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LARRY ELMORE Illustrators of the Future Judge – Biography Leonard Elmore has been creating fantasy and science fiction art for more than forty years. After receiving a BFA degree from Western Kentucky, he married Betty Clemons and was drafted into the Army almost at the same time. In the 1970s he began freelancing and was published in a few magazines, including Heavy Metal and National Lampoon. After being contacted by TSR Inc., the company that produced the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, Larry worked there from 1981 to 1987. While at TSR, he helped set the standards for gaming art in the role-playing genre. Besides creating covers for Dungeons & Dragons, AD&D, Star Frontiers and other gaming books, he may be best known for his work with the world of Dragonlance. Since 1987 he has worked as a freelance illustrator, creating covers for comics, computer games, magazines, and fantasy and science fiction books and projects too numerous to list. In recent years, he has been creating paintings for collectors and fans around the world. He has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 2012. Larry was presented with the L. Ron Hubbard Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts in 2018. “The Illustrators of the Future is true competition. It's a wonderful competition. If I had something like this when I was young to attend, it would blow my mind because I never met a real professional artist till I was out of school, out of college.” —Larry Elmore Find out more at: larryelmore.com CHRISTINA HESS Artist, Professor – Biography Christina Hess is an illustrator known for blending historical and natural themes across a wide range of projects. Her portfolio includes everything from numismatic coin designs to illustrated cookbooks, rendered in media such as graphite, watercolor, oils, and digital. Notable commissions include her work with the U.S. Mint, where she contributed to the 2020 Silver Dollar commemorating the 19th Amendment and the American Women Quarters Program. In addition she created the reverse quarter design honoring astronomer Dr. Vera Rubin in the American Women Quarter Program. Her work has received national recognition, including awards such as Best Historical Coin of the Year at the COTY Awards, and has been acknowledged by institutions like the Smithsonian. Christina's illustrations have been featured in prestigious exhibitions and publications including Society of Illustrators West, Spectrum Fantastic Art, ImagineFX, and 3x3 Magazine. Her ongoing personal series, Animals From History, reimagines iconic historical figures as whimsical animal characters. With over 25 unique illustrations, the project has captured media attention from outlets such as ABC News, Juxtapoz Magazine, Mental Floss, and My Modern Met. Beyond her professional practice, Christina serves as the Department Head of Illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design, where she finds constant inspiration in mentoring the next generation of artists. Find out more at: www.ChristinaHess.com and www.AnimalsFromHistory.com

Christina Hess is the Department Head of Illustration at Ringling College of Art & Design. In this interview, we discuss the value of art school and the impact of AI on art. Christina is an illustrator known for blending historical and natural themes across a wide range of projects. Her portfolio includes everything from numismatic designs (the study of coins, tokens, medals, and paper money) to illustrated cookbooks, rendered in various media such as graphite, watercolor, oil, and digital. Two 2026 United States coins will feature designs by Christina. The new quarter showcases scientist Dr. Vera Rubin. She also designed a new $1 coin depicting Native Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui as part of the Native American $1 Coin Program. Christina's illustrations have been featured in publications such as the Society of Illustrators West, Spectrum Fantastic Art, ImagineFX, and 3x3 Magazine. And if that's not enough, she is a wonderful person, and her students at Ringling are extremely fortunate to have her! Learn more at www.christinahess.com/about

359. Christina Hess, Head of Illustration at Ringling College, Exploring the Value of Art School and AI's Impact on Illustration Writers & Illustrators of the Future Podcast, Christina Hess, L. Ron Hubbard, John Goodwin, Ringling College of Art and Design 4 hours ago4 hours ago Write a comment 30 plays30 Writers & Illustrators of the Future Podcast 285 followers 285 359 tracks 359 Christina Hess is the Department Head of Illustration at Ringling College of Art & Design. In this interview, we discuss the value of art school and the impact of AI on art. Christina is an illustrator known for blending historical and natural themes across a wide range of projects. Her portfolio includes everything from numismatic designs (the study of coins, tokens, medals, and paper money) to illustrated cookbooks, rendered in various media such as graphite, watercolor, oil, and digital. Two 2026 United States coins will feature designs by Christina. The new quarter showcases scientist Dr. Vera Rubin. She also designed a new $1 coin depicting Native Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui as part of the Native American $1 Coin Program. Christina's illustrations have been featured in publications such as the Society of Illustrators West, Spectrum Fantastic Art, ImagineFX, and 3x3 Magazine. And if that's not enough, she is a wonderful person, and her students at Ringling are extremely fortunate to have her! Learn more at www.christinahess.com/about

At an early age Edward Andrès Dennis always knew he wanted to be an artist. His fondest memories are of his mother reading books to him and watching Reading Rainbow. Day and night Edward was creating something, a doodle, some craft or writing a story in hopes of one day creating a book for children like himself to read. Edward created art through his teenage to adult life working for some of the most prestigious companies. His favorite times have been spent as a Special Education teacher in inner city Phoenix. Edward currently lives between Los Angeles, California and Phoenix, Arizona where he works as a freelance artist. His 2 life goals are to inspire children that look like him and that his children's books have an impact on youth and how they view the world.​Edward has worked with brands such as Toyota USA, Yakima racks, Disney, Giant/Liv Cycling, Sesame Street, Shimano, Epic Rides, Corel, Anheuser-Busch, Western Union and Giordana cycling. He has been in publications like Mountain flyer: the mountain bike journal, ImagineFX, Bicycling Magazine,Backcountry magazine, Outside business journal, Pure Nintendo and Nintendo force, Trail builder Magazine. He has also worked on several video games such as Super Ubie Island, Up Up Ubie and currently Super Ubie Island 2.​Edward has been recognized by the Latino Film Institute as a LatinX in Animation Spark Grant Finalist with Netflix for 2023 and is pursuing the adaptation of his children's books into an animated film/series. Edward is currently Writing and Directing his debut short film.

In this one I look at an article entitled 'Wacom Wizardry with Jonny Duddle', from issue 3 of the ImagineFX art magazine. Co-host lilDENNiS had fun with this one, as we talked about stuff like: The Wacom Cintiq 21UX, Procreate Painting, Keyboard Shortcuts, Does anyone actually use the Stylus Pen Eraser?, Trying Different Wacom Nibs, Planning Your Physical Environment, Buying Cheap Old Graphics Tablets, Experimenting with your Wacom Setup, and I sing a lil Jonny Duddle song! Thumbnail for this episode shows Jonny Duddle's monkey character from the article. Hope you had fun with this one :)

A look at an ickle article entitled '15 Tips for Better Character Design with David Melling', from issue 201 of the art magazine ImagineFX. This was such a cool article to study from; not only is it full of cute characters, and beautiful images, but it's bursting with character design wisdom bombs too! Some of the topics include: Character Connection and Relationships, Gesture Drawing, Character Sheets, Character Design Body Language, How Everything has Story, A new Fun Drawing Exercise called Sequential Drawing, Anthropomorphic Design, Exaggeration, Expressive Silhouettes, Being Open Minded, How Keywords are Key, Mickey Mouse's Ears, Silent Narrative, and we have some Kitty Kisses :) The thumbnail for this episode shows the character Ruffles by David Melling. Hope you enjoy this one.

Zi Xu is best known to Star Wars fans for her work on the May the Fourth Disney Plus mural that adorned the Star Wars channel. In this episode we learn her art journey, hear about the process for some of her bigger name clients and get the inside scoop on working for Disney and Lucasfilm on the piece she created seen around the world.Buy the mural: https://amzn.to/3y5Fgv1Find the artist: https://www.zixu.co/www.ATGcast.comPatreon.com/ATGcastTwitter.com/ATGcastInstagram.com/ATGcastFacebook.com/ATGcastTikTok.com/ATGcastZi Xu is an illustrator and cover artist who graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a B.F.A. in Illustration and Art History in 2018. Since then, Zi has worked with a variety of clients around the globe, creating everything from official posters and cover art for films and comics to concept art and matte paintings for games and production studios.Some of her numerous clients include Adobe, Black Dragon Press, Bottleneck Gallery, Camp, DC Comics, Disney, Gallery1988, Hank Green, Hero Complex Gallery, Lucasfilm, Metallica, Mondo, Nakatomi Inc., Perfect Garbage Studios, Psyop, Spoke Art, and Warner Brothers.Her art has also been recognized by Spectrum, ImagineFX, Society of Illustrators, 3x3, Creative Quarterly, and CMYK.Besides drawing, you can find her indulging in old movies, Soviet rock, and true crime documentaries.

Part two of an Art-Ickle from issue 65 of the ImagineFX Magazine, entitled 'The A-Z of Sci-Fi Art', was the topic for this weeks episode. This episode covers N to Z, and was so much fun. I wore me lil Mass Effect N7 Dress again, and it was fitting, tight fitting lol, because one of the Artist we look at is Brian Sum who worked on Mass Effect 2 :) Some of the other topics include: Mixing Nature and Technology, Designing the DeLorean from Back to the Future, lil Art Tricks, How Hands are Expressive, The Psychology of Art, Mass Effect Mako, Coolness and Functionality, Subtle Cues of Human and Animal Emotions, Being Mindful in your Art, Designing Sci-Fi Weapons, Keeping it Real, Video Game Art, Creating a Sense of Scale, and Morti does some dancing :) Hope you like this one.

An Art-Ickle from issue 65 of the ImagineFX Magazine, entitled 'The A-Z of Sci-Fi Art', was the topic for this weeks episode. This is a beast of an Art-ickle, so I've split it into two parts, with this episode covering A to M, and next week finishing it off with N to Z. Really enjoyed this one though, and I even wore me lil Mass Effect N7 Dress to get in the Sci-Fi mood :) Some of the topics include: How to Create a Sense of Scale, Mixing Reality and Imagination, The Importance of lil Details, Different Art Styles, Reusing Assets, How Everything Has a Story, Combining Traditional and Digital Painting, Always Thinking about the Viewer, Having a Greater Appreciation of Designing Vehicles, How Nothing is Ever Wasted, Keeping it Simple, How the Foreground and Background are both Important, and we give the Mole a name :) Hope you like this one :)

Patreon 101 with Heather HitchmanEverything you need to know for getting Patreon up and running while setting yourself up for maximum long term successOur guest on this episode will be:Heather R. HitchmanHeather is an independent artist working in Florida; but she originally hails from the United Kingdom. She is a solely independent creator, currently world building the art and short stories of "The World of Terratoff", a paranormal fairy tale realm where magic is the essence of all life, but "The Rott" threatens to tear the world apart! She is a founding member of the "Changeling Artist Collective", a "Jerrys Artarama" artist, an "Ungulate Enthusiast", and has had her original work featured in publications such as "Colored Pencil Magazine" and "ImagineFX". Heather hopes to inspire up and coming artists, future world builders, and art collectors to "believe in the magic" through her unique performative style of sharing her art as a public event vendor and online personality.You can see her work at www.patreon.com/terratoffor follow her on instagram @heatherhitchmanhttps://www.youtube.com/user/heath1313Other points of interest we discussed:Heathers wife Tad: https://www.instagram.com/tadlambertart/Exposing viral videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfpjlxgJMMc

An Art-Ickle from the ImagineFX Art Book Fantasy Creatures, entitled 'The Nature of Faerie Art, with Marc Potts' was the topic for this weeks episode, which saw me and lilDENNiS dive into the world of Fairies, and other strange creatures. Topics covered on this one include: Are Fairies Real?, How Psychedelics seem to be linked to FAERIES, Other Artists Faerie Art, How to Fuel your Imagination, Brian Froud's Art Book, Folklore, Mythology, Being With Nature, Where to find Inspiration, How Not Drawing can help your Drawing, and the Conflicting feelings of Faerie Art. I even wonder if some of the entities in my Lucid Dreams could be shape shifting Fairies? Hope you have fun with this one :)

Pricing Your ArtIn the past few weeks, we've had several discussions in our iCreateDaily community about pricing your art. This is a huge topic with many different things to consider, such as: Type of art Experience Materials used Charging for time versus materials While we're not experts on this topic, we invited a previous guest artist to share her tips. Eeva Nikunen – Fantasy ArtistEeva Nikunen is an artist and illustrator, born and living in the south of Finland. Much of her work is inspired by the stories and imagery of Finnish and Russian folktales, as well as the timeless heroes and heroines found in classic literature. With the emphasis on detail and the use of intricate brushwork, Eeva's oil paintings are reminiscent of classic fairy tale illustrations, where human and animal creatures alike possess a magical and dreamlike quality. Eeva completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree with an emphasis on design studies at the Institute of Art and Design in Vantaa, Finland. Her work has been exhibited at art festivals and conventions around Finland and at The Haven Gallery in New York City, and Eeva's work has also appeared in publications such as the ImagineFX magazine. Eeva is also an author of two fabulous publications:Enchanted Valley Creativity Journal Elvin Kingdom adult coloring book Conversation Points:Eeva's first published creativity journal First New York solo show Contacting art galleries Selling art locally Eeva's plans for 2019 Developing your art brand Selling art at conventions How to price your art Why you never discount art Product creation for artists RESOURCES: https://eevanikunen.com/ (Eeva Nikunen's Website) https://icreatedailypodcast.com/professional-artist-eeva-nikunen/ (Episode 02: From 9-5 Job to Professional Artist with Eeva Nikunen) https://theabundantartist.com/htsyao301/?ref=25&campaign=iCDPodcast (Art Pricing Calculator & Guide) http://www.havenartgallery.com/portfolio/eeva-nikunen-enchantress/ (Eeva's Art from the New York Solo Show)   https://www.icreatedaily.com/gratitude-journal/ (A movement for creators serious about their art.)https://www.icreatedaily.com/free-goals-planner/ (The Day is the Way.)https://www.icreatedaily.com/store/ (iCreateDaily!)

Hey, guys! In this episode, I am chatting with Marc Scheff, an artist, educator, and curator from Brooklyn. His work has been featured in ImagineFX, Spectrum, NY Times. He teaches figure drawing Bootcamp and intro Illustration course at Smart school. Full Interview notes, guest contacts, key takeaways, and resources: https://artsideoflife.com/marc-scheff/ Special offer for Art Side of Life listeners

We’re excited to present Senior Concept Artist Grant Hillier as our special guest for this month’s Syn Studio podcast. Grant is a senior concept artist at Ubisoft where he creates character and environment concepts for various high profile games including Assassin's Creed 3, Assassin's Creed Black Flag, The Division and Assassin's Creed Syndicate. A veteran artist with close to 15 years of freelance and industry experience, Grant’s other credits include generating storyboards for the animated TV show Delilah & Julius, creating concept art for video games such as Age of Decadence and F.E.A.R 3, in addition to conducting a workshop with ImagineFX magazine.

This month's cover art is "Dragonfly Kiss" by Susan McKivergan, a digital muse, graphic designer, and artist. When not working and improving her skills in digital art, she enjoys cooking, 3-D modeling, texturing, painting, crafts, sewing, the beach, gardening, traveling, and more. She has done artwork for many CD and book covers, magazines, E-zines, and commissioned and licensed work. She has won several awards, has appeared in ImagineFX, and has sold thousands of prints through deviantART. Her virtual gallery can be found on Renderosity and deviantART, and she can be found on Facebook and Twitter. Flash Fiction: “Rain Like Diamonds” by Wendy Nikel (Originally published at Daily Science Fiction.) The queen hoarded the barrels of seed, keeping them locked within her coffers among the diamonds and gold and strings of perfect pearls, remnants of the former days of prosperity and excess. The seeds would receive neither sun nor water nor nutrients from the soil until unlocked by the shining key strung... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

During the recent (and massively successful) FanCon Comic Convention in Cape Town, we managed to chat to a raft of local and international writers and artists. In this episode, we chat to Ian Churchill and Warren Louw!With over 20 years in the comics business, Ian has worked on a massive number of titles, including the X-Men, Hulk, Supergirl, Teen Titans and the Eisner Award nominated Marineman that Ian created. Warren Louw is a South African freelance illustrator and character designer whose work has graced many print publications including ImagineFX magazine, UDON's Darkstalkers graphic novel and DC's Power Girl comic.Both Ian and Warren were kind enough to share their origin stories which should serve as great inspiration to young creators everywhere.

Raymond Swanland is a freelance illustrator who began his career working on the Oddworld Inhabitants series of video games and has created artwork for Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft, Aliens vs. Predator, ImagineFX, Disturbed, many sci-fi/fantasy novels, and more. He won a Spectrum award in 2004 and the David Gemmel Legend Award in 2012. His recent work includes a series of covers for Games Worshop's Warhammer 40,000 and the marketing artwork for the DC Comics animated movie, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. And Raymond Swanland will be the Artist Guest of Honor, his first, at LepreCon 39, May 9-12th. Raymond is also up for this year's Spectrum Award again.