ImagineFX_Issue_150_August_2017

What were your initial feelings

about ImagineFX when we

first contacted you about

being in the magazine?

I’m a huge fan of ImagineFX. It

was the first publication my

artwork ever appeared in, and I’ve

been following it since issue one.

When I was first contacted for

issue two, I was so excited. I just

couldn’t believe that my work

would be in print!

I was, of course, very excited to

work with the ImagineFX team

on a special issue such as this one!

What stage in your career

were you at back then?

I was in my first year of

animation college, just graduated

from high school. I was very

insecure about my art and

hadn’t yet faced the fact that the

art school I was attending wasn’t

a good fit with the kind of art I

wanted to make. But getting a lot

of support from the online digital

art community and magazines

like ImagineFX really boosted

my confidence and helped me to

stick to what I loved doing most.

What do you think the

magazine has done well in

11 years and 150 issues?

I think the magazine has

brought so much inspiration to

the digital art community. What

I love the most are the artist

features that showcase up-and-

coming artists. It’s such an

important big break for a lot of

these artists and I love browsing

through them and discovering

new artists to be inspired by.

Industry InsIght

The artist also known as Loish on

her relationship with ImagineFX

Full-time freelancer Lois has

created character artwork for

companies such as LEGO,

Guerrilla Games and Marvel.

http://www.loish.net

a world of
sketches
Learn how Even Mehl
Amundsen’s daily
sketch exercises turned
into a world-building
project that, thanks
to Kickstarter, found
new life in book form.
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brooklyn’s

bright space

We step inside the

sunlight-filled, New York

studio of the ever-busy

Marc Scheff, and

discover that his

muse doesn’t always

keep to regular hours.

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epic winners

revealed

Over 500 artists from

around the world

entered Drawcrowd

and Corel’s Epic

Character Contest, and

the top-placed winners

have been announced!

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Lois va n

BaarLe

it was truly a magical

era. we felt like pioneers

in the concept art world

Early ImagineFX enthusiast

Sparth created this

striking image for a 2015

book cover for Pierre

Bordage’s Resonances.

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