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DIGITAL PAINTING

CREATIVE RETOUCHING

GAME ART

LIGHTING

APRIL MADDEN

Editor

T

he games industry is one of the leading

employers of digital artists across a

variety of disciplines. In our feature this

issue, industry experts from some of the

biggest titles in the business take us through their

roles in this booming industry, explain how they

develop environments, characters, key art and

trailers, and demonstrate the skills you need to

succeed as a videogames artist.

Whatever kind of Photoshop work you create,

lighting is something that can make or break your

image, so it's important to master it. Our feature on

p38 is packed with professional tips from

photographers, compositors and digital artists to

help you take control of lighting. To take it further,

artist Meike Hakkaart shares her techniques for

painting lighting on p48.

On p56, photographer Leo Rosas Morin explains

his expert techniques for creative hair retouching.

You'll learn how to select, edit and paint this tricky

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Games developer Crystal

Dynamics created this

artwork of Tomb Raider

heroine Lara Croˆ for the

latest iteration of the

multi-million selling

franchise. They explain

more about their art in

our feature on p26.

CRYSTAL DYNAMICS

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subject, enabling you to radically transform images.

Meanwhile on p66, advertising art director Rodrigo

Marinelli shares some complex and creative Warp

tool techniques to enable you to make impossible,

but believable composites. On p74, illustrator Geneva

Benton takes us through the process of transforming

a photo into a stunning pencil and ink illustration,

using masks, filters and professional brush

techniques. Give these pro techniques a whirl today,

and don't forget to share your images with us on our

Gallery at the link below.

Plus we have interviews with photographer and

photo artist Erik Almås (p10), digital and branding

studio Engage Interactive (p18) and sports artist

Ronan Muller (p86). On p16 Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn

takes us inside typographical treat The Clickbait

Project, while artists as diverse as Ubisoft Redlynx's

Juhani Jokinen, freelancer illustrator Mana Ikeda and

Adobe favourite Emi Haze explain the processes

behind their personal work. Enjoy the issue!

HOW I MADE:

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Discover how illustrator Mana Ikeda created

this intensely colourful piece of artwork

IN THIS ISSUE...