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"No Art Director Ever Asked To See My Diploma"Article by: Daniel Pelavin The education of many a successful illustrator takes place quite handily outside the bounds of any certified program or academic course of study. The most important, perhaps only credentials of any significance in this field are the portfolio. While a portfolio of student samples may be quite handsome in presentation, it is rarely an accurate indicator of one's ability...

Ralph Bakshi... Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. I was introduced to Bakshi's work when I saw the 1978 animated version of Lord of the Rings animation on VHS. All that rotoscoped animation (see: animation that is literally traced from live action movement) was a pretty cool gimmick, but it sort of wore thin. Since then I haven't paid much attention to the guy until recently. Fire and Ice, a movie which where Ralph...

ink everyone has said everything that could be said about the god-like landscape artist, Imperial Boy... Face it, his work speaks for himself. I've said it before so I may as well shut up. Besides, I've spoken about the guy in the past. I probably said the same thing too. This was the very first piece by Imperial Boy that I saw. I wasn't that into art as I am now, but this image certainly made an impression on me. I recall the book...

I am the last person you should ask about the Warhammer 40,000 universe. I haven't read the Horus Heresy novels, and was only mildly entertained by some of the comics I found on a bargain bin. I haven't played the pricey tabletop games, nor do I plan to any time soon and I unfortunately avoided all the PC games. Why?? I don't know! But if there something I've always like about Warhammer 40K's universe, it's those blasted Space...

Welcome! Let's talk about art again! (What else?) You might not be asking: What are paint overs? It's when... It's when when some newbie artist would post his or her fugly art piece on a blog or message board asking for comments or suggestions, and a more experienced artists would come along and start painting over it to point out mistakes. And no, I'm not talking about directional arrows and notes on where to improve (though that's technically...

"...From a standpoint of taste and content: I photograph whatever pleases me. Consequently, this gallery may contain things that don't please you." Excerpt from Marcus Ranum's Stock Photography site Can't draw the human figure? Feel a sense of inadequacy when you realize that you fail to understand what has to be the most essential skill in art? In understanding the lights and darks and all that value study stuff?! Well, you needn't...

When you're really studying art and stuff, you may have come across this term: "Negative Space". What the hell is Negative Space..? No, not the weird Negative Zone from the comic books. It's... I don't know. That's why I go to the place that has all the answers. No, not Wikipedia! ConceptArt.org! Seedling, a longtime forum-goer describes the "Negative Space" as the the white space that surrounds the silhouette of a character. Armando...

With the dissemination of digital art tools among today's youth, breaking into the commercial art industry has become that much harder. Look at it this way, there's only so many artists Marvel or DC will hire as inkers, or colorists. There's only so many publishers willing to higher new talent to create book covers, or posters, or what have you. It's a desperate race as young artists struggle to match the speed and artistic skill of...