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ImagineFX Issue 65

liquidfire — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:10:52 +0000

The new edition of popular digital art magazine ImagineFX is making it way across the nation to it’s subscribers and will soon be available to purchase at all good newsagents!

This months mag has gone TRON-tastic starting with a flashy cover image by EXPOSÉ 8 cover artist Marek Okon, followed by a four page interview with TRON:Legacy vehical artist Daniel Simon. Daniel shares his experiences working (and re-working) this winters blockbuster movie. Phil Saunders chimes in with a quick chat about designing the costumes for the film.

Diosdado Mondero is the latest artists to bare all and show us their studio set-up in the latest ’Artist in Residence’ feature. Mondero has converted his basement into a place that most artists would kill for! A fantastic setup of iMac, Cintique, drawing board an Eisle all surrounded by toys, figures, guitars and an ever expanding collection of books. Prepare to do green with envy!

January’s main features include a six-page delve into the surreal world of art legend Moebius, who actually worked alongside Syd Mead on the original TRON movie way back in 1982 followed by a ‘A-Z of Sci-Fi art’ which take a look at how different artists tackle some sci-fi cliches. This months sketchbook is courtesy of South African Henrik Gericke.

The TRON-fest comes to a climax with a wicked 4 page light-cycle tutorial. Chee Ming Wong guides you though the process of designing a lightcycle and painting the perfect electric backdrop for your new creation to streak through.

Other Workshops include a Painter & Photoshop based sci-fi scene by illustrator Patrick J Jones and a dino based digital painting by Peter Oedekoven, both of which have accompaning video files to help you along.

There’s also a fantastic subscription offer at the moment where you can get a free copy of digital painting program Art Rage 3 Studio Pro (worth £59) as a welcome gift.

Syd Mead Limited Edition Print Available

liquidfire — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:54:28 +0000

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Syd Mead Incorporated, the world-renowned Visual Futurist has released a limited edition poster entitled Village Machine.

The print is exclusively available through the Gamma Proforma store. A2 in size (420mm x 594mm) Lithographic print on 200GSM elemental Chlorine Free FSC Certified pulp. Only 500 are available, so grab one while you can! Worldwide postage is available for the flat rate of £3.95 and payment via PayPal is also available.

Syd Mead Announces Sentury II Art Book

liquidfire — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:04:23 +0000

World renowned artist and ‘Visual Futurist’ Syd Mead has announced the release of Sentury II, the highly anticipate follow up to 2001′s Sentury (a now out of print and highly sought after item).

Mead is a prolific artist, working in many areas such as architecture, feature film (Tron, Bladerunner), industrial design and automotive design to name a few. Details on what will be included are limited at this point in time, but its safe to say (based on all off his earlier publications) that this 176 page book will be packed full of stunning artwork and designs for a not-so-distant Future.

The official release date has been set for October 1, 2010, but the book is currently available for pre-order through Amazon.

Pre-order Links:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk