“Win a copy of Structura”: SPECIAL UPDATE

2D Artist issue #34

Editorial from 2Dartistmag.com

Welcome to Issue 034! Our thanks of course go to the Hadron colliding scientists in Geneva for not yet spinning us into a black hole, allowing us to bring you yet another issue filled with digital goodness! Woop! And without any more guff, I’d like to announce – whilst doing a little dance in my chair – that we have an interview this month with the one and only Brom! Hurraaaaay! I have been waiting so long for this, and now it’s finally here! … In all honesty, I actually tend to be a little awestruck when I speak to Brom over email, and probably say really silly things in my eagerness to not seem like a drivelling fool, but he’s been very supportive of this interview for 2DArtist and we salute him, as I’m sure you will also when you check out the fab interview with this icon on page 004. Enjoy! And because one interview is never quite enough, and in the interest of diversity, we bring you yet another this month – this time with Concept Artist, Jesse van Dijk (page 015)! Jesse’s portfolio is simply awe-inspiring, and if you’ve already been lucky enough to see his works on Concept Art.org, then you’ll love this 13-page interview with the very man who causes us to “Wow!” whenever we see one of his artworks! As a special treat we also have an interview with the amazing Sketch Theatre on page 051. We don’t often have studio interviews in 2DArtist, but we’ve been so impressed by what we’ve seen from these guys that we couldn’t resist featuring an article on them. Hope you like!

Our tutorials this month feature Part 4 of Chee Ming Wong’s Space Painting Tutorial Series (page 096), plus our regular Speed Painting Tutorial featuring both Richard Tilbury and Levente Peterffy. Levente teaches us an extraordinary technique which even I can’t wait to try out, so be sure to check out both our speed painting instalments on page 085. A new tutorial feature this month is by Nykolai Aleksander, who brings us part one of a small series on The Human Face. This month she talks us through the process of how to digitally paint eyes and ears, in the truly beautiful way that she has developed in her artworks. I’m always looking forward to Nykolai’s next great artwork, and she certainly impresses us this month with this great little article on page 109 – I hope you’ll get a lot from it! Nick Miles has also put together a fantastic Making Of article for us on the creation of recent gallery image, The Mantis Queen, on page 121, and you’ll find a great Sketchbook feature on the works of WanKok Leong on page 029. As always we have 10 great gallery images, plus the results of our regular Stylised Challenge over on Concept Art.org; which, by the way, I hope to see more of you entering in the coming months as we have lots of great topics coming up! *Winks*

Right, well enjoy October’s Issue, have a happy Halloween, and see you next month for plenty of bonfires and fireworks (you’ve gotta love this time of year, haven’t you?). Cheers! Ed.

CGPAD Contest: Win a copy of Structura!

That’s right, CGPAD.org is offering you the chance to win this fantastic, new concept-art book from Nicolas Bouvier (SPARTH), and everyone is encouraged to take part, as this is a competition amongst all skill levels.

CGPAD is also excited to announce that this contest will be judged by the illustrious Sparth himself! So, what are you waiting for?

To learn more about just how to get started, take a moment to read about it in the CGPAD forums here.

3DTotal Call for submissions!…

ADAPT 2008 Schedule and Activities…

Head over to adaptconference.com to learn more about this event!

Steambot Studios Artbook

More details of it’s progress, and future release will be found on the Steamblog, and also over at Steambotstudios.com

Concept Design Academy Fall Enrollment 2008

Our new Fall term class schedule is available for enrollment starting on Aug. 28th~!!

The first day of our 10-week courses starts on Oct. 4, 2008.
Our first monthly workshop starts on Sept. 27th & 28th at Laguna College of Art + Design.

The registration deadline for Fall term is on Sept. 29th, 2008.
We have an exciting line up for this term with workshops from:

Christian Alzmann

Stephan Martiniere (featured on our cover illustration)

Bill Perkins
and New classes:

Cinematic Storyboard with Jay Oliva

Sketching for Environment with Ed Li

Figure Drawing Workshop (Wed night, uninstructed)

If you are interested to enrolling in our Fall term courses or workshops, please send us an e-mail at contact@conceptdesignacad.com to reserve your spot. We will send you a confirmation e-mail shortly with enrollment details.

Hope you will enjoy your visit and please check our blog site as we update more news, art, and new workshop/class announcements.

Thanks for your visit,

Kevin Chen
Concept Design Academy

2D Artist issue #31

Editorial from 2dartistmag.com

Welcome to Issue 031! Well, we’re officially halfway through 2008 now, and seriously questioning where the time goes these days as we get stuck into the serious work on your August issue already! So before we wake up to Christmas bells ringing in the morning, let me quickly mention some of this month’s highlights so you can get stuck in!
First of all, I can’t help but excitedly tell you about our brand new Space Painting Tutorial Series by the we-can’t-believe-he-has-time-to-write-tutorials-for-us busy Dr. Chee Ming Wong (page 101). Chee actually called me up not too long ago to ask me if he had any limitations as to what he could write for this tutorial, as he loves to get into the theory and talk about the details in depth, and as soon as we heard this we got really excited and simply couldn’t wait to see the finished draft… which we proudly feature in this magazine – just for you! Chee certainly impresses us all with this first tutorial instalment, and I am proud to announce that this tutorial series will in fact be running for this and the next 11 months! Yep, that’s right: a 12-month tutorial series all about space art creation – so get your space hats on, pick up your Wacom and get painting! We all expect to see some wonderful space creations this time next year, so no excuses – get stuck in and learn from the Master, exclusively in 2DArtist mag!
Our must-see interview this month is with ArenaNet Concept Artist, Rich Anderson, aka “FlapTraps” (page 041). We find out where the nickname “FlapTraps” originated from, all about his work environment and his inspirations… and how he has developed the trick of using the eraser in Photoshop to enhance his awe-inspiring artworks! This interview is pretty much packed with all the kind of stuff that great interviews are made of, and because we love his work so much we’ve given plenty of his images full-page spreads to really get the creative juices flowing in all of you. So enjoy Rich’s offerings and don’t say I didn’t warn you about that inspiration thing – you’ll be diving on that Wacom in no time, trust me!
We’ve actually taken a ‘politically correct’ stance on our interviews this month, with equal measures of interview goodness from the guys and gals. There’s plenty in this issue for all and everyone, so get reading before the August issue comes out and you run out of time! *winks*
We’ve heard that a lot actually: that we put so much content in our mags that it’s actually hard to get through the whole issue – cover to cover – in just a month! Well, we take that as a compliment as we’re not likely to stop providing the packed content anytime soon, so enjoy the latest instalment from the 2DArtist team and feel free to let us know what you think! Ed.

The competition this August is HEATING UP…

CGPAD GRAPHIC TABLETS SHOP

We just launched our tablet shop here at CGPAD.ORG. We concentrate on the most known graphic tablets from brands like WACOM, TRUST and GENIUS. If you need a new tablet for a fair price, check our graphic tablets store. We also have some additional accessories in there which you can directly buy from there.