Welcome to Issue 29! It’s been 20 years since 3D first arrived in the mail. Or, more precisely, since chunky cardboard boxes arrived on people’s doorsteps. Each box carrying a precious cargo of Poser 3.0 CD-ROMs, a door-stop sized printed manual and a licence-key card. …
Read Issue 27 of Digital Art Live : Discover Giant Monsters Creating giant creatures with Photoshop, Poser Pro, Painter, ZBrush, 3DS Max
Welcome to Issue 27! Welcome to this ‘Giant Monsters’ issue! Giant monsters have been around for a long time, even if you don’t count the dinosaurs. The most ancient epic of Gilgamesh, the earliest known work of literature, has the hero fight a giant spirit-boar…
Read Issue 26 of Digital Art Live – “To the Skies” Celebrating science-fiction’s abiding interest in all things airborne
Welcome to Issue 26! Welcome to this ‘To the Skies!’ issue, celebrating science-fiction’s abiding interest in all things airborne — futuristic aircraft and their daring pilots, sleek airships, floating islands, hovering platforms, and cloud-mining cities. We even snuck in a sky-whale and other floating creatures!…
Read Issue 25 of Digital Art Live : Dynamic Poses Dynamic character posing - includes comic book artwork
Welcome to Issue 25! Welcome to this ‘Dynamic Posing’ issue. No, don’t worry — we don’t expect you to read this issue while striking an Incredible Hulk pose! I refer here to a popular trend that you may have heard of, called ‘Power Posing’. From…
Read Issue 24 : Abstract Art ANDY LOMAS interviewed : one of Hollywood’s leading CG experts (Matrix, Avatar)
Welcome to Issue 24! Oh, that’s a bit too abstract…” is an idle put-down artists sometimes hear. But abstract is what all artists do, in one way or another. Great art selectively simplifies and stylises the parts of reality most important to our culture. Even…
Read Issue 23 Arthur C Clarke Tribute Issue Plus Interview with Pixar Artist Neil Blevins
Welcome to Issue 23! WELCOME to our “Gateway to Space” issue, a small tribute to the vision of the British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Clarke was one of the best science popularisers and futurists of the 20th century, a true ‘gateway’ visionary for many,…
Read Issue 22 of Digital Art Live – Character Lighting The importance of lighting to establish and convey characters in your 3D portraiture
Welcome to Issue 22! In this issue we consider the importance of lighting to establish and convey character in your 3D portraiture. We talk with a variety of artists and content developers, all of whom also make science-fiction, fantasy and/or steampunk art. Joe Pingleton delights…
Read Issue 21 – Explore Striking Digital Art created with Mandelbulb 3D, VUE, Maya, DAZ Studio and Photoshop Eco-futures themed issue
Welcome to Issue 21! In Science Fiction, there’s a tendency to gravitate towards Dystopias rather than Utopias. A dystopian environment provides more grit, more angst and more interesting stories to write. There’s going to be an urban sprawl and the inhabitants are isolated from all…
Read Issue 20 of Digital Art Live Magazine : Digital Clothing Clothing content creation special and review on Marvelous Designer 6.5
Welcome to Issue 20 This issue we explore the design and creation of clothing content for 3D characters with three different artists. We’re also featuring a review on Marvelous Designer 6.5, software that is highly regarded as part of the workflow for creating clothing content.…
Read Issue 17 of Digital Art Live : Visual Effects – Interviews with Industry Leaders Greg Teegarden (Digital Domain), Tobias Richter (The Light Works) and Phil Dragash (fan fiction work)
Welcome to Issue 17 Visual effects can be hailed as the first inspiration for quite a few science fiction/fantasy digital artists. It inspires them to take the first steps in setting up their own “studio” to create similarly stirring images. Years ago the bar for…