ) Anyway Doug has been painting for many years. He's got all kinds of awards for his paintingsand creativity. Presently he does the covers for the comicbook The Phantom, has worked with marvel and DC here and there. He does traditional work Pencils, Paint on canvas and illustration board but should not be overlooked because he doesn't do the computer graphics. The way this guy paints buy hand(actualy mixing paints on a palette and applying it to his brush is an amazing thing to see). His work equally and beyond can match any computer artist. Don't take my word for it. Find out for yourself. IFX needs to interview and feature this guys work if they haven't. I feel he doesn't get mentioned enough in the industry. I need feedback from people. If you agree with me mention it to the IFX team. Thanks!

http://www.douglasklauba.com/

Yet another youtube vid to make you sick

phoenicorn — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:09:22 GMT

This guy is insane. I have sat in college and studied his wips on you tube and thought I'd share them

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ96yK2LirY

Chris Scalf

phoenicorn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:40:28 GMT

watch and marvel (well I did)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtJ5zrzlfdE

RuanJia

AlexTooth — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:24:41 GMT

I know this guy was featured in IFX cos I have one of his pics cut out on my wall.

But I was just browsing conceptart.org yesterday and saw his finished works thread. And well, his style is off.the.hook imo, this is some of my favourite digital art I have seen and comparable to some of my favourite ever traditional paintings....

So, if you havn't looked already, check the thread on CA or his website, you're in for a treat!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=126389

http://ruanjia.com/home.asp

Drawing in Illustrator and Photoshop CS4 looks easy

joeparis — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:52:51 GMT

It's maybe not a style or subject matter that fits into the ImagineFX stable but I urge you to watch this inspirational video of a simple cowboy drawing. Illustrator and Photoshop CS4.

http://vimeo.com/2898734

Commenting on Galleries

phoenicorn — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:54:10 GMT

Well anyone who has seen my recent posts I have been going on about the fact that no-one comments on the galleries. Well I have been commenting on various galleries and I figured I would place some of the ones that I feel deserve special mention. I will always ask permission before posting on here so if I go afew days without posting it will more than likely be because I am waiting for permission.

Without further adue I would like to mention this guy

Lauren Saint-Onge

one picture in particular the link is below

http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/lafayettecores_portfolio/Fisher.aspx

More to come soon!

For inspiration.

sjmarshy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:34:24 GMT

Well I'm new here, and I'm not entirely based in digital sci-fi/fantasy art though I wish I could be. I'm a Graphic Design student at University in the UK, and am only just learning to paint digitally, I often use digital/traditional sketches instead, as nothing is required in graphic design like a digital painting, though if I could learn it would certainly be useful.

Anyway, onto the actual point, for inspiration I tend to sit and look through various books on my favorite artists, as the internet often has so much information it becomes difficult to find good sites. These artists specifically are Raymond Pettibon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Pettibon), Alex Pardee (www.eyesuckink.com), M.C. Escher, Geiger, and pretty much anyone who catches my eye. I've been buying imagineFX for nearly a year now, and this also acts as fantastic inspiration, it's wonderful to just sit and read through.

cheers,

sam

him!

freiheit — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:08:19 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrdRrAjpcDM&mode=related&search=

I feel skill-less right now...and increadibly old lol