Free Download Magazine - ImagineFX (Edition October 2012) ~ 99 Art

Artists of all styles, skills and mediums share one common challenge: figuring out how to use colour and lighting to their fullest potentials. Even the most experienced artists never stop looking for ways to improve their techniques, and neither should you! This issue, cover artist Helen Rusovich guides you though how to bring depth to your art by experimenting with lighting and colour- and as her cover demonstrates, she certainly knows a thing a two!

Along with Helen's workshop, regular Q&A mentor Bill Corbet tackles those niggling lighting and composition details with a futuristic imagining of Opheila, while Drazenka Kimpel explains how to inject vibrancy into materials and accessories. We've also got character workshops examining how to give your subjects extra presence, from heroic poses to scary faeries, with a little action in between.

Don't forget that our Rising Stars competition is very much underway, and with our new categories to choose from, and all new all-star panel of judges, it's a real chance to get into your chosen field.