“Fan art helps me escape my habits" – Recreating Distant Lands: Obsidian allowed this artist to explore colours, lighting and subjects beyond his usual repertoire
Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The freelance illustrator Marc Magliari works in animation and video games, but he says the way he works with…
Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The freelance illustrator Marc Magliari works in animation and video games, but he says the way he works with colour and light is most inspired by medieval art, 1970s posters and German expressionist movies. This informs his work in colour scripting and rendering.Continuing our regular series of artist showcases, he briefly introduces four examples of his work below. If you're inspired, see our guides to the best drawing tablets and the best laptops for drawing and digital art.The Sicilian Court portrait research (Image credit: Marc Magliari)“Portraits are my first research step. Defining a character’s core emotion creates a strong foundation that guides later design decisions and research.”The Lord of Balux (Image credit: Marc Magliari)“This illustration began with abstract complementary blue, orange and yellow shapes. This opposition is a nice narrative framework to contrast the brooding baron with the feast behind him.”The Tower of Atlan (Image credit: Marc Magliari)“This environment piece began with loose three-value sketches and a colour pass. I designed the architecture in Blender, overlaid the 3D with the colour key, and completed the rendering on Photoshop.”Marceline (Image credit: Marc Magliari)“Fan art helps me escape my habits. Recreating Distant Lands: Obsidian let me explore saturated purples, artificial lighting, and subjects beyond my usual knights.”You can see more of Marc's work on his ArtStation profileWant to explore the world of digital art?Our digital art newsletter is your go-to source for the latest news, trends, and inspiration from the worlds of art, illustration, 3D modelling, game design, animation, and beyond.Today's best drawing tablet dealsInspired to work on your own digital art? See below for deals on drawing tablets that we've reviewed.This article originally appeared in ImagineFX. Subscribe to ImagineFX to never miss an issue. Print and digital subscriptions are available.Creative Bloq is now easier to access than ever before with our on-the-go app, which brings you all the content you know and love from our website, but in a super-streamlined design.Download the Creative Bloq app for iOSDownload the Creative Bloq app for Android TOPICS ImagineFX staff All things ImagineFX ImagineFX is the No.1 selling digital art magazine for fantasy and sci-fi enthusiasts! Featuring digital and traditional drawing skills, game design, manga and film art each issue is crammed with training and inspiration from leading artists in their fields. Whether it's learning from comic art's Adam Hughes, fantasy art's John Howe, or digital painting's Loish, ImagineFX has you covered. ImagineFX has been inspiring artists for over 20 years! View More You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Logout LATEST ARTICLES 1 Adobe Max 2026's lineup tells us a lot about the company's AI priorities right now 2 New Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua poster features graphic design fail 3 A solo developer not only drew this video game by hand, he also made all the music and sound effects with his own voice 4 The Bentley Torcal is finally a luxury EV design that people like 5 Nintendo Switch 2 has £65 off in a limited-time UK dealSource: Creative Bloq AI Art — Published — Category: Image AI