Izzy Medrano is an impressive concept artist and character designer who has worked on “Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground,” “Guitar Hero III,” and “God of War III”…not to mention “Dungeons & Dragons” and “Magic: The Gathering,” just to name a few. You may have also seen his work featured in ImagineFX and Concept Art World.
Izzy was [...]

Stephanie Campbell shares with us the evolution of her beautiful pencil and gouache artwork, along with some thoughts on what can be learned from them. Stephanie can be found on deviantART and LiveJournal. Thank you for sharing your detailed thoughts, Stephanie!
Colors that look okay

“Colored Figures” Colored pencil – 2005
The colors look okay, there’s some mixing [...]

Henryca Citra is a very talented illustrator from Indonesia who was gracious enough to honor us with some of his illustrative work over the years. You can view more of his work at his deviantART gallery, at CGSociety, or follow his WordPress blog. Thank you so much for sharing, Henryca!

“Pendekar” – November, 2005

“Great Destination” – [...]

I’m an 18 years old, mostly self-taught artist from southern Finland. I have been drawing ever since I was a little kid, first only traditionally but nowadays I’ve been concentrating mostly on digital art.
From the very beginning my most common subjects have been animals and fantasy creatures but I’ve recently been trying to extend my [...]

I am currently 19 years old, and a graphic design student in British Columbia, Canada. I decided I wanted to become a professional illustrator in 2005. I bought a tiny little Wacom 4×5 tablet which served me well until 2008 (I use a Cintiq now). I was trying hard to pursue this dream of mine, [...]

Alaina Rose, a.k.a. ObliviousAlly, shares the evolutions of some of her unique characters. You can find more of her work at her website, art blog, LiveJournal, deviantART page, or pretty much anywhere else under the handle “obliviousally.” Thanks for sharing, Alaina!
Medium/Genre/Style: Primarily digital, though I work traditionally with sketches and inks about 90% of the [...]

The wonderfully talented Sarah Ellerton, author and artist of Inverloch and The Phoenix Requiem, agreed to share some images showing her evolution of digital painting. You can also find her artwork in Dreamless, and at deviantART. Sarah was recently interviewed for the Gutter Talk Podcast, which you can listen to here.
Sarah, thank you so much [...]

The wonderful Barb Jacobs, author and artist of Xyliatales, sent us some wonderful examples spanning years of her illustrative work. We’re honored that Barb agreed to be featured on ArtBloom, and excited that she was willing to share so much!
I’ve always wanted to be an artist. I made the announcement at the age of six [...]

My name’s L. Whyte, I’m 23 and I work doing arty things for a games company these days. My portfolio is at voodoobeans.org, or you can catch me on devart (http://vimfuego.deviantart.com). I actually destroyed most of my work pre-2004, and if it wasn’t for hard-working friends collecting blackmail material this comparison may never have happened…!

“L [...]

I was born in 1982, and started drawing when I was eight months old. I remember being heavily influenced by Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons from an early age, but I also took a lot of inspiration from PBS television shows like “Nature” and “Nova”. I loved drawing animals, and especially horses. I discovered “The [...]