18ixv3fdp8bdhktzyihil0i8gttoir

Artist Feature: Živko Kondić (Zhillustrator)

Živko Kondić (Zhillustrator) is a Serbian artist from Novi Sad who paints impressionist science fiction landscapes, using ArtRage to explore brushwork and style or to create concept art for his more serious professional illustrations. He mainly paints on a Cintiq or Companion, and prefers to experiment with the oils and pastels in ArtRage to rough out abstract thumbnails and develop them into surreal landscapes. […]

Read More…

Creating A Mixed Media Commission with Jim Pavelec

Professional illustrator and fine artist Jim Pavelec walks us through the process of creating a commissioned fantasy portrait using his unique mixed media approach that moves between traditional and digital media, combining real world pencil and paint with the ArtRage for iOS app. […]

Read More…

Floating Underground Sphere Tutorial by Steve Goad

Learn to create an underground landscape with a science fiction twist. Follow along with professional illustrator Steve Goad as he creates a unique landscape full of environmental detail, interesting perspective, and interesting textures in ArtRage 5. Steve Goad is one of our featured artists and painted some of the official artwork for ArtRage 5 (you may recognise his work from the startup screen in the program). […]

Read More…

How to Illustrate A Book Cover Three: Colour & Special Effects

How to Illustrate a Book Cover (Part 3 of 3): Colour & Special Effects. An ArtRage 5 tutorial by Nick Harris. Design a book cover from scratch. Part three of this art tutorial shows how to choose colors, finalize the composition and details, and experiment with special effects and finishing touches. […]

Read More…

Illustrating a Book Cover Two: Sketching, Flats and Shading (Tone)

How to Illustrate a Book Cover (Part 2 of 3): Sketching, Flats and Shading (Tone). An ArtRage 5 tutorial by Nick Harris. Part two demonstrates sketching the design and laying out the main elements of the composition, then adding flat colors and tone to plan the shadows and lighting. […]

Read More…

Artist Feature: Hassan Chenary

Hassan Chenary is an Iranian artist who paints epic illustrations inspired by science fiction, action, and fantasy. What do you want the internet to know about you? I personally don’t have a specific nickname, I think each artist’s method introduces him. I’m 23 years old and I’ve started to draw from 12. It’s been 7 years that I’m doing digital painting. What kind of artist are you? What kind of subjects do you draw? … […]

Read More…

Illustrating a Book Cover One: Setting Up the Canvas

How to Illustrate a Book Cover (Part 1 of 3). An ArtRage 5 tutorial by Nick Harris. In this three part tutorial, Nick Harris uses ArtRage 5 to design a book cover from scratch and share some of his experience and techniques. This tutorial assumes that you are somewhat familiar with ArtRage 5 and covers customising the canvas resolution and interface, guides, toolboxes, the Custom Brush, filters, layers and advanced layer properties, standard painting tools (Pastels, Pencil, Palette Knife, Watercolor Brush), symmetry, text, stencils, transform and … […]

Read More…

Artist Feature: Donna Coburn

An Interview With An ArtRage Artist  Donna Coburn is a self-taught artist from Canada who creates highly imaginative art covering a wide range of styles. Who are you? What do you want the internet to know about you? Hi! I’m Donna Coburn, Canadian and LOVE creating original content. As a child, I enjoyed writing stories, […]

Read More…

Artist Feature: Ignacio de la Calle (English/Spanish)

Interview of a traditional artist gone digital using ArtRage. Ignacio de la Calle is a Spanish artist who paints sci-fi and fantasy art, and impressionistic landscapes rich with color, brushstrokes and story. This interview is in both English and Spanish. […]

Read More…