Table of contents for March 2025 in ImagineFX

This month we’re looking at tabletop games, an area that has had a major role to play in the world of art and vice versa. Whether it’s trading card games, tabletop wargames or board games, there’s an intrinsic link between the gameplay and the evocative nature of the visuals, helping players to immerse themselves within the game and its world. Vincent Dutrait, a true master of tabletop art, shares some of his top tips for crafting board game illustrations this issue alongside providing our beautiful cover image, which comes from the box of board game The A.R.T. Project. We also speak to three Disney Lorcana artists about their experience recreating iconic characters for the card game. Anatomy is an area we cover fairly frequently as no matter what genre you’re…

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To draw hands accurately, you need to look past the complexity of their anatomy and recognise simple rules that will help you draw from a model, or even your own imagination. Although they’re notoriously tricky to get right, there are some sketching tips and tricks you can use to get them just right. To help, we’ve got three tutorials from artists Kate Oleska, Brynn Metheney and Jake Spicer. First, Kate breaks down the process for creating a quick sketch into four simple steps. She starts by exploring the structure of the hand, and then looks at how to translate this into a drawing. We also have a more in-depth guide on how to draw hands from Brynn, which breaks hand gestures into shapes for a more refined and realistic style.…

Absorbingly forboding art Flick through the pages of Shaun Friend’s beautifully dark sketchbook Visit a studio full of folklore Mythology-driven fantasy artist Julia Lundman opens up her workspace The story of an illustrator Traditional artist Greg Manchess on his life working for NASA and more ISSUE 250 ON SALE 11TH FEBRUARY IN PRINT & DIGITAL…

Discover your potential with The Rookies; the launchpad for emerging digital artists. With The Rookies, your work won’t only be seen, it gets noticed and featured, just like this! Join a community where your journey from hobbyist to professional artist is supported every step of the way.  WWW.THEROOKIES.CO Glutton’s Feast YEAR CREATED: 2023 MEDIA: Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Blender “For my graduation show from the ArtCenter College of Design’s Entertainment Design track, I wanted to create a personal worldbuilding project, which became known as Glutton’s Feast. The story follows Feesh, a human turned into a tiny sardine, who falls and gets trapped in Food Hell on his journey to solve the riddle of the golden dish before he gets eaten himself.” Artist PROFILE Sabrina Sentoso LOCATION: US Sabrina is a concept…

Contact the editor, Rob Redman, on mail@imaginefx.com or write to ImagineFX, Future Publishing, Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA1 1UA, England Follow us on X: x.com/imaginefx Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/imaginefx Share your artwork via #imaginefx: instagram.com/imaginefxmagazine Blown away I adore the Tekkonkinkreet fan art workshop from your last issue. The reasons behind doing fan art and the passion the writer has for it really struck me, and on top of that the art itself is amazing. It somehow feels optimistic amongst what can be a very dark and violent genre, even when it has a bright and pretty look to it. I’d love to see more of this style featured in the magazine. Enrico, via email Rob replies Hi Enrico, and thanks so much for sharing your thoughts with us! I completely agree…

When did you begin working on Disney Lorcana? I’ve been on it since the start. When I found out what it was, I remembered thinking it was an interesting project. Ravensburger seemed to like my art and asked if I wanted to work on the game. I think that was in around 2020 or 2021. There was a lot of work to get the game ready for its eventual launch. What was it about your illustration style that drew Ravensburger and Disney to you? Over the years, a lot of people have said that my style is a little bit Disney-esque. I’ve also got an animation background. I don’t know whether Ravensburger knew that, but I think that maybe it comes across in my work. I don’t work with pencil and paper;…

“This cave is totally full of Goblins, with barely any room, but this is how they like it” “It’s difficult to make a tree-person look both friendly and not human at the same time” Artist PROFILE Rossy LOCATION: England Rossy spends his time doing drawings for hire as well as creating his own projects, and has a passion for goblins and other fairy tale creatures. He also sculpts a variety of miniature figures, including a small range of pumpkin-people characters, and runs his own Patreon channel. https://bit.ly/3D2n0e0 Do you want to share your sketches with your fellow ImagineFX readers? Send us an email with a selection of your art, captions for each piece and a photo and bio of yourself to sketchbook@imaginefx.com…

Price £280/$370 Company Boulies Web https://boulies.co.uk RATING The Boulies EP460 is a bit more of an interesting chair than the majority of budget chairs out there. It’s certainly not perfect, but offers a lot more than others do within its budget price range. For a start, the EP460 is very comfortable to sit in. We used the chair for just over a month, and racked up almost 1,000 hours. It’s airy, with its mesh back and seat being great for airflow. You can slide the seat front and back to sit your legs comfortably, and the armrests, while not soft, are comfy enough to take your weight on an elbow without discomfort. For its price, the EP460 offers great ergonomics. The most noticeable feature is the lumbar support, which is…

Game art has a legacy of coercing comic and fantasy artists into its world to create box and key art. Some of the best video game box art ever has been created by comic artists and illustrators, including the very best of Atari’s iconic advertising art. I jumped at the opportunity to work on the poster art for upcoming video game Revenge of the Savage Planet as I love video games, and saw the poster project as hovering somewhere between a cover or box art that recalled the classic 16-bit era of Psygnosis covers by Roger Dean. My art is bright and optimistic, and makes for a great fit with indie developer Raccoon Logic’s colourful, weird and psychedelic exploration of alien worlds. I was already a fan of the previous…

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How did you begin working on Disney Lorcana? I started in January 2023. Because I knew about Disney Lorcana already, and some of my art heroes were already working on it, my first reaction was “this is not real”. What did Ravensburger and Disney respond to in your portfolio? What I heard was that “we think your style would be a good fit with what we want for Disney Lorcana”. So it wasn’t a particular piece but an overall vibe that matched. It’s been a great experience to be part of. How does your work on the game connect to your interest in Disney’s animated character heritage? I grew up on Disney movies, so I’ve always been a fan. As a child, I would watch the VHS tapes at home and…

I’ve been creating illustrations in the good old, traditional way for more than 25 years; hand-drawn and painted using pencils, brushes and acrylic paint on grainy paper. It’s proudly upholding the history and heritage of documented, credible and lifelike conventional art, while at the same time developing modern sensitivities, contemporary perspectives and approaches to visual storytelling. Over the years, I’ve expanded my skill set, enabling me to create digital graphic designs for numerous projects. My knowledge of the publishing world, coupled with technical and functional expertise, has allowed me to manage and master each step of the graphic production process. Additionally, I’ve collaborated on many projects from their early stages, offering artistic direction and advice, and contributing to the development of game worlds and themes. This significantly inspires, enriches and…

Price From £770/$600 Company Autonomous Web www.autonomous.ai RATING There are many ergonomic chairs out there that excel at support, or go all in on style, but few hit both nails on the head like ErgoChair Ultra. It’s a fairly priced office chair with decent support and a nice selection of colours on what is a pretty unique-looking design. It’s comfortable to sit in and smooth to move around on; fairly light and ideal for sitters that like to move around – rolling out from the desk or sliding over to a colleague. That means the ErgoChair Ultra doesn’t have the monumental comfort that comes with heavy chairs. But that’s fine; this isn’t a luxury chair, it’s an all-rounder that does lots of things well. Part of the comfort is due…

Jon Sommariva LOCATION: Australia MEDIA: Pencil, ink, markers WEB: www.instagram.com/sommariva Jon is a lifelong comic book artist with a career that has spanned over two decades. His work has been published by all major comic book companies, and is known for its energetic style and chibi characters. Cleonique Hilsaca LOCATION: US MEDIA: Ink, watercolour  WEB: www.cleonique.com Cleonique is a Honduran illustrator whose art is featured in picture books, newspapers, magazines, board games and galleries. She imbues her work with whimsy and a hint of horror from her love of fantasy and mythology. Flintica LOCATION: Germany MEDIA: Watercolour  WEB: www.instagram.com/flintica Flintica is a fantasy artist and creature designer on a mission to mystify nature, inspire dreaming, and raise awareness of ecological and social topics. “We are nature and art is what…

Where did you grow up and how has this influenced your art? I grew up in Houston, Texas, which does boast some deep-welled art resources: it’s Contemporary Arts Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, the Rothko Chapel and the insane Menil Collection, which houses, I think, the largest collection of Rene Magritte’s artwork this side of the Atlantic. But the culture is anything but art, or at least it was in the 70s and 80s that I was there for. There was an underground group of people scattered around the city that weren’t as obsessive about football and church, but it took me until high school to really find it, so I was largely left alone to sort out my art life. My mum helped a little in supporting it with…