April 2007

Editorial
Well, April. We couldn’t even think of a worthwhile April Fool’s joke for you all: how sad is that? My favourite April Fool’s of this year goes to ‘Google’, who have masterfully set up a service where they offer free broadband... wait for it... which works by using the water in your toilet! Genius! Check out www.google.com/tisp for the full story!

Thinking of it, we should really start planning next years hoax as it seems to take us so long, so email in with your ideas and we’ll get cracking! Back to this month’s issue though, Concept Art is the theme this month with 5 major artists, from differing fields of digital art, but all with a special talent for the conceptual image. Loads of great artwork to go with these, and throughout the whole mag, as ever. The ‘Challenge’ is growing rapidly and we had more entries this month than ever before. You can show off your digital art skills by entering the challenges to win fantastic prizes every month.

See the ‘Stylised Animal Challenge’ section for further information. Anyway, thanks again for continuing to support us, and remember, you can purchase all of the back issues of both 2DArtist and 3DCreative magazines, as well as sign up for subscriptions, which include great discounts, via www.2dartistmag.com and www.3dcreativemag.com. Enjoy this month’s monster issue and I’ll see you again in May... Ed.

Interview
John Wu
Games Concept Artist at Sony Europe

Interview
Philip Straub
Art Director for NCSoft Santa Monica

Interview
Björn Börkur Eiríksson
Eve Online’s Lead Illustrator

Interview
John “Roc” Upchurch
Concept Artists, Atlanta USA

Galleries
10 of the best images from around the World

Article
Mark Goerner
The Concept Art of Mark Goerner

Article
300
Company 3 Pushes DI to New Limits

Tutorial
Custom Brushes
‘Chamber’, by Richard Tilbury

Tutorial
Speed Painting ‘Forest Fire’
by Levente Peterffy & Mikko Kinnunen

Tutorial
Male Portrait
by Daarken

Making Of
Robyn
Project Overview by Tuna Ferit Hidayetoglu

Making Of
Ply-Spell
Project Overview by David Munoz Velazquez

Making Of
Under the root, my kingdom
Project Overview by Olivier Heban

     

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