THE ALEX ROSS INTERVIEW
Considered by many as the Norman Rockwell of American comic artists, Alex Ross is acclaimed for elevating the genre to a new level with his brand of photorealism and a brilliant sense of style and energy. Ross’s association with the industry’s two largest and most historically important publishing houses, DC Comics (Kingdom Come) and Marvel (Marvels) are already legendary, and his artwork has been featured in the opening film credits of Spiderman II, the 2002 Oscar Awards poster, and much more.

THE NEW PAASCHE 'TALON' AIRBRUSH REVIEWED
By Alan Pastrana and Honorio Reynolds

THE CAMO-BOARD  By Craig Fraser
Learn how to lay down some killer military camo on a skateboard blank with the aid of Artool’s very cool artillary of stencils.

SPECIAL REPORT: Pulling the Trigger on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)  By Jay Amberg
You wake up one morning pumped to spray a red hot mural on steel. As you attempt to apply those first dagger strokes something is drastically wrong. Suddenly, just holding the airbrush and rocking the finger lever is causing bursts of pain that radiate from your hand, up your arm, and into your shoulder. The pain, almost unbearable, seems to have come out of nowhere...

STATUE OF LIBERTY  By ‘Kiwi’ Terry Stephens
Kiwi Terry demonstrates his new patriotism and his latest techniques in stencil-making and the use of a new water-borne paint system.

THE EASIEST REAL FIRE EVER  By Richard Markham
Here’s the breakdown on the sure-fire way to render flames to impress.

THE SINGLE ROSE  By Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson, one of the world’s best T-shirt artists, shares his design, composition, color, and technique to successfully rendering a rose, one of the most consistent-selling and profitable of airbrushed T-shirt designs.

FUR-OCIOUS: Part 1 of 2  By Rick Lovell
Illustration master Rick Lovell returns with a terrific tutorial on animal fur. “I wanted to paint an animal with interesting colors and textures, and a snarling wolf fit the bill nicely; the face and head have short, mostly white fur that grows in a very particular pattern, the back and sides have long flowing fur that grows in layers of beige, tan and black that cascades back and down, and the undersides have medium length white fur with lots of subtle color shifts depending upon the ambient and reflected light...”

PROJECTORS 2008: THE ANNUAL BUYER’S GUIDE
If you wish to achieve perfect size and scale of an image in record time, opaque projectors are the way to go. Allow us to guide you through the models, features, and nuances of this very necessary equipment.

T-SHIRT CONTEST WINNERS
In our quest for the best T-shirt designs from our readers, the results are in!

BASIC PINSTRIPING MADE SIMPLE  By Jeff Styles
Here’s your chance to learn the basic strokes necessary to becoming a skilled striper.