Everyday life in extraordinary worlds

Alan Wen speaks to three concept artists about the varied and iterative processes that make up one of the most misunderstood crafts in the game industry

So, an extraterrestrial, a robot and an astronaut walk into a bar… sorry, I’m sure you’ve heard that one. Anyway, science-fiction in its past guise was a world of optimism and adventure, the ‘Golden A

Over my decades-long writing life, I’ve been a reader, judge and (sometimes) an organiser for many novel-writing competitions, including the Harry Bowling Prize, the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s

What questions should today’s writers and artists be asking? Responses from authors at the Hay Festival and the TLS

Setting the stage Tanya Combrinck discovers how artists build tone and weave emotion into narratives

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