Editor’s letter
Three of my top
EDITOR’S CHOICEpicks this month...Claire Howlett, Editor
@imaginefx.com
Let’s leap straight into the
awesomeness of this issue:
SPARTH! Sparth! Sparth! Who
said Sparth? Me! This legendary
artist is an inspiration and a
master and I’m very proud that
his cover and workshop (see
page 64) takes centre stage of
our concept art issue.
I’m also a long-time fan of Donglu Yu (Donglu
Yu! DONGLU Y... okay, I’ll stop this), not only for
her art, but also in how she’s giving back to the art
community by mentoring students. It was also
interesting to hear how her training in Chinese
calligraphy and its no-room-for-error preciseness
would help inform her brush stroke decisions in
concept art. She’s a true marvel – find out more in
our interview on page 34.
In our news feature we chatted with a group of
very successful concept artists to discuss what they
think is a winning combination of skills to become
a master in the field. What do concept artists even
do all day? It might not be what you think. See page
18 for more insight.
Let us know what you think of this issue, or
ImagineFX in general at the email address below.Start your engines
How Ian McQue’s childhood home became the
inspiration for his most famous work.Going postal
I loved finding out that Colie Wertz starts some of his
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