First impressions

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People pulling a sled in the snow towards a sunset

“Work I’d always hoped to get is now coming in, after 40 years in the business”: first impressions with painter Greg Manchess

By Rob Redman published

Greg tells us how martial arts training helped him learn how to paint, sparking his decades-long career as an artist.

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Greg Ruth

"The work is profoundly different" says the artist behind HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 poster campaign

By Ian Dean published

Illustrator Greg Ruth on his journey to finding a style and a career

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First impressions; artist Marie-Alice Harel sits at a drawing desk

First Impressions: freelance illustrator Marie-Alice Harel loves "the freedom" her work offers

By ImagineFX staff published

First impressions; Marie-Alice on illustrating Peruvian folk tales, Howl's Moving Castle and Neil Gaiman stories

Creative Inspiration
First impressions Adria Alvarado; a woman holds up a paint brush

First impressions: Peruvian artist Adria Alvarado mixes digital and traditional techniques

By Ian Dean published

Advice from Boris Vallejo inspired her to become an artist.

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First impressions; a woman in an art studio

First impressions: concept artist and illustrator Emily Chapman

By Ian Dean published

A host of creative endeavours led the artist to her craft.

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