ReviewBooks
The Art Of Alfredo Alcala by Heidi MacDonald and Phillip Dana Yeh (book review).
Often with the artbooks from Dover Press, I like the art and recognise the techniques shown they use even if I don’t know…
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Illustration
Illustration and painting.
December 2022
November 2022
ReviewScifi
Rayguns & Rocketships by Rian Hughes (book review).
If you do the page flick test with ‘Rayguns & Rocketships’, you could be mistaken to think its all about paperback covers. However,…
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Here’s an interview with John Howe, the man behind the illustrations and concepts for Rings of Power (audio format).
This afternoon, John Howe sat down with Luke Shelton (co-host of The Tolkien Experience Podcast) and Jeremy Edmonds (TolkienGuide) for a live interview…
ReviewScifi
Illustrators: The Art Of Sydney Jordan/The Art Of Jim Holdaway (magazine review).
I should point out that ‘Illustrators: The Art Of Sydney Jordan/The Art Of Jim Holdaway’ is a limited 1000 copy print run and…
NewsComics
Getting the most out of your digital inking: Advice from a DC comics artist (video tutorial).
The process of digital inking may be challenging, which is why we’ve brought in Ryan Benjamin, a comic book artist who has worked…
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Lady Mechanika: Siya Oum provides a tutorial on how to draw and ink a comic book page (video format lesson).
At times, the laborious but ultimately gratifying process of sketching a page for a comic book might seem to be a mystery. Where…
ReviewBooks
Illustrators Special: The Modesty Blaise Artists (book review).
In many respects, this ‘Illustrators Special: The Modesty Blaise Artists’ is a long time coming, more so considering how The Big Palace has…
ReviewIllustration
Illustrators #39 (magazine review).
The 39th edition of ‘Illustrators’ begins with a massive 40 page look at the work of American artist Gary Gianni (1954- ) from…
September 2022
ReviewIllustration
Illustrators #37 (magazine review).
The first artist of this edition of ‘Illustrators’ is Cuban artist, now living in Canada, Antonio Javier Caparo (1970- ), who is interviewed…
ReviewIllustration
Illustrators #36 (magazine review).
A couple of issues missed the pot. Illustrators # 36 has some really good material. Starting off with Thomas Fluharty (1962- ) with…
NewsIllustration
Alex Ross cartoon art tutorial: how to draw the Thing from the Fantastic Four (video).
Illustrator Alex Ross brings us a cartoon art tutorial: how to draw the Thing from the Fantastic Four. Watch with awe as Alex…
August 2022
ReviewBooks
Vision Illustrated Volume 2 edited by Hugo Bravo (book review).
It looks like Vision Illustrated Volume 2 is the last to come out of these publications. Like Volume 1, it’s a 2-page sampler…