I was born and raised in the suburbs of Utah. As a toddler, I had the unfortunate habit of marring any available surface with permanent marker, much to the chagrin of my parents. Growing up, I took an interest in the geekier things in life, like comics, cartoons, RPGs and video games. These entertainments and [...]

In one of our most inspiring features yet, Chester Ocampo, an accomplished illustrator and one of the fantastic artists at Imaginary Friends Studios, gives us a comprehensive view of his evolution as an artist; from creating stapled comics with pencil and crayons in 1992, to published digital illustrations in 2009. If his experience doesn’t make [...]

I’m Karin and I live in Brazil, in a city near to São Paulo, called Guarulhos, same city I was born. I’ve been interested in drawing since my childhood but, in spite of it, I always wanted to became a doctor when I grew up. Then, a few years ago, at around 15 years old, [...]

Ben Wootten is a professional illustrator and concept artist who started at Weta Digital in ‘96. He has since worked on The Lord of the Rings trilogy; The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; King Kong, and more. He has created a number of illustrations for RPGs, both fantasy and sci-fi, and graciously agreed to [...]

Niko Geyer is a freelance illustrator and one half of the fantastic team behind the webcomic Fantasy Realms. He agreed to share some examples of his work from the past eleven years, including wonderful homages to Where The Wild Things Are and Avatar: The Last Airbender, which seem timely. You can find more of Niko’s [...]

Ricardo Guimaraes is a talented Brazilian illustrator who was kind enough to share with us some thoughts on his transition from oil to digital painting, as well as a few examples. You can follow Ricardo’s fantastic work on his blog, or view more professional illustrations at his website, RGillustration.com. Thank you, Ricardo!
Update: Ricardo has also [...]

Philip Straub is the amazing genius behind Utherworlds, as well as one of the founding members of CGSociety, a prominent online community for digital artists (which by the way, if you are a digital artist and don’t regularly frequent CGSociety, you are depriving yourself of an amazing resource for inspiration). You have probably seen his [...]

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” – [...]