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Forumites issue 4by The-Phoenicorn

Artfreck.com presents Forumites
A free magazine featuring prints from you.
In this issue you will find:
Interview with

Watercolour basics by

Visual Language study from

Competitions
Featured artists
and much more.

Everything is hyperlinked so click images, names, or profile pics to view their profiles/ buy their works.

Thanks to everyone involve with this issue and I hope you enjoy reading the mag.

If you enjoy the mag post a link to it on your twitter/ facebook accounts. The more who know about this the more I can do with it.

**EDIT**
Thanks for the DD
Also here's our next issue

Daily Deviation

Given 2011-07-07

Forumites issue 4 is by *The-Phoenicorn ( Suggested by Topicality and Featured by Moonbeam13 )

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JONATELLODRAWER Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Student General Artist

awesome!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

thanks

JONATELLODRAWER Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Student General Artist

you're welcome

sistermonoxide Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Student General Artist

this...is really cool! I wish more e-zines were like this!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks. Just wait till it gets really good

hail-the-oblivious Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

lol typographically this needs a lot of work still, but it's a very nice idea regardless.

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks. Yeah typography is not my strong point (yet more stuff I need to work on lol)

OmriKoresh Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

i loved that it's so smooth to flip the pages and it's awesome as well!!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thank you very much

OmriKoresh Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

welc, i want in on the next, next issue.

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

We are actually running a front cover competition that would be right up your alley. The theme is pin up. Just had a look through your gallery and your work is amazing. I think you would have a good chance of ranking very highly in the competition. Anyway here is the link [link]
Also we are in urgent need of sketchbooks so head on over to artfreck.com and start a sketchbook in our forum.
Finally you could alway submit a print to our DA group

I aim to include as many prints as humanly possible.

Above all I want to see you enter the front cover competition so give it a go.

OmriKoresh Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

i don't have a single pinup girl in my gallery, i find them boring and tasteless so i don't produce them or even interested in them
so i'll pass the competition.
and i got some sketchbooks already finished so can i post them?
i posted some prints.

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

of course you can submit old stuff. See you in issue 6 (early september)

LustigeNuss Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh wow!! What an awesome great idea!! I REALLY love it and enjoyed it!!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks. Feel free to get involved with the magazine. We feature prints and we will be having a free leaning program soon over at artfreck.com

galacticpink Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oh, wait, it's a group? *derps and checks it out*

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

we have both a DA group and our own forum. We originally started as an IFX fan group but we kind of evolved from that.

galacticpink Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I should probably know what IFX is... XD But thanks!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

IFX (or imagine FX) is a fantasy art magazine. If you liked forumites you should give IFX a look at.

galacticpink Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oooh, okay. Thanks!

galacticpink Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Those forums look kind of interesting, how would we go about finding them to join?

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

here's the forums. [link] we are currently hosting a front cover competition[link]

galacticpink Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks a bunch for the links, and for putting up with me stumbling all over my own words. XD

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

I stumble over my words all the time. Honestly you have been no problem.

BeehiveStudio Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

amazing!!!! a DD congrats

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks.

DunnyCT Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

That is incredible, seriously O_O Everything, from the layout, to how the pages turn - it's the closest thing to an actual magazine I've ever seen on the internet. And a good one, too. A very well deserved DD/

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

It gets better. I source most of the content from you the reader. I read all the requests I get and post as many prints into the magazine as humanly possible. If you want to be in the next issue we are always on the look out for new artists to feature. artfreck.com is the best place to be spotted as I run that site alongside this magazine. Hope you consider submitting some art.

DunnyCT Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wow, sounds like a big workload

I hope you have people to delegate to! And thanks for the offer, but I wouldn't like to spoil the magazine with my mediocre stuff - though if you're still doing this in a few years, and I hope you are - then I'd certainly consider it! Best of luck

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

I source the tutorials from anyone who wishes to do them (I was lucky that Wildhagisis was willing to lend some time to doing 3 awesome water colour tutorials) but aside from it is all edited, compiled and organised by me.

I am probably going to do this for some years to come and with this DD I have alot more options with the mag.

Remember that there will always be a place for artists of any level in the magazine. We always try to include as many prints in the mag as I can.

SUPERegoWebComic Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Student General Artist

Wow! I really liked the articles. I think you chose some really interesting things to talk about, and it's always interesting to hear about other artists techniques. I think your magazine could be an important reference for many artists.

Also, you might want someone to give it a quick proofread? I'm not sure if it's just that you are using British English [right?] but I think a quick spell check might help it seem more professional.

Otherwise, I am blown away!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Spelling is always a weak point of mine. Will defiantly spell check in future. Thank you so much for the kind words. Hope you will consider contributing to future issues of this mag.

TofuUrm Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011

I think I had wayyyyy to much fun turning the pages than I should have.

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

lol. I do that all the time. Try clicking on an image

Laelreenia Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Student Writer

Oh my god I jeez

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Hope you will clean up the mess lol.
Thanks for popping by also be sure to sign up to artfreck.com

Laelreenia Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Student Writer

This is amazing it just, technically and style wise just amazing, I found words!!!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Just wait till it gets really good. BTW the next issue is up and I am working on issue 6

Laelreenia Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Student Writer

COOL

starsinhearts Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011

This Is So Groovy.!

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Now theres a word I have not heard in ages. Thanks. Would you be interested in participating in a future issue?

starsinhearts Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011

sure, What would I have to do.?

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Well we are always on the look out for new articles. How about you email me a 500 word article on anything you may feel is suitable for the magazine and I will give you a shout out in the next issue even if I don't use the article.

I will note you my email.

starsinhearts Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011

Okay. (:

thandav Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

very beautiful work

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thank you.

thandav Featured By Owner Jul 8, 2011 Professional General Artist

Self-Epidemic Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

D: so i can actually ask for my work to be in that cool magazine? D:

The-Phoenicorn Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

There are several ways to get in the magazine.

First and my favorite way enter our front cover competition [link] Providing your entery is successful you are guaranteed a place in the mag.

Second submit a print to our group

again you are more than likely to get in the mag

You could try and submit a sketchbook to [link] we are in urgent need for sketchbooks and you get a double page spread.

Hope to see you in the next issue and thanks for the interest. PM me if you have any more questions.

JouYasha Featured By Owner Jul 7, 2011 General Artist

the interactive ability's of this are amazing what program did you use for this?

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