Welcome to the “Expressing Character” themed issue of your free Digital Art Live magazine for science fiction and fantasy artists. We explore the interaction of character with setting, and the placing and posing of multiple characters in a convincing ensemble composition. The tedious work for…
Environments : How to Produce Effective Environments with Postwork
Postwork can massively transform a scene into a much more convincing environment. With the use of rendered images, stock images, specific Photoshop tools and brushes, Mary Wright (Quixotry) shares her detailed techniques of creating two extreme environs that are at opposite ends of the scale; realistic…
Read Issue 39 of Digital Art Live : Avengers concept artist interview Armando Savoia Deserts : stunning and mysterious vistas by digital artists
Welcome to the “Deserts” themed issue of your free Digital Art Live magazine for science fiction and fantasy artists. Deserts in science fiction are common settings, but they seem to be remarkably under-studied! The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction has no entry, and neither Google Books…
DAZ Studio : Tinkering with Textures
Can’t make the live webinar? Registration includes the HD recording Have you got stuck on trying to adapt textures for your content within DAZ Studio? Have you wondered if there are some cost-effective ways to manipulate textures? Looking for fast and simple methods for…
Read Issue 36 – Explore future megacities Digital artists depict their megacity scenes with Photoshop, Sketchup and Blender
Welcome to Issue 36! Welcome to our ‘Megacities’ issue! (Subscribe for free to read the rest of the editorial giving a summary of 2018’s tools and resources creating Digital Art on a budget) Get sci-fi artwork, inspiration and in-depth interviews with digital artists for free…
Read Issue 35 of Digital Art Live Magazine Getting Value in Creating and Vending your Art
Welcome to Issue 35! This month we have a focus on getting value for your art; considering the tools that are low cost or free to use to create digital art as well as interviewing digital artists to see how they sell and make an…
Scene and Postwork Clinic – Your Composition and Postwork Challenges Solved!
This workshop is a scene composition and postwork “clinic”. If you’re having trouble with any scene where you’re aiming to produce a polished book cover illustration, a product cover, a graphic novel panel, a character or a landscape based scene, we’ll suggest composition improvements and…
Visual Narratives Workshop : Share and Connect with Digital Artist Storytellers
Showcase, Promotion and Workflow Discussion Share your Comic Book/Book Cover/Story World Artwork Sunday 25th November 20:00 BST (London)/15:00 EDT (New York)/12:00 PDT (Los Angeles) THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SUNDAY THE 25TH OF NOVEMBER Creating an illustrative narrative is a challenging and yet fulfilling project.…
Essential Postwork Techniques – Your Postwork Challenges Solved!
This workshop is a Photoshop postwork “clinic”. We will:- Showcase your renders and gain professional feedback from Tasos Solve your challenges that you may have with postwork when using Photoshop Assist you with a postwork technique you’re trying to achieve, but not sure how.…
Essential Postwork Techniques for your Renders
Have you wanted to improve your raw renders from your 3D application and have struggled with enhancing the images? Have you wished to adjust from a clean 3D look to something more stylised? Join us in this workshop, led by Tasos Anastasiades, a professional comic…