Fx Magazine Fantasy Art Exhibition Special Edition Digitial Art 2007
Counterfoil of 2020 Illustration Intensive
Information technology is with swell sadness that, due to the deadly COVID-xix worldwide pandemic, we here at Fantasy Art Workshop have decided to cancel our 2020 Illustration Intensive .
We accept the health and safety of everyone attention our events very seriously and do non desire to put anyone in harm's way. Nosotros discussed moving the conference to an online format. However, the in-person, hands-on, i-on-1 learning environment that attendees get at our workshop can non be replicated online. It but is not the same experience.
Nosotros await forward to returning strong in summer of 2021. Rest assured that nosotros will announce our date and lineup as before long as we're able.
We can't give thanks y'all, our friends and peers, enough for your constant understanding and support. During these hard times, we wish you lot and yours comfort and well-being.
Sincerely,
Jeff Miracola and Silvia Acevedo
Fantasy Art Workshop
Fantasy Fine art Workshop'due south Illustration Intensive is a five-24-hour interval workshop for aspiring and professional illustrators who want to have their art to a whole new level in an encouraging and creative environment, all while getting intense teaching from an award-winning faculty with decades of experience in fantasy gaming, video games, editorial, conceptual art, children's books, and more.
How it Works
Y'all'll be working in the medium of your option. Digital artists are welcome. A month or so earlier the workshop, we'll ship a list of suggested illustration assignments to attendees from which they can chose i. Or create your ain assignment. In the month leading upwardly to the Illustration Intensive, attendees will work on the preliminary sketch or sketches for their assignment, which they volition bring to the offset day of the workshop. Attendees volition get highly detailed critiques from the instructors nigh their sketch on that beginning day. Using that feedback, attendees will make revisions (information technology could take a few rounds), then create their final drawing.
Getting one-on-one instruction fourth dimension with professional, working illustrators is an feel we know y'all'll benefit from and enjoy immensely. For an unabridged work calendar week, y'all'll be surrounded by fellow artists from all walks of life, building lasting friendships and learning more virtually the world of illustration than you could hope to imagine. We promise you'll join us for this wonderful hazard and life-changing experience.
Group photo from Illustration Intensive 2019.
Accept a look at the 2019 Workshop
The When and Where
Photo courtesy of Alverno Higher.
The Illustration Intensive will take placeJune 22 – 26, 2020, at the picturesque Alverno Higher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We at Fantasy Art Workshop feel that Alverno is the perfect location for this twelvemonth's workshop as this fabulous facility is just a x-minute bulldoze from Mitchell International Drome (MKE) and features spacious fine art facilities, catered meals, comfortable dorms, and piece of cake proximity to civilities.
CHECK-IN will be Dominicus, June 21st from 9am to 10pm.
Bank check-OUT will exist Saturday, June 27th by 11am.
We'll have a special trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Sat, June 27th for whatever attendees who wish to go with us.
Artist Invitee of Honor
Canadian past birth, Anita Kunz has lived in London, New York, and Toronto, and has been widely published in countries such as Germany, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Canada, South Africa, Holland, Portugal, France, and England. Her piece of work has been seen inTime magazine,Rolling Stone,Vanity Fair,The New Yorker,GQ, The New York Times, Sony Music, Random House Publishing, and many others.
Anita oft teaches workshops and gives lectures at universities and institutions internationally including the Smithsonian and the Corcoran in Washington, DC. Her summer workshops have been conducted at the Analogy Academy in Sarasota, Florida, and at the Masters of Art degree program at Syracuse University. She has been honored with many prestigious awards and medals and her critically acclaimed paintings. Her sculptures take appeared in galleries worldwide, including the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts and the Teatrio Cultural Clan in Rome, Italy. Her works are in the permanent collections at the Library of Congress, the Canadian Archives in Ottawa, the McCord Museum in Montreal, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. A number of herTime one thousandagazine embrace paintings are in the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
In 2004, she served as chair for the Society of Illustrators' Museum of American Illustration annual exhibit and she has most recently served as chair of the Museum Commission at that place. In 1997, she received the Les Usherwood Lifetime Accomplishment Award from the Advertising and Design Society of Canada. Anita has been named one of the fifty most influential women in Canada by the National Post paper. She has received an honorary doctorate from the Ontario College of Art and Pattern in Toronto and a 2nd from MassArt College of Art and Pattern. She has been appointed Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada'south highest civilian laurels, and recently received the Queen'south Jubilee Medal of Honour. She was inducted in the Museum of American Illustration Hall of Fame in New York in 2017. In 2018, Canada Post released a stamp honoring her work as a Canadian illustrator and artist.
Acquire more nearly Anita at: world wide web.anitakunz.com
Anita Kunz will be actualization Wednesday, June 24th and Thursday, June 25th during the workshop.
Art Director Guest of Honor
Kate Irwin has worked every bit an art director at Wizards of the Coast for nearly 19 years. She is currently the Senior Fine art Director for the fantasy part-playing game (RPG) Dungeons & Dragons.
Larn more than about Dungeons & Dragons at: dnd.wizards.com
Kate Irwin volition be appearing Wed, June 24th and Th, June 25th during the workshop.
Faculty
Director of Fantasy Art Workshop and host of its award winning Painting Techniques Videos, along with nearly a hundred fine art tutorial videos on YouTube and Dingy Colors, Jeff has been a professional illustrator for more than 23 years. He's worked on brands such equally Magic: the Gathering, Earth of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons, Planescape, Earthdawn, Shadowrun, Vampire, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, Star Wars, Mars Attacks, and more. Jeff has been an Artist Guest of Honor at GenCon, the globe'southward largest gaming convention, and won numerous awards including a Silver Laurels in Spectrum: the Best in Fantastic Art.
In addition to his work in the fantasy industry, Jeff earned his stripes doing conceptual toy design, editorial illustrations, video game design, children'due south books, and action books for Scholastic.
Acquire more nearly Jeff at www.jeffmiracola.com
Aaron Miller is an award-winning, world-renowned fantasy creative person and illustrator whose richly painted illustrations accept graced such brands as Magic: the Gathering, Star Wars, and Dungeons & Dragons. Companies that feature Aaron'southward work include Wizards of the Declension, Blizzard, Fantasy Flight Games, Sony Online Entertainment, Mercury Retrograde Press, Catalyst Games, Posthuman Studios, and Alderac Entertainment Group, amidst others.
Aaron's oil and digital work has earned numerous accolades and awards. His fine art was included multiple times in the fantasy art field's prestigious publication,Spectrum: The Best in Fantastic Fine art. Aaron was MileHiCon's 2013 Artist Guest of Laurels and All-time Colour Award Winner. GenCon, the world'due south biggest gaming convention, bestowed him with honors two years running: 2013 Best in Show and 2010 Juror'due south Option Award.
Larn more than near Aaron at world wide web.aaronbmiller.com
A native to Cleveland, Ohio's eastside and a graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design, Steve Prescott has been a freelance artist in the gaming industry since the mid 90'due south, working on products from such companies as White Wolf Games, FASA, Paizo, Blizzard, Copenhagen Creators, Hasbro, Animate being Planet, Valve, and nigh notably for Wizards of the Coast where he has contributed heavily to both Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: the Gathering.
Steve won "Best-in-Show" at the 2007 GenCon, published a book of drawings in 2009 called AGGREGATE, and then some other chosen Steve Prescott's Alphabet Book of Mythological Beings in 2016, has had piece of work in multiple Spectrum: The All-time in Fantastic Art annual publications, did all the illustration work for the app game SoulSpark, has done concept pattern work for D&D, Magic: the Gathering, Hasbro, Bethesda, Valve, and even worked on pre-production brute designs for the My Little Pony movie (aye, y'all read that right). Somehow in there, he finds time to hastily depict a cartoon to put in his daughter's lunch every day.
Learn more than almost Steve at www.rottface.com
Howard Lyon began his career studying illustration at Brigham Young University working with artists such every bit Robert Barrett, Don Seegmiller and James Christensen. Over the past 21 years he has worked in the video game industry equally an art managing director, concept creative person, freelance illustrator and gallery artist. For much of his career he painted dragons and trolls or scenes from science fiction. His work can be plant in products from Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft and Hearthstone, Magic: The Gathering, and Star Wars. He has studied fine art in Italy, French republic, and most recently at the Yard Central University in New York. Howard creates work in the fantasy illustration market, for fine art galleries, besides as religious and inspirational art markets. Howard has a passion for learning and studying the artists of the past and their working methods.
Howard Lyon volition be a Guest Faculty member all five days of Analogy Intensive 2019.
Learn more well-nigh Howard at: www.howardlyon.com
Guest Faculty
Iris Compiet is a traditional creative person and Illustrator from kingdom of the netherlands. At the historic period of seven she knew exactly what she wanted to practise when she grew up… pigment and draw fantastical beings. She enjoys working on projects ranging from movie books to gallery art, concept fine art, and even sculpting.
Storytelling is an essential role of her artwork, and, every bit an artist, she strives to lure in the spectator, to make them feel a connection to her work and open up a gateway to their imagination to ignite it even farther. Iris created a world calledFaeries of the Faultlines, a book that was successfully funded through Kickstarter.
Drawing inspiration from European folklore, mythology, fairytales, ghost stories, and anything from tombstones, Victorian photography to popular movies and music, Iris explores the depths of darkness to detect the light.
Learn more than about Iris at: www.iriscompiet.fine art
Ryan Pancoast is an award-winning illustrator whose work has been honored by the Order of Illustrators, the Art Renewal Middle International Salon,Spectrum: The All-time in Gimmicky Fantastic Art, andInfected by Art. He won Silver in the Oil/Acrylic/Watercolor category inInfected by Fine art Vol.7 and was nominated for a Chesley Award in 2017. Ryan's piece of work ranges from traditional illustration to loftier fantasy, although his primary focus is historical fantasy.
Ryan is the creator ofBorderland Fantasy, his imaginary version of the American West. His first Frontier Fantasy book,Mutual Ground,was successfully funded on Kickstarter in March, 2017.
Ryan lives in New England with his married woman and two children.
Learn more than most Ryan at: www.ryanpancoast.com
Guest Artists
Chris Seaman has been a freelance illustrator in hobby games for over a decade. He is a graduate of the Columbus Higher of Art and Design where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts caste in Illustration. His work can be seen in such properties as Skylanders, Dungeons & Dragons, Kaijudo: Duel Masters, World of Warcraft, Harry Potter, Hearthstone, Pathfinder, Magic: the Gathering and is a contributor toImagine FX Magazine and3D Total magazine.
In 2016 Chris invitee curated the evidenceDream Worlds: The Art of Imaginative Realism at the Canton Museum of Art (Canton, OH). In 2015 Chris' personal work appeared in the group proveWild Well-nigh Harryhausen at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). In 2014 his noncommissioned work,Beaute' et la Bête had the honor of being included in the Spectrum Fantastic Art Three showroom at the Society of Illustrators (New York, NY). That same year he was besides awarded a document of merit from both ARC Salon and the Club of Illustrators Los Angeles for his outstanding works. In 2013 Chris' piece of work appeared in the group art testify,ZOMBIE at Last Rites Gallery (New York, NY). His personal work has appeared inSpectrum nineteen, xx, 21 and 22, won the Silverish Award in the Editorial category in 23, and 24 the best in contemporary scientific discipline fiction and fantasy art from around the globe.
Chris continues to work on his Cameo Creeps collection, personal and deputed projects, and showroom around the U.S.
Acquire more virtually Chris at www.chrisseamanart.com
Sprite Hansen is a self-taught mixed media fantasy creative person and beast creator. She's institute that through the combination of painting, drawing, sculpting, and mixing medias, she is able to express the mysterious world that inhabits her middle… and head. She draws the inspiration for her work from nature.
Acquire more about Sprite at world wide web.thebrokenplanet.com
Hilary Clarcq creates mood-driven, figurative oil paintings that combine realism with expressive brainchild. Often surreal and dreamlike, her piece of work favors symbolism over literal narrative. She has exhibited with galleries such as Abend Gallery, Helikon Gallery, and Every Day Original, and her work has been recognized by Illustration West and Infected by Art. In 2019, she was i of three artists selected for the Dirty Colors Rise Stars Award. She has a B.A. in Fine Art and English from the Academy of Colorado, but she is cocky-taught as an oil painter. Hilary was built-in in upstate New York and currently lives in Bedrock, Colorado.
Learn more about Hilary at hilaryclarcq.com
Ofttimes Asked Questions
Do you offering a discount for students?
Yes, we practise. If you are a student historic period 18 years or older and currently enrolled full-fourth dimension in college, you lot are eligible to receive $200 off the regular workshop price.
Some students have asked if they are still eligible for the outcome in June if they are graduating earlier in the year, like May. Yes, full-time students graduating in 2020 before the consequence in June are even so eligible for the discount.
Subsequently you register, we volition contact you for proof of full-time educatee condition.
I'm a digital creative person. Can I still nourish?
Absolutely! The Analogy Intensive encourages all aspiring and professional illustrators to join united states of america no thing what medium they choose to piece of work in. Digitally created fine art is a HUGE part of the current illustration field. In fact, even those illustrators that work with traditional mediums need to have better than beginner knowledge of using digital tools.
Digital artists will need to bring their own laptops or other digital devices they utilise for producing their art, including all power cables and cables needed to connect the device to a projector if needed. Digital artists must also accept those devices loaded with any software they will need.
Fantasy Art Workshop will be providing a printer and regular printer newspaper on site.
Volition I go a Certificate of Completion?
Yes. On the last day of the workshop yous will receive a Certificate of Completion. This is a great emblem and something yous can besides present to your employer if they require proof that you've completed our workshop.
Will there be wi-fi available for workshop attendees?
Yeah, there volition be costless wi-fi available all calendar week to attendees of the Analogy Intensive. However, wi-fi on the Alverno college campus is NOT very good. Some attendees get dropped all the fourth dimension or take problem connecting. We are working with the higher to try and remedy this. But expect that wi-fi volition non be too reliable.
Do I have to exist creating fantasy art to attend?
Absolutely non. Y'all tin can exist working in any genre of analogy. Fantasy Fine art Workshop is running this result, but the faculty members have worked in other analogy genres including editorial, book, children's books, games, video games, and advertising.
Will art supplies be provided?
No, y'all will need to bring your own fine art supplies. However, Fantasy Art Workshop will be supplying some community supplies to spare you the trouble of traveling with dangerous materials. Fantasy Art Workshop volition provide solvents (Gamsol), mediums (linseed oil, walnut oil), and drying agents (Liquin) for oil painters, equally well every bit the containers to firm those materials. Nosotros will also provide Tater Oil Soap for the cleaning and care of brushes for both oil and acrylic painters. White Acrylic gesso volition also be bachelor to anyone that needs to prepare a painting surface.
For additional art supply needs, at that place is a Michael's art supply store conveniently located less than one mile from the Alverno Higher campus.
Digital artists volition need to bring their own laptops or other digital devices they use for producing their art, including all power cables and cables needed to connect the device to a projector if needed. Digital artists must besides have those devices loaded with whatsoever software they will demand.
Fantasy Art Workshop will be providing a printer and regular printer newspaper on site.
Tin I ship my fine art supplies to the workshop?
Yes, you tin can. Arrangements can exist made for yous to ship your supplies directly to Fantasy Fine art Workshop and nosotros will have it available to you on the first mean solar day of the workshop. Your parcel must be clearly marked with your name and that information technology is for "Fantasy Art Workshop's Analogy Intensive". All packages must be sent to united states of america earlier than two weeks prior to the start of the workshop. Please contact u.s.a. to make arrangements for your shipment.
Can I ship my painting back dwelling house after the workshop?
If you lot determine to piece of work in oil paints or whatever other slow-drying medium at the Intensive and your painting is not dry by the time yous need to return home, Silvia and I will store your wet painting at our habitation. One time it dries, we volition box it upwards and ship it to you lot. Of course you will need to pay for aircraft and handling fees, only at least you know the option is available for yous to non have to transport a wet painting. And we're happy to do the same with annihilation else y'all want to ship dorsum dwelling house, like art supplies or a painting this is dry out just likewise big for you to take onto an aeroplane.
In that location will be a form for you to fill out at the Intensive if you wish to have reward of this option.
How do I get from Mitchell International Airdrome (MKE) to Alverno College?
Attendees may call for a taxi or Uber upon landing. Expect the ride to be about 10 minutes under lite traffic conditions.
I accept special dietary needs. Can this be accommodated?
If you take specific dietary needs, such equally the demand for gluten-free meals, please let us know. Our nutrient services representative at Alverno has said they tin conform most dietary needs. Both Silvia and I are vegetarians, so you can bet there will exist vegetarian options on the carte, likewise every bit enough for all the meat eaters 🙂 Notwithstanding, we cannot guarantee that the catered, deli-fashion meals align with highly specialized and/or very restrictive diets. In that location is a grocery shop nearby and both a fridge and microwave in every dorm room, so please be proactive to take care of your special dietary needs and snacks.
What are the dorm rooms like?
Dorm rooms are single occupancy rooms. The residential hall that houses the dorm rooms does have air-conditioning in the common areas such as hallways, recreation room, and lounges. Notwithstanding, there is no air-conditioning in the actual dorm rooms themselves. Each dorm room is spacious and features a mini-fridge, microwave, drawers, closet, desk, chair, and bed. Linens are provided and include bed sheets, pillow and pillow case, a coating, and bath towels.
There is a shared shower and bathroom facility for women and a shared shower and bath facility for men. The shower facilities feature unmarried shower stalls for privacy.
Are there private or shared bath facilities?
Each dorm room has its own sink and mirror. However, there are two shared bath facilities on each floor, one for men, ane for women. The shared bathrooms besides have private shower stalls.
Are in that location any special amenities to the housing?
Yep, here are a few of the civilities:
- FREE parking all week for attendees driving to the Intensive
- FREE campus-wide wifi (although it is not reliable and constantly drops out)
- Free access to the Alverno Fitness Center, including the utilize of treadmills, elliptical machine, yoga mats, and free weights
- Laundry facilities
- Each dorm room is equipped with its own microwave and mini-fridge
- Each dorm room has its own sink and mirror (Attendees employ shared bathrooms and shower facilities with private shower stalls)
- While your breakfast, tiffin, and dinner is included with your registration fee, Collectivo Coffee is available every morning time in the school's java store (simply y'all accept to pay for that coffee)
- Each dorm flooring has a spacious common lounge expanse with full kitchen for those attendees who merely HAVE to make a casserole, hehe
Can a friend or family member join me at the workshop?
Due to insurance requirements, the only individuals immune to nourish the workshop are attendees. That means anyone joining y'all on your trip to the Illustration Intensive must discover other accommodations for the week and is also not able to visit y'all at the workshop. Nosotros repent for whatever inconvenience.
If you have a disability that requires a human helper, please see that question below.
I have a disability that requires a human helper. Can I bring them?
Yes. Notwithstanding, your helper must cover the cost of various services, such as housing, nutrient, and potentially tuition. Delight contact us with the particulars of your situation.
Can I bring my service animal to the workshop?
While Fantasy Art Workshop strives to be inclusive and accommodating where information technology tin can, we cannot arrange a service animal at our individual event, as its presence would issue in a fundamental amending to the nature of our concern. Our workshop features long days, usually xi hours from outset to finish, tight quarters among participants, and a setting in art rooms which business firm chancy chemicals and tools, equally is the nature of art supplies.
2018 Workshop Photos
Facility Photos and Video
Policies
By attention Fantasy Art Workshop's Illustration Intensive, you agree to our Code of Conduct policy and Anti-Harassment Policy. Please view and download these policies and read them carefully. Thanks.
Our policies tin can be institute at http://www.fantasyartworkshop.com/workshop/policies/
Disclaimers
Kinesthesia and Guests listed accept confirmed their commitment to attend the Analogy Intensive. However, the guest list and agenda is subject to change. Should advertised faculty and guests not be able to attend, Illustration Intensive will exercise its best to bring in alternating talent. Such a modify would non establish grounds for registrant reimbursement.
Source: https://www.fantasyartworkshop.com/workshop/ii2020/
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