Editorial
Hello all and all hello. Welcome to issue #026! First things first, let me introduce our brand spanking new tutorial series on Matte Painting! (page 111) The talents of Tiberius Viris tackle this new five-parter, so get stuck in right now and stay with us for the next four issues to get your fill of Matte Painting tips and tricks! To put your new-found Matte Painting skills to the challenge, why not mosey on over to the Threedy.com forums where you’ll find Tiberius in our regular Matte Painting Challenges?! Our interviewees this month include the inspirational Nick Oroc, who our resident artist, Richard Tilbury, had the pleasure of meeting at ADAPT 2007, so be sure to check out his amazing work on page 008. Our second interview is with the lovely Dave Neale, one of our Stylised Challenge regulars. We love his style, so we thought it was about time we got to know him a little better! (page 019) Our other interview is with an amazing comic book artist who we had the pleasure of meeting and chatting to at this year’s Birmingham International Comics Show (where we had a stall – woo!) Andie Tong. So for a huge dose of comic art medicine, see page 027 and get those pencils and Wacoms twitching! One of my favourites this month is the wonderful sketchbook of Bjorn Hurri (page 043). You may have seen Bjorn’s work gracing the ConceptArt forums, where he has a developed a huge following; he sent us so much work we could have filled an entire magazine – trust me when I say that Bjorn has talents that many of us would die for! We’ve also welcomed Bente Schlick to 2DArtist this month; turn to page 088 for a lesson on how to paint a beautiful Misty Morning landscape. We can look forward to more beauty from Bente over the coming months, so stay tuned! Finally, Eric Wilkerson’s Making Of takes on a traditional approach to digital painting this month, which I think many artists will find really inspiring, so take a look and get the motivation you need! We love a bit of what’s good for us, and this magazine is certainly all that, so get stuck in and enjoy this month’s offerings! Ed.
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