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Some say that a sequel to a film is never as good as its first but there are cases where the 2nd film in a movie franchise far surpasses the original. Films like Terminator 2 or Aliens for instance. Well, for the 2nd year in a row, surrealist painter of the dark, Chet Zar, has put his curator hat on, picked up the sculpting trow and organised another sculpture orientated art show at the

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Nathan Spoor is an incredibly prolific and original artist and painter. He creates such vast and vivid landscapes and brings to life the wonder, splendor and majesty of such sublime dream worlds. Added to this, he is a deep thinker and has a creative process I have never encountered before, in that he 'converses' with his creations. Lloyd Harvey: In a video interview I have seen with you,

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As I become more and more busy with other things, the rate in which I get these interviews posted will sadly slow down from now on. But I wanted to make sure that before I got bogged down with work and stuff, I got to interview this man and get that interview up on the web. It is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you an interview with with one of my art heroes, an interview that took a while

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Yes, you have read correctly. This is the second interview with awesome artist, John Howe. No need for long introductions or anecdotes, just read on and enjoy the interview. Once you are done, check out the his website, you'd be foolish not too: http://www.john-howe.com/   Lloyd Harvey: So, with all the problems that the film The Hobbit has had over this past year, being put on hold, Del

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I had seen Simon's work in ImagineFX magazine some time ago and I can remember being really impressed by it then. Several years later, an artist friend suggested I interview him and to be honest, at the time, I didn't recognize the name but when I saw the work I instantly thought "YES! This guy is amazing, I will bug him with some questions." So, with a relatively quick turn-around, I emailed

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Matthew Dunn, has fast become one of my Internet Pen Pals. What first started as a mutual discovery of each others work on the internet site Redbubble, soon became a friendship of talking about comics, toys, marketing and art. Based in Brunswick, Australia, Matt has started to gather a cult following of fans from across the globe (myself included) and I believe that that base will grow and

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I don't know how I stumbled upon Michael's work or when I first saw it. What I do know is that is that it looks is that I really love the style and uniqueness to it all. With nice usage of colour and the conception of interesting looking characters, Michael's art is something that I am very fond of. By day, Michael Knapp is a mild mannered art director for a busy film studio  and by night, he is

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Gary Tonge, an art director and conceptual artist, paints amazing and breath taking digital landscape paintings. He has been in the industry since he was 17 and with his personal science fiction and fantasy art, he has gained the admiration of a wide audience and has a healthy client list behind him I felt lucky to steal some of his time away for an interview as working as an art director and

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Hello every one! Lloyd here, just posting up a small little post about some of the changes that are going to be coming up in the not so distant future. First, I have created a Facebook Fan page for the blog so that I can share the interviews with more people a lot easier. The link in here: Facebook Page . Please "Like" it to stay in the loop of what is going on and to be notified of when new

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Francis Tsai is a freelance illustrator who works in the entertainment industry. He provides conceptual design work for computer games and film and also supplies artwork to be used in books and on cards (to name only but a small amount of what he does, for instance I haven't even mentioned his comic book work yet).  Born in Hawaii and raised in Texas, Tsai was initially trained in Chemistry

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Well, to get a good idea of who we are dealing with, you should have a read of Anita's bio on her website. Right, now that you have returned, impressed? Well you should be. Anita Kunz is a very well respected and highly decorated illustrator and has worked globally for some very big, well known names (such as the New Yorker and Sony Music for example) and produces amazing work. More than that,

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As with all the artists I interview, I find it very hard to write an objective, professional and analytical introduction. So, I must admit that I'm finding it difficult to write anything that isn't just high praise for Wayne and his amazing, incredible, inspirational, inventive, technical, stunning, awe inspiring, original, brilliant, awesome art work.   I did try... albeit not very hard. With

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There is a wonderful escapism to Tom Kidd's work. He paints such beautiful worlds of tranquillity and majesty that it makes me wish I could visit and explore them in one of his brilliant looking Zeppelins.Having been a working illustrator for 30 years now, Tom has certainly created a large back catologe of awesome paintings that made it very difficult for me to decide which to use. In the end, I

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The Experiment Tutorial The third and final tutorial created by Alex Ruiz and reworked by Lloyd Harvey for this blog. By looking at Alex’s work and dissecting and regurgitating it, I have learned a lot about image creation. 1) In this first stage, basic blocks and shapes are laid down and some sense of light is implied at the top of the image. The colour palette is left simple and relatively

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Preparations Tutorial The second of three tutorials originally created by Alex Ruiz, reworked and reworded for this blog by Lloyd Harvey. 1) Starting off in Photoshop with a greyscale sketch, Alex worked in some details on the large left structure and generally got the composition down as well as working out some of the tonal values. Here, the slanted take of the landscape helps to create

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Invasion Tutorial The first of three tutorials create by Alex Ruiz and reworded by Lloyd Harvey (with permission of course) for this blog. 1) Starting off in Photoshop and in greyscale, Alex created the character silhouette up close and roughly, not worrying about details at this point. Next he added a bluish green gradient, set to multiply and then started adding detail to the character. He did

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Alex Ruiz started his career as a 2D animator, working on a little known cartoon sitcom called "The Simpsons," and, although being an animator is a highly sought after career, he felt like he wanted to change but wasn't sure of where to go and what to do.On the side, he started to learn illustration and soon realised that he preferred creating still 2D images rather than moving ones. After

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When you hear the term 'intelligent design' it is often in the context of religion, being used as a counter argument to Darwin's theory of natural selection. When I hear the term 'intelligent design', I think of one man's work. Keith Thompson's work. Keith Thompson is a concept designer, having worked on films such as Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and games like Borderlands and Aliens:

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If you are a fan of Discworld, you will surely have seen Paul Kidby’s work on the covers of Terry Pratchett’s novels. Often, a fan will say “that’s exactly how I pictured {insert character name here} in my head.” Bright, interesting and obviously brilliant, Kidby’s work has a classical, renaissance feel. This must be down to his love of the old masters of that time. So, without extensively

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I met Chet Zar in the late summer of 2008 when he was in London promoting his Ugly American show. Me and my girlfriend Claire travelled up to meet him in a small comic shop in Tottenham Court Road where he would be doing portfolio reviews and generally chatting to his fans. Having been in email contact with Chet for sometime before, I felt that when I did meet him I wouldn’t get all star struck

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When you hear the name John Howe, your first thoughts will probably link him to the world of Tolkien. But, I think that is a shame because John Howe is more than just a Middle Earth Illustrator. In his books, John Howe reveals that he knows a great deal about ancient myths, dragons, lost civilizations and the fantasy genre as a whole. This is of course understating his knowledge greatly. His

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Inside the Artist’s studio was set up for a number of reasons. The first and most important reason was because of my love of really great art and the need to share that by showcasing some of today’s best and most talented artists and their work. Being an artist myself, I am very passionate about art and I really enjoy talking about it and I especially love talking to other artists about it. With

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