ImagineFX staff

How artworks from classic films inspired this matte painter and director

By ImagineFX staff Published 27 October 26

Ian Vicknair reveals the inspirations behind his highly detailed environment work.

"If I start at 8am, I feel I've lost the day already," manga artist Yé Wei shows us his obsessively organised art studio

By ImagineFX staff Published 25 October 26

Esquissewei has a split studio with two desks, 3,000 markers and a bed for breaking the day in half.

Art

"I think of brushstrokes as having a rhythm" – Isabella Nalin Fais on her career in concept art

By ImagineFX staff Published 18 October 26

The Brazilian-born artist talks about her work and influences.

Illustration

This 3D artist explores fractured identities in a striking ZBrush sculpt

By ImagineFX staff Published 16 October 26

Check out the 3D art of Skander Mallouki.

This artist's epic pencil art has made him a rising star in indie comics

By ImagineFX staff Published 15 October 26

Discover the work of Fábio Simão dos Santos.

This artist uses pencils and watercolours to capture whimsical fantasies inspired by the magic and wonder he found in books and nature as a child

By ImagineFX staff Published 14 October 26

Discover the art of Gabriel Ribeiro.

“This began as a portrait study from reference before evolving into freeform exploration. I pushed the image even further with fantastical elements”

By ImagineFX staff Published 9 October 26

Discover concept artist Alex Huneycutt's story-driven characters and environments.

“For this piece, I challenged myself to work with a limited, high-key palette. I wanted to preserve depth while using mostly light colours where I could”

By ImagineFX staff Published 7 October 26

Game artist Polina Kirillov on her experiments with characters and colour.

From a taxi centaur to a harpy who can't fly, discover this digital artist's surprising fantasy world

Digital character art for a fantasy world

By ImagineFX staff Published 6 October 26

Edwin Vorng loves the challenge of showing a character’s complex personality visually.

A super realistic take on Disney's Stitch and a stylised Samus helped this 3D artist expand his range

3D character art showing Metroid and Stitch

By ImagineFX staff Published 3 October 26

Check out the 3D art of Juan Hernández.

"I don’t have a plan for what I want to create": Bente Schlick on the feeling and spontaneity in her fantasy illustrations

By ImagineFX staff Published 2 October 26

The successful book cover illustrator reveals her art process.

Illustration

Gary A. Lippincott takes us on a tour of his inspiring home art studio

By ImagineFX staff Published 27 September 26

We find the renowned fantasy artist surrounded by an oddball cast of characters and shelves of reference books to inspire the imagination.

Art

“Fan art helps me escape my habits" – Recreating Distant Lands: Obsidian allowed this artist to explore colours, lighting and subjects beyond his usual repertoire

By ImagineFX staff Published 26 September 26

Discover the art of Marc Magliari.

This digital artist takes inspiration from Old Masters and orientalist paintings

By ImagineFX staff Published 25 September 26

Discover the art of Brian Yuen.

This artist's dark fantasy concepts create a sense of unease and vast scale

By ImagineFX staff Published 17 September 26

Discover the art of Hassan Hameed.

This artist blends traditional Chinese ink aesthetics with digital painting in Photoshop to create dynamic Three Kingdoms characters

By ImagineFX staff Published 16 September 26

Discover the work of concept designer Xianglong.

Final Fantasy VII inspired this artist to create her own worlds

By ImagineFX staff Published 15 September 26

Tian Gan on how she became an artist.

This artist upcycles vintage artwork to give forgotten paintings a quirky modern twist

By ImagineFX staff Published 11 September 26

Heather Castles applies acrylic paints on vintage art surfaces, mimicking the original artist's style.

This artist designed a poker deck inspired by the crisp textures and geometric shapes of Cubism and Futurism

By ImagineFX staff Published 10 September 26

Discover the work of Dan Gartman.

“Korean games and character art played a big part in inspiring me to become a 3D character artist"

By ImagineFX staff Published 5 September 26

Samuel Selami creates grounded, memorable characters using ZBrush and Unreal Engine.

This artist turns iconic characters like Spider-Man and Hulk into sculptural Marvels

By ImagineFX staff Published 3 September 26

Digital sculpting allows Emiliano Calderón to achieve exceptional levels of detail in his collectible statues.

This 3D artist uses Unreal Engine 5 and Blender to achieve incredible detail in heroic character designs

By ImagineFX staff Published 2 September 26

Check out the work of Andres Zambrano.

“Ideas for my art come from different places. In this case, I was inspired by an iron maiden paired with a goblin who takes great zeal in his work”

By ImagineFX staff Published 1 September 26

Satoshi Kamanaka on mixing fantasy art with the compositions of Golden Age illustrators.

Traditional Korean folklore, attire and weaponry inspire this artist's striking fantasy character designs

By ImagineFX staff Published 31 August 26

Discover the creative fantasy art of Grayboxx Essennoir.